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

Attempted comp hill at Pismo and was flogging on it a little too hard I guess. Lesson learned, don't go to Pismo

 

Installed all new speakers, and fixed my rear window latch on the xtra cab window

 

I drove my truck to work!

 

all 1.5 miles of that drive

 

you live on base too? haha

 

I replaced the dogbone parts of the latch that was broken with one from a 96-00 that I got from a junkyard. It was skinner, but still works.

 

Changed the oil yesterday. Used Mobil 1 synthetic and an oem filter. Seafoamed it the night before. A 3rd in the tank, 3rd in the crank oil and a 3rd via brake booster.

Picked up an oil filler pump, 6 quarts of Mobil 1one synthetic

$28 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90 and all the washers for the tcase and riffs. Planning on doing that and the spark plugs tomorrow. Hopefully I got the right gear oil. It says it's intended for "Where an api gl-5 quality oil is recommended ". Guess that probably means its gl5. I remember there being some talk about gl5 messing up soft metal over time and gl4 is better the the service manual says either one is acceptable. But the manual also says to use hypoid gear oil and this Mobil synthetic doesn't have the word hypoid anywhere on it. Idk either way hope its better than not changing it.

 

That's km's for all you merican's

 

put on new bumpers and a new bed and tailgate(bad night in the woods)...then put 38.5x11r15 boggers with pro comp soft 8 wheels, have rear lift shackles that i still need to put on, might do a body lift depending if they rub.


before

after



trail master 6 inch lift, 2 1/2'' bilstein 5100s, 3'' block in rear

 

sick rig man...time to take care of the bro lean lol

 

Crushed mount, can see the hole but its on the other side and rather small but this is right under my slider! I will try to find pics of the branch sticking out before the chainsaw came out, but i never rember to bring a camera so im at the whim of someone elses photobucket.

Got really bored today at my friends storage unit, tried on some 33x12.50's in place of my 33x 10.5's. Then i tried to clear some 35 baja claws but they didnt fit at all so didnt take pics.

 

185K?? That's a big WOW. Good choice on 2" and the 32s, that's all you really need and only minimally impacts driveability.

It's about time. I was beginning to worry about you.


Thought maybe you were immune to all these evil TW influences.

 

Lol, yeah it is about time. Looking forward to it!

 

Have fun with it Man! Let me know if I can help.

 

Who makes that front bumper and skid? Looks good.

 

Yeah kinda what I figured, dont feel like replacing CV shafts on a regular basis and don't want to take the MPG hit that comes with the load range E 285's.

185K is still being broken in, my old 95.5 tacoma had just north of 350K when I sold it, and everything was original (obviously this doesn't include maintenance items).

That being said, I would like to know what the original owner did to drive so much. It equals out to ~26,400 mi a year, or ~72 mi a day

I took it up to Magic Toyota in Edmonds a few weeks back for an oil change and found out the dude bought it there brand new back in 04 and did every single preventative / suggested maintenance item. The guy obviously took care of it cause it drives better than my 04 silverado did w/ 70K, lol.

 

Got my Elite-Off Road Bumper mounted.

 

Just did the AAL thing to my prerunner and now I have 2" of extra lift. Didn't really want extra lift just wanted the lame leafs to act like they are supposed to. This mornin on the way to work going about 25 mph I feel like I'm riding over some rocks with a rubble effect. I'm gonna check all bolts n stuff when I get home.

 

Give it a few weeks to settle. What aal did you go with?

 

on sunday, I got a flat with my duratracs, I guess I ran over a sharp rock? my bfg's never failed me ...

but I still had an incredible day of fishing!