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

Ah, our bumper up sizes the bolt to m10, factory is m8. So basically the bolts sent would have attached the skid to the factory cross member instead of the bumper mounts. Sorry about that

 

Irony of ADS shocks, made in my hometown, now I’m in Denver. Would you still recommend them without any additional front weight?

 

Can a remote res c/o be ran without rubbing the res with the tires? Pretty sure I remember seeing someone talk about not being able to find a spot to mount it that would clear.

I'm sure your LT alleviates this, but for the rest of us... haha

 

I think I’ll look at lead time on some kings, need some new gear. Next will be rear.

 

Any companies give TW members discounts for coils? I’m sure I’ve read it a thousand times but gotta get help from all you

 

Some people have but I know most tend to rub them. IIRC @Squeaky Penguin rubs but I think @Delta00 doesn't due to his 255's

 

I rub slightly with 295s and 4.0" backspacing.

It's worn through the sticker in two wheeling seasons. I'm not too concerned.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1gen-build.512841/

Here’s my recent build still got a long way to go!!!

Have been all in the woods surveying with a friend with limbs and running over trees this scorpion stuff is tough so far!!

Also had a lady ram a buggy into the side of my truck no dent or chip!!!

 

Found out mine rub, hit the resi on both sides with the 255's. Also worn through the sticker haha

 

Thanks. That's encouraging. Maybe I "need" resis.

 

I thought I saw somebody mount it where the skid plate was, like inside the skid plate area. But I think they needed to have extended hoses. But I could be wrong

 

Yeah I would.

I have kings with no additional front weight. With no preload they road like a Cadillac.

If you lift them by adding preload it'll ride stiff but not bad.

I'd love to get some ads for my other truck to replace my kings.

Totally depends on your wheel/tire setup. As well as how long the resi hose is.

You can often ask for longer hoses to get the resi more out of the way too. Tucking them under the front skid even.

 

Love the front bumper with lights

 

This is the route I eventually want to go, mount to that front crossmember.

 

Well, if @Delta00 is rubbing with 3.5bs and 255s, I'd say extended hoses are the only option. Ha ha.

 

I don't remember if he is.

Or Long travel is the option haha

 

^^^

 

My buddy Sean and I started this job yesterday. We ran into several issues that caused us to not finish yesterday. The first hurdle was the crankshaft pulley not coming off. There's not really any good spots we saw to use a pry bar and we also didn't want to break any the edges of the inside pulley by cranking on it. We used a puller from a bearing splitter kit and had to go on a search for some long M8 1.25 pitch bolts to use with the puller. We found the bolts we needed at our 3rd store. With the puller and correct bolts, we were able to get the pulley off.

The next issue was the idler pulley that the timing belt tensioner pushes against. When the 10mm allen head bolt came out, it was hard to get out the whole way. I didn't think anything of it at the time but when we went to install the new idler pulley, the freaking bolt hole stripped. The bolt threads into an aluminum cover that goes around the crankshaft. I'm suspecting the last person that worked on his rig cross-threaded the bolt. This is 3rd stripped thing I've found on Sean's rig so I don't think it's just bad luck. Somebody did some shitty work on his rig and wasn't careful. I thought we were stopped dead in our tracks but then I remembered there's a thing called a Heii Coil. So, another trip to O'Reillys and they actually have the right size heli coil, a M10 1.25 pitch. I get home and discover I don't have the right size drill bit to drill out the hole so I can re-tap. So, another visit to two stores to find a 13/32 drill bit. I drill the hole, tap it and install the heli coil. With fingers crossed, I'm able to bring the bolt to the correct torque spec of 30 foot pounds. Big relief!

Onto the next problem. I had heard the timing belt can be hard to get on but I never thought it would be as hard as it was. Sean and I took turns trying to stretch the belt onto the last pulley and we could not freaking get it. I was about to give up but tried using a plastic tire iron for bicycle tires to pry the belt up onto the last pulley. With a lot of grunting, I finally got it onto the pulley. We rotated the engine a couple times and confirmed all the timing marks were lined up. Getting the belt on is a test of patience because you start pulling on the belt and the cam shafts end up turning. Then you have to pull the belt back off, turn the cam shafts back around and get them lined up again. Now that I know that the plastic tire iron trick works, I'll go straight to that the next time I do the job. I don't know if all timing belts are the same, but this timing belt was a pain to get on. I'm almost thinking heating it up a bit with a hair dryer might have helped make it more pliable.

After getting the belt on, we got the crankshaft pulley on and the bolt torqued to spec and stopped the job right there because it was midnight. We plan on finishing the job this coming Sunday. This video will show everything related to this job. We replaced the cam shaft and crankshaft seals, the tensioner, both idler pulleys, and the water pump.

I thought I was well-prepared for this job but sometimes you don't really know until you get in there and start wrenching. This is my first timing belt job and I learned quite a bit. I'm really hoping our video footage is decent because we were filming at night for part of it, and from experience, night time video quality isn't always very good. I'm guessing we'll have this video out within 2-3 weeks depending on our time available to edit. Stay tuned!

 

I thought I was going crazy myself. After verifying that the belt was indeed correct I said 'fudge it, I'm going to force you in there'.

For lighting Sears had a small stand up LED high wattage on sale, black friday, and it helped quite a bit. I just had to zip tie it to certain spots.

I plan on getting something similar to this

http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performa...K9p7iBotX9N45yn3T85sk6S4elvf45QRoCK_IQAvD_BwE

 

Nothing too crazy, but it's definitely hitting.