What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

No, I just carry and extra key.

 

Put my Tundra big brakes to a test. 12 60lb bags of concrete, 200lbs of tools, mixer and my fat ass.

 

That's probably not a bad idea in general. Apparently older cars with gas cap locks get the cap stolen. Then they use it to make a spare key to take the truck itself...

 

I never thought about that...

 

So lately I was thinking, did 1st gen double cabs come with manual transmissions? Cause I've never seen one, if not, probably someone thought about swapping a manual hmm makes me wonder

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/safetydang-dc-build-4wd-swap-manual-trans-swap-thread.247243/

 

Topped off this morning with 18.2 gallons of fuel in the 18.5 gallon tank. New record for me.

 

I want to do this so bad. I miss having a manual. The downtime would kill me, though, I'd have to buy another DD.

I remember once when I was a kid my dad ran out of gas while we were driving to get gas. He put the car in neutral and coasted down the hill into the gas station. Funny that a guy who lived through all of the gas crises of the 70s would let it get that far. I rarely let mine get below half a tank.

 

This is a rare occurrence for me. My previous record was a little over 17. When I fill up, it's typically somewhere around 15 gallons.

 

Thanks man, now i can go spend money i dont have, in a project that i dont have time, to impress people on the interwebz lol

Lol would be a dream to have a dc manual and even bigger one to be dc manual long bed

 

That's my plan tonight to go over everything again. It was kinda late and I was pissed off so there is no telling.

 

My dc has a 5spd swap

 

I had more then enough brakes! Hardly even knew it was back there.

 

@neegdogdig

 

Got some 18x9 and mud grapps today

 

I dig...lets see the pics

 

I'll take some tomorrow. I'm looking for a good cr mount to mount my firestick

 

Who makes the cb mount for between the tailgate and taillight, I've seen them before but can't remember where

 

Well, we appear to be back on track! Axle is back in the truck, new body bushings have been installed, front diff is out and getting re-geared, the remaining mounting points from my leaf springs and panhard setup have all been cut out along with the spare tire bracket, 4-link getting dialed in, new beefy coil buckets coming together, there is also talk about a rear sway bar.





My hopes are up that I'll be out in the back country again soon.

 

This is the one I have. $15

$24 FireStik SS-204A Adjustable Stainless Steel Vertical Door jamb Mount

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X3EQ3G