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

good to know

 

Didn't seem to take...

...you're still whining

 

i need to fix my clutch squeak..i hate it.

 

I fixed it by adjusting my eardrums so I no longer really hear it

 

Can you please elaborate (or link a thread/walkthrough) for morons like me?

Thanks

 

yea i know. Just need to do it. You did a write up on it didn't you?

 

Well this was yesterday but I designed, cut, and welded some UCA gussets

 

Replacing my control arms because I cracked them.

 

I don't even drive mine in salt! It rusted everywhere but the muffler casing. The oxygen sensor weld will soon be rusted through. Even the tip rusted all to hell. I should have pictures at home. Like I previously said, it's already rusting through the ceramic coating and it hasn't been exposed to salt or abuse.

 

Bought a grease gun and greased all the drivetrain zerks. No more squeak.

 

Wow I'd be pissed. Mine isn't pretty but it's not rusted anywhere

 

Oh I am. I called the clown at JBA after I sent him an e-mail with pics of the rust. First off, he says no rust warranty whatsoever, even within the regular 1 year warranty. Second, he says it's not made out of stainless steel like autoanything.com advertised, even though right on JBA it says all exhaust systems (not headers) are 304 ss. I pointed this out and he acted like he couldn't navigate his own website to find it. I asked to speak with his supervisor and he claimed he didn't have one. He even suggested if I don't want it to rust they recommend ceramic coating it; $200+. I bought stainless specifically because rust is an issue.

Oh I forgot, needless to say, I told him to s my d when I hung up. He just said thanks.

 

put on a new timing belt and drive belts along with new anti freeze and waterpump

 

My dumbass friend nicked my truck right at the taillight as he was pulling out of the parking spot. I don't know how it didn't crease the bed or bust the taillight out.

 

isu2014:
I will have to keep an eye on my JBA system. I have had it in since the very beginning of August....this will be its first winter in the snowy (read salt and sand/grave) Upstate New York/VT border area. I sure as hell hope it doesn't rust.

 

How'd you manage to do that?

 

X2....need pics and a story

 

Great....looking forward to seeing how mine hold up. The reviews were great on AutoAnything.com.

 

Well...not entirely sure. I blew up the sphericals in the rod ends on my camburgs and I think the extra slop that created let the coilovers slam up and down just enough to crack the arm right there. Other LCA has the exact same crack and I blew up the spherical on that side too, so the slop + all the sustained abuse probably did it.

 

so the shock mounts on the LCA's are cracked? Why not weld the cracks? Or are they too far gone?