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

If it was me and they had zero play in them I'd keep running them. I'd want visual confirmation of this, not just someone's word though. Miles don't mean to much, mine don't last 10k. If you drive on decent roads without potholes I don't see why they couldn't make it all the way to 200k.

 

potholes galore in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa
so decent roads is a big fat negative
i was told by a Toyota mechanic that there will be warning signs with funky steering issues but what do i know!?

 

Rather than trying to trust what someone else is saying about it, just put your front end on jack stands and wedge a pry bar between the bottom of the LBJ and the spindle. You want leverage against the bottom of the joint. Press up/down on the pry bar...if you see any up/down play at all in the lower ball joint when doing this then you should replace them. Shouldn't be any (visible) play.

edited to add video of what I mean..

https://youtu.be/tqw85L_sMgE

 

I have these on my Camry with the red pads and it was a huge improvement. Car stops hard !! Super dirty though lots of brake dust. The roters dont stay black its removed the first time you hit the breaks.
I think @Phessor has them on his truck...

 

Replaced my evaporator core, expansion valve, and drier last night in my 03'. It wasn't as bad as some other core's I've seen online, but the bottom of mine was heavily leaking refrigerant (along with being soft and gross). The smell of the refrigerant was strong and it was preventing me from using the AC.

I finished the install and charged her back up with refrigerant last night. So far so good, even though I had some bumps along the way. Shop was going to charge me $800 for the job. It costs me a little over two bills for materials so I saved quite a bit.


Actually this is my fiance's 1st Gen Tacoma and she doesn't know yet that I fixed it for her since she's on a trip. I try to keep it in good shape along with my other family vehicles. This is the only picture I have of her truck. It's the white 2003:

 

what model year is that one on the very far left?

 

you two are talking to a very dense wall.

You should know

 

dense OLD and dumb

 

Installed my front bumper yesterday.

Today, drove it and got a thumbs up.

 

Now you’re putting words* in my mouth

 

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Wow dude! You almost have the complete set!

 

Major milestone today!
300,000 miles.

 

If you charged it without pulling a vacuum I would take it and pay for a shop to pull a vacuum and recharge. It will make sure there’s no moisture in the system that’ll cause issues later


It would also show any leaks if present

 

You sure it was a thumb?

 

If it was a Jeep I'd venture to question my post lol it was a land cruiser

I see it from time to time in town

 

I just installed the Matt Gecko lights. Standby and I’ll get you a link. @mattgecko





edit: https://mattgeckoleds.com/

 

Yup, I made sure to pull for a vacuum before I sent refrigerant in. I actually found a leak doing the vacuum pull and found it coming from the low pressure coupling. Thankfully it wasn't something deeper. Thanks though for the advice.

 

It's a 1991 Pickup. 3.0 V6, manual trans. We ended up selling it a couple months ago, but it was a great runaround truck. I learned a lot working on it, including replacing it's evaporator and heater coil.

 

Love mine
What color pads you went with?

 

EBC green stuff 6000 series.

They bit really hard, I want to try a better rotor than the power slots because the aggressive bit creates more heat.

These EBC rotors are designed for more heat relief and better grade steel

So time will tell.

It stops on a dime right now even when coming off 75mph. Stops super quick