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

Well, this configuration isn't going to work for my truck. The Y fitting places the lower tube too high and to get the washer pump high enough, it pushes the bottom of the shroud into the fan blades. The bottom tube also seems a bit too long, even though I cut it at 17.75" as was posted in @Blackdawg 's thread on it. Back to Home Depot tomorrow to get new fittings. Still have plenty of pipe left since you can only buy 10' sections. Probably try a 90 elbow fitting and drill a hole in the lower tube for the pump, which I had bought the wrong reducer fitting for anyhow and was trying to "make it work" with what I had.

 

I used a 90.

And angled it slightly so no air pocket. Use really big hose clamps to hold it on not zip ties

 

Seat belt tensioner......
I remove the plastic cover, clean it with compressed air and hit it with WD40 or something equivalent.

 

Yeah it was 2700 for the Premium Black. The standard black would have been 2300. I figured just a few hundred more to have that shiny black forever was worth it

 

Oil change on the 2004, just hit 125k miles. Need to rotate tires today.

 

...A leisurely lunch behind us, we headed back up the boat ramp ... we had an important place to be - Bears Ears National Monument - a location we wanted to visit in its current form, before any reductions have time to affect the land.

Read the story at F.U.Rain Day 12 - Walloped by Wind, We Head to Bears Ears

Along our route, Monte had noticed a horseshoe bend in the Colorado River and marked it on our maps. We had no idea if there'd be an access road or not, so we were excited when one presented itself, even if there was a half-mile hike at the end in order to see the large meander...




And then, there was this guy, exploring a ditch:

To see all the photos and read the story, check out
F.U.Rain Day 12 - Walloped by Wind, We Head to Bears Ears​

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All season tires at their finest!!​

 

In your original post, I saw that you used a T fitting to join the horizontal and vertical pipes. When I was buying fittings and saw the Y one, my thought was that it would help keep washer fluid going to the pump better so I tried that. Too bad it doesn't fit in the truck tho and caused the washer pump to hang way too low. I was thinking rubber cushioned clamps would be great, just need to get some 3" ones to fit around the pipes.

 

Looking for some input for my buddy just bought an 02. I noticed fluid in the driver side wheel well when checking it out. Looks like it might be from one of these caps (vent caps?). Possibly just an overfill of power steering fluid? Looks like that is where the lines go. I've been trying to search but not finding anything so far.

 

thats the diff and transfer case breathers. Not anything to worry about.

 

Z71 Off-Road!!!

 

Oh ok so possibly just an over fill of fluid since it was recently serviced?

 

yep likely just that.

 

Thanks man I’ll let him know.

 

Anyone have a propane tank in their setup? Im getting tried of buying those green cans and was think a small propane like 2 gallon would be cool. Anyone got suggestions?

 

Can’t catch a break. Tons of play in the new steering rack’s bushings. Looks like somehow one of the bushings got pinched weird on install.

Energy suspension bushings on the way, should’ve done it before installing the rack.

 

Plugs and wires yesterday. Broke the boot off in cylinder #1, that was fun.
Timing belt and water pump getting done tomorrow 87600 miles!

 

What’re you powering, a stove? They sell converter hoses to go from the portable tank to the standard tank flange.

 

Just got my hands on some ray 10's

fucking finally.

 

Stove and I want to get a propane lantern as well. My buddy got me hooked on his, gives off tons of light for the late nights. Something like this
https://www.cabelas.com/product/BAS...A30ZoaWHu6dAbVtvZG8aAg9REALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds