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

Yeah it was UPS's screw up. When I ordered the caliraised sliders back in August it said they were in stock but covid probably fucked that up. Still worth the wait. They're probably running behind but if youre worried I'd give them a call. Their customer service was pretty honest and helpful with me

 

Nice! BTW you know Toyota will give you free headlights due to yours being melted and cracked

 

Took a short road trip with the wife down the cost to Seabrook this weekend. Nice drive with very little traffic at all. The ocean is always a powerful sight to see and hear.

 

That TSB ended long ago.

 

Did the modified DATAS Mod for my intake as seen here : https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/cowl-induction-snorkel.525314/

Since I have the ABS Module in my 06 OR this opens up the room for a 2nd battery I want to get installed.

However, today's purchases included a welder and half of a HF mini trailer for $70, just need a tongue and wheels. Thinking of turning into a small camping trailer to hold some water and other dry storage so not everything is in my truck. Honestly just another project to keep me busy during quarantine.

 

Finally decided to upgrade my lights after years of having water condensation in my cheap head lights and fogs. Couldn’t be happier!

 

Where from....could you post a link.....really like your headlamps

 

Her first lift went on thanks to my Carnal Ed @whatstcp . I even started a build thread. Go show some love and check out the rest of the pictures!!!
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-no-name-build.698706/




REST OF THE PICTURES
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-silver-taco-build.698706/

 

lol they were only upside down cause the speaker wire that was there didnt reach lol.. routed all new wires for the whole system so its right side up now lol

 

Mounted my battery boxes and battery switch. then started getting my wires routed.

 

No kidding, I just call them?

 

my belt started to squeal upon start up last week during the cold spell we had.... I just started to research this.... what pulley's did you go with? Were you able to determine that the belt tightener was okay and just the pulley was bad?

 

Seeing the uv faded cab edges, I had to do a double take because I thought that was my truck for a moment.... Ha! (I just had my cab re-painted recently and it looks like new again...) nice rig!

 

TRD trailer hitch

TRD oil cap to match the TRO intake

 

I went with Gates pulleys from @RockAuto and was pleased with the quality. The parts were made in Canada and had good name brand dual-shielded bearings in them. I used

• 2 ea.
  $34 GATES 36173 DriveAlign Belt Drive Idler/Tensioner Pulley
  GATES 36173
• 2 ea.
  $45 GATES 36174 Idler Pulley
  GATES 36174
• 1 ea. OEM belt

If you're replacing one, might as well replace them all, and as far as the tension arm being bad, it's relatively rare for the actual arm to go bad as opposed to just the pulley.

In my case, I checked before ordering by getting under the truck with a 14mm socket on a short breaker bar and torqueing counter-clockwise on the idler pulley bolt to check the strength of the arm, and it was fine. It took two hands (at an awkward angle) to fully exercise the tensioner. I have no idea what the scientific numbers are for that, but I was satisfied that the actual arm was A-OK.

Beware that the tension arm idler pulley goes on with reverse threads, and also that the GATES 36174 has slightly different dimensions that the OEM tension arm idler pulley. You can source a longer reverse thread bolt if you want, but I (and many others) simply ended up taking the bushing that comes with the GATES 36174 and putting it into the front of the pulley, then re-using the factory bolt. This will center the bolt in the pulley bore correctly, and the factory tension arm mount point has a mating surface that meets the rear face of the bearing correctly for a mechanically sound mount.

Since the bearing is shielded on the back, it is not of serious concern to not use the supplied dust shield. If you do try to use it, or to put the bore spacer on the back, it moves the pulley farther forward than the OEM part relative to the path of the belt, which may cause issues with the edge of the belt running off the back of the pulley.

Torqueing it to the correct value was a bit of a pain since my torque wrench wouldn't fit in order to tighten to spec (since the threads are reversed and the tensioner moves clockwise, you're fighting against the travel of the tensioner while tightening), so I tightened with a socket just until the tensioner started moving CCW and then checked in "reverse" (CW) with the torque wrench. It took two tries to get it within 1 lb of spec, and I called that good.

 

Dude that welder is fye I have the same one you’re gonna like messing around with that thing I’ve built all my armor on my truck with it

 

https://alpharexusa.com/product/05-...jector-headlights-alpha-black/?v=f24485ae434a

 

Are they sold individually or in pairs?

 

After a long weekend, here she is.

 

Broke up with gf, moved out of the house, and decided to take "working remotely" more serious and live in the truck for a few months hunting and fishing everyday. Time to reset myself. Solar keeps my batteries topped and allows me to work during the day, and hunt/fish in the evenings and live indefinitely. Motorcycle allows me to make runs to nearest town if I need to.