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

It’s a rebuilt long block that’s been hot tanked, bored, honed, magnafulxed, etc. You can read about it on their website 209yota1.com my total bill ended up being $6,700 because of a lot of add ons such as all new cooling hoses, new knock sensors and harness and other odds and ends I figured I might as well do now. It ended up being a good deal for me because my old motor had bad valve shims, small oil leak from the cam seal and possibly a little from the valve covers, water pump was almost due, and the head gasket failed. It would’ve ended being about the same fixing those problems on a motor with 220k vs just getting a new rebuilt motor.

 

Got my shit exhaust replaced with a gtg one. Never going back to that shop from before lol




Edit: another shot of shit exhaust

 

Why did they weld on another hanger when the stock one was still there?

 

Assuming for even more stability bc i bitched out the last shop hard to them before they worked on it. Told them id pay to make sure it didnt go again.

 

That was the second time the weld on the "u" hangar busted. They did some tight ass hangar there, versus the U shaped hangar with wobble room. And the pipe is 2.25 inch now versus stock size to match the glasspack

 

Got this new tailgate warmer

 

Daaaaaawwwwww

 

Something yall should consider after lurking for the past cpl days is laser cutting a washer of sorts that goes between the strut hat nuts and strut tower

This way instead of all the force being applied to the the strut tower where the nuts are (a small surface area probably causing the stress cracks) the force would be distributed to a greater surface area

Same way people who make bumpers weld d shackles to plates welded to the bumper vs welding the shackle straight to the bumper

 

If you can believe it I'm calming down in my old age.



And I'm tired of fixing shit.

$7k? You could damn near buy another 1st gen for that.

I bought a used engine for $300 and swapped it myself in a weekend.

 

Yep

 

Man do I hate chasing intermittent electrical issues. Just trying to get my aux. and extra backup lights hooked back up. Ultimately traced it to a bad ground. Made for a long, hot day.

 

Same story for my camry

The key in dinger would turn on and off intermitently plus it wouldnt start so obviously a bad ignition cylinder right?

The key in dinger had nothing to do with it not starting

It was a bad ground from the battery and powertrain

 

If you want to look like an old man’s truck
Go for it

you said you wanted opinions

 

How's a camper shell make it look like an old man's truck?

 

I’ve got 2 father and son. Dads almost 4, son is 2 this summer. Best dogs ever.

 

Just my opinion

AND

my old man has a camper shell on his truck

 

Every old man either has a camper shell or thinks theyre the best thing ever

 

Thats awesome. I just lost my boy of 10.5 a few months ago. Hardest thing ever but can't live without a boxer in your life! They are great dogs.

 

Made a simple mount rail for my mountain bike on long drives so it's not flat in the bed and I can pack other stuff around it.
Took a piece of uni-strut and put those two giant phillips head screws on the corners of the bed through it to bolt it down. I can use the strut as a tie-down point for other gear too.

This was the best solution I could come up with to keep my bike secure and out of the way in the bed while i'm wheeling. Should hold up good for my moab and colorado trip

 

Shitty dude. Sorry to see that.


buuuuttttt wow you're asking for a LOT for a highly modified 1st gen with 331k on it. But good luck hope shit turns around for ya.