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

ive seen these axles ripped complete out from under toyotas. yet so see one bent. lol

 

I think you could limp it home after it cools. I literally drove my T100 4 miles with no coolant in the block until it hit 250° and I parked it but not after seeing 280° as I parked. The CEL came on at 280° meanwhile the temp guage was normal. Do you have means to see actual temp?

 

@Squeaky Penguin and @jubei know a thing or two about bent axles.

 

Oh shit. I just bought one....

 

Was there a metal gasket behind the water pump?

 

How did you attach them??

 

With rivets. I sandwiched a 1" x 2" piece of aluminum between the folded over strap. Takes a longer rivet to be able to grab the tent base tho. Reinforced the area with another couple of rivets to the outside. If it ever pulls thru, I'll replace the strap rivets with a couple rivserts and screw it all together.

 

Thanks i need to fix some straps on my tent. What are rivserts?

 

Yeah I have a scan gauge I haven't installed. Thought about trying that. Just knew I wouldn't get very far and it's about 10-12 miles away from home.

CEL didn't come one for a while. Actually not until I shut it off and the started it again (though it did not want to start again) to move it a mile to a real pull out. But the temp gauge was pegged.

Did you warp a head?

Me too sadly

Yeah of course

 

It goes away. Do yourself a favor and buy the gallon "professional" kit on Amazon and coat the whole frame. In the spring I would touch up the rusted areas with POR15 too

 

Only put 1000 miles on since then. No sign of headgasket failure yet. Doesn't seem anymore gutless than before. I thought for sure I would have done some sort damage.

 

I'm worried I melted rings or something.

 

So where did it break?

 

Not 100% sure yet. Have to wait for my buddy to go get it before I can pull it. It's on the passenger side facing out. And seems like it's right under the tank seam or so.

 

I have one of these, sorry to hear about your radiator failure.

 

Yeah sucks. Hope yours lasts. I'm still waiting on them to call me back.

Least I kept my original to get by for now. Still hoping they warranty it.

 

I kept my old one as well.

 

I think he means nutserts it's like a river but its threaded and you use a bolt to hold the item in place. provided

 

Well that's just odd.