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

Do you have a flat blade screwdriver? That seems to work well in Toyota's from what I've seen from thefts...

 

Ya... I'll be trying some other options before going that route.

 

Got a check engine light on the drive home from work. Popped the scanner in and got this:
So I guess this means it’s time to put the supercharger on the Taco.

 

Pulled the alternator back to replace the brushes w/holder as 70,000-mile preventative maintenance. It's ready for the parts to arrive tomorrow.

 

How much gear oil does the front diff take?

 

.9

 

Its not going to do much to limit the vibration revurb but it should insulate nicely. Before you reinstall it, why not put some squares of Dynamat on there (or the equivalent). A couple of those tiles would go a long way.


https://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/ (for some reason the site is down right now for me but good information)

 

Steering seems comfortable enough and I’m not rubbing the pinch weld....I am rubbing the frame at full lock on each side (driver worse than passenger) but I believe that’s a backspacing issue so, correct me if I’m wrong, no adjustments to the alignment will correct that.

 

Could always put wheel spacers on, I rub the frame too at full lock but with 255s it's not bad enough to worry me too much. Just grazes it.

 

Thank you

 

Got the sliders and cbi frame plates burned in today courtesy of the one man workshop @01Tac0ma

Couldn’t be happier with how they turned out. Probably going to clear coat the frame plates and rattle can the sliders this weekend.

Just needs skids and the new 4x4 is trail ready!

 

New rotors and brake pads . It had new bearings put in recently so that’s another double double. Anyone now if the tundra brake upgrade works on a 97?

 

Stripped the bed so I can pick up some metal materials for future projects.

 

Alignment won't help that. I'm on 255s and 3.75 backspacing and don't rub the frame for whatever that's worth.

 

Doesn't work on 5 lugs, but a member on here managed to put 6 piston Cadillac brakes on his 5 lug... i'll remember who it is eventually, it was a black 5 lug tho

 

trust me, just paint them. I know its a cool thought to have them bare like that. But they will be dirty 95% of the time anyways and the clear coat won't last as well. Just paint it.

 

Remember my clearcoated bumper... looked like ass after a couple weeks

 

yeah that was bad. I know Marc tried clear coating his Pelfrey built rear shock relocation kit deal too cause it looked cool. Lasted like a week.

 

Rubbing on the frame might be improved by alignment if your toe is way off, or especially if you're off a tooth on the input shaft and your tie rod adjustments are uneven.

 

Fair point, didn't think of that