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

probably going to watch a timmy the toolman vid about timing belt swap. see if i feel comfortable on doing it. mechanic hasnt called me back on a price for the job

 

I don't care. I'd want to see it.

Doesn't show the gasket, the TB gasket, the check valve, the Dynamic tensioner, the bracket for the tensioner, not even the pulley for the blower is on it.

 

i was thinking the same thing. as tempting as it is i want to see everything it comes with

 

No, upper is longer.

 

these came in today.. Next stop the tire shop to get my 285s mounted

 

1 inch spacers?

 

1.25

 

You might not want to use red loctite on the wheel studs for the spacers, if that’s what that’s for. It would make it a real pain to remove them if you need to change a CV on the trail or something like that. Blue loctite is more than enough for those.

 

Thanks for the heads up bud

 

I have to agree, this was the best I could get 6013 to look and is what I submitted to pass my class in stick welding haha...







I have no doubt with metal this clean anybody could have done better with 7018 myself included.

 

I think the welding gun is missing the threads for the gas nozzle? Looks complete different from my Lincoln gun.

 

That's a dirty gun... but millers have slip fit nozzles so no threads is normal.

 

Don't think I have to replacing the lining or anything?

 

Won't know till you weld with it a bit, a dirty or kinked lining will cause your wire to spool out inconsistently and occasionally jam.

 

That happened a lot when I was testing it. It jammed a lot.

 

Liner is probably kinked or has some buildup. I'd check your roller tension, spool tension, and consumable size before you go buying a new liner though

 

I got the compressor mounted, front air fitting installed and all of the plumbing done.
I mounted the air filter behind the driver side rear tail light.
All I have left is the wiring, still waiting on the switch.

 

Maiden Voyage

 

Any luck with adjusting it, if the drive roller isn't the right size for the wire it'll stop a lot cause it is slipping. Make sure you have roughly 3/8" wire sticking out the tip too.

 

That leader hose gets pretty hot on my viair. I'd be cautious about those wires ziptied to it.