What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Tru-cool m7B trans cooler. Significant drop in temps!

Ignore the missing hose clamp. This was a photo as I was in progress

 

Was this a direct swap?

 

For me it wasn’t. I have a 2021, so it had no cooler and I plan on towing heavy (for a Tacoma) loads. I bought the cooler and fittings, 3/8 tubing (to make my hard lines), factory Toyota hose clamps and all of the parts (e.g hard pass through dual line, mounting bracket, hoses etc) for the factory oil cooler from an older MY 3rd gen. So it’s basically using all the factory pieces and an aftermarket cooler. I went a little overboard but wanted a factory type of look and didn’t want rubber hoses draped everywhere.

 

Yep, if he tried to weasel out of it, that would be one thing, but he didn't - at least not yet. We'll see once the estimate comes in. Haha.

Plus, honestly, it was really just about a perfect day except for this incident and I was having so much fun, I didn't want to let this put a damper on it. Once he apologized and offered to pay for the damage, I considered it settled. It was a dumb mistake. Guy got caught up in the moment and made a bad call. Happens to the best of us. Time will tell if he's a man of his word.

 

Finally got around to cam tab guessets. Also straightened my skids out the best I could, and reinforced them more to get a little more life out of them. Still need to beef up the front bumper mounts/front frame, and do spindle guessets/limit straps.

 

Now that is an awning! Nicely done!!

 

Congrats and welcome to TW!!! But...let's see that truck!!!

 

How was this accomplished?

 

The adhesive remove i used is here https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-10524#post-26106670
It has some kind of scrubber applicator tip, and then i used a microfiber rag to soak up the excess liquid.

 

Yesterday did the AC condensation drain mod. Was happy to see no rust. I used clear hose. Went for a drive with the AC on and when I parked the truck you could actually see the condensation vapors in the line.

 

Nice seat covers. I also installed heated seats with the same / similar kit as you. (under the actual factory fabric... that sucked). Anyways I bought my kit off Amazon and one complaint people had was that the switches died and I already had one go bad. I would recommend buying and extra set of switches now so that just incase 5 years from now they go bad and you can't find the replacements anymore on ebay.

 

Thanks bigmace - and good to know about the switches. They’re cheap enough, I think I will just go ahead and order a second set of everything and keep them in my shop!

 

it's the bag the compressor comes with now. I think older versions didn't have a bag for this model

 

With the rack in the down position, it adds 2.5' to the length. Pretty awesome - it is very compact! But, my truck is too long to fit in my garage anyway and I only plan to put the rack on when using. And I only need it with the family. Even with it folded up, I do not think I would leave it on there full time.

 

Pulled some Stainless 1/4-20 Rivi-nuts in preparation in the Top portion of the Tailgate Trim that will be securing the part of the Bedrug Tailgate piece that comes with the XLT Bed mat. Part#

$230 XLTBMY05DCS Bedrug XLT Bed Mat | 2005 - 2023 Toyota Tacoma 60.5 Bed, Charcoal Grey | XLTBMY05DCS

XLTBMY05DCS.

Using some hurricane hardware for now while I source some black Flanged button head hardware.

 

Last Wednesday had to take a power nap around 5am after driving through the night.

 

https://youtu.be/rsRjQDrDnY8

 

So today I take it in and they are not real busy and look at it pretty fast like. The USB jack itself is bad and one was ordered and should be in tomorrow and installation should be fast. The radio tapafuse was indeed left out along with my ground wire on a ground screw under the dash. That works now. I see a USB jack on the fuse panel, is there supposed to be a fuse in there? The index doesn't show an amp amount for that slot just USB with a line through it.

A caseworker has been assigned to my moisture dripping issue and I should hear from him or her tomorrow.

 

That's hillarious! looks like a matchbox toy with those Semis.

 

Jeez man, you have the patience of a saint!