MARYLAND TACOMAS

Why would Toyota use such a thin headed bolt there the surrounding bolts have a standard thickness of bolt head to get a damn socket on them no wonder people strip these

 

Really not supposed to lean into them. All they need is to be snugged. Whoever tightened that plug had no idea what they were doing. Not really sure why they changed the fluid when they did the frame swap though?

 

@Gaunt596 are you using a 12 or 6 sided socket?

 

I know this but someone obviously didn’t but just like a oil drain plug you don’t torque with all your might it has a standard head

 

This is true. Odd style plug either way. I'm used to Jeeps where all you need is a 1/2" drive extension on your ratchet to pull the plugs out. Much better design IMO

 

Is the case aluminum on that or cast ? I assume it’s a steel plug hopefully threads aren’t crossed

 

Pretty busy in the MD thread lately...

 

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Already tried, not enough bolt head, the corners are juuuust round enough for a socket to not grab

Yeah, I'm thinking the 200lb gorilla put about 50 ugga dugga's on it.

6 sided, I don't use 12pt ones unless it's specifically required to remove a bolt

 

At the dealer I work at, when our guys do the frame swaps, the engine, transmission, and transfer come out as one piece. I see no reason for that to happen. I would call the dealer back and ask them about it.

 

My thinking exactly. Lift the body off and everything else is cake.

 

That's what we do. Take the bed off, lift the cab off the frame, remove rear axle, and then start swapping parts. We have a frame swap coming up, I'll see if I can get some pictures.

 

HAHAHA ! And just like that, you get that goofy ass nick name! Too funny.

 

Very nice of you!

 

These mountain roads are a lot more fun when covered in ice. I spent the morning exploring with the land cruiser then atv'ing with friends.

 

this dealer did the frame swap in 2 days. two working days. Im just waiting for them to have done something dumb that causes my engine/trans/tcase to explode at this point. it really sucks because every time something goes wrong i have to stop and ask "is this a normal failure, or something fucked up that toyota of bowie did?"

 

Since I no longer drive it the battery died on me. Debating on whether or not to sell the taco & my camper. They both just sit taking up space in my driveway.

 

How much?

 

I'm curious as well. I have a friend who may be interested