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

Also @Kens04Taco is working at the shop down the street from me that I'll be getting the timing belt done at and he knows his stuff, I'd trust him and the guys there to work on my truck any time. He did a killer job on my alignment there a few days ago

 

Yea you want all the unjointed to be timed to one another or you end up with bind.


In all reality the first and last u joint are the most critical to this

 

Let me know how it goes. Need to do this soon.

 

If you're gonna DIY then I highly suggest following @Timmah! 's videos on the timing belt job and having @turbodb 's write-up from his build thread handy for pics and part numbers

 

These two are on my short list.

 

I don't think I ever got back to you on the fan bracket. But it fixed my noise issue I was having. So it was definitely the bearing going bad

 

I would not be surprised if mine is going out. I feel I am still chasing a noise, I need to remove all the belts to diagnose. Especially since my PS pump is fixed now.

 

That's exactly what I did, if you find it is the noise you don't have to remove the timing cover or drop your radiator. Just takes a little finagling to get around some things but it's possible

 

New shoes!

 

I must have missed it, what noise are we talking about here? Need to address a few issues with my truck as well.

 

Put the hood back on after chasing down a wiring short in the engine harness. 210 miles trouble free!! Starts every time, runs pretty good. Got 20.2 mpg on last fill up.

have to figure out a rough idle issue, along with low power at lower rpm’s.

I have new plugs to put in it, and plan to put a new set of plug wires, along with a new valve cover gasket. Gonna clean the valve cover up really good and may even paint it.

Other issue I am chasing down is why the stereo doesn’t always come on like it is supposed to. It’s a Dual brand touch screen from Walmart. Sometimes it works perfect, other times I have to unplug/replug it to get it to work right.

I really like the stereo cause it sounds good and was only $70 and fits excellent.

I still have to install the amp and will be building a box for 2 15’s or 18’s in the coming months. I would like to have the 18’s. Won’t take a lot of power to have a good bass hit with those compared to 10’s or 12’s.

oh, I also have to fish out one of the heat and air control bulb plugs. It fell behind and I can’t quite get ahold of it.

anyone know what size bulbs it takes?

hope everyone has a good day/weekend.

 

https://youtu.be/mUFlBd25UYc

This video shows the noise mine was making, I tracked it down to the fan pulley bracket bearing and plan on replacing it tomorrow, I assumed I would have to remove the timing cover but according to JOSHCOOK that isn’t necessary, which is a good thing. I bought the new Aisin bracket from Rockauto.

 

Here’s the new bracket. $116.00 with standard Fedex shipping and the TW discount from Rockauto.

 

Nice. Always a goooood feeling to get some trouble free miles put onto her after a repair like that

 

especially since I don’t have the money for a wrecker bill!!

but don’t worry, there is a VERY VERY strong likelihood of it getting an LS swap this coming winter. Which means the 2.4 and automatic trans and rear end will be up for sale when I get ready to do start the tear down.

it still runs good and trans shifts perfectly. After all, they only have 306,900 miles on them!!

 

Oh yeah! nikki showed me.

 

Thanks for that info, ordered a set today

 

It was a definte squeal, sounded similar to when the idler pulley is going. Except I don't have my AC belt connected, so I took off all of my belts and the noise went away. Installed the new bracket and the noise is gone.

It is similar to that but a little less "scratchy" and more of a whirring noise?? And it was constant, I could hear it all the time until the engine got around 3k RPM (engine noise hid the other noise)

Edit: You do have to remove the timing cover (well I did) but you just have to loosen that clamp on the radiator hose and move it down a little. You'll lose a little bit of coolant but it's possible, just takes some things to get out of the way

Wait there is a rockauto TW coupon? I'll be needing that

 

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Hopefully the last piece to the puzzle