1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

No worries, thanks for going to the trouble. Factory gear ratios are a weird fixation of mine.

Are you certain that was 4.30 and not 4.56?

According to toyodiy.com, chassis code RZN161L-TRPDKAB should have either 4.10 or 4.56 gears: https://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_U_1997_TOYOTA_TACOMA_RZN161L-TRPDKAB_4101.html

I've seen conflicting claims about B04A online--one axle code decoder I found claims that it could be either 4.30 or 4.56, Another claims that 07 is 4.56 and 04 is 4.30. The trucks I've pulled from have matched the latter.

From my anecdotal evidence looking at junkyard trucks and other discussions of gear ratios online, 4.56 is what I'd expect to see in a 3RZ Auto 4x4.

Anything's possible with a 20 year old truck though.

More fuel for the fire, I just looked at a 2001 3RZ Prerunner in the junkyard yesterday. Toyodiy vin lookup says it should have 3.90 or 4.30 gears. The door tag read B07A. I was ready to go and didn't bother to count turns.

 

I think my truck has 3.90. 5vz manual 5lug srunner


Actually i think its 3.15

 

Rock through the window

 

Windows work fine lol
I can get in through the passenger side, door just wont open from inside or out

 

Jeep people dont need doors. Just take yours off

 

Ok bet

First how do I take it off with the door stuck shut

 

There is a sticky for it in the 1st gen section
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-generation-tacoma-door-will-not-unlock-solved.469156/

 

Thank you that worked!
Almost got it without taking the seat out, but ended up pulling it and door was open in a couple seconds

 

But we've only got one within like 100+ miles. I'm all about that lettuce wrapped double patty with cheese and tomatoe

 

4x4 here, but about once a year

Do the lines out there get packed like crazy? Out here it's best just to go during the week if you really want some

 

It can be, one of the employees got hit last year or something too

 

The lines get crazy out here too

 

Sitting in an idling car is part of the authentic California experience.

 

Just don't forget the shop vac hose

 

I can think of at least three different ways to interpret this and I wonder if any of them are actually what you meant...

 

Cant be shut if its liquid

 

I only go it i drive by and the line is just a few cars. Or sometimes where im working is next to one so i go as they open.

if the line is more than like 5 cars i pass

 

Five cars is small time compared to here. Check out these drive-thru lines. They're always full.

 

^ drive through lines; ha -- I gotta drive 40 minutes just to get to taco bell.