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1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Speedytech7, May 31, 2018.

  1. Feb 15, 2021 at 10:51 AM
    slander

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    Eh let them think whatever they want to think LOL!! It's the same as first gen owners thinking you have a 100% chance of blowing up your elocker if you ever use it or ADD is weak and unreliable despite no evidence to back it up.
     
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  2. Feb 15, 2021 at 10:52 AM
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    0xDEADBEEF Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction

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    Yeah its easy to do, not a lot of airflow, and lots of heat being generated. I used to work at a place that used 3/4 ton chevys on mountain dirt roads all the time. We'd occasionally burn a clutch with a dumb driver, but the 4l80e transmissions rarely made it past 40k.
     
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    4 run, 2 don't
    Unless it's built; I've got a 4L80 by Performabilt :anonymous:
     
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    yeah I've never had any trouble with the factory e-locker other than it sometimes not locking right away which is totally normal by design. Dunno where the hate for it comes from other than maybe people that live in the rust states have their actuators fail after getting too rusty
     
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    Abeyancer Not so secret, secret van guy

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    Interesting, on my lunch break I'll have to check my visor out of curiosity as well.. im sure it'll say the same thing though.

    It could also be because I like driving slow like an old man and I rarely make it over 45 any way
     
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    4 run, 2 don't
    Love my E Locker; I used the shit out of it in the Prerunner.
     
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    Only probably I’ve ever had with my locker is trying to unlock it with the etc button at 2 am...

    Shit don’t work
     
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    4 run, 2 don't
    Plus I love hearing those tires bark when it's on :anonymous:
     
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    Is that sitting in storage waiting to be installed as well?
     
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    The airport I worked at in college had those military surplus diesel blazers and we would buy transmissions by the pallets as we would smoke a few plowing snow evrey year with each truck.
     
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    damn wouldn't it just be cheaper to get a manual plow truck at that point lol
     
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    Yea same, I kinda miss it. It worked everytime for me.
     
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    Its the company truck
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    It was a nice confluence of government owned airport ran by a super cheap manager.

    We eventually replaced them with surplus (LOL) state 3 ton dump truck plows. Side note snow plows are horrible in the snow.
     
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    Yeah but do you know how many overland points they give you
     
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    All so pull the fuses and relays in the fuse box under the hood. Make sure all the connections are clean. This may have already been asked but how old is your batter?
     
  18. Feb 15, 2021 at 10:58 AM
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    They look like expensive brand name ones so probably a lot
     
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    The first tree branch would rip those clean off!
     
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