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

When is the last time you greased the splines on your rear drive shaft?

 

Possibly flash rust on rotors/drums caused by cold damp air condensation on warm dry steel after parking for the night. Smoky Mtn. FOG.

 

i thought that word was banned on TW

 

Banned in the lunchtable thread is all

 

Nope just when it's paired with bed hooks

 

well nobody want to hear about my chit in here so i don't you know
i still have number of questions trying to figure out all about it, i never thought it would take so darned long though

 

i have one more to get the broken screw out of still then the mod is completed

 

Try the TW on Facebook, they’re full of help

 

i don't subscribe to that FB stuff
i just thought there would be some closer regional folks
nobody around here but the newer tacomas for many many 100s of miles

 

Hasn’t been too long. Prob mid July when I serviced the truck.

 

Yeah... got a fluid flush and a scan gauge

 

this is what i was recommended by an '18 Tacoma person to remove all the FF i sprayed on so i can continue the mod when weather is appropriate

"Use a scotch brite pad, sand paper or wire brush or prep like you would any other metal surface before painting. The stuff is just a film it's not like it etches."

 

I had good luck with a pressure washer and heavy degreaser. However you will likely not be able to get it out of inside the frame.

 

Scrub it with diesel

 

Working on patching holes and POR-15ing the frame.

 

i was careful not to get any inside, used rags to block holes best i could

 

POR 15 has some very very bad reviews and tests
do you know something i don't?

i could use one of those Kubota to take my taco box off!

 

That little yard tractor is the berries to lift a bed! I just ran tie-downs to the bed anchor points and (my son on the tractor) lifted it right up.

I have heard the opposite on the POR15 - so I will be cautiously optimistic with my results - This '01 frame has 265K and some rust from the mid-west winters and gravel roads, I'm not expecting miracles but, expect a few more good years of use out of it.

 

Are you talking about that video where the guy puts it on new, not rusty metal, with none of the required prep work first and then puts it out in the sun?

Prepping the metal as per the directions is very important.
It sticks to rusty metal much better than new, and it doesn't like UV light.
If you use in on rusty metal, do the recommend prep steps, and top coat it to keep UV light off, it works pretty good.