Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Hey Matt, looks like you forgot to light the glove box.

 

i dont need no stinking glove box lights!

 

good lord how were you not mis firing.

 

lol good that it stayed in the community.

 

what if its too dark to find the nug

 

Shaking head




I mean

 

Those gaps were all greater than 0.65 and the difference is completely noticeable. Front and rear diffs later this week.

 

ok this scares me, my truck has 93,000 and i got the truck i believe right at 61,000 and i have not changed the plugs before, sooo i have tomorrow off and am going to attempt this, was it hard? and how much the new plugs cost ya

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/technical-chat/30479-how-spark-plug-change-1-gr-fe.html

I did mine about a month ago. It was not hard but a bit frustrating changing the three on the drivers side. It's a bit of a tight squeeze. The plugs should run you about $4 or something at the dealer. Get the denso plugs.

 

It really is that easy. Ratchet and sockets, new plugs, gap gauge, anti-seize, and a torque wrench. You will hardly look at the write-up, but it's there if you need it. I'm glad I changed mine out, and wish I had checked sooner. Good luck.

 

The driver's side ones are a pita, there is a bracket that holds up the intake, you'll see it right in front of the the left side rear two plugs, take out the top bolt and loosen the bottom bolt till the bracket can be moved out of the way, there are a couple of vacuum connections you might want to pull off too. the hardest one is the left side closest to the front. The wiring on mine didn't have enough play to lift the plug socket out (and then unplug it), and there wasn't enough room to slip the wiring clip back off of the socket before lifting it so I had to rotate the socket in place to get the wiring clip off. It helps to have some swivel and long socket extensions too.

 

thanks everyone I'm gonna do mine tomorrow since i have the day off and nothing to do besides maybe going with my friend to buy her first tacoma

 

I told you man, I live in the GHETTO. The price was right but the neighbors are ugly. Shopping around for house between Rancho Cordova and Elk Grove; just thinking about the prospect of moving away from this nightmare gives me a boner.

 

I know, I'm just being dramatic. If it wasn't good enough or if I didn't feel my wife was safe; I would pack up and move in a heartbeat. Its good enough for now, but we are definitely ready for a house on a piece of property.

 

You could prob pick up some like that up here right now. Bunch of short sales going on

 

Anyone run beadlock wheels on their truck? Could I get by and be perfectly fine with normal wheels and just airing down only slightly for offroading? I don't do anything too crazy with my truck but I'd like to be able to air down to play in snow.

 

They come split like that brand new with the truck. Are you sure they were ever changed? Most people change them and get 6 identical plugs, contrary to how Toyota put two different kinds in there.

 

if you have to ask questions about beadlockers, beadlockers aint for you. if you air down above 10 psi you should be fine. that's what i run when i rock crawl. beadlock is for people who wheels pretty hard core stuff, and they usually run about 5-8 psi, in snow they just take out the valve stem and run 0 psi, but i dont think you are at that level yet.

 

Haha, not even close. Figured as much because when I asked my dad the same thing he laughed at me. I think I'm just going to order some of those bronze konig countersteers.

 

I agree with MJ, I just swapped my plugs out at 62k and they were the same as your picture 3 ngk 3 denso, which leads me to believe they were never changed! ( they come 3 n 3 from factory ) That means on his truck at 90k+ nobody ever changed the plugs either