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

If you're going to be doing brake work, at least get the correct tools for doing brake work.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-SAE-MM-Flare-Nut-Wrench-Set-6-Piece-HFNW6PC/203541511

 

Although a bleeder isn't a line so really if he has a normal 11mm box wrench that would work even better than a flare wrench

 

alright on my way to pick up some tundra brake calipers at Napa. One more time before I head over there, what's the best rotor and brake pad option?

Autozone I've heard for rotors and brake pads - autozone duralast gold are $113 for pads and rotors.

Is there a difference between the rotors and pads from Napa or is it about the same any way you go?

Also, 13wl is the number I'm looking for yeah?

@BartMaster1234 @mechanicjon

and I'm stoked - the new slave cylinder fits - the piston was seized in the one on my truck!

 

That was kinda my point - I bought a combination 10/12mm flare nut wrench that's worked great on the brakes so far and a few other places. Not to mention 3 sets of metric wrenches. A 11mm bleeder - i am certain made sense to some Japanese engineer as either a 10mm or 12mm just would not do.

 

Done

 

True enough - guess I had other things I was thinking of than reinventing the wheel. Fiddle f@cking around on you back trying to figure out why neither a 10 or 12 'specialty tool' will fit on ... will do that to you.

 

They are going in the trash in 2 months I bought solid axle swap 3 link setup waiting for my appt in fab shop this is just so I can drive it this summer

 

What's going in the trash ... OME 881?

Rookie question... I know OME is Old Man Emu, but when I looked up OME 881 is that a brand, model or ??? As they kicked out a whole bunch more names & designations.

 

OME Old Man Emu is the brand, 881 is the model spring

 

881's are the model name for the coil spring

I got a set of flex head flare nut wrenches and can't remember for the life of me where they came from, but they're gear wrench and are sizes 9-15mm I believe

 

Yeah i thought he was talking to me cause of my lift blocks

 

good progress so far man - being from Maine I know how bad rust can be on these trucks. Looking awesome. You should keep your lift just under the x-member. Those 'jack stands' are a little sketchy. Can't hurt to have an extra measure of safety!

 

Thank you and yeah it's a huge problem makes it hard nothing ever comes apart easy a one hour job is now 3 I'll post a before and after it's been alot of hours I'm pretty happy with the results I cant wait to sas it so much less components too worry about

 

I edited my last post - did you see the part about keeping your floor jack under the x-member in case on of those jack stand contraptions you have fails - I'm super paranoid about it, but no one can drive their truck when they're smashed into a pancake

 

I'll post more

 

Yes I do I know shots scary when your working and the truck wobles

 

Underbody

 

i couldn't help but laugh at the slew of tools spread across the garden.

 

lol that's what my work looks like, but I clean up before taking pictures to make it look like I'm organized lol

 

SURVEY SAYS: I am a stubborn son of a bitch.

Here’s my “new” bed for my 5-lug. I’m going to be putting the good bedsides from that truck on the bed from this donor bed with a good deck.

Pictured - Donner Summit, I-80, California outside of Lake Tahoe



Shoutout to @Tour991