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

Show us a side profile if you get a chance.

Also, nice frame for a Midwest truck. I see avatar says replaced, but still, looks great if it's seen much salt.

 

No bump stops?

 

will upsize 1” to 265 75 16 after alignment next week. True to advertised lift, expect a little settling of course. So far , happy for $800 and a few days in the garage. Needed the upgrade


Yes, frame is solid, replaced in ‘13 and is treated with FF. Fun truck, rocker and door panel rust though

 

We’d planned to go camping this weekend with a few friends who came up for the weekend. Decided against it, but wanted to do our dutch oven meals anyway. Used the fold down table on the swing out and the tailgate for the meal prep.
Glad we didn’t camp last night.

 

Decided to use the tailgate/saw bench today. Cut up some firewood that I’ve been putting off for weeks. Tailgate is ESSENTIAL.

 

Getting close to finishing up this compressor install. Currently have a lot of leaks to fix. I will never again use thread sealant. Don't care if I get a piece of tape in my system. It's also tripping my 60 amp breaker around 120psi. Hoping it's because it's a cheap breaker.

 

Here's a short video my friend put together about our CV axle (mis)adventure in the remote Nevada backcountry and my amateur-yet-successful in-field repair (see my earlier post):

 

Did the diffs and T-case fluids - fluid didn’t look toooooo bad, dirty but not the sludge I was expecting. Glad to get it done nonetheless

 

So I think our blocks are aluminum right? Or an aluminum alloy? Aluminum and stainless are no bueno together. Unless I am mistaken, if so carry on.

https://www.albanycountyfasteners.com/blog/stainless-steel-and-aluminum/

 

blocks are cast iron. heads are aluminum

 

so my concern still applies right? He put stainless hardware for the valve covers into aluminum heads?

 

yes. i didnt read the previous post.


stainless with aluminum will end badly. antiseize is a must.

 

Are you saying anti seize will stop the galvanization?

 

thats what its used for, yea. i have stainless header bolts on the tundra and had them on the tacoma for years. no damage to the aluminum after 3 years on the tacoma.

 

would this work?

 

nickel anti seize is what you want

 

Or use the regular steel hardware

 

that too is a valid option

 

Seems like the best way to avoid corrosion since regular steel in aluminum is typically rare to seize up together.

@Itsgottabeyourbull if it makes you feel any better I learned this lesson the hard way when I used stainless hardware to install my light bar. After the heads snapped clean off trying to remove the light bar I ended up needing to weld a nut to what was left to get it out. Just trying to save you from a really bad time in the future especially after you did all that work.

 

@cynicalrider I seriously appreciate you and the post. Also appreciate @Empty_Lord and his input.

when I was picking out the hardware my only focus was getting something that wouldn’t corrode.. appreciate you guys.