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

I don’t have any welding talent. Hahaha seen your build. You have skills i need to learn.

I ended up ordering these:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/december-sale-bed-supports.695914/

 

I'm sure someone could 3d print something. But I don't see it as a major issue.

Nice. Nothing wrong with that.

 

Just ordered too!

 

Anyone know how to match a blocks serial number to a VIN? Curious if my T100 still has the original engine. A quick google search wasn't too helpful.

 

I thought Toyota serials were just encoded production dates, I didn't think the drivetrain had any distinguishing match marks to the body or frame

 

Didn't think they were for first gens or else I would've snagged em instead of the Rago

 

I bet it could be 3D printed with little effort.

 

yea. I wasn’t sure either. But vender said people have used them and showed pics.

 

Vacuum hose is off its post‍♂️

 

0597264 is what is stamped on the block above the oil filter. I suppose that makes sense. According to the vin the first use date was June 06 97. Good odds it would be the original too with dates that close.

 

I couldn’t find one either but ordered them anyways. My plan is to take some abs plastic and very, very loosely mold it around the terminal and Velcro it to the battery. In all reality though, the cover on my current setup is almost always somewhere besides over the terminal.

Words to live by

#Blackdawgforpresident

 

Yep. Look at the first post of my build thread, for my dual battery post.

In the truck now or I’d link to it.

 

i can run the vin on TIS. it should show the original engine number

 

What did I do with my Tacoma today? I sold it. Realized a 1st gen double cab wasn’t gonna be good for car seats when me (6’2”) and my wife (5’10”) have kids. So I’m moving on to a first gen sequoia. It’s bittersweet to say the least. First time since I got my license I haven’t had a pickup truck, and the first time since I was 17 that I haven’t owned a first gen Tacoma. My dealership gave me a decent price for it, but it’s now for sale on their website and I was beyond amazed at what they were asking

 

If people actually pay those prices in Colorado I'm going to start buying them around here and taking a road trip to Colorado every month.

 

holy fuck haha that is insane for a truck with that many miles and its not a trd...wow.

well..they do haha I've thought of doing that haha Used to be able to find them pretty cheap around here.

 

My buddies battery welded itself to the hood after the tie down broke and after an accident many layers of cardboard works

 

I've almost done that. My 2nd batter had a wing nut on the positive terminal that was holding the cables to the stud. The tips of the wing nut would hit the hood on impacts...could not figure out what was causing shit to come on and of until I spotted the melted holes in the hood brace haha

Swapped to a normal nut and was good.


Blue seas covers are super simple. Once my dad has his 3D printer up and running Im confident I can make one for these nice terminals.

 

Go ahead and laugh, but this took me nearly two hours.

The previous owner had put two pieces of duct tape on the door seal years ago for some unknown reason. The seal was in great shape, and there's no leak issue. Only guess is that the seal was misshapen and he was trying to force it back? If so it worked. But the tape left behind a residue now more crust than goo.

I assailed it with my micro fiber cloth and car wax, and after a nearly two hour campaign came out with the win.

 

Looks good! Now take that thing to Colorado and sell it for $20K.