1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

how is that?

 

woke up with this stuck in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYdvxBxHX2U

 

OIL CHANGE QUESTION ABOUT THE FILTER
Can someone remind me the trick to not dumping oil all over the frame & suspension as I remove the filter during an oil change? I'm getting tired of wiping up all the excess oil...
I may get to the point of relocating the filter if I start driving more and changing the oil more than 2x a year.

 

I've heard to take it off with a grocery bag around it but that's never worked particularly well for me. Brake cleaner is cheap and makes for easy clean up

 

I just crack it loose and let it drain after undoing the drain plug. That way when you spin it off it doesnt just dump oil everywhere.

 

I call it Rust Prevention



or coverup

 

https://youtu.be/-PSflfYC2qk

 

Hmmm

 

The axles would be spinning constantly and so would the diff. Meaning the driveshaft

 

good?

 

my biggest complaint with oil change over the weekend was re -tightening the oil filter with my wrench. Loosening it was super easy but tightening it was fuckin awkward as hell. I had my left arm thru the wheel well, and right on the wrench handle. Torque spec is super low on it tho, like 22 lbs right?

I snugged it up p damn tight, but drove up north later that day which had me sketched at first haha

 

Not my favorite

 

which means you can do shift on the fly 4wd with the jshift case. Aside from the potential MPG hit I don't see it being a wear issue on anything.

 

I always just hand tighten and call it good for another 5k

 

bro hand tight and then some

no wrench

 

Wouldn’t it bind on dry pavement like they do now?

 

no, the front yoke on the tcase is unlocked and spins freely in 2wd. Doesn't engage until you shift into 4wd

 

will not touch it then, thank u for the warning

 

When the tacoma was my DD I drove with the hubs locked all winter every year

 

whoops, that gives me confidence it wont leak then. Shouldn't be an issue removing, correct? thanks u two for the info, first time I did it myself. Ran out of those coupons for 22 dollar oil changes haha



Once didn't I do it tight enough on my last ram and when I threw it into R it caused a trail of leakage on my driveway so I have anxiety bout it..