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

Replaced drivers door handle with OEM salvage yard replacement. And threw in new LED reverse bulbs.

 

Great vanity callsign. Now I know why it wasn't available.

 

Haha, just got my quote to have my green truck hauled off But for $4 I can have the thing hauled off and out of my hair.

 

Thats good news, you throw any of the un used parts on f.s section?

 

No problem at all.

 

I'll probably do that for a choice few easy to ship things, but I am running short on time so packing and shipping isn't exactly an easy detour for me with my work schedule. You around tomorrow BTW?

 

All done! And here are the old ones. They actually were in great shape for 200k... the driver's side grease was a caramel color, and the ball looks great. The passenger side was more black in color and you can see the ball was starting to show scratches. The pickle fork destroyed the boots on both of them, so they're both trash now, just thought I'd show them off. FYI, the new oem ones came with a castle nut, cotter pin and 4 new bolts, so nI need to order extra bolts... I guess now I have 8 bolts, just in case lol.

Sure feels nice to get that off my chest, though. Now I can drive with peace of mind

 

That went pretty quickly

 

Yes, I think I spent an hour on the first one and 30 min on the second one...
The first one took longer because apparently I tried to do things out of order, and I also spend a bunch of time jacking around with a pitman puller, trying to line it up and get it to fit without destroying the old one. I finally said, screw it, and took a pickle fork to it, came out very quickly after that.

 

knicked this while taking the old seal out (new seal in picture). Will it affect anything? Can I fill it with something?

 

I would barley touch that with emory cloth so there is no rise on the ridge. Other wise that few thou it buldged will stop re assembly.

 

Yeah i will, and we have nothing planned

 

Sweet, would love the welding help if you're still down, gonna be working on the truck all day. I was going to pick up a roll of Lincoln NR-211-MP .035 on my way home from work today if you think that's good for this application.

 

You should be fine. All that space is just for abs tone ring to have clearance to spin so as long as it is unobstructed and the seal can still do its job then there shouldn't be a problem. May be a good idea just to knock off the edge as already mentioned

 

I have a couple electrical questions for the experts out there.

• What is the current requirement for the stock fuse block in the engine compartment for my 2002?
• Does the fuse block in the dash get power from the one in the engine compartment?

I'm asking because I'm getting ready to set up a dual battery system and I want the battery in the engine bay to only service the starter and my winch. I'll have a house battery to power up the stock fuse blocks and any future circuits.

Thanks!

@Blackdawg
@Speedytech7
@Digiratus

 

Question for the hive mind- a few days ago I struggled to get my truck into 3rd gear. I felt resistance and when it did go in, it popped out easily. Next day it shifted like normal. Then today same issue. It feels like I should be able to push the shift lever higher up but there's no room, if that makes sense. No slipping gears, clutch feels normal. Where should I start?

 

Changed oil in motor and transmission.replaced all serpintine belts.. Getting ready for a 1300 mile ride NY to FL !!

 

Ordered Icon extended coil overs, rear icons with remote resi's, icon UCAs, a set of SCS F5 in Gunmetal, and new set of KO2s.. should be quite a change

 

Anyone?

 

PO put the LCA bolts in backwards too so now the boot on the inner tie rod is torn