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

10 minutes into the first episode and I'm dying holy hell this is a great show

 

I second this idea!

 

There you go, thanks for the help

 

@Speedytech7, got a 3.4l sitting around now ?

letmeknow...

forreal

 

But it works now

 

I just checked today, and kind if found a problem. Took the spacers off and it clears with around an inch between the uca but the studs are to short for the wheels.

Really want to have the spacers on cause I love the stance but it will clear till I really stuff it

 

Well if you don't wheel it, who cares. You'll never really stuff it unless you go wheeling

 

New bed rack is on and this one is a keeper. Also changed out the straps on my Tepui to some polypropylene straps since the nylon straps basically disintegrated after one trip.


IMG_2689 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr


IMG_2687 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr



IMG_2691 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr


IMG_2696 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

 

Lookin' Good!

 

These couple weeks have been hell, I'm ready to use some of that 4wd juice

 

Nah only have a spare 2.7, you blow up the runner?

 

The fuck good is a 2.7

 

So good I'm throwing away the spare because they don't break

 

i mean, it's just a crankshaft... not really important right?

 

You screwed the crank, that blows pull it from the Taco

 

should.
can't.

 

The hell were you doing captain cryptic

@Bennett707

 

How did you manage that?

 

He's gone radio silent since I asked.

 

Some things just haven't made it to the Internet yet.

But the truck is no longer mine.


The crankshaft.. I honestly don't know what. I fueled up at Costco and turned the key. Felt different, like I was running the wrong octane. Put octane boost in. Drove home and felt like I was stuttering. Next day I start it up and am throwing misfire codes for 1 and 4.

Assumed bad fuel. Drive to my families and a few extra miles to dilute fuel. Add new fuel about 50 miles later. Hear knocking. Drive back to families and change spark plugs, found oil in the spark plug holes (1&4). Found puddle of oil under truck as well.

Spent last night changing the valve cover gaskets and the spark plug gaskets. Finished reinstall today. Start up. Knocking. Check oil leak, coming from above oil pan but doesn't appear to be coming from top.

Sent video of my harmonic balancer running, way out of balance. Pull belts and test the crank with no balancer. Just as fucked. Oval shapes and erratic.