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

I put a decal brake light I found at the junk yard on the wife's ride, changed out a few bulbs while I was in there.

Its a bit rough, but it Looks good at a distance.

 

I agree, I worked in electronic repair for years, component level repair as well. If your not experienced with PCB work and/or not good at soldering don't mess with it, although you probably don't have anything to loose beside time & money for the components. At least it's not SMD components. These days everything is required to use lead free solder which is one of the reasons why BGA chips fail so much (that & poor tthermal management design). Lead free solder is trickier to work worth. You can easy damage traces if you don't know what you are doing, even with lead soldered stuff.

Don't need a ESD safe soldering station. Yeah it would be best but in all the years I've worked on electronics i've never damaged something from ESD. Just don't be stupid, like sitting on shag carpet while attempting the repair.

You can replace what's visually compromised but there could be plenty of other compinents that have failed. Without extensive circuit diagnosing you may just be wasting your time. I've never looked inside a Toyota ecu but many ecus have conformal coating on the PCB to protect from moisture. Have tonremove that coating before you can do any soldering.

If it were me, I'd just get a used replacememt ECU.

 

That's the most colorful axle I have ever seen! I've replaced lots of axles in FWD cars but I have never seen a red CV boot before. Never knew they had in colors other than black or gray.

 

I drove it home...


Might as well hoe it out

 

How’s that working out for you so far? Was it a call-to-order sort of deal?

I really need to replace mine but the crown nut under the lower ball joint is rusted to all hell.

 

Got me a new tire for the spare. Although I've never had to use it before (knock on wood) I figured I should get a new tire for it.

Was going to buy a used tire on ebay for $105 shipped, no need for a new tire. I hate Walmart but they had the same exact tire for $105 + tax so I went & got it, got it mounted somewhere else though. I got tired of looking at my crusty old spare & I feel much better now.

 

1. I got the washers off the sleeves by grinding the crimp and hammering with a ball joint fork. Then i torched and pressed out the sleeves. Then i melted and scraped off the rubber off the sleeve. Then i took a abrasive wheel and cleaned them up. Now i have to grind down the crimp so the washer will fit up at the end of the sleeve. The end of the sleeve is flared out, thin and very sharp. Once i get these ready ill lube em up with grease and press in the ES bushings. I have some Superlube on order from Amazon so ill have to work on something else for now. I have everything taken out up front. Does anyone know of a COTS grease i can use on the bushing? Does anyone know if the washer just sits ant the end of the sleeve or does it need to be attached (welded)?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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This is why I stopped the grinding method, I feared it wouldn't pop back on. The ball joint press method saves all the metal and pressed back on.

 

Flexed it out so I could wash it later.

 

@BartMaster1234

 

u joints, extended exhaust bracket and extended rear brake line came in. Truck parked in the garage. Gettin ready to install the 5100's and wheelers 5 leaf springs. Gonna be a long night.

 

LOL, Poor truck...

He looks sad.

 

Looks horrified.

 

What does the extended exhaust bracket do?

 

NM, I'm an idiot, should've know. I just chopped mine off after the very first time going to the desert. Looks better like that.

 

I did to. That stock tail pipe is f'n hideous.

 

Yeah it is. I remember when I chopped mine off, truck was only 5 yrs old & it was all crusty looking already too.

 

He first thing I did when I got mine was dump the tail pipe. It’s a must.

 

Picked up a used hood seal finally!

 

screw you guys!!!