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

Electric fans are more efficient, and because the motor no longer has to drive the fan you gain a bit of power.

 

Really I'm trying to get as much MPG as I can. Plus to free up a little power.

 

You will gain some power and mpg's...it will be a little, but its there.

 

How do you like your led tail lights ? I was looking into those yesterday thinking about pulling the trigger on them

 

Yes...but usually loud as fuck lol

 

The firestick looks good! I'm looking to get one soon. Easy install?

 

Yep plus I like the look over the clutch fan setup.

 

there is also a lot more room in the front to work without the stock fan and clutch.

 

The look is nicer..but most don't care about how ones engine bay looks in truck we usually wheel in as they tend to get dirty...not sports cars..that different..they are getting very popular in supras.


I will say that in the supra world there tends to be more ppl that get frustrated with E fans and just go back to stock..

 

I dont really wheel. But I still like to have my things look nice.. Plus before I had my truck I had my 95 240sx. I kept all the wires looking clean. which im going to do on my truck.

 

Well you better SC it or turbo it so it'll be worth popping the hood to see haha

 

shit i wish.. I need to finish school first and then go work for Boeing or Lockheed Martin

 

yea then you can just replace the whole motor with a jet engine haha

 

35000 pounds of thrust. Fuck yea!

 

I would say that it was more tedious that difficult, but keep in mind that I spent three years at a VW shop in my youth and have always done my own wrenching, so I do have a bit of experience. Still, I think a reasonably capable person could tackle this job. There is a pretty good step-by-step writeup here:

http://4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/timing_belt/

I didn't need any special tools, really. The most 'exotic' tool was a pulley holder:

$83 OTC 4754 Universal Pulley Holder Wrench with Interchangeable pins, black

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Q8GVPY/

robert

 

yea it goes on like any other antenna just needa have it tunned.

 

Shot a coat of paint under the frame yesterday..It's pretty bad for being a southern kept truck. I asked the dealer if there was any way they could check the frame and they said it didn't need to be done.

Is there any way that I can get a frame check if I don't live in the salt belt? My skid plate has about a 4 inch hole in it. You can see the ground looking through the motor down at the skid....It's a 2004.

 

You live or drive a lot on the beach?

My truck has almost zero rust being kept in FL.

 

My family just bought it a month ago.

 

Do you know where the truck came from?

Maybe not a southern kept truck?