What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

Saved me from having a deer fly over the top of my truck. Also no mechanical damage.

 

Removed bed decals and paint protectors from the rear flares. Derpd my badges (twice). Painted my chrome grill surround and gave it a quick bath.

 

Apology accepted.

 

Greased driveshaft and lubed TC uni- balls . Pressure washed the bed out and the mat . Sprayed some Krown underneath on the floor pan and Dakars and inside Body Armor rear bumper !

 

Hmmmmm . That paint protection film on my truck looks like shit . Front of the rear fender wells . Did you put new or no ?

 

I did not replace them. i may in the future but the kick out on my sliders protects it for now.

 

Napa is my go to and they don't carry it I guess. I thought it was weird.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rear-seat-delete-decks.632134/

 

Last night I changed my cabin air filter, Oil change and attempted to change my rear diff fluid. I'm an idiot thought and didn't get my crush washers yet and also I don't have a pump to get the fluid back into the damn thing. SO its just sitting in the driveway until after work when I can go get one. Is there any issues with reusing the old washers for the time being? I don't know when the new ones are coming in I'm hoping today or tomorrow at the latest since we leave on Saturday for 2 weeks in Wyoming.

Side note if you don't have a catch can, Get one! I changed my oil at about 4200 miles and it was pretty full.

 

What size tires? Any Lift?

 

Cool.

 

285/70/17 ridge graps with OME 3" lift (886 front coils and AAL rear with nitrochargers all around)

 

Thanks!

 

Yours look way better than mine did. Before and after:

 

You can usually reuse them if they were torqued correctly last time. If they were over tightened it could seep a little, but wont really be a problem short term, just look ugly.. I usually reuse mine at least once. I had a diff issue on a extended trip last year and changed my oil 3 times on the trail over 3 weeks, and reused the washers every time, and it was fine. A little seepage after the last time but my oil level was visually the same when I changed it when I got home and put fresh washers in.

 

Excellent work. Plastic energy chain is a nice touch lol. I am in automation, and we use plenty of it, but never thought of using it for my fridge slides.

 

I probably wouldve went the rest of my life not knowing that its called energy chain

 

Sweet! Thank you

 

Ok to use the old washers, but I'd get some Permatex (#2 I think) or equivalent form a gasket sealant from the auto store and put some of that on the threads of the drain plug. Get a sealant that doesn't harden fully then it's easy to remove the drain plug later. I've done this more than once on multiple cars without a single leak. You don't need a pump to put the new lube in, just connect a short piece of clear flexible tubing to the pointed spout of the bottle, insert the tube into the fill hole, turn the bottle upside down and elevate it and squeeze. This works fine. You can even put a small diameter screw clamp over the tube where it connects to the bottle then unscrew the top when the first bottle is empty and put it on the next bottle.