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

The only way I’d trust to do it is to actually count the teeth on the ring and pinion. Unless you do the other method of spinning the axle 10 times and counting how many times the driveshaft has spun and dividing it.

 

The guy said he’s gonna break it apart and see what’s up.

 

PMd you.. thanks!

 

You don't have to spin the axle 10 times. Spin it however many times is required to get the input (pinion/driveshaft) to go around once. If you spun both outputs, there is your answer. If you spun only one and kept the other from moving, divide by 2. Done.

This isn't rocket science. If he doesn't have hands on it, though, good luck!

 

The reason I say spin 10 times is because it’s hard to tell between 4.10 and 4.30 if you just measure one rotation. This is one of many ways to tell ratio. 41 and 43 rotations of the driveshaft is easier to read when divided by 10

 

the difference between 0.1 and 0.3 (tenth and a third) is immediately obvious if you make a mark when you start, and have decent vision. Even I can see it.

 

There’s different ways to do it, that’s how I do it. But my preferred way is to crack the clamshell open and just count the teeth on the ring and pinion.

 

Not my build

His buddy and him hooked it up

 

I am wanting to do mine as well. Never done it before so I've been watching some how to videos

 

I watched some videos and the sticky writeup but I don't trust myself enough to tackle a job like that. I will pay a shop to do it.

 

It's actually really easy. Just take your time, follow the video/manual and be sure to label and mark everything. I took pictures of all the items that were removed or disconnected and looked at them all during reassembly. If you have any questions, lay them out and we will all jump in to help.

 

I feel like it's mostly vacuum lines and nuts and bolts

Yeah, compared to the timing belt, this doesn't seem too hard. Its mostly the fear of having to take soo much apart to get to the valve covers. But the more work I do on my truck the more confident I feel that I can tackle difficult jobs.

- I did my girlfriend's valve cover gaskets six months ago on her 2000 camry but that was really easy. Its literally right there on the top of the engine. Guess it was good practice.

 

Exactly this. Like the timmah! video, I put all hardware into labeled bags and used tape to mark all hoses, brackets etc. It takes some time, but is not overly complicated or difficult.

 

I’ll pay shipping to 06457 plus $10 or message me how much ya want.

 

I was under mine this weekend doing a routine inspection and found a fresh coating of oil all over the drivers side of the front diff. First thought was the axle seal was throwing it. That was until I smelled the oil and it was not gear oil. Fearing the worst, started looking harder and higher up. There was an oil sheen on the side of the pan and the lip of the pan and along the bottom of the oil filter, but none higher up than that. Whew!

Like you, I found the oil filter had loosed up a bit. Was able to tighten it a 1/4 turn. I cleaned up the area as much as possible with a rag and doused everything with brake clean and wiped it dry. I'll be keeping an eye on it for a while to be certain but pretty confident it all was from the loose filter. About 5K since last oil change.

 

I have a set in 01754 you can scoop up for free homie

 

Yesterday- swapped out the Driver's side marker and replaced both bulbs with LEDs. Awaiting delivery of the passenger side today. So now all my exterior lights are LED- time to move into the cabin!

Re-ran and terminated the coax for my CB. Pretty sure SWR is way off. I will test tonight, it was pretty dark by the time I finished.

Tonight- install relays to the two 10ga power lines I have going into the cabin, SWR the CB install (likely will end up running a dedicated ground to the battery, as I understand it, Tacomas don't have a frame ground directly to the battery. Mine will, soon. Terminate (solder) the battery lug under the toolbox area in prep for the second battery. Quite possibly, run a second coax, for my 2M/440 rig- now I think about it, it should be coiled up in the underhood area, as I've had the mast mounted for a while and the NMO mount has hardwired coax.

 

Oh man, was this going to be fun. A trip like no other (so far). A trip with a twist. A trip that was actually two. Let me explain.

For a while now, Anza Borrego Desert State Park in California has been on my list of places to explore. Like Death Valley - which we've visited quite a bit and recently hiked for three days - it's a great place to visit during the winter because temperatures in the summer can get rather unbearable - so much so that certain roads in the park are closed from mid-June to September. The problem is that the drive to-and-from Anza Borrego is a bit too long to make our normal 6-day jaunts worthwhile.

So you can imagine my excitement when I realized that there was an opportunity to nearly double the length of the trip and cut the driving in half, all at the same time!

To find out how, read the first chapter and see photos of my first experience in Anza-Borrego, check out:

Double Fun @ Anza Borrego - March 2019 (Part 1)​

more photos and the full story:
Double Fun @ Anza Borrego - March 2019 (Part 1)​

 

uprgade time

 

Update your build. I been bored..lol