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

Re-worked the DIY harness for the transfer case position indicator switches. These things are a hassle trying to find the correct connectors so I decided to just replace them altogether. Initially looked at 84222-35121. What's different about this one is it doesn't have leads coming off of it. It takes a basic connector and makes the entire DIY harness process that much easier. So since this thing is a simple switch, I grabbed 3 of the

$18 Beck/Arnley 201-1788 Back-Up Switch

aftermarket (beck-arnley) off of Amazon $14/ea. Plugged them into the transfer case (27mm @ 27ftlbs.), checked each position and confirmed they tested fine with the multimeter. Good to go. Even if these switches should crap out, it'll be a simple thing of just unplug and replace.

For the actual harness, going to wire H4 and L4 along the same route/position @mjhenks outlined in his thread but for the Neutral position switch going to do it a little different. Instead of tying it in with the other 2, going to route it to where its supposed to go - the A/T P indicator on the cluster. This way, its going to illuminate if its in N and give a visual HEY YOU, even if you're in park, you can still roll - so GTFO of Neutral!





Also a note on the connectors I used, since I have all the crimp tools from when I built the RTMR I went with the connector "kit" (linked above). They also sell a pig tail version where its pre-assembled or just the connector itself. You can find all 3 options here -
https://www.bmotorsports.com/shop/a...&search_in_description=1&keywords=90980-11250

*Thanks @mechanicjon for the pointer to the bmotorsports.com site

Final leg of the swap. Plan is to get the transmission back in tomorrow. Nearly done.



edit: after further digging, if anyone ever needs to replace the stock transfer case position switch connectors on the harness side, they are as follows:

Transfer L4 Position Switch Connector: 90980-11156
Transfer Neutral Position Switch Connector: 90980-10923
Transfer 4WD Position Switch Connector (w/2-4 Selector): 90980-11250
Transfer 4WD Position Switch Connector (wo/2-4 Selector): 90980-11156 (same as L4)

 

Oh man the truck flexes and rides so much better with 881s vs 882s
same spot
882

881

 

DIY HHO system installed w/ a PWM kit I bought a while ago, still need to mod air/fuel ratio to compensate. Any buddy have a experience with a favorite HHO EFIE OBD2 chip? Last time I ran one of these setups on a 22RE and only had one O2 sensor to deal with, I used an analog EFIE inline between the sensor and ECU. Now I have the 3RZ and I’m not sure I can use the same method, so I’m thinking the OBD2 chip will be easier. Thoughts?

 

Bringing the 95 home to get things ready for the body shop to pull the cab corners straight and have my buddy paint it.

 

Nice squat

 

Yea… it doesn’t appreciate all the weight missing in the back compared to the last time it was moved.


Plus. Grounds FAR from level.

it’s home now

 

Finally! New FNs and AT3s.

 

Bring out the vise grips.

 

Got most of the kink out of the frame. Need to get a tram to measure everything. But tape measure says the rest of the frame is straight

 

El Taco Diablo went back to being a Prerunner for a bit.

 

Do a burnout

 

just go get a stud extractor from the parts store. Slap it in an impact and you'll be good.

 

Is this original or do you need to give someone credit?

 

10000% all original mine. And if any of you fuckers use it you better give me credit or I'll be

 

I can’t afford those right now

 

It's okay.

it'll be a rust out sooner than later

 

I just had the front seals, bearings and hubs replaced, dam parts alone were around 800.00,
And those front bearings are huge,
Solved my steering wheel vibration issues,

 

When I had my bed off I couldn't resist. It's way easy without any weight.

 

the tundra roasts the tires easily enough when i want it to.. this ones on tires from 2008 for now until i decide what tire its getting. i dont want to make em go pop.


plus no plates and what not on it currently.. its in the garage for now awaiting redneck bodywork prior to the body shop visit.