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

I like that tow pig. how's the ram been out of curiosity?

 

I like it. It’s treated me well for the last 3 or so years and I have not been kind to it. Towed the Tacoma on several 1000 mile plus trips without a hiccup. Also my daily for the most part unless I drive the yota or my 89. Gets as good of gas mileage as my dads gasser f250. Biggest downside I’ve found is the transmission does get hot on long steep climbs but I just back off on them. Tows fine with the 5.7. A longer box would help with swaying. It does get tiring on long trips towing as you can’t let your guard down.

 

glad to hear it's been a good rig. Always loved the body style of the newer rams and was wondering how they held up since my older one did really well. thanks! have a good time this weekend man!

 

Check my build thread, Lots of pictures and pretty much all the prep before/after! Eastwood internal frame coating and fluid film going on soon

 

Found this today
Didn't Make it through
Score 1 for MTR Kevlars

 

Where you been dude?

 

Having a dorkel makes up for not have a skid

 

Been hiding in the Norcal forums
I haven't had much to report as far as the truck stuff goes but I will very soon

Ive have been driving the piss out of the truck lately so theres that.
My transmission is not liking the 2.2 pulley I put on over the summer

 

Until it doesn't...

Says the dudes with dorkels….


wait.... a … sec...






@DVexile

 

September 23, 2019.

Just as the trail had some gatekeepers obstacles near the bottom, so too were there some larger gatekeepers before we could proceed much further towards the top. Several of these offered easier and harder lines, our approach summarized nicely by this meme...

All the photos and the whole story in: Redhead Down #8: Exploring the Champion Mill









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The truck’s first alignment since 2004. The alignment tech said “Your alignment was so bad, we couldn’t get an initial reading.” They had to adjust my SPC control arms to get a reading at all even though I had it set to 0 degrees of Caster. I had a small performance shop do the alignment, I know a Firestone would have no idea what to do with the control arms.

I asked for max caster, here’s what I got.

 

Didnt you change the uca's and not get an alignment?

 

I changed everything and didn’t get an alignment. When the truck was last aligned in 2004 it was still stock everything. Now the truck was converted to 4WD, with SPC UCA’s, ICON 2.5’s front and rear, AllPro Standard Leafs, all new tie rods, and upper and lower ball joints.

 

lol you've done all that and never got an alignment until now...man, I'm surprised your tires don't look like hell.

 

Oh they do. The front wheels were worn on the edges to the point it was making whooshing sounds, like a bad wheel bearing. I rotated it to the rear to even it out hopefully.

You can tell which tire below was on the front and which was on the rear.

 

well...hopefully you don't wait so long to get an alignment in the future after doing front end work. Tires are expensive to be cutting their lifespan down because of poor alignment

 

I also told myself I’d replace those LBJ’s as preventative maintenance because I knew something would happen with them eventually. I ordered them and they sat on a shelf for months. Look where that got me.

 

I won't kick you while you're down, just...let this be a lesson to you lol

 

Wtf bro...lol