What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

Added a Transmission Cooler with Fan.
I also installed a fan indicator light for when the thermocouple activated the switch at 175F. Also put a switch to turn on manually.
I installed the B&M 70298 Hi-Tek SuperCooler Oil Cooler with Fan.
Temps have dropped on average 20F when pulling my 22' RV.

 

Although your use of large bold font is persuasive...

Cheaper doesn’t mean better. It just means cheaper. Also noico being thicker doesn’t make it better either. I guarantee that the butyl rubber formula of dynamat is different. Feels denser, and is more malleable/workable. I suspect dynamat is more effective at vibration reduction because of it. Also the aluminum is thicker on the Dynamat. Which means when you are forcing into hard bends it doesn’t tear like the noico does using the little rubber roller.

Noico being 1/3 cheaper means you get three times more of an inferior product. Is dynamat 3 times better? I guarantee it is not. But I am willing to bet money it is better.

Working with both today, I will be buying more dynamat for my doors.

 

Tell me more about your extraction process.... i've hit mine with a 1050 HP electric torque gun and nothing..... its been soaked with PB Plaster multiple times... i'm about to just use a pump.....

I did not make the mark in the drain plug.... not sure how that got there... but I didn't used to do my own maintenance either.....

 

Word

 

Where did you buy it from?

 

Nothing crazy. Just am apped on a new bike rack today. Fitment is tight. Between the LED light bar and the bed rack crossbars, I had to slide it under the rear rack crossbars but it works. Also slapped some locks in it.

 

Swapped out the base Tokico rear shocks for 3rd gen OR Bilsteins. Rotated the tires while I was at it. Next is switching out the front suspension to the same.

 

I found it on ebay. I think the seller was Southland Toyota.

 

Please tell me you rescued them and abandoned the S-10 there...

 

So excited to have installed my new topper this week. Wired up a 3rd brake light with a quick disconnect. Brake light is mounted to a small steel bar with rare earth magnets on the inside of the topper so, nothing permanent. Also wired and installed led lights underneath the bed rails. I didn't want to add the velcro to my tailgate so I added velcro to a magnetic strip and attached to the velcro on the inside of the back window. The magnet is not very strong, but holds it to the tailgate.

 

Changed out fluid in my rear diff, transfer case, and front diff. Used supertech full synthetic

$29 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90.

All plugs came out easily, except the front diff drain plug. Got it but it took some force. It's a little sloopy, so I'll definitely be replacing it next time.

Old fluid looked pretty good. Truck is new to me as of May, so I didn't know how fresh the fluids were.

 

What kind of magnets did you use? I did the Velcro and magnet strip too. I used

XFasten Flexible Magnetic Tape, 1" x 10-Foot

this and it holds fantastically. Even at highway speeds.

 

How do you clean the seatbelt?

 

I got some rare earth magnet disks from home depot for the brake light.

 

Oh sorry I meant for the tailgate..

 

Ah. It was something similar to what you used. Probably about 1/2" wide.

 

is that a 2nd or 3rd gen topper?
Looks like a 3rd gen due to the lower roof line

I wonder if shortbed softoppers can be camped/slept in somehow

 

Little maintenance today. New rubber should be arriving tomorrow and will be getting mounted Friday.

 

There are a couple of options fro the DR750s @blackboxmycar.com... have a link to the one you purchased??

Thank you in advance!