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

Just easier. Plus cleaning up. Also I did not do this. My mechanic did the work and was teaching me. But it was a bit of a pain for me as a learning curve.

 

Hello first gen tundra brethren. Looks like a good truck

be sure to stop by on tundras.com

 

How many miles on the old belt? Looks pretty good?

 

Sold mine as i pack heavy. Heard they dont hold weight well. But flex great... Soo all poop it is. I mean thats the jam with the simple sas. 60 front, 14 bolt rear and 63 leafs... Not simple but yea. Lol

 

I think most factory suspension bolt specs are grade 5/8.8. I usually try to replace with grade 8/10.9 when I can.

 

I went from all pro expos to alcans….wish I would have done it sooner

 

10.9 is similar to grade 8.
8.8 is similar to grade 5.
I would want 10.9, but I always want to use the high tensile strength bolts. They don't cost that much more.

 

Yeah what he said. You want grade 10.9. Im not sure I'd want to run those being 8.8s

 

Well you’re the only two that have said that.

theyre already on, Rust in Pieces

 

I'd be more worried about them bending then rusting.

 

Sawzall for removal either way then I guess.

 

Thanks! Already been lurking there. She's rough cosmetically, but pretty solid mechanically. Glad I got the 05, the vvti and a750 are nice.

 

I was in the beginnings of chasing down my bad gas mileage.,so I figured I'd pull the mass air sensor and give it a bit of cleaning. Look at what I found.

There's a big hole that's been rubbed into it from my poorly relocated cruise control module. I guess I'll order a new sensor and properly move the cc module.
It was a day of gems for me. Look at how great my rear durabumps are doing.


Both sides are the same condition.Looks like my bumps/spring pad needs to be moved forward. But my tires run in the front already so I'll just flip them around someday. There still way better than hitting the stock bumps.

 

Proceeds to check MAF because I moved my cruise control too Hope it fixes the bad mileage, no codes?

 

Cue me checking my MAF because I've had horrible mpg since I got the truck 3 years ago

 

it was over 120k on the old belt for sure

 

next upgrades are on stand by until front brakes and rotors are done

But here is a sneak peek

 

I saw Pizza Planet truck today from ToyStory

 

how do you like these so far? my legs and back are on fire after any drive over 2 hours

 

Mine rear durabumps are doing the same thing, I’m going to weld some plate on to the landing to extend it out.