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

Welded up the spindles, seemed pretty true. So did it in time!

 

I knew I was gonna get some crap for this. Last time I tried to paint paint them it was a shit show.
I think I'm going to hit them with raptor liner. I'm trying to decide if I want to take them off again or just shoot them on the truck.

 

Flares

It’s all in the prep when it comes to painting

 

Or try the heat gun method first. It worked for me!

It brings the natural oils back to the surface but if theyre already painted then do not try this method.

 

Did you take them off first? I’d be worried about accidentally damaging the paint on the fenders.

 

My transmission light come on after I have crawlbox engaged for a bit. As soon as I disengage it, light turns off. Worried me at first. Now I say fuck it and keep on hammering down

 

Still trucking 90 miles a day....gas is killing me thought averaging 19mpg I need a car

 

the heat gun method works, but only work a limited number of times and doesn't last super long.

I woudl recommend this stuff. Used it on some cladding on my daily driver with great success. Make sure you follow the instructions and get the flares super clean though.

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Just realized my fluttering idle is most likely from the new P0300 code I have now. Random cylinder misfire. After doing some light research on TW I’m hoping it’s either my injectors or fuel pump since I haven’t touched those for as long as I’ve owned the truck (past 92k miles).
Spark plugs, coils, wires, hoses, MAFS, are all relatively new from when I did my valve cover gasket job about 2 years ago. Open to any other advice.

 

Dropping the driveshaft off next week for u-joint replacement, new propeller shaft (staked) nut ordered as well. If I clean the original flange nuts/bolts and apply fresh threadlocker, can they be reused?

 

Yes they are fine to re-use.

 

Anyone got the part number for the little LBJ boot thing.

 

I don't think you really need it. plenty of trucks that run without them

 

I ran without one for a long time and didn't have any issues, the earlier 1st gens didn't have them up until 2000 or 2001 I think. But last time I did the LBJs I picked up an extra just to toss on there.

 

The threads on the head portion are stripped? I don't see why you couldn't just drill out and re-tap to the next size up, be sure to keep track of every single metal shaving while doing so.

Honestly, the more I think about it, that might actually be a decent spot for a helicoil since it's not under a ton of torque/stress and you shouldn't need to worry about stripping it again. I'm sure others will chime in though, just my .02.

 

I've never even seen one before

 

stripped out threads or snapped the head off?

 

If you have a welder, weld a nut on the end and spin it off. Make sure you cover up the valve cover and the few hoses there.

If no welder, take a cut off/hacksaw and cut a flat head into the bolt, then impact driver with said flat head bit. Again valve cover covered as well.

Not even a few ftlbs tight so should come out pretty easily, penetrating oil helps too.

 

Agree with what was said above.

First off though, I'd hit it with some channel locks or pliers...

 

I thought it was too good to be true at $80