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

WTF?

I ordered Tcase drain and fill plugs from Trail Toys 6 days ago... they just now printed the shipping lable. Hasn't even been shipped out yet.

I mean I can be realistic. I get not shipping something for a day or 2... but a fucking week? Really?

 

Put a tool box on and sprayed the hubcaps with gunmetal metallic from duplicolor. I had extra paint so I had some fun lol. Thinking about a 1.5 leveling kit and some 235/75/14 Wrangler radials

 

lol....I'm glad I'm not the only one. My arms look like a bob cat used them as a scratching post from trying to get an angle that would work.
What finally did the trick was using the claw part of a hammer to pull them out. It's tighter than a dicks hat.

 

haha that's exactly what happened to me and exactly what I ended up using to get them out. I had a pair of curved nose needle pliers and even those couldn't get them out. The back of the hammer did the trick after some fussing around with it.

 

I'm still working on my grunts lol

 

channel locks loosely grabbing both the clip and metal behind it with a motion to pull toward you removes them in a second

 

I like the bed setup. Ive been thinking about doing something similar. I want to make it with less material to save weight, but I thought a pull out slide might be nice too even if its just the back half that pulls forward.

 

How much coolant and ATF should I have on hand before timing belt and oil cooler gasket work?

 

Do you mean: how much ATF will you lose when you disconnect the trans line that runs to the radiator?

You'd only need a quart or two on hand to refill. Probably wont even need the second quart.

 

Do you have a Grainger?

 

Installed 2003 4Runner seats.

 

yes, there is a store here thanks will check it out

 

I replaced VC gaskets today on the 99 Prerunner. She has been leaking for a long time so it was pretty messy. Only 235k miles! So here is my question... The air intake from the airbox to the throttle body is just falling apart. I wrapped it up with tape so it will run but I need a real fix. I thought about a shiny new K&N but I don't want to cough up $300. Does anybody have a cheaper way to go?

 

Pics? Like them?

 

Get an OEM air box from a salvage yard, maybe

 

Well after three weeks of military training, I finally got a day off to fix my truck. Replaced both power steering lines, added a cooler and filter while I had it apart. I am glad this part is finished.
Now I can swap my champion aluminum radiator back in and do my Tundra brake upgrade along with the rear brakes next week.

 

Anyone have a link to a diagram or photo of what the inside of our brake drums looks like? Have to pull the cover on mine tonight and take a look, I have a metallic rattling sound coming from my rear passenger drum (I believe) but I've never worked with the drums before, not exactly sure what things should look like.

I suspect it might have something to do with the e-brake, I believe the noise started happening after I backed up in 4low with the e-brake engaged on the trail once. It bent up the e-brake brackets on the rear axle which I was able to fix, but I'm afraid something may have come loose or broke inside the drum where it connects.

Edit - I found this, does the e-brake have any components inside the drum or should I just be looking on the outside of it?





https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-to-fix-the-rear-end-of-an-old-toyota-tacoma-1821365470


Actually the article ^^ that this photo came from is very informative, I think I can just follow this guys' steps unless anyone here has any advice/experience on working with the rear drums, particularly the e-brake

 

Did you check the FSM?

 

Ah thank you, I don't have a copy of the FSM but this should be perfect along with the write up I found.

According to those FSM diagrams I suspect the parking brake lever might be the culprit, gonna take a look at it tonight. No matter how much I adjust the screw behind the driver's seat (under the truck), the brake does a poor job of holding the truck. So it's gotta be something to do with the e-brake near the drums.

 

Got the same one at a deal