NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Its still bad here in eburg, this morning was the furthest i could see all week but still not great. Still not sure if we are doing that group run this weekend but if we are you can join, granted you where just up there a few weeks ago.

 

Anyone want/need a stock 17" TRD Sport spare tire? Don't have the wheel, just the tire. Free99.

 

Soooo, dad's truck started puffin white smoke. Its a 1992 or 3 toyota sr5, has 305k miles on it. Head gasket? Anybody know how hard they are to replace? It has the v6, hes also interested in selling it sadly, but i sort of want to fix it.
The smoke goes away after awhile though.

 

looks head gasketly to me. its a truck id hold on to

 

Ya, he nervous to drive it. I guess he just wants to sell it. If i had the money I'd LS swap it and throw some long travel suspension on it. Probably going to post it up for 3k

 

Good luck. A 3.blow with a blown head gasket isn't worth $3k imo. If it's in immaculate condition even with 300k and a not blown head gasket, I could see $3k.

If the exhaust smells like antifreeze, there's your answer, otherwise it's probably just moisture in the exhaust system if it's been sitting. The motor is a bitch to tear apart, would be easier just to swap in a JDM motor, or even do a 3.4 swap.

 

https://updownair.com/product/toyota-tacoma-gen2-ads-system/ Thoughts? I tried to search TW to see if anyone had one and couldn’t find anything. I was thinking about doing the Wifey system but this is way cheaper. I have a little room on the passenger side to mount it.

 

Looks nice and a little less that the Rago Wifey system. I've been planning on putting together a packable (not hard installed) system. One of these days I'll route an air line and Anderson power plug out the grille. Then I'll just grab the hoses out of the bag and never even open the hood. Pricing it out though (using quality products) it still cost as much as the system you show.
Did you delete the secondary air injection?

 

The more I look at this the more I like it.

 

Wait wait wait woah, so that's not like a humvee where you can do it all while driving? You gotta stop and hook up all those hose ends?

 

In E Wa/N ID thread, one guy just asked about doing something Sunday and another guy was talking about exploring trails sunday by CDA.
I live about 15 minutes north of Spokane, and the smoke is definitely worse at my house than in Spokane. I can't speak to Idaho though for smoke levels.

The 3.0 v6 is kind of known for the head gaskets going. If you do get one side done, get the other side done at the same time. I was talking to another guy about these engines awhile back, and he said that at one point, he replaced the gasket on one side, but not the other, and was having to tear things apart again less than a month later to replace the other side. White exhaust is something consistent with moisture, usually coolant as others have said

 

just drop a 3.4 in place of the 3.0. better engine. more power. almost a direct fit. just gotta chance some parts from old engine to new. and dont have to worry about the shitty head gaskets anymore

 

Yeah. Looks like just a fun day in C'dA. Not even taking the Tacoma now.

 

I mean, I get 10 percent of the sale so I'm going to post it for a stupid amount and take a "lowball" offer. The 3. Blow did stupid good, no issues with it until now. 305k miles on a stock headgasket is pretty cool imo.

Ya i don't think he wants to replace it or do anymore work to it unfortunately.

 

There was that group buy for one of the “loose” packable systems that just finished up. By the time you added it all up it’s was about $225 with all the goodies for a 4 tire system. Well... nobody said don’t do it so I ordered the Updownair system. $224 no tax and shipped

 

Agreed it's likely a head gasket.

If it was a 4runner, I'd say $1k. But the pickups are worth more, so you might get the $3k price you mentioned.

 

Breaking news: ITS RAINING.

 

Thought I'd take a quick lunch break from work here at home and put on some pants to go paint the welds on the sliders installed last night... picked up jeans... looked out window... RAIN.

Obviously a good thing, but dang it! Wanted to slap some paint on there BEFORE they got wet.

 

Good to hear

 

Just ordered some LilB cab mount relocate brackets, looking for someone in the Seattle area who can do a quality cut and install.

These ones:
https://lilbscustomfab.com/collecti...3rd-gen-tacoma-body-mount-relocation-brackets

recs?