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

Finished welding up the True North bumper. Just need to blend the corners and drop it off for powder coat. Been a decade plus since I did any real fabrication or welding, it’s slowly coming back.

 

I finally got the Tacoma moving...



With the power of the ever mighty HF engine hoist haha

Needed some more room to set up a table and finish weld some brackets

 

well considering there isn't really anything that makes the front coilovers side specfic other than lining up the top bolts, I'd say they are a bunch of dumb asses and I wouldn't want them to touch a single vehicle I own or any one I know either.

 

Then my converter must be ready to die, I've replaced that PITA O2 sensor with OEM at least three times. Love those rusty nuts, in that heat shield.

 

At the end of December, my air outlet servo began clicking and slipping. Ordered a new one and replaced it. I don't know WHY one just can't buy a replacement servo without having to buy the servo with metal bracket assembly.
Anyhow....the air mix blend door servo just started grinding and clicking. So replaced that today. Contortionist repairs to be sure....

 

adapted the mount for my ashtray coin organizer to fit 1/4" bolts... testing out a few ram ball options...

 

Took apart the j shift case today. A lot more shit going on inside than a gear drive.

 

Same. But then I woke up in paradise.

 

I should have done this weeks ago

 

Installed a 3 degree axle shim to hopefully remove driveshaft vibration after a recent suspension upgrade / lift. It's kind weird that the emergency brake cable now rests on the leaf spring, I don't remember it being like that pre-shim. I wonder if there's a fix.

 

OME sells a relocation bracket for that I believe. Common after their springs install for the trucks with that ebrake cable location

 

Dude! Don't strain so hard! Take it easy, sheesh. That's like 10 seconds of "work"...

 

The ones I'm finding are for the brake proportioning valve, not the e-brake line / guide. Hmmm...

 

Amazon has a two pack of trickle chargers for $40, and they seem to be working so far.

 

Pretty good deal actually. But I've got a couple, I just keep forgetting to actually hook em up haha

 

I have a couple I made you can have if you want em

 

That's half the battle. Our mini seems fine but the others are dramatic when in gets cold. The AMG dig deep to fire last week. The Tacoma has its own drama.

 

My BMW was the same way, leave it for a week and it's a slow cranker... Leave it for two weeks and you need another vehicle to jump it haha

 

Ive got a craftsman riding lawn mower I always have to jump if it sits more than two weeks. I think a solar panel would be perfect for a trickle charger that doesn't need an outlet

 

So I know the oem aluminum skids are discontinued but does anyone know if the brackets for them are also or are those still available? Thanks gents.