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

Cool, thanks for sharing...didn't know it would be that easy to make them fit. Never really had a reason to look into it.

 

Parallel parking with the stock pre-01 mirrors is kind of like bowling with your eyes closed - you'll probably stay between the lanes, but you won't know for sure until you hear a crack lol.

 

ive never had an issue with the smaller mirrors. Prefer them actually personally.

 

Aesthetically I like them better too. Crossing a 5 lane freeway with a camper shell is no fun though lol. The price was right so I went for it. I'm putting on new doors too so I'll paint everything at once after I drive around the four-tone truck for awhile lol.

Some led reverse lights / pods will help for parking at night as well. Right now I have to roll my window down and look out of it to see anything back there. The camper shell is going to get replaced with a soft topper once my parts are installed and out of the bed and that won't help visibility much.

 

They started using mag-chloride here about 20 years ago.

It's a salt/halide like sodium-chloride and has the same effect on metal etc. only difference is mag-chloride is much more water soluable. So try to hose it off as soon as possible.

 

Thats good thinking monte. We jave never drove one. That might be the deal breaker.

Oh man. Those axles are sexy. And would look sexier under the tank

haha

 

Need some help identifying a mystery sound. I'll try to get a clip of it later, but I'm guessing the big brains here will know exactly what I'm talking about.

It sounds like a swishing, brushing, or whistling sound at idle and changes with engine speed.

My guess is that it's probably a bearing on one of the pulleys that's trying to die.

What do you guys think?

 

9/10 chance it's the AC tensioner pulley.

 

x2 on the A/C pulley, mine shit the bed a few years ago, froze up and the AC belt snapped. Thank God it was October

 

Yep those look OEM. I was refering to the bolt holes, The aftermarket ones have a rough surface around the holes so that the bolt may wiggle loose.

 

You guys are the coolest!

Brett, didn't you replace the bearing in that pulley, or am I thinking of someone else?

Thanks again, gents!

 

The mailman brought me an early birthday present this morning!

 

I'd reccomended buying a whole new pulley, as they're not that expensive. Then toss order a bearing and toss it in your old one for a spare.

My last one only lasted a year with all the wheeling.

 

I like that idea. Thanks, Brett!

By the way, I'm sure I can figure it out, but is there an easy way to verify that it's the AC tensioner?

 

Good to know sir! I guess i was a sucker for those 37s. Lol

 

Sure, loosen AC belt tensioner and spin idler by hand. If noisy or "gritty" feel = bad bearing. Also possible to use, very carefully!, the long screwdriver stethoscope trick and listen to it while running. This obviously involves careful approach and long hair pinned back!

 

How has nobody acknowledged your sweet pun!

 

Greased the drivetrain. First time for me. Everything seemed in pretty reasonable shape!

Greasing the Drivetrain

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