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

This whole thing going on with JKO1998 is why I hate electrical grimlans

 

I guess I’ll check out the grounds, off to google.

right... makes me wish I could legally drink.

 

My brother has a 2017 Chevy Colorado and it had a electric problem. 3 days of looking through wiring looms, fuse, relays till finally we figured it out. His entire fuse box blew and it took the Ecu with it. Luckily for him Chevy fixed it but you can imagine the crossed eyes and head aches we had till Chevy told us that. I'm still trying to figure out how he did that

 

If I were changing LCA bushings, the other bushings I would buy are the steering rack bushing kit and the sway bar bushing kit from Energy Suspension. One of those kits is like $25 the other is around $20.

You'll have to make the steering rack loose anyway to make room for the rear alignment bolts to come out and you'll need to make the sway bar loose to give enough room for the rack to make room for the alignment bolts.

 

Get a multi meter and see what voltage you are getting at the starter. If it is 12 or more it is the starter, less than that and it is the wiring or battery.

 

Got it to start

 

Whoot yay great job man how'd you get it started

 

It comes out gear snout first, solenoid up. I had to remove tranny dip stick tube, unbolt brake line from frame, and carefully bend brake lines out of way.

 

Well, yesterday when i was wiring up my pods I loosened the positive battery wiring a little too far and the bolt popped out, because of this a little square washer fell out and apparently I didn’t get it in the right spot.

After running out of options I decided to mess with that just because I didn’t know what else to do. Got it in the right order and boom here we are.

I feel like a moron but I guess I learned some stuff, so that’s good right.............

 

Hey man that's the part of wrenching

 

Well that's one side done, need a person for bleeding but it can wait until I get the other side done tomorrow. Pain in the ass job with the hub having to come off to change the rotor and having to relash the bearings. Basically could do a full wheel bearing swap in the same time as doing brakes.

 

I guess, I ended up with a new starter and battery, which they did end up warrentying so

 

I went through 4 O'Reilly starters on my f250 w/460. They'd spin it once and die.i cleaned out the local stores supply that day.i was pissed.my dad says after sipping his beer" just ziptie this one in, ain't gonna last long."

 

Same thing happened to my buddy and I with his alternator on his 300zx. Which is a PITA because the alt is wedged near the bottom of the engine.

 

I kinda miss the ol'kragen auto parts. O'Reilly just doesn't do it for me.

 

I try to go to NAPA for everything all of their brands are from bigger parts suppliers. Like their Eclipse brake calipers are actually Cardone, the same rebuilder that Toyota and Honda and some domestics use. Their shocks are Monroe, their filters are WIX and Purolator. Plus they carry those brands separate too and have others like Aisin, Denso, and 555

 

Wish I had a napa near by. Nearest one is over a toll bridge.heard they got some decent tools in there to.

 

And auto zone, just plain sucks.if I need stickers I'll go there..

 

Yeah there isn't much there for me anymore either, I use them to recycle oil because they're the closest auto parts house but they don't typically have anything I'd want on my vehicles.

 

went and got some fuel line to show my kid how to start plugs with it so you dont strip the head. ask the kid working for 6" of 3/8 fuel line. took 17 mins and 2 employees and a manager to get it. they acted like no one has ever done that...lol