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

Out of control!!
Awesome!!

 

I flat tow my Tacoma all the time. It's a 2000 with automatic hubs, and a standard transmission. The owners manual says to put the transfer case in 2Hi and the transmission in neutral. Turn the key to unlock the steering wheel, and you are good to go. I have towed mine 600 miles every October for the last 10+ years, never had a problem. Will be doing it again in a couple of weeks.

 

I know its not as fancy as some of yalls headlights but I finally got around to replacing mine.



Just need to move my turn signals and to do something with the roof thats peeling.

 

That's clean! Much better than before!

 

You could give it a cheap matte black vinyl wrap. Looks good if you cut it out nicely and doesn't cost as much as repainting.

 

That's what a lot of people suggested so I think I'm gonna look into it.

 

You could bed line the whole thing, not too expensive if you do it yourself, just a lot of work.

Vinyl wrap is probably the better option.

 

Looks good

 

Does anyone know if the front diff actuator needs some sort of gasket maker on it? Replacing mine tonight and not sure if I should throw some on there

 

Scrolling through a first gen page today on FB and I see this. Is it just me or is this just an ignorant statement?

But I also put the truck to work a bit

 

I saw that FB post too. Crazy!

 

Yes the ADD actuator uses a FIPG.

 

I was baffled People like that are why I hate FB in general.

 

Yep. Bunch of know it alls that don't have any respect for each other. Of course it's over the age old ball joint argument!

 

They aren't wrong, it's just not a very nice way to put it. Neglect and ignorance is how they typically fail, and neglecting maintenance on something that regularly takes you 60mph and faster is stupid. Also your truck looks great!

 

Facebook is poison. I avoid it at all costs.

 

Could I bother you for a price for a bed mat for a long bed?

 

So normal rtv gasket maker should work fine then. I hate the stuff but It's all I got

 

As long as it is oil contact safe then yeah it should be fine, I have never used the blue so I'm not sure what it's good for. Working on vehicles I've only needed red, grey, and black. The grey or red would both be fine for the diff actuator. Black would be okay but it for heavy oil contact on surfaces that are closer matched.

 

So how do you guys feel about wounding Tacomas for body parts? I found this really sweet PreRunner regular cab with a bed that has never seen a garden trowel or a bag of steer poop. The awesome part is it's the same color as mine so I'd just swap beds and sell the wounded one. My current bed is ok, but has been used like a coked up sorority girl and I hate that someone used DIY bedliner crap on it.