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

I've been known to put it in 2lo and just crawl in 1st usually timed perfect so I never need brake or clutch... Just keep creepin

 

The self-driving (lane keep, radar cruise control etc) is underrated.

Coming from the majority of my vehicles being Manual.

 

I've hit it twice during rush hour and never had bad traffic. Maybe 3 times really. Idk. Maybe you hit it at a bad time?

 

Well I found the issue.

The supercharger pulley is seized. Won’t budge. I noticed the SC belt was slipping. When I removed the belt I tried turning the pulley and it wouldn’t budge.

 

So the SC is seized or the tension/PS pulleys?

 

The supercharger pulley. I got it rotating a tiny bit and it gets caught on something.

This isn’t looking good

 

I told you don't force it to spin, you need to open it

 

No Bueno

 

Well now it’s rotating freely and unimpeded. WTF!?

 

Its not even mine and I feel bad for him. Seems every job he does on his truck usually results in a do over of sorts. Wasnt it the flexplate this time last year?

 

I know, somehow he's got it turning right again, I dunno what could have held it up though.

 

This is an emotional roller coaster.

I bought the whole seat but I only needed the edge.

 

Would worry me that whatever it was might happen again and if it happens while the truck is running it could be a lot worse no?

 

My thought is if it passed something out the rotors then the only place to go is the valves or combustion chamber. Don't want foreign objects in there typically.

 

The only thing it could be is that Teflon coating that was flaking off.

 

January last year my Flexplate with 25 miles on it exploded leaving me almost stranded in a busy intersection.

I could feel myself lose gears one by one till all I could hear was grinding.

 

Well I would think that is relatively harmless, they do that over time

 

Didnt you coat that pulley in bondo to hide the illegalness? There wasnt any bearing to potentially get that crap in was there?

 

Mother effer

 

The whole thing is coming off. I think it’s that flaking Teflon coating.