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

What suspension set up did you go with?

 

That's a pretty Rad Red.

 

sorry bout it bein sideways, uploaded from my iphone, but i got bored waitin for my cousin at school and started playin with this pipe, and then had the bright idea that it would fit on my shifter. haha its a piece of 1/2in conduit with a small bend at the top its about 16" long without the bend? just a guess... what do yall think?

 

You buying another?

 

The shorter the better to me. I like quick little movements for slamming gears.

 

Yeah 6 seized bolts and wiring harness. Make sure you soak the bolts because you can break off the nuts inside the channel, which are impossible to access. I'm not saying I did... I'm saying ONE might do that to 2 of their bolts and have to cut them off with a torch and then wonder how they will bolt their bed back on. Hypothetically.

 

Remove Drive shaft






Remove Transmission Drain Plug



Drain...



2wd tranny still there...


Remove Clips... Clips.. And More CLips!







Making a mess...



Flex plate



Ghetto Transmission Jack..





Cut my exhaust because mine no longer had flanges to unbolt..



Unbolt....






2wd tranny out 5 speed 4x4 going in soon

 

So what's the reasoning for deadening sound? Are you keeping sound out? Are you keeping sound in to help with sound system performance?

I like hearing what's going on with the truck so I guess it's never really been a concern of mine. But I like the idea of replacing my carpet with raptor liner.

 

Ok it was me

 

My 4x4 5 Speed Research Thread RV 5vz swap

 

Yep, removing auto trans from a 1st gen always a crowd favorite !! (what a pain in the ass) I was going to comment on you not marking the driveline/flange bolt up so it goes back in the way it came out but since you're doing a swap its a non factor I guess.. good luck with swap & good pics ya got up too....

 

Bevel the edges. Even with thicker plate you should be getting some penetration, but if you bevel the edges/edge you cab get full pen, depending on what type of joint.

 

Sick Pictures, SafetyDang! ^^^

Installed a black grill I got from Rockauto for 35 plus shipping. I'm not a big fan of chrome so the chrome grill had to go. Waiting on corner lights with black bezels to come in the mail.

 

Hope for a smooth swap, SafetyDang!! You're thread helped me out when I did my 4x conversion...

 

So far it's been worth it! I too didn't do it for deadening reasons but because my carpet was so filthy that I wanted to pull it to be cleaned and figured while I was there I'd do it and make it easier to clean with the hose! The best part about it imo is the heat on the trans hump practically disappears & the comments from the jeep guys that want to do theirs now! Plus once all the paneling goes back up I think it will help with that back wall noise a lot more too

 

Did you plastidip yours or painted yours?

 

I just want to cut the road noise down for phone calls (my job now requires me to be on the phone a lot... hence the new head unit, got the same one you did) and increase the performance of the new speakers.

Trust me, I'll still be able to hear everything with the truck. It's not going to be a Bentley's interior.

 

Did you roll it on? Or spray?