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

Could you explain how this is possible? I am new to Toyotas, but my truck has a J-shift case and manual hubs. I don't see how wires come into the picture at all.

 

If you have manual hubs they don't. Nothing electronic about it. Unless someone swapped the hubs in an ADD truck.

 

With man hubs the only way short of twin sticks is to unlock one or both hubs

With ADD, this is better described as an ADD system defeat. The case gets shifted as usual but there is no signal initiating the ADD system. The front drive shaft, ring and pinion will turn but the pass side front diff stub shaft (disconnected) just spins, power goes nowhere. Assuming no front locker here.
This can be done in numerous ways. The 2 common spots are at the 4wd condition switch or the ADD relay behind the pass side kick panel.

 

lol
IMG_1218 by Brett Bjorgum, on Flickr

I didn't think Morrison was that bad, but I certainly wouldn't want to go down it. I think that's what makes the 1st couple corners on Black Bear worse.

 

Is the ADD stuff stronger?

 

Yes, yes it is. The strength difference is not all that big of a thing. The real deal is where the weak spot is. Many times a man hub CV shaft will break in the man hub itself, damaging it in the process. Sometimes a little sometimes much more.

 

Finally get to replace those terrible Dorman tailgate straps that hang outside the tailgate today.

Thanks @gunny1005!

 

ones that hang outside the tailgate?

 

The Dorman ones are so badly made they don’t stay inside of the tailgate section when you close it.

One is longer than the other in fact.

 

I’ll probably put them on my 5-lug. I bought it with rusted out and broken tailgate straps.

 

How much for your old ones?

My tail gates only 1/2 supported

 

Damn

 

You think that’s bad?

Have you seen the rest of it?

To get the rusty fifth wheel hitch that hasnt been used since the Clinton Administration out, I had to chisel two or three inches of solid concrete and mortar out with a big sledgehammer and a chissle.

 

I was saying that cause you’re gonna reuse the straps haha

 

Well it’s better than nothing. I don’t even have a tailgate on the truck right now.

 

Trust me you don’t want the Dorman ones. They’re bad.

It’s only $15 each from Camelback Toyota.

 

Rough

 

What makes them bad?

They’re straps

 

Straps aren’t equal. The OEM ones always stayed inside the tailgate and didn’t hang out when you closed it. The heat shrink covering the metal is already frayed.

Conversely, the OEM ones went strong for almost 20 years without showing signs of damage.

 

You sound high maintenance