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

I'd like to congratulate Toyota for being able to make a truck and engine last over 400,000 miles and at the same time not be able to build a door that'll stay open on the slightest of inclines.

Another day of work for the truck. Pretty standard tow today at around 4,000 pounds.


More work for the Taco, this time it was hauling a trashed outboard motor. I have a hook that screws into the outboards flywheel and makes them easy to move. Unfortunately this flywheel didn't have its retaining nut so when the outboard got high enough to go over the sides of the bed the /&#$%×! dropped onto my AFU tailgate so now my AFU tailgate is FUBAR. I built a steel 1"x1" frame inside my tailgate many months ago which is now bent. I'm pretty sure if that frame wasn't in there my FUBAR tailgate wouldn't be useful at all anymore. I'm guessing it was around 250 pounds.

 

That bumper is teh sex

 

The way you said you just layed it back there made it seem like it wasn’t strapped down, I guess I misunderstood you

 

Installed a set of Spacers on my buddies tacoma & also a Ubolt flip kit with superbumps! Everything went super smooth. You know I had to paint the axle where the previous ubolt plate was & trim the excess ubolt tips. Gotta make sure my buddy was DIALED

 

I bet it's a snack pack

 

Ran across pix of my older Toyota trucks. Thought I would post them while thinking how I ended up with another 2nd gen. Every one I owned was great except the 1987 timing change ate into the water passage and mixed oil and water. Sold it with 82k miles. Should have kept it. Should have kept every one of them. Well maybe not the 3rd gen. Funny that every one was my favorite for its own individual reason. Notice the "history of running boards" theme.

 

Maybe you should have my username

 

Would be awesome if Toyota made a single cab compact pick up with 4WD on 15" wheels today.

 

Redoing my Demello off road bumper

 

Well I can't take that name because I have also owned around 15 Full sized Ford trucks. I think my F150 days are behind me now since my last 3 were Tacomas.

Some have taken a 2nd gen regular cab 4x4 salvage and adapted a 3rd gen body to fit it. I have seen 3 on TW. To me they were some of the best looking regular cabs I have ever seen. I agree that if Toyota brought back the mini truck they would sell very well. I have always been partial to access cabs. Don't need a daily back seat but does come in handy when needed.

 

Finished Back seat Lithium Battery install
SOK 100ah LiFePO4 Battery
CTEK D250SE DC to DC Charger with MPPT solar charger built in.

Mainly to power ICECO VL45 Pro S fridge.

 

think I saw that boat listed for sale the other day, needed a motor and interior redone, It looked like it would be a pretty cool boat

 

Depends on the day haha. Pretty much it's been a steady rotation of gummy bears, pistachios, or peanut M&Ms.

 

How much solar are you running? Is it just independent from your main battery or do you have it connected to also charge off the alternator?

 

Fixed the field monitor. One of the resistors had blown so soldered in 2 1w and its back to new.

 

Fuel can 2.5 gallon

 

Drove it to the bank today. Upon leaving, my truck got a compliment from a guy in a Tundra TRD OR.
We were talking about my lift and the Total Chaos arms I have. He's still has stock upper arms but has a small lift.

 

Post a picture of that rear bumper looks nice

 

Trail gear rear bumper from jegs as well as front bumper