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

Technically...I paid someone to do it...
191,000 miles..
New clutch, new slave cylinder, Transmission mount, transmission fluid change, clutch DOT fresh...

Was getting gas Friday, Pushed the clutch, starter her up and then the clutch pedal didn't return...so I pulled it up and then it wouldn't go down and was stuck with the slave cylinder engaged. and the fork snapped and throw out bearing seized...and slave cylinder seized...Very impressive. Too cold and rusty so I paid the local mechanic and I can't drop a transmission in my driveway

 

Dang man, I've gone through 3 in my 2013 and I only have 41k miles. Probably because my girlfriend gets bored after an hour on fishing trips and goes back to the truck to listen to the radio and tiktok

 

Weird. I just started getting a BUNCH of emails from SirusXM after my last dealership service a few weeks ago (like 1 a day - I was never a subscriber). I wonder of they're going under and are desperate

 

Easy going day with the truck. Finished some things I've been putting off. Wired a power source for the wireless charging mount down through the pillar, used up the last bit of sound deadening material on the floor and slapped on a few new patches. I still need to buy one more box of noico so I can finish (part 4/4) the floors and roof.

 

They just hammer you with ads if you're not subscribed. Then they don't want to lose you so they'll give you a crazy deal if you try to cancel. I think their business is fine, it's just kind of shady how you have to jump thru hoops to secure the secret deal.

 

Just tell them you are not willing to pay beyond promotional price, and you'll cancel if not. They'll connect you to someone else, stick to your guns, and they'll offer it to you again. Sometimes you have to be connected to the cancel agent, who will then connect you to another agent who has authority to give you the promotional price. I've been doing it yearly since Stern went to Sirius. For over a decade, even before I had my Tacoma. Dont recall exactly what I pay a year, but around 100 or less. Takes maybe 15 minutes each time. I'm a lifelong Howard Stern show fan so its worth it to me. Also can't stand Free FM and commercials. Several music channels I like that have no censorship and play music not in the top 50 or whatever. I really enjoy Sirius, so its worth it to me.

 

Got to use my maxtrax to the first time today, on a little solo wheeling trip. They’re not just for Instagram overlanding points! They do actually work, it turns out.

Dropping into a this dry stream bed was so steep that I got hung up on the skids on the way down. Oops.

 

I've been taking my numerous Tacomas to this dealer since 2004 and I've never received an email until 3 weeks ago when I got my last service

 

There are hoops to jump through just to cancel too. I jumped through them Sunday. My wife's RDX.

 

My wife goes thru the Siruis/XM thing yearly. Previously got it for as low as 60 for the year, I think we're at 120 for the year now but I can't do without it.

 

Oh yeah, I've done this dance many times over the years. Now you can do it via live chat so it's even easier.

 

What lower control arms are you running ?

 

Just did this myself with my 2010 a few months ago...I was told it was "going" 2 years ago Made it about 180K

 

Got the bed detached from the frame on the wrecked Baja Edition. If I can get somebody to help me lift it off I can get to all the damage and get the truck back on the road pretty quickly. I ended up ordering a complete axle assembly (left side) from a wrecking yard since the original proved to be bent. The used axles should have a good bearing... Ha! FedEx just showed up with the axle as I write this... so the axles should have a good bearing and backing plate, and the guy said they had one with all the brake hardware still on it too.
It's coming along...

 

My 2015 finally got rid of her sea legs

 

Beautiful photos!!!!!!

 

Low miles for a 15! Mine has double that.

 

Jeezus... this wrecking yard is awesome! The axle even came with a brake drum... and amazingly it is the correct side the first time. All for $164 including shipping and taxes.

 

New struts for the camper shell glass and new halogen headlight bulbs. This was the first new bulbs this truck has seen in its 10 years and man, what a difference it makes.