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

In the second to last pic there's a lot coolant residue dried around the hose and clamp. Could be old stuff. No dampness there at that hose and clamp?

 

That's why I thought it was from the lower hose as well, but there is some wet/fresh from around the thermostat housing as well. I did the TB/WP about 8k miles ago. Everything was clean and residue free to begin with and I made sure that everything was cleaner when I was finished. Judging by how much the residue has spread, I'm thinking it has to be originating from higher in the bay.

 

Yeah, could be a couple spots too. In the past if I've reused the radiator hoses I've had to make sure the clamps and hose were put back in the exact spot they were before to avoid getting drips or dampness. Might be something to check, that's all.
Also might just need to be snugged up on the nuts/bolts for the thermostat housing. If you haven't tried that, you prolly have, just throwing it out there

 

Took out my Kings today to go back to 5100s....temporarily



Getting the Kings rebuilt and revalved this week. If I'm being honest...the 5100s/881s handle the street considerably more smoothly than my Kings do. Hopefully the revalve helps.

 

Agreed

 

Sell em to me when you’re done with em

 

The 5100s?

 

Yesss

 

Maybe...kinda like having them around in case the Kings need work. But might be getting a daily soon so ...I'll let you know

 

Daily mods the best mod

 

probably because stock king spring is 600lb and 881s is 550lb I think.

I have 550s on my ADS. I need to swap in my 5100 and 881s to test out the street ride.

 

881s are 500# which makes even more sense yeah, whenever I finally get a front bumper it'll help even more with the kings 600# springs. But talking to the guy doing my rebuild a revalving should help too. Offroad they do great of course once they heat up but on the street they are pretty damn rough lol.

 

you might want to ask about a flutter stack or a progressive compression curve. I’m no expert but I want to run the lightest spring I possibly can and let the shock do the work. I’m also planning on smaller lighter tires and going slightly lower in lift to help the street ride. Or maybe I’ll just sell my coilovers in favor of the 5100s.

 

Not surprised actually.

however...

Go take them offroad and you'll quickly see the difference.

Hopefully you are getting flutter stacks. Either way the more you tune for offroad with just a single shock the more likely it won't be as friendly all around.

 

Oh yeah I remember how bad the 5100s were offroad, wheeled them for about a year and got tired of always being the one guy in the group a 1/2 mile behind everyone else because my suspension wasn't up to the task. That was what prompted me to get my Kings, but at ~30k miles they're due for a rebuild.

Wasn't aware of the flutter stacks, I'll be sure to bring it up with the guy that's rebuilding them. He's done a lot of suspension work for local guys on here so I'm sure he'll know about it.

 

Only problem with the daily mod is that I REALLY like driving the Tacoma. I've got a 2004 Ram and my 2015 KTM Super Duke R motorcycle yet I drive the Tacoma most of the time. Maybe I need to sell the Ram and get another Tacoma...

 

When one dies the other one takes its place, and the cycle continues.

 

I’m looking for a front diff.

 

They’re both still kicking fortunately.

 

Dropped these silly things. Glad I just replaced that ITRE boot and clamp like a couple weeks ago.

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr
Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr