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

Awesome, thanks. I just saw the chart to select your vehicle.

Ordered them and got free 2 day shipping thanks to my free trial of Amazon Prime! Need them by Wednesday for my big trip

 

Weird I've never had to have my Duratracs rebalanced they ride great and aren't loud at all the Yokohama Geolandars I had before were always having to be balanced though, really good tires other than that.

 

I bought a 6 circuit aux fuse block made by Blue Sea Systems(Amazon.com) and it has worked great! I ran a 4guage wire from my battery to a 100amp breaker.


From the breaker I ran another 4 guage wire to the fuse block on the other side of the engine bay. It does not require the ground wires to be returned to the block so there is only a max of (6) 12v wires attached to the block. I used the frame or body for my ground points. I currently use it to run fog lights, bed lights, and an aux power outlet in the bed. I plan on using it when I get a winch and for some under hood lights too.

 

^ Looks great! I hope to buy a fuse block soon to help clean up my wiring!

 

Fixed my starter! Way more than just a usual rebuild but i did not have to buy any parts. Just had to sand down electrical contacts and free up some contacts. Don't buy a new one be for u do this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laRq3SpYaIE&feature=youtu.be

 

And this morning I changed my oil and filter. Full Synthetic running truck now!

 

Wheeled her last night! Got some great trails in.



More pics HERE

 

Nice, I pretty much did the same. Toyota gave one of the right contacts and a wrong one so I had to make due. Just sanded it down and it works great now. Next time I will replace the plunger.

 

So you ran the ground to the stock fuse block from.the blue sea one, which just competes.the already in place circuit correct? I suck at understanding electrical mumbo jumbo.

 

Lol it's happened a few times. I understand just basic stuff

 

I changed my 3 belts, and without removing skidplate or fan shroud. I feel like a damn boss...though my arm does'nt from the fan blades eating into it.

 

finally clean the damn TB/IAC, shit was dirty as hell 215k miles later. now idles smooth as butter

 

and I suck at explaing too.. I ran the 4g wire from the battery (+) to the fuse block. it has 6 slots for fuses and each one has a (+) out to a device (lights/winch/etc..) then each of those devices is grounded to the body or frame close to them. i hope that made sense. :/ I read a ton of threads on here about it they were real helpful.

 

I've read about the "darn near magical" centramatic dynamic balancers (bolt them on, they voodoo your tires into balance as the balance changes) but they seem a bit steep (particularly since I'm mostly on road, with a bit of woods road, but not running any crazy tires.) ~$180, not the end of the world as voodoo goes if it works.

 

I've had them on for a few thousand miles and a couple wheeling trips. They still seem fine andride quite. Hope I don't start having problems, they aren't cheap.

 

those rock lights are siiiiick nice truck looks good

 

This weekend... More in my build thread.

 

Mine looks comparable and I use an orange citrus cleaner or simple green. Something with a little acidity but won't hurt rubber and stuff. Don't go for purple power or super clean, they are too strong.