Broke down by Kingdom City MO-FIXED

To show my gratitude to this AMAZING community I will happily ship a bag of coffee to the first 5 people who pm an address.

 

That's really cool of you <--- seemed fitting since it involves coffee

 

.... Not a marketing stunt just feeling overwhelmed with gratitude.

A huge Thank you to @Cav_BluTRD this guy is hero.

 

gives me hope if, while traveling on these flooded Iowa freeways, if i lose control and dive head first into the 'swamp' the rescue team will eventually show up to winch me out

 

We’re gonna take pictures so we can break balls later.

 

Btw my original post should have said "pop" not "loud bang". It was more like a pop that I heard. I think in the stress of the moment I didn't write accurately.

 

did you find the old drain plug

 

Just doing the right thing bro.
Thanks @GQ7227 and @StayinStock for tagging me
I know these guys responded right away and were ready to jump if needed. @G.T. @VangaSTL @Tacomania @Sociopenguin @mcharfauros plus whoever I missed and a few non Tacoma owners I called upon. Great community right here.

 

i want to also add fellow 1st gen @1997tacomav6 that knows the 3.4 well and his long-distance i70 troubleshooting from ~750 miles away

 

Don't feel bad young man,,,,, I opened my hood, checked my oil,, needed some, so I pulled the filler cap, put a quart in and closed the hood, next day me and the wife went to church about 15 miles away, pulled in the parking lot and the truck was smoking furiously from under the hood. No smoke at all driving, looked like it was on fire when I stopped though.

Popped the hood and I was covered in oil along with the motor.. Left the filler cap off, still sitting on the valve cover. That sucker dripped oil for a month, no telling what would have happened on a lengthy drive. Only lost about 3/4 qt. but it looked like 3/4 case.

In my 59 yrs of turning wrenches I've never done anything like that, yes I did to, didn't put the lug nuts on tight on my old 55 chevy street rod back in 1966.

This time I have an excuse, I'm 71 yrs old with a slooooooow memory.

 

Very happy it worked out for you and you are safe!

The way everyone here was ready to help the OP the best they could almost brought a tear to my eye to be honest.

We should create a Rescue sub with regions! Or perhaps create a thread with members we should contact in their respective areas if you need help. Essentially like a Tacomaworld volunteer fire department but roadside or mechanic help =P Just an idea.

Just throwing this out there but if anyone is ever in the Atlanta or North GA area and are down and may need help feel free to reach out to me as well. I am a mechanic with a garage that has all FSMs and about as much tooling and equipment as a full shop minus a lift. I do engine rebuilds, trans rebuilds, engine swaps, repairs, diagnosis, welding, etc.... it's not my full time job but I do it on the side to work on my own stuff, friends, family, and odd jobs someone may ask me about. I do have an 8-5 job M-F.

 

Damn lucky, I’m glad things worked out. Tacoma don’t die easily

 

Good thing it was nothing serious, I've had stuff come loose too so dont feel bad. It should've had some remnants of oil left to keep the bearings lubed but I would check for any weird noise when you get home. If you're stopped at a rest area take some time to check on fluids BEFORE you go, not when you just stopped, so that all fluids would be down in the pan when you check. Have extra quart just in case.

 

has OP made it to his destination yet?

 

I think he has. Texted me earlier that he was “off the grid” and will follow up with me later about some other things.

 

Oh shit...off grid...

 

A final post to round out this adventure...here's some pics of the trip and truck in Wyoming, Glacier, Montana, SD and finally Wisconsin. 5,000 miles in all without any further problem. The camper comes in at about 3,900lbs packed. Planning a Nashville > west coast trip next summer. I would like to put a super charger on it before that trip (anyone got one?).

Coffees are shipping this week.

 

Yellowstone


(before you critique the stance, note that I had let down the Andersen WDH setup for trailer leveling)


Glacier



Glacier



KOSH (Airventure Wisconsin #OSH19)


Wyoming



Badlands

 

Wow that tacoma towed that all over the place?

Nice pics and glad you're back on the road!

 

There's a supercharger + URD 7th injector setup for sale on the forum here -

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/trd-super-charger-w-2-1-urd-pulley-and-7th.612872/page-2