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

Nice job on the bumper trim!

 

Did you verify both those fuses are good?

 

FYI

Starter flywheel ....

Somehow my starter/flywheel bound up. I had to hand spin the engine using the flywheel and prybar to get it out of the lope it was in to reset the starter. After 3 times in and out with the starter the 3rd time i put it in it got unbound. The engine would literally lock up when trying to start. A huge thunk and the engine bay shuddered. My flywheel is a performance LCE not sure if that really matters. It was weird but it happened. Hope this can help anybody else out too.

And the starter literally takes 15 minutes to swap fyi lol. Pretty sure i did it a while ago too

 

Yep both the fuses are still good.

 

Honda oddassey washers installed what a difference.

 

That's all I could think of. Couldn't find anything online that said what the amps usage was for that.

 

I broke down and took my SPC arms apart this past weekend while doing other maintenance because the creaking was driving me crazy. I replaced the bushings first of the year and lubed everything with SuperLube, but strangely only one side was creaking. Broke that side down, relubed, and it’s quiet as can be...for now

 

I tried both, first removing the 3rd leaf from each pack, then ending up with the full leaf pack on the driver's side but with the top overload removed from the passenger side:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/taco-lean-and-dakar-springs.477113/page-2#post-14640309

 

I am somewhat confused on which leaf to pull. I have seen numerous locations stating pulling he 3rd leaf from top is the leaf to pull yet ARB USA advised me that it is actually the 2nd from the bottom (excluding the overloads) that should be pulled (this would be 4th from top)

Has anyone ever gotten confirmation on which is accurate?

 

Disregard, I found instructions which call out 2nd from bottom for this pack

 

Pop it open, look for internal fuses, burned components and traces . It may well be dead.

Btw, former high end installer here, granted it was 25 years ago. But it's all pretty much the same still

 

Finally got on the build list for RELENTLESS BUMPERS! Looking forward to these in months from now.

 

I opened it up but didn’t see anything significant that stood out to me. Granted idk much about audio stuff so I didn’t really know where to look but all the wires seemed fine and intact.

 

Can I get a high res pic of the internals?

 

I pull it apart again tomorrow and pm you one

 

Tried to pull into a parking lot that is on a steep hill. Turned the wheel and truck kept going straight and smashed into a concrete post. Really glad I have an offroad bumper!

 

adds character!

 

It was bound to get some scratches eventually. Just glad it wasn't from another car.

 

Just pulled the trigger on new trail armor. CBI Moab, DIY for the front, and NWTI DIY for the rear. All courtesy of a bad driver who backed into the rear bumper. They estimated for sheet metal repairs to the rear corner of the bed, but the wrap around bumper will cover that area completely, so I'll just give it a quick sand and apply paint, probably bedliner. Still have nearly enough funds for an inexpensive winch, so more shopping to be done.

 

Im happy with my smittybuilt x20 10k. Thats not too bad price wise either.