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

It was fun. Definitely derailed our plans a but also made for some of the most memorable parts of the trip. Which truck are you getting a 'Nest for?

 

I have a j style transfer case and rear locker with abs. I was just curious if these little were triggered by something on the shifter. That is. If I tied the wires from the transfer case into the proper lighting circuit would it work

 

Yeah when shit hits the fan, you always remember that haha

Frankenstein. Going to try it anyways.

 

There are 3 sensors on the transfer case, one for transfer neutral, 4 HI and 4 LO. The instrument cluster as it is does not have any indicator lights for 4 HI for 4 LO, only for the 4x4 symbol. In a stock truck the sensors go to the 4WD ECU and didn't serve any other purpose otherwise besides lighting up the stock 4x4 symbol and working with the ECU

You would have to custom make a gauge face where there are unused indicators and have a transparency printed or make one yourself. I'm in contact with a manufacturer of automation equipment who makes gauge faces for their equipment to have one made for me.

 

Thanks for the info Monte

Need to replace mine as part of preventative maintenance. But the dealer wants $250 CAD each

 

ouch that hurts. Its 200 bucks OEM for both here.

 

Camelback toyota
Cost me $210

 

Yeah that sucks. You can probably order them from @gunny1005, not sure how bad shipping would be.
You in Vancouver? Can always get them from the Bellingham dealer.

 

Who replaced them for you locally ?

 

Unfortunately I cant ship to canada

 

Me myself and I, well not yet but will in the next week, its not hard

 

Can I come and watch

Lend a hand or beer ?

Would like to learn if that’s ok

 

Lucky Yanks!

Nope. Southern Interior.

Anyone got recommendations for online stores? Ones that will ship north of the 49th.

I hate getting bent over by the dealership. It's basically a license to steal from Toyota owners. And seeing as other options are limited.....

Rant over

 

Yes n yes lol...I will let you know when I'm going to make it happen

 

Hahaha! fair question and one i dont want to tally up in my head! It was definitely costly. I had been acquiring parts for a while. Bought the lift at the beginning of the year, waited around for SCS to get a re-stock of the F5 Wheels in Gunmetal, surfed Amazon for the ARB until I caught it on sale. The Warn M8000 was an impulse buy, because 4wheelparts.com had a special where they included the driving lights with a winch purchase so i pulled the trigger on that. Basically I slowly acquired parts over about 12 months and then had it all done at one time. The Gibson Exhaust was a last minute addition because I needed a new muffler anyway, so the additional cost was roughly 150 bucks... The All Pro Rock sliders were always non-negotiable so I knew I had to plan for that. At this point I have way more into it than I could ever hope to recoup even with the crazy prices I have seen for First Gens. Its not about that though, its my baby, I have wanted a first gen Tacoma set up like this since I was in college, now its a reality.

 

Appreciate it very very much

 

Awesome! so just as long as me except you have patience! lol Once I get something I cant wait to install it! but I also do all my own work!

 

I completely respect that, but I am in Chicago, so dont have access to a garage or any other space to do it, I had to wait to do it all at once.

 

Question for you guys...ive read a lot of threads on spindle gussets n welding them to said spindles...my question is should I have the hub pressed out before heat is applied to the spindle...a friend of mine didnt have them removed and now has wheel bearing issues, yet that could be from a trail he went on prior to him noticing the issue...this concerns me though. I would appreciate your guys' $.02 as I know a lot of you have more knowledge on this than I

 

On the other hand, all gold looks terrible.