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

A couple of weeks ago I took on the task to bed line my truck. At frist I used the spray on stuff and after I used the roll on stuff. Little did I know that it had some reaction to the spray stuff that it turn into what looks like tar. I must of not let the spray stuff not dry long enough but I really screwed the pooch on this one. Well anyway took me a couple of days to scrape off the crapy side I had done and started all over again but this time only spray on bedliner. Not perfect but much better than it originally looked. Oh did I mention that drop in bedliners suck? Well they do imo.

 

On my old Tacoma I did a roll-on bedliner but did my rails with the spray on and found the spray on to be much nicer. Maybe I'm just a bad painter.

 

Got some wheeling in with @Lux and @Rockbaron1 this weekend.



Jim showed me parts of NJ and NY I never knew existed and it was a blast.

 

Get some 6x6 to use under the Jacks. Works great. Only way I can even jack my truck up is with those on the jack stands and one on the jack.

 

Story Time!!!!!!!


After I posted these pictures I started my way up a canyon that was supposed to take me home. Ended up having to chain up, and lock the rear winch still wasn’t enough. By the time I got turned around I was basically out of fuel and well over 80 miles from Home.

On my way out if the canyon I ran into a Jeep that was coming up behind me. But guess what, they ran out of fuel. So I loaded up the youngest and took him with me. While the rest waited for help that was on the way.
When I got down out of the canyon I was in I started getting phone service so I called for back up just in case I didn’t make it to a station.

With help on the way I started making my way back to the highway and somehow made it to a gas station at the same time my help met up with me.

I ended up putting 17.2 gallons of fuel in my tank.

At the end of the day every got down the mountain, including the Jeep.

This is a long story very condensed. Always bring extra fuel.




I realize this probably isn’t the place for this, but I hope you enjoyed my story.

 

With as much as you go out figured you had a jerry can all the time. You better get one now. Glad all worked out

Did good though! 17.2 haha my "best" is 17.9. Pushed it there..

 

thats crazy but glad you made it to a gas station. Def will have to look for some way to get an 2nd gas tank if something like this occurs.

 

I usually do have one, but I wasn’t really planning on going the I tried and I wasn’t expecting there to be as much snow as there was.

2 days ago the canyon I was in was bare. Now it’s basically impossible to get through. For my rig anyway.

 

It was definilty an eye opener, closest I’ve ever been to being stranded with no fuel.

 

Why diesel?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-suburban-gas-tank-install.351918/

 

Slack should not matter, May want to check the switch behind you clutch or brake peddle. If it is out of adjustment it want work. While your driving take your foot and pull up on your clutch or brake peddle and turn on the cruse control, if it comes on probably the switch. It happened to me.

 

Weenie roasts

 

Because the knly way Ben knows how to work a fire is throwing diesel on it

 

It’s effiecent.

 

I pulled my corner lights to paint the trim recently and when I plugged them back in they do not work. If I tap the passenger one it will come on but the driver side will not. Any ideas? Should I replace the plugs, or corners? Thanks for any help in advance.

 

So I did a thing..

I picked my 3rd 1st gen taco this week....i may have a problem..

Minitaco.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
Minitaco-2.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
Minitaco-3.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
Minitaco-4.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
Minitaco-5.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr



For those of you not up on your Tacoma lore, this is a rare 1995 1st gen single cab with the 3.4L 5vzfe V6 in it and a 5 speed manual. Only made for 2 years in this SX configuration. Truck has high miles but well cared for and drives great. Sucker moves with the bigger motor and weighing nothing!

I now have a single cab..an extended cab..and a double cab tacoma...

 

Noice, I was hoping you'd snatch that up!

 

truck is fun as hell. Has a few quirks that need delt with but all super easy and also cheap. Thing seems brand new otherwise. Guy took stellar care of it. Hauls ASS too haha I didn't once have to down shift coming home from Co to MT on the interstate on any hill. Pulls in 5th haha

 

Hey I have three too, will have four if a good deal comes around. You can never have too many of them.