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

Planned obsolescence?

 

Nah, they wouldn't have done the frame replacement program. I think they just aren't used to salt.


Not sure what's up with the newer ones though..

 

It really makes no sense, but they must've not lost money on the replacements or the problem would've been fixed.

 

I almost want to suggest they look at American automakers for an example...buuut....they aren't much better.

 

But they're supposed to look to them as to what not to do.

 

Maybe that's why they haven't

 

Yeah I used a 20 ton press to press it out and back in. Have to press the hub out first to gain access to bearing. You need a press, press plates, 2 4x6's, and a bearing press/sleeve kit

 

Lol,
My truck has been down waiting months for the supercharger to be rebuilt, backed up because of the virus issues,

So Ive been doing little things here and there
because I haven't been able to drive it,
My list of things I did Including a deep engine bay area includes
New bumper
New grill
New blinkers
New marker lights
Blinker mod
Antenna power new
Antenna cutoff switch
Hood painted to remove hail dents
Hood liner sprayed with black sealer
Wipers painted
Windshield cowling painted
Leather wrapped steering wheel
New dash parts
Wood trim removed
Cluster screen polished
Brake light bulb replaced
LEDs in the rear
Orange blinker bulbs Up front
New garman gps
New alpine blue tooth radio
New brained stainless fuel lines
Heat wrapped fuel line
New front engine timing cover
New dual temperature supercharger gauge
Gauge installed in clock location
Fuel injectors cleaned and serviced
Cleaned up all wires along fire wall and battery
Powder painted valve covers
Valve cover gaskets replaced
New PCV valve
Rebuilt supercharger
New dash heater AC vents
New seat belt clips
New arm rest
New front drive shaft
New brake and clutch rubber pedals
Deep cleaning of the engine bay
Deep cleaning under the hood
Trimmed the lower radio pocket for a snug fit for the scanguage.

Now time to just drive her

 

Did you but OEM dash vents?

 

Yup,

The drives side was one part number,
The center vents come with the complete face trim section

 

Started off the day finishing painting spindles and brake dust plates

 

rod to know. The one on the right in the center column has loosened up quite a bit. I shoved a pice of rubber on the side to position it for now but it needs replacing

 

Haha, mine had Velcro type felt holding the drives side and centers in place.
I’m thinking it’s time to just buy new ones, I have no truck payment, so just do it, hehe

 

While I waited for paint to cure I went ahead and did the Tundra Brake upgrade. Used OEM Rotors, Pads, and shims and then bought remanufactured Calipers. I also used @turbodb brake line kit. It worked pretty well overall but the clips that came with the kit were too thick so I had to file them down quite a bit to get them to work.

Before and After photos

 

Finished up the day with the last of the press work! Manual hubs are looking good!

 

Very Nice!

 

It was needed, hehe,

 

So what kind of paint did you go with? There's so many options out there.

 

I don’t even know if that’s true... the seat sits higher in my second gen, the rear view mirror is in the way, the 6 speed is clumsy compared to the 5 speed and it just doesn’t feel as natural to drive as the first gen. Granted, I’ve put 110,000 miles on my 1st gen and have only put 5,000 on my second.