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

dark grey and light grey look great. black hides it too much. All Red looks bad. the red outline came out really good.

 

I did a free power upgrade yesterday,

I reset the ECU by disconnecting the battery for 20 minutes.

I have done this before but not for 20 minutes, more like 5 minutes and I think the ram was actually never cleared because my scanguage was working after I did the reset before.

This time I disconnected the battery and came back probably 20 minutes later and reconnected the battery and the scanguage turned on but had no info displayed.

Apparently the scanguage will not display any info until the ECU is reset.

It took 75 miles of driving and then the scanguage was working again which let me know
the ECU was completed.

Truck now is getting 21 degrees in timing on full throttle where is was at only 18 degrees before.

Apparently 5 minutes wasn’t clearing the ram before with the battery disconnected

 

My son said the same thing. Details.

 

I just mounted my DIY 270-degree awning.

i used tarp material for the fabric, rip stop was too expensive for this project. Aluminum C-Channel for the support. the poles are made from electrical conduit. I bought the bag because I didn't want to sew it myself.

i based the design on a $1400 (at the time) awning a couple of years ago. the price of this same awning has gone down significantly since then. i had all the supplies sitting in the garage for almost 2 years, i got started about a month ago. it sucks that i can now buy a new one for a few hundred bucks more than i spent on materials but atleast i can say I built it not bought it.

 

A few things going on. Got my injectors back and put the truck back together. Decided to do the Big 3. Ordered wire. Also picked up a new battery.

 

what did you pay for this kit OTD?

 

It was around $865 USD plus shipping. All going to vary slightly on your location and the current exchange rate for the Canadian to US dollar. Also on what you order. I got it with the single swing out tire carrier, side hoops and receiver hitch. They have a dual swing out setup and you can remove the hoops and receiver. They also have an aluminum version.

https://www.coastaloffroad.com/product-page/1st-gen-tacoma-high-clearance-rear-bumper-kit

 

Can someone with an ultraguage, torque or other like devices do a WOT pull for me an tell me what the lowest afr is. I think 01-04 trucks are all capable of this. Trying to see if 12.06 is the lowest it reads. Would prefer it to be the 3rz with torque app but I assume it would be similar with the 5vz and other obd devices. Thanks!

 

Sliders going on

 

Finally drove her. I got a DD and damn do i miss driving the Tank!

 

Adjusted the parking brake so it works properly. The issue was the rear shoe adjustment. They were apparently pretty far from the drums. With the new equipment and adjustment, damn do I have brakes now, both service and parking!

 

2 months owning this truck.
ARB bumper, warn winch, OME with 882s, SCS F5 with 265 75 16.
Just got back from a few day trip in Death Valley and bought a SC and 7th injector from URD when I got home.
Wish me luck on a ping free life once I get her installed

 

Also today I think I fixed the leak from the top of my manual trans.

 

Installed new kenwood double din , kicker cs 6.5s to replace the old pioneers and Walmart roadmasters that have been in it about 15 years ,and put a Rockville ss8p subwoofer under the seat major improvement also fixed the door handles with some cheap ones off Amazon color is way off but they work atleast , installed anew regulator /motor on the passenger side but it still wont roll down so back to the drawing board

 

I did that today as well. In addition, I removed the snow tires and put the All Terrains back on. Also replaced the AFR sensor and left the battery unplugged for 30+ minutes. Tomorrow I'll do a commute to work and then fill up to see what my new highway gas milage is.

 

I paid my stealership $45 to do the exact same thing while I ate dinner on Friday. Brakes feel great and I no longer feel like Im gonna rip the parking brake handle out of the dash.

 

Spray paint will fix that door latch, and you need to check the fuse for that window.

 

It rolled up with the new motor seems like the down function on the switch is toast

 

Exactly why I’m a bigger fan of roll em up and down yerself windows. Especially in 1st gen cuz I can reach the other side easily from my seat

 

If it had them I'd have been fine with that