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

Close enough though!

(my GF loves coors as much as white claw.. I don’t like either)

 

Just giving you shit, that’s what I get when I buy, most the time I just drink everyone else shit though (Michelob ultras)

 

Coor's and tequila!

 

White Claw is only rated for Honda Ridgeline engine fires. Wouldn’t have been enough. Thank goodness for that Rocky Mountain refreshment.

 

Thank You, I'll get the drill and bore it out.

 

Looks good IMO. Nice work

 

I thought about getting one but i only pull winch line like 5 times a year and it's never for me.

 

Yeah same here, but I don’t like having my winch line exposed like I do now.

 

Can anyone recommend a decent automotive battery tester?

I'm thinking on spending around $50 on it, but I'm not married to that number. I know auto parts stores will test batteries free, but it's a pain in the ass. I'd rather be able to do it myself.

The main thing I would use it for is my school bus RV, big truck size starting battery, and three deep cycle batteries. I ran the starting battery pretty low last fall. I have a solar charging system that keeps them topped off, and it reads full, but I'm speculative. I don't want to take it into the back country and not be able to start it to come home.

 

Pics of school bus RV?

Sorry no advice on the battery tester, but that RV intrigues me.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/post-your-camping-gear-and-setups.557406/page-5#post-23218753

 

Replaced my old rusty (you can see the holes on the right and left corners) chrome bumper.

Before:



After:

 

They're BSPT, but I always just get a brass fitting and send it, it'll deform and seal fine

 

So you’re saying I should kiss the bicep then go for glory?

 

you must be best friends with the guy who put my frame under my truck.

 

So afraid of cross threading this.

 

very true. it's also a very effective method of creating a DIY anti-theft lug nut. so effective in fact... that the only way to remove it is to shear off the lug stud and replace it. The guys at Discount Tire clued me in about this one, I would never have guessed.

 

Made a harness for dome lights for the cage and 3rd brake light and will have a pigtail for power up in the tent!. Dam Rats nest I’m getting better with this shit.

 

Got rid of the squeal at full lock by giving the ol Dark Knight its most likely first PS fluid flush. Cleaned the reservoir. Turned into a show, but now also have three new serpentine belts.

Also installed my first ever stereo. I was always so nervous about them. It was pretty easy minus me being tired and thinking it had to slide in from the front of the trim, thus forcing me to utilize an utility knife to shave out an opening I never needed.

P.S.

The Pioneer DMH-220ex is a POS, don't buy it. Love Pioneer, but this one is worthless.