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

Finally pulled the trigger on a swingout rear bumper!

 

Square is easier to work with, especially if you're doing it yourself.

I did 2x3 main legs with thinner wall
The main (side to side) crossbars are 2x2
The mains front to back are 1x3
The crossbars for the RTT are 1x2

I went with those outer sizes so I could keep it mostly 16 guage wall. The main legs are 14 guage. Also the sizes of the pieces also had to do with what lights I'm running (sizes, locations) and how I wanted to run the wires inside them.

 

Where’d you get the Toyota decal?

 

Here's a DIY kit I sell, if you're interested. Not too expensive, since you do the welding. Uses a combination of 1x1 and 1x2 for strength, and puts an RTT at cab height.

Bed Rack Weld-Together DIY Kit





Lots of folks on TW have gotten one; a few happy parties here: @turbodb Fabbed Bed Racks | Tacoma World

 

looks like the 4xinnovation swing out. Did you powder coat?

 

Since frame swap was in your head, this is how we do it on rust buckets. Effective, minimal stuff messed with in cab. Lift makes it easier, but this can be done like @Tour991 did with large jackstands or logs.

there is a brace across the fenders that holds the engine up, and ratchet straps keep the transmission up. Done right nothing shifts

 

$1k?

Damn, you paying mark-up on steel?

I just made a large frame for a work bench having bought over 24' of 1.5" angle, and some +30' of 1.5" square tube...total cost of material was about $200 and some change.

 

Not all of us get sticks of square tube for free though...

 

1.5'' square is fine. What I made my first bed/roof rack out of. Worked great. Pretty much same design you have now.

Frankenstein cleaned-7.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

 

I only used some 4' of that free 20' total; so yeah round up the cost of material to $225 give or take?

But a bed rack would be much smaller!

 

I know, was just busting your balls. It'd be pretty easy/cheap to build a bed rack assuming one has the cutting and welding tools handy. It's actually surprising how cheap steel is vs purchasing some of the products from name brand manufacturers of sliders, racks, bumpers etc.

 

Yeah, steel alone is stupid cheap compared to the end product...but the initial investment for all the tools is what gets ya!

Until a few jobs in, then the tools have paid for themselves.

 

That’s it! And yea I had it powder coated

 

I bought it from a guy off of here

i bought it from a TW member, Cboy808

 

So my 20 year old stock radiator is still running with no issues (knock on wood). I'm thinking about replacing it but when pulling up Denso's site I see this -
Given I've swapped to 4WD, would

$168 221-3138 Radiator

221-3138 be the one to order or just stick with 221-3136 (these are 6cyl part#s)?

@El Taco Diablo , @04Pre_Runner , @frenchee , @mjhenks and anyone else who has made the swap and may have replaced their radiator.

Thx.

 

Trans mount is due for replacement. OEM, (12371-07020) is discontinued. What are people going with? Whatever rock Auto has?

For a manual trans

 

Should be fine with either. The shorter one won't hang as low below the the frame rails is all.

 

I'm not sure on part numbers, and don't have the truck with me at work, so I can't measure. But here's a picture of the last time I replaced mine. Almost positive it's the taller one.




Like @Blackdawg said, the taller one will hang a little farther below the frame rail, which could, in theory, make a difference with skid plates. Also, I don't believe the shroud will be right if you go with a different size, so keep that in mind as well.



Funny you should mention this... I've noticed a wet spot under the truck the last few days working on it. looked up at the bottom of the radiator, and yep, she done.

I'll be buyin another one at the 'ole O'reily's

 

Also... yours was a Prerunner... which would be the same as a 4wd.

RWD is 5 lug

 

I thought about that... checked again and PreRunner selected, its the same part as the base option.