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

www.wholesaleimportparts.com

 

You must have some big hands, these lights are pretty easy to get to compared to some trucks and cars these days. Can be a little tight though. Hell newer tundras you have to remove the whole headlight to replace the bulb

 

Installed King 2.5 700lb Front Coilovers with SPC Upper Control Arms, Replaced lower ball joints, Installed ARB Rear Leaf Springs. Installed a set of Pro Comp 1069 16x8 with 285/75r16 BFG KO2. The ride is night and day difference now i can hit and driveway entrance and barely even feel it. Love this suspension, so glad i went with this setup. Shoutout to WheelersOffRoading

https://www.instagram.com/p/B04RAFAAWNU4xBJ5Rpuk1DCL-_BQVbJouWBJBI0/

 

You replace the bulb or the entire housing? Must have some big hands if just getting the bulb...

 

Always nice to learn the grinding coming from your wheel was just the brake shield against the rotor and not a wheel bearing taking a sudden crap

Apparently I bent that sucker good last night when doing my outer tie rods, sounded pretty bad lol

 

Hell yeah I've heard those things scream like a shrill banshee and caught me totally off guard. Scared the bajeezus outta me cause I couldn't fathom what wtf it could be. Anywho, yeah they can be loud af

 

I was only going to/from work on city streets so it sounded like a rotational grinding/hum....got home and took the wheel off and was pretty clear what was happening

 

@Wulf

You didn't tell me the pellets are also a tasty snack

 

Yup, pulled em many times, they get stuck over the years, make sure you follow the FSM and get it in position and have at it.

 

I've always just used a deep well socket and an extension. Are you sure you're looking at the right thing?

 

Is it the opposite of a laxative? Plugs all the holes...

 

^^ this. I haven’t had to remove anything to get to my bulbs, nor to install and plug in my ULTIMATE HALOGEN UPGRADE harness. And I wear XL size gloves.

 

Saw a neighbor pour two boxes of McCormick ginger into a leaking 1947 Ford truck radiator. I thought he was crazy at first. Then the leak stopped.

I think Subaru cooling system sauce contains a lot of ginger since its an all-natural ingredient.

 

It's not one of my more proud repairs attempts haha. But if it lasts for a week I'll be grateful

 

gotta do what you gotta do

 

Today was transmission fluid change. Last week was xfer case, week before was rear diff. Next week will be front diff. At some point gotta do the carrier bearing. Good bit of play in it and the truck has a wobble that I hope it will fix.

Not sure when, if ever, this fluid was changed. Didn’t look horribly discolored but there was some blackness in it...

 

Had this truck about a month. The previous owner installed a nice kenwood radio and it had a usb plug hanging out under the dash to plug your phone, etc in. I didn’t like it visible so I got an extension with a mount and moved it into the lower center console out of sight. I loaded my music on a flash drive and leave it plugged in but I can plug my phone in it if I need to charge it. Here’s the extension I ordered.

$8 ICESPRING USB 3.0 Male to Female AUX Flush Mount Extension Cable for Car Truck Boat Motorcycle Dashboard Panel -(3 Feet - 1 Meter)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAMU8KY/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8

 

That saying about taking everything but the kitchen sink?...bought the Tacoma a sink.

 

So since I eliminated Abs and removed the sensors. Do you have to use the tone ring to keep correct spacing. Or can you just use the seals for the 01-04 non abs

 

They are like 800 lumen so they need a decent heat sink.