What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Yep, it takes me about an hour and a half to do a proper Dawn soap bucket wash by hand before I wax it.

 

I hope I have the same part number you ordered. I am going to attempt my 30k maintenance this weekend.

 

When I hit the highway in Florida this time of year, I paste wax the front end but don't buff it off until after my trip. Easy to remove the love bugs that way.

 

True, but first, you gotta find the elusive 10mm socket

 

10mm sockets at Lowes! Below the hanging socket set racks, they have drawers of individual sockets (similar to their specialty fasteners).

 

I used to put electrical tape on mine to not have to dig for it.

Wife got me a full set in its owns box with deep and shallow sockets. Goodbye to the bucket of mess

 

Great! This will be a learning experience for you and us. (if you post pics!) I piece-mealed the funnel but did buy the MotivX drain plug/hose.

I also have the Fumoto Valve and drain hose for that too!

 

AZ! Gutierrez Window Tint did the work

 

Yep that's the same one I ordered. Impressed by the packaging.

 

Was the lights a hard install ?

 

I've done two oil changes with that MotivX system. One thing I found helpful was cutting about 1/3 of that drain hose off. It's fairly long and unless you put your truck on a lift, it can be just something else to deal with flopping around. I cut it to where it basically just goes straight down into the drain pan. But it works fine out of the box too. One of the more valuable purchases I made for sure.

Also, I used that Havoline oil on my most recent service. I love that it comes in a 6qt container since that's exactly what we need in the Tacomas. Beats having to buy a 5qt +1, and it was a few bucks cheaper in my area too.

 

Can you share a link? Thanks!

 

Good to know about the 6qt Havoline!

I have a similar kit to the Motivx, but it was $30 less (same funnel, same drain tube valve assembly, different oil filter cap tool, no cool box to put it all in). I, too, chopped off a good chunk of the drain hose. While the two-piece funnel seems nifty, I'm not a big fan of it personally. I always end up using a big-mouth funnel I've had for decades.

 

No, just time consuming. Have to take the bumper off to mount the brackets.

 

The hell with that, i have Led fog lights now. I will just stick with those.

 

You don't have to remove the bumper. You can move the front wheel well liners and install

 

Do you have any other pictures or could you elaborate on how you extended it. I am having a hard time finding the rack I want for the 6 ft bed then I came across your post. Anything helps. Thanks!

 

Installed my latest experiments, and going to go test soon. Oh, and no, I don't trust the bungee cords. Replaced with straps after these pics.

 

I like that. Did you make those racks yourself or?

 

Thanks—yep, made them myself.