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

and that would be????

 

Full OME most likely, with Dakars or Wheelers 5 leaf pack

 

Changed rear diff fluid with new synthetic. Old oil looked gross and very mirky. Changed Transfer case oil - gross but not as bad as rear diff. Went to change front diff oil and realized I needed a 11 or 12mm hex (allen key) for drain plug, which I dont have. Fill port is a 10mm so I was able to top it up at least - took 350mL Need to keep an eye on that.
Changed oil and filter.
Don't think pics were necessary, and particularly cos this work gets oil on everything!

Out of interest, the 10 minute lube/oil change shops charge $68 for rear diff, $75 for front, $72 tc, $80 transmission!! I told them for that price I would do it myself.

 

finally got around to doing the grey wire mod,took about 10 minutes.


also cleaned the hell out of the interior it was pretty filthy. vacuumed her,scrubed the floor mats,armored all er. also relocated my GPS over to the corner of the windshield instead of in the middle.


didnt get to clean the exterior though its starting to rain

 

It's two scoops. Do you think they look ok. I've always worried they looked tacky! But I like them because they break the color up on the hood

 

Went to start the truck this morning to warm it up (snowed last night) & heard "click click click". So needless to say I put a new battery in it. Now it's good to go again.

 

Hopefully by the mid summer the suspension will be on.

Get your Jungle Flares on?

 

I went and bought the hex head at sears specifically for that drain plug lol. Such a pain.

 

Fenders and wheels.. soon winch plate bumper and 33's..

 

i know it didnt happen today..... but it seems appropriate to post here lol

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/general-automotive/153513-yeah-rolled-my-truck-today.html

 

took the spare off, checked the psi and cleaned it. moved my recovery gear to my bed box along with my spare tire tool kit and ties downs

 

Washed the whole truck and cleaned out the entire interior. Looks like a brand new truck Also, exchanged my duratracs for a set of stock sized michelin ltx ms2's. I was getting killed with gas so the parents said either new tires or truck as to go. I went with the first option

 

New Door speaker..

 

just ordered my set of 4 5100s from DSM and my 2" AAL from Toytec! Saved a total of $20 with the TW discount codes. too bad theres no discount code for labor. i keep hearing that compressing coils and assembling the shocks/coils is a huge PITA. The rest i'm looking forward to tho.

 

Just pay your local shop $50 to do it right (spring compression and shock change out). They can do it in 10 minutes and there is no fucking around. The rest you can do yourself.

 

Truck looks sick, nice!

Today: Installed K&N air filter. As I do on all of my vehicles. Need to eventually sack up and do the deckplate mod

 

Truck looks good, How oyu liken them tires? Offroad wise, mud, sand etc.

 

X2 if you don't have a good spring compressor it's PITA