What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hell yes, I been waiting for this. Good stuff.

 

Took a trip down to OBX.

 

Thanks! I was pretty proud of it for such a quick solution. I'll take photos the next time I take it out. My more complex solution that I might do down the road is to get a 3 inch diameter PVC pipe, cut in half, and rivet ball bearings to the bottom and essentially make a sliding half circular tray inside the 4 inch PVC pipe. I think it will be an elegant solution, but just didn't have the time to make it yet.

 

What happened here, an engine swap?

 

I told Jolene she was pretty.

 

I did a thing yesterday...decided to route the stock front diff breather to the ARB unit as well

 

spicy

they dont have a 105040 listed.

They have a 10504.

Went to Oreilly and they had one but it isn’t stamped with an S.

 

That's curious. I'll try to snap a photo of the "S" later. (may be tomorrow tho)
Hopefully yours is just a newer upgrade and it will work flawlessly!

 

I assume this is the “S” you are looking for:

 

Hit 10k on the ole girl

 

DIY hybrid Front Bumper, bought from Extreme Terrain, but go direct to the original manufacturer, it'll save you $50-$150 shipped(depending on options) and give you the actual option of options, like the bull bar. Which ET shows in all their pics, but didn't actually come with it... Grrr...
I really need to buy a TIG welder, the 24yo Lincoln Electric MIG100 isn't cutting it for pretty welds... lol
https://truenorthfabrications.com/products/2016-tacoma-hybrid-bumper-diy-kit

 

yes, but not finding one at parts stores.

 

The print was completely different on the one you found.

 

Black out my 2016 limited, mirror caps, door handles and emblems.

Driver side is before, no mirror cap or black out door handles

Passenger side is all done

 

Replacing cracked oil filter housing .

I KNOW 100% when I replaced it in Oct’22. O ring was in the correct groove, lubed with oil and torqued to spec.

Removing witb the OEM tool: short 3/8” breaker bar = nope. 27mm socket and little 220 ft/lb 18v Hitachi impact = nope. 24” 1/2” breaker bar = cracked housing w/ hole .

 

i’m aware of that.

 

Thanks to @McPickle, I was able to score these 2022 OEM LED headlights on FBMP for a great price. Three hour roundtrip drive, but worth it. Thanks again my friend!

Got them installed with a minimum of swearing (why oh why did Toyota engineers think hiding a single headlight mounting bolt under the front bumper cover was a good idea?! ). Thank goodness for YT DIY videos!

Used @daveeasa's LED harness which worked perfectly.

Took my time, didn't want to break anything and about an hour and a half later, ta-dah! Marked the aim for the originals on the wall and the new ones are exactly the same. Phew!

Will probably put my OEMs up for sale (perfect condition).

Love 'em!

 

I've got some garage envy happening again. Where's all the kid &%* and dirt?

 

Something to look forward to when you get old(er).

 

Getting older is one thing I haven't had to work at. My wife wants to keep some of the little kid 'stuff' and the 'big kids' bring boxes back because it doesn't fit in their apartments. But I have a rule: my truck goes in the garage. I'll help anytime to get another car in but no one else is that motivated. My logical brain wonders why we keep boxes of things with little value inside, and the car that does have value outside. Well, we also keep the garbage inside but that's to keep the bears and mountain lions away.