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

Hmmm seems to me they went to the wrong address

 

Test fitted my headlights on my truck!

 

Drove it today for the first time in a week.

 

Hey guys, so my 4 wheel drive shifter shakes like crazy when doing 65 or 70 miles per hour. Is that normal? Or is there a bushing that I can replace or a mount

 

Check your transmission mount.

 

Thanks man. Will do

 

Not today, but hauled a couple tons of pumpkins at my friend's farm.



In between eating apple cider donuts and tossing pumpkins, I shot some video and put a little something together. Apologies for not getting any glamour shots of my truck

 

Helping my buddy Doing a lift, and he said he didn't need the Brake proportioning bracket. I didn't have a solid enough answer to convince him to pick one up (yea I know they are cheap)

Can someone give me a more mechanically inclined answer to pass on?

 

If you lift the truck without it he will loose braking power in the rear. Same goes for if you lower a truck except the opposite effect, you will be locking up the rear brakes before the fronts bite equally.

Essentially with the bpv your tricking the truck into thinking it's not really lifted and to keep the rear/front brakes applied equally.

 

Exactly what I told him, guess I'll have to show him your comment to convince him!

 

Sorry I couldn't help with the specifics. Probably pressure related...

 

Not worth it, you'll just want it covered 90% of the time anyway. Swapping everything is a curse I wish upon no one. However I just got done wheeling my truck for 7 days and driving across 4 states (on my way back to WA for work) and she's been great. But it's been a lot of work that really left me no better off than before other than having a solid cab haha.

 

I bought the one from bamf, but just saw this one on Amazon Toyota BPV Relocation Bracket Brake Proportioning Valve bracket https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072L1ZTZX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_nrxXzbN8ATVNK

 

Got him to order a bamf. Support your local metal worker !

 

They're rock lights, but yes they're useful for a lot of things I hardly run mine unless we're on a night ride or I take pictures.

 

What if it was a cab with a sunroof... and 4 doors

I found some fiberglass bedsides that extend the distance between the wheel well and the cab 8". Could do a double cab long bed type setup by extending the frame where it comes up to the bed right behind the gas tank and figure something out for the space between the bed and the cab. Maybe never happen. Could definitely be done w/o major mods though. Brake lines, drive shaft, e brake, a few wires, new mounts for the front of the bed, and it would be good to go.

 

Wondering if anyone's ever encountered this.

Fixed the driver's side door lock actuator, it works if i give it direct power but not if I use the driver or passenger switch. Any ideas?

@nzbrock

 

@mechanicjon
@BartMaster1234

 

Mines off of my truck more than its on it. I don't have working AC so every window that can open gets opened. But I agree, would I swap a cab just for the sunroof? Hell no.

 

But sunroof... that was the best thing about the old saab 900 I putted around in back in high school - big ole sunroof lol