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

Ford a river and call it good
Cleaning will be so much easier with the engine out.

 

https://youtu.be/XF2UVMNn6wE

My pass (and my Buddy Brian) up the Gauntlet at Slick Rock, a couple weeks ago. I'll be looking for a rematch.

My rear locker stopped working and I was on 33s.... Now, the locker is fixed, and I'm on 35s

 

Today... we're doing arts and crafts

 

Got the bed off the 95 finally. Hopefully get to the body shop soon. Also smacked the hood to make it straight now just a dent to fix and paint.
Very minor frame damage.

 

Kind of looks like the whole thing's bent downward at the arch dude

 

According to the tram it’s straight. Other than the corner. It’s not sitting on level ground in the photo

 

I use (a lot) of rags and a all purpose cleaner to wipe down small sections at a time (about 12" x 12" at time). It does take 30-40 mins this way but prevents the need to plastic off electronics, spark plugs, batteries, etc. and other sensitive items. Once I have it clean, I then use a dressing for the plastic and hoses.

 

Got the fenders and fender flares trimmed. Beat the shit out of the areas under the air box and battery to get that out of the way.

100% clear at past full stuff (bumpstops are removed right now) with tires straight and with front of tire pointing in.

Now, tomorrow... We cut firewalls (need to go get more cutting wheels)

 

That's what we forgot; I got a shit ton of cutting wheels I'll never use. More of a flap disc kind of guy.

 

Well dammit... lol

I'm really not in the mood to drive to the hardware store right now. I wore myself out taking those damn wheels on and off all day. That's a biotch.

 

I’ve been working from home for the last 2-1/2 years and lately I go out in the garage at lunch time and wipe down different parts of the engine bay with rags and windex. This is from May and it’s cleaner now

 

It’s definitely a workout! Well worth it in the end.

 

For sure!

Right now I'm spying out everyone else's pics of what the complete damage is gunna be lol.

 

Going to see a guy with a welder tomorrow

 

I should do that to mine right now while I have the coilovers off anyway.

But I'll probably wait. lol

 

Changed plugs and wires in 2000 3.4 5spd 4x4. Also hooked up 2 horns from 02 Tacoma parts truck.

 

same, 340,000 miles, never 'cleaned' my engine. .......but we don't have mud

 

Never had an issue with anything in my Tacoma as a result of pressure washing. Maybe I'm just lucky. I'm certainly not careful.

I probably wouldn't do it to anything with a lot of those plastic covers under the hood, but I've done it to all kinds of motors. Trucks, cars, motorcycles, lawnmowers, generators. I've now bought a pressure washer for my parents in VT, and one for my sister in CA because I'd just rather not do without.

If I didn't keep my engines clean, I'd never know where leaks were coming from. But I'd never have time to keep things clean without 2000 psi.

 

i clean my engines with the pressure washer.. the only one that gives me issues is the 2002.. but i just need new wires on that one.

 

In my experience the only really bad thing about pressure washers is that they'll chip a bad paint job
And here's my backyard today to prove it.

Sometimes you'd rather just not have to fix mistakes, ya know?