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

was going with one that injects off the MAF signal why you changed? Snow makes a kit just like that so just curious.

 

It's probably a big city thing, but they have these fuel delivery services in the Bay Area. You leave your gas cap open, download the app, tell them what time and how much and what kind of gas you want, and they'll come over with a tanker and fill you up wherever you are.

 

Nice, we headed out for a hike around part of Rainier today. And look at that, a ground tent.

Can't wait to get to Montana for some gas price relief.

 

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard and it is so California I can't even hate it.

 

ha and here i was bitching that the gas went up 20ish cents in the last few days.

 

God there's even this app called SpotHero you can use to reserve PARKING SPACES.

After trying to find parking in downtown San Francisco and Oakland, I can see why that's a thing.

 

We had something similar in West Virginia. Leave your gas cap unlocked, and someone would come over and syphon it out. What do you call a six foot piece of garden hose? A West Virginia credit card.

 

Gas prices are weird here, two months ago Regular was low $3.00, I think it even hit $2. Now it's nearing $5 in the metro areas.

 

To clear things up, the reason the bulb you have in there works without a resistor is because it's a CANBUS style bulb (says CANBUS right on it). Those, for all intents and purposes, work like a regular LED with a resistor in our trucks. Any non-CANBUS LED without a resistor will have this weak flicker issue when the circuit is not hot on later 1st gens. CANBUS LEDs will not.

 

It was what I was looking for primarily, I just thought the AEM did the adjustment side of it neater and the included tank was bigger and better designed. The AEM all said and done was $200 cheaper with a discount I had too.

 

Oh we have one of those here in Northern California. We call it Stockton.

My friend has a 2001 Double Cab and lived in an apt. complex in Stockton. He told me he had his Catalytic Converter stolen three times while he lived there.

 

Some stole my gas cap once after i got a full tank, funny part is thats all they stole. Still had all my gas lol

 

Even with a CANBUS bulb, mine would not operate correctly. Only when I added the resistor did they have all functions. May have just been the particular bulb that I ordered, but they were supposed to be CANBUS, but.... who knows for sure with Amazon sellers.

 

That's what I like about 1995-2000 trucks. Locking gas caps - which even 3rd gens don't have. You know what else 3rd gens don't have? A freakin' gas cap holder... someone on the 3rd gen forum sells these 3D printed gas cap clips for the door.

 

as long as nothing was 'added' to the gas. One thing I miss from my 98 taco was the locking gas cap door. At some point I'll find the time to track down one and swap it.

EDIT: Guess I am not the only one who misses the locking door from the 95-00

 

Really? I guess there could more quirks with the resistance that could cause a problem. Haven't heard of CANBUS bulbs not working before. Either it's not actually CANBUS-compliant or these 1st gens are just luck of the draw with some things.

 

At one point, I'd like to integrate the central locking system to the gas door and even the tailgate. It's a nice feature some cars have. My 2000 E320 gas door is connected to the central locking system, and I think the Ridgeline?'s tailgate is also controlled by an electronic actuator.

 

You could just do a lever release. My cruiser has a pull next to the hood pull that pops the gas door open. No other way to open it unless you use a crowbar

 

Most (maybe all) modern filler necks won't allow a hose to be inserted and gas syphoned out.