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

I thought it might be possible without pulling the bed. I removed the canister when I was treating the frame rust at the beginning of this year and I've been kicking myself for not replacing it when I was in there.

What happens when you attempt to fill up all the way?

 

Lowering the tent rack and tent will cause the rear view mirror to be useless. This should fix that

Good timing with the black friday deal too.

Figured I should get it here during fabrication so I can run wires and mount the rear camera right.

 

Fuel gets backed up and clicks the fill gun off. I have to trickle it in. Takes like 20 mins to fill a tank. Sucks.

 

Evap purge valve or charcoal canister?

 

The inside of the bed is almost unbearable. You can see the rear of the bed in this photo and how terrible it is. When I did the fuel pump I took a sledge hammer to the bed to get it off the back of the cab. The outside is pretty beat up too, but not as bad as the inside and the gap between the tailgate is substantial. I don't think a drop in bed-liner will fix my issue. Thanks though



Also, I add ditch lights today, just need to wire them up. You know Thanksgiving and all I had to entertain people and not just work on the truck.

 

Already changed out the canister. Could be the valve. Idk.

 

Usually, if it clicks when filling up it is the purge valve or the canister. I would change out the vale and see if that makes a difference. Do you have any CEL on?

 

Nope no codes no cel.

The purge valve on top of the tank will be my next thing. Just sucks I have to replace it.

 

It absolutely does, 4 bolts to pull the bed off might be the easiest way to do it. It will get gummed up like a diff breather and will not allow gasses to vent and will make it a PITA to fill up.

edit: 6 bolts holding the bed on!

 

I hope you have 6 bolts holding your bed on, otherwise you’re missing a couple.

 

I now only have five bolts.

 

That’ll happen. Strip out one of the captive nuts?

 

Yes thats what I mean, you know only 6 bolts holding the bed on! Its ben a fantastic day of beer and football.

 

Exactly

 

Hate removing it but will have to. Always seem to break the nuts in the bed.

 

We do them without bed removal all the time at work.

 

I bet that’s gonna be even more fun in about a month

 

Already in the 20s so not exactly fun right now. But 40° lower to go..

 

I don’t even like turning my truck off to fill it when it starts getting cold asf.

 

I don't do that until it's below 0