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

If you can't get a spring compressor before then @essjay may be at my place next weekend. He's closer to you. I can send it home with him.

if you need it... hopefully the shocks are assembled the way they are supposed to be

 

Got my parking brake "repaired"

 

Came out to a large puddle under the truck. Looks like today is forced maintenence day. Not tasting the fluid again. It's the same as before lol

Any tips or tricks for this job?
Guessing I should flush the system after I replace the gaskets yeah?!

 

Looks like I found the Toyota version of the grow your own crystal kit

 

@Speedytech7 should I pull out the injectors or the rail and leave them in? Step 4 in Haynes is... very general.

Still cleaning and draining fluid. Really should have done this when I did the cover gaskets.

Not sure if you can see but the fluid is fresh in the back pass section of the crystalline growth

Oh shit! Are there bolts like the valve cover bolts? Should I put fresh ones in?

 

If they're not blocking your access to the lower intake manifold bolts then you can leave em

 

Ok cool. Need to pull the timing belt cover I think.
Dam radiator hoe ate the part off the rad. There's no fix for that is there?

 

No, that's just rotten luck, but if that happened just removing a hose it is time to do the rad anyway

 

fml

What do you suggest? Oem? Or...?

 

I have a NAPA branded one in my truck right now, got it when they did their 20% off anything you can fit in a bag sale and the counter guy was cool and said it fits in a bag haha. But even a TYC rad is a good option really. It's pretty hard to mess up an aluminum/plastic rad.

 

Ok. Yeah this one is a denso. Looks like an oem is about 180. Anything ordered (an all aluminum) looks like stupid lead times.

 

At NAPA AAA members get 10% off year round and 20% off in October on everything just FYI

 

Replaced leaking windshield washer reseviour, rotated tires and swapped spark plugs/wires/cap/rotor. Got oil sample analysis back from last oil change, 215,000 and a clean report. Oil has plenty of life left in it so staying with the 5,000 interval.

 

Finally freed it. That shit in the back is a pita.




Black cake anyone?
Should I remove the injectors if I want to clean the cake with parts cleaner? Or anyone got other ideas?
To be fair she's got 361k

I'm a member! Woot

 

I try and make it a mission to get my AAA membership price in savings every year lol

 

I got some stickers today.

 

Since when do bilsteins not come with the mount Bushings?

 

Time to start assembling the 1998 frame. Waiting on a few more parts. But I can get the leafs and what not hung. Need to repaint a couple spots on the frame where a pallet was sitting on it too

 

Replaced the inner and outer tie rods and boot on my son’s ‘02. Nice and easy job!

 

The 4600s I bought years ago (not even sure how many now) - they didn't include bushings either.