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

This is something I need to do. I have all the parts here, just need to get some time and motivation.

 

yea, time is something i dont have.........or the tools someone stole my tool box but its ok since the box and tools were from walmart and most of the sockets were rounded and wrenches bent so i guess im pleased so i can buy proper tools. but i plan on doing the timing belt, waterpump job this spring as well as a coolant flush. which toyota coolant do we need?

 

I could probably get you the special service tool I made if you were looking to do it yourself

 

I used this

 

i like how it says "ASIAN formulated" just so you know that asain's mixed it for there vehicles

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ZBoSWXv_w

It really likes the new plugs. Doesn't miss anymore.

 

About 12 hours North of Scottsdale...

 

This is, absolutely, the next major project I'm doing on my truck.

260,000+ miles on the original... I know I have gone well past pushing my luck.

 

My water pump was leaking pretty good at 104000

 

Replaced the K02's with these:

 

how did your ko2's hold you up?

 

I’m really enjoying watching you work through this thing. I’m rooting for you.

 

I only put around 3-4k miles on them (bought them used with the wheels and they had around 3k miles on them already). Really liked them on road (smooth and quiet) but planned to replace them as soon as I got them (I never really liked the tread pattern on K02's, I know, not the best reason to not run a tire...haha).

They do seem to be a good tire but I didn't really get to push them as much as I did with my previous Duratracs. I only took them off road once and they felt fine but it was nothing outrageous.

 

i've had ko2's for about 2 years and i was disappointed with them. good tire for mall crawling but offroad was pretty blah to me.

 

Didn't realize Volk made off road wheels. Look great, do they fit the 13WL?

 

Good to know. My Duratracs were the first set of tires I used off road and they held up fine and worked great too. Then I wanted to run the newer Falken M/T's but they were out of stock when I was ready to buy. These STT Pro's were always on my list but the Falken's were cheaper. Discount tire had a sale so I ended up picking up a set of 5.

 

Yeah, they've been around for a while. Only the 16" models come with the flat spokes like mine.

As for the 13WL Tundra brake fitment, that's what's in the pic under them Volks.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/volk-racing-te-37-on-my-tacoma.447333/

 

I finally got around to putting in the new rear wiring harness on the truck today. Pretty easy really just a lot of up and down to pull the harness through. I had to drop the fuel tank just a bit to get to those two plugs there. There where a few plugs extra that my truck isn’t set up for so I just taped them up (the ones in the cab for the trailer). There where two others right over the axle so I asked @thefatkid what should I do and followed his advice. I stole the boy’s car and picked up some dielectric grease, heat shrink and some tape. Wrapped the plugs up. Pretty sure they are sealed good. The passenger side running light (I think that’s what’s it’s called) and the passenger side license plate light still doesn’t work but all brake lights work now. I do still have that loose wire in the tail light so hopefully once I get the new tail lights everything will work right.

 

Thanks! Front end is going in next.

 

Looking great!

I mounted mine with two bolts, 4 sealing washers, 2 nuts, 4 washers, 2 wing nuts, and some trimmed rectangular tubing (as a "mounting plate"). Order is:

bolt from inside of rack, through sealing washer -> rack -> sealing washer -> nut -> washer -> trimmed rect tubing -> hi-lift -> washer -> wing nut.​

Happy to make you up a set if you're interested; PM me.

This'll work too!

Another idea that'll work. I was just a bit worried about the security of a quick fist when on the trail.