1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

That's great, I still wouldn't bother with it. 180° stat will be fine. New oring too. Get the VatoZone motorad if you can really spend money on a bumper but not something your engine actually needs. If you're gonna cheap out, at least cheap out good and get a stant oe style one.

 

Hmmm

 

How did you manage to install a belt wrong? They're not even manually tensioned. I know you don't have a distortion gauge. So did it actually stretch. Or did you put it on one or two teeth off and it took a while to set the cam sync code.

 

how many miles of maintenance do you have to log?

my records on there only go back to about '08

 

What dealership would install a Gates belt? They don't sell those, dealership would have given you a Mitsuboshi

 

sell your truck?
i cannot give mine away here locally
nobody wants old geezer truck with no tech

 

They sell for a lot in Nice condition. But usually most people request that the frame actually have all its paint and not be half stripped and half coated with whale sperm

 

I drove it off the lot in 2002 and have no desire to part with it. A replacement will surely come along but this one will stay in the family for many, many years to come.

 

i don't know anything about that
locally nobody wants something this old

 

Well you live in a terrible place then. Around my neck of the woods a nice condition first gen with a V6 goes for 7 to 11 Grand. Okay condition and below or for four cylinders can range from 3 to 6 Grand

 

i live in a place where these old Tacomas basically do not exist
yes i see a couple on the streets now and then, but are not in nice condition on the exterior
for a locale nearing 1 million people i would expect more of these to be seen on the streets every now and then!

the main ones i see around are the 01-04 models, go figure!
go check the mid west regional
there is probably 1 or maybe 2 on there not including me, and still are post '00
its sad and ridiculous

 

i mean Chicago is a HUGE city, not one person on TW that i know of has a 90s era Tacoma
same goes for St Louis and KC
not 1

 

Don't sell your truck (or yourself) short. No need to see/worry about issues which aren't there or not critical. Just a thought.

 

its just difficult to try and ask help when i need an extra hand or two not knowing if they know jack about beans outside of their 2nd or 3rd gens
almost had access to a heated garage with lift but need a military ID

 

You tire me.

 

sure about that?

St. Louis - 912 pages
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tacos-in-st-louis-area.22598/

KC - 366 pages
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/kansas-city-tacoma-crew-816-913.518428/

Chicagoland - 214 pages
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/chicagoland-area-members.46428/

Can't tell me there isn't a single 1st gen owner in any of those 3 threads

 

nope none that are active anyways
one guy with an 04 DC is in St louis but is going to school in Mississippi i think
but that is a big drive over 400 miles

i am on a little island

 

i could possibly find more like me if i goto the parts of town locally where i do not speak the language well
but risk getting truck jacked possibly

 

See somebody wants your truck. If you have to worry about it getting jacked then there's a desire for it