What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

New shift knob from AJT. V1 design. Might put the black nuts back on vs green

 

Looks kinda bulky, is it still comfortable to shift with?

 

it’s a tight fit in there with my Tacoma and wife’s grand Highlander

Just a little guide to help make sure neither of us hit mirrors

 

I think it's funny that people question how much water one consumes. These containers hold 42oz or so, which is not even half of what you should be drinking in a day. That's not even taking in consideration if you work outside/ physical labor job.

 

Picture makes it look bulky/big but it’s a good size. Being heavier than stock is a nice touch too

 

All fixed! $150 on a new part, $20 on some Valvoline Dex/Merc (blue jug), and $11 on a syringe, and I’m good to go. Took about 20 minutes to swap.

Not bad at all if you have proper hose clamp pliers and enough paper towels and foresight to put the paper towels where they need to be to catch the fluid. Helps to have the old res unbolted as you pull the supply hose off so that you can tilt the res as the hose comes off and keep from gushing oil out. There is some down below that you simply can’t suck out with the siphon which is why you have to be careful during the lower hose removal.

Reservoir part - 44360-04010

Level ended up right where it should be after warming up: smack dab in the middle between hot max and min.



Glad I installed my KC Cyclones on the hood, really helped with seeing what I was doing under the hood in the darkish garage first time those lights have actually really been beneficial since this is the first real repair I’ve had to do.

 

When I did mine, I capped the reservoir with a 3/8" vacuum cap and stuck the return hose in gatorade bottle. It only took about 3 quarts to fully flush the entire system.

 

Often, I drink at least 16 oz at a time usually it’s like 32. I’m not a large person by any means

 

Did you turn the wheels back and forth with the engine off and just stopped to add fluid as you went?

 

Got rid of the last poverty panel with the 2WD low range mod and reorganized the switches on the panel more intuitively. Button is from Air Onboard

 

Engine off, but accessory mode on so I could turn the wheel lock to lock, left to right. Tires off the ground.

That reservoir is so small it nearly empties with each full turn all the way to the left and all the way to the right. A lot of topping off in between each full turn to the left and to the right to make sure it didn't run dry.

 

Cool, thanks. Might do that when I have some more time just to get the whole system to closer to all ATF instead of a mix with the stock stuff.

 

NOW you’ve done it!

You made a clean spot!

Only thing left to do is whip out some more towels and wipe down the rest of the engine compartment!

 

Lol. I drive in dusty construction job sites way too much to worry about that.

 

@Rellims Here you go:

$29 Easymanie 17.8 Quart Stacking Drawer, 1 Pack

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D73LJKD?ie=UTF8

I rattlecanned it and keep my Noco jump pack behind it. There's a whole thread on seat deletes and storage here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rear-seat-delete-decks.632134/

 

I always wondered what you looked like.

 

thanks lumpy

 

because there is only 14 beverage holders in the truck ........hhhmmmmm

 

the truck wont talk back