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

Recently added to my 2000 a new Speed Dawg shift knob and the well needed cup holders and yesterday had a custom 2.25in stainless steel catback exhaust with 18in Magnaflow muffler 11255. Also som DDM tuning HID 5k

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_c1vf0fmA

 

Where did you get the cup holder?

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/475128...allery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&frs=1&col=1

 

Finishing up the rear axle seal/wheel bearing R&R this morning. Had a blown seal on D side and brakes were a slimy mess and WB was shot on that side as well. New seals, bearings and brakes both sides. The messiest job I've had yet, hate drum brakes.

I picked up a super nice 20T air/hydraulic press off of Craigslist so I could do this job, added a foot switch and it made the job a breeze. Press paid for itself on this first job. Next comes the 5spd trans rebuild.

BIG Thanks to @Timmah! for the videos and the humor!

 

Man I need a garage

 

Yesterday: Drive train vibration resolution. Belt had popped and was shaking the shit out of the truck over 40mph. Tire was trying to become a pretzel when dismounted!



New shoes:


Today: Rear diff u-joint that was also in need. Thought it was the center bearing and this u-joint that was the truck shaking culprits which ended up being a tire. Replaced anyway.





Done for the day.

 

Just spent 2.5 hours pulling the supercharger and valve covers off and some cleaning.
Monday will get the valve covers painted red.

Going to do the valve gasket while everything is off too.

 

Finally installed the remanufactured OEM CV I ordered several months ago. Had a leaky boot on my FEQ axle that finally gave up the ghost.

 

That was a perfect opportunity to swap out that problematic diff bearing with the ECGS sleeve!

 

Joined to 200K club while on the interstate going to our most recent adventure.

 

Is there a way to get rid of the 3D printed lines on the side?

 

That's on the other side, may do it when I swap out the other axle.

 

Started replacing my upper balljoints today and everything was goong smoothly until it came time to press the new ones in. Decided that pulling the whole spindle off was going to be the way to go after I couldn’t fit my c press in the wheel well.

That was until I realized I didn’t have a 35mm socket to get the cv out....



Ordered one on Amazon and it should be here tomorrow.

 

Sanding is the best way. Some people use acetone, but it still looks crappy.

 

Yep, I quickly glanced thinking it was drivers side. Doh!

 

With my luck I'll be doing that one again soon, damn cheap parts store CV axle boots tear if you look at them wrong. Part of the reason I got a reman OEM axle for the passenger side. Gonna pick up another to have ready for the driver side next time.

 

Wrapped up installing the new ECGS gears, new valve cover gaskets and coolant bypass tube. Waiting on the FIPG to fill cure over night and take it for a test drive tomorrow afternoon. Here’s to hoping i did everything correctly

 

Then I got the drill with a wire wheel and cleaned the old crappy dark finish to a shiny glow on the throttle body

 

3L5 touchup paint finally arrived so I fixed 2 scratches that were driving me nuts.

 

Wheels on, brakes bled and adjusted, super happy with the results of this job! Rear end feels MUCH better with new bearings and it's very nice to have rear brakes again, AND now the E-Brake works!

As an added bonus, I reinstalled the cruise control and got that working as well this afternoon.