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

i do it for like 14 hour drives. 12 im usually fine just driving and stopping for gas.

Helps though. Nice to get out and stretch.

lol furthest thing from a health nut. I like burgers too much haha

Too much sugar in those drinks. You can like feel the sugar on your teeth after a drink. So gross haha

 

Lol want gross? Let's deep fry some sprouts and see how they turn out lol

 

that sounds terrible haha

 

I'll just tell you that there hush puppies

 

This x 1000000.

If I even feel a hint of sleepiness, I pull over walk around or do some jumping jacks. Move your legs and get blood flowing. Good to go for another couple hours.

 

So I'm getting this clunk/high pitch squeak every time I'm shifting in/out of gear or braking. I hear it up until about 3-4 gear sometimes. From the little research I've done I'm thinking u-joints. Going to look tonight/grease em and see if it stops until I can replace them. Any other ideas? It sounds like it's coming from the rear.

I know it's not suspension because I've never heard it going over bumps.

 

Likely u joints. It happen under either acceleration or coasting?

 

Would be a good place to start, esp if you haven't greased them in a while. I know it's time to grease mine when I start getting that "thunk" feeling from the driveline when I shift or let off the clutch no matter how slowly I do it. Actually that means I've probably gone too long since greasing them lol

 

Anyone know the part numbers for the throttle body coolant hoses on a 04 3.4v6?

 

Is it this?

https://parts.germaintoyotaofnaples...G6o672csKjS6oDjTgv3ZipkP9jMRKgWoaAgPgEALw_wcB

I was just looking at other parts on that site and typed in 'throttle body coolant hose' lol

 

It starts when I accelerate and then immediately when I let off the gas and that's it. Never hear it again until I accelerate again.

I did last year but I've gone through a good amount of water/mud in the past year so. Was going to grease them last weekend but forgot.

 

yeah sounds like a U joint

 

I think I'm still on factory u-joints. Though I think they are about on there last leg. Better grab some oem's along with the carrier bearing.

This maintenance list never ends, speaking of which the trouble codes for the O2 sensors went away. Some how the Truck fixed it self over night

 

That's one of them. I found that one.

 

Sounds exactly like my u-joints did when they went.

Bought a Tom Woods shaft, and I've had the factory one sitting around waiting for me to drop it off for a re-build.

 

what did you expect from 14-23 year old trucks.

 

FWIW you can't technically get factory u-joints.

Buying a new Tom Woods shaft was cheaper for me than having the OEM one rebuilt.

 

How well these things are in terms of what little maintenance. Lot better than my parents Ford's and my brother Chevy. Those things just need constant maintenance. Every year either ball joints, entire brake replacement etc

 

I was going to say, I remember seeing a thread or two on here from very frustrated 1st gen owners over not being able to get new u-joints, or at least there's a certain one that you can't get. Have to either find it in a junkyard or replace the whole shaft IIRC. I think when the time comes I'll just go with a one-piece shaft from Tom Woods too.

 

I knew that I meant the Toyota replacements. Or the next best thing