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

HAHA! oh man..that was a fun day..and a shitty day after lol

 

Don't forget to look for a passenger door lock actuator too

 

Is that the rear bumper that's now on my truck?

No wonder it took me an hour to get all the mud out of it

 

will do

 

no he had the TG bumper then..

If he had had it then..it would be like packed..that trip what freaking ridiculous lol

 

sort of reminds me of this

 

I have fiberglass rear bedsides, I dont run mudflaps.

Unless I fab some crazy shit up, they wont bolt up anymore.






I am open to ideas though.

Take an old welcome mat and cut it up LOL

 

I just changed out the gas filter under the plenum
2.7L and it was easy. Jack up front and remove the front wheel, move the plastic covering out of the way, undo the 2 banjo bolts and then the 2 mounting bolts. Replace the washers supplied with the new one and reassemble.
I don't have small hands and I had plenty of room. I don't know why some people said it's a pain in the ass.
It took me less than an hour. The gas that came out of it looked like tea.

135k on the truck so I figured why not.

 

2 of 8 TC alignment cam tabs burned in. Not as much fun as one might expect. I am thinking that the passenger side might just get a bead of weld behind the factory tabs rather than tearing them out and replacing.

 

Nothing to my truck... but I just got done organizing my 200+ bookmarks for my Tacoma

lol

 

Took off my moonroof and cleaned the entire thing, the area it sits in and regreased all fittings and hinges.

 

So envious

 

How is that TB cleaning coming along, lad?

 

Waiting for the spark plug wires to come in so I can do everything at once:

Spark plugs
Wires
MAF cleaning
TB cleaning
Throttle cable tightening

And then engine detail

 

while i am here let me ask... have you checked your pvc valve?
and the O2 sensors? do you know if or when they have been changed? now I keep forgetting to check, stupid i know, but since the time i got the truck and now my mpg hasf really improved. and the o2 sensors were the icing on the cake. cranking, idling, and really the way it revs.

 

Nope. Have no idea what that is.

Nope.

Pretty sure they haven't... but I'm gonna go with "nope" for consistency sake

Well, I'm getting about 22.5 - 23.0 mpg right now with a V6 and it idles and revs fine, as far as I can tell.

So the spark plugs, wires and TB and MAF cleaning is what I'm going to stick to for now.

 

I'M sorry i meant pcv valve here is a good link i used when I got my truck.
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/tacoma_4runner_30k/maintenancep5.htm

well I am a firm believer in taking your time and don't bit off for than you can chew,

and if you did not know the pcv valve is one of those shittly little things that if it gets clogged it will fuck your day up, pull it out and shoot some TB cleaner through it.

 

At what mileage did you swap in new 02s?

 

well she had 178,000. now I'm not sure if they were the original or not, but when i was changing the 1st sensor, I had taken the trans boots off inside the truck to unhook it and it was tied together like it came from the factory, there is something about this in the online instructions... but still the motor was in such a sorry state of tune, the carbon was caked on, and before i took the pic some had fell off. I try to tell people if you keep it tuned good, all these other little parts will last longer.