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

Tweaked my frame on my last wheeling trip. The dirt road I was on collapsed under my truck. Getting a quote on it today hopefully.

 

Found out from customcargrilles that I'm getting a full refund from the guy because of how much he liked my Satoshi. I like when things turn out to be free well besides a lot of cussing and work

 

yea shame on you! im surprised you didnt post those pics of me in the nm bs thread

haha

soon you will understand that metal tacos can get you more places than the pink fleshy ones

also, bros before hoes

 

bought some bags of sand to put in the bed. truck rides smoother now (marginally, but noticably.)

 

I need to do this cause the right side leaf is still super stiff while.the left is softer

 

Yeah that would've made more sense wouldn't it? Haha yeah I really kinda forgot about that thread and posting to that one too. And you do have two very valid points there that are hard to argue against! I will see

 

it really helped. i spent about 10 bucks on 3 .5 cubic foot bags of sand at home depot, and the difference is well worth it. my rear end doesn't bounce all over the place when i hit potholes and such.

 

When is the last time you replaced your rear shocks?

 

this is why i love living in the desert.... sand is free!

 

haha almost 300,xxx miles ago when the truck rolled off the assembly line. but never fear, fedex.com says that my new ones should get here sometime tomorrow. ...along with new coilovers, aal...oh yeah

 

I put some 5100's set at 2.5, do I need UCA's to get the correct camber? I hope not

 

You'll be fine.

 

Haha sweet, thanks guys I was worried about wear. Goin for an alignment tomorrow cause I got some gnarley positive camber

 

Ah, good man. That should help the rear end stop bouncing too.

 

That's what I've heard. I'll probably keep the bags though just to dampen it even more.

 

Water pump, timing belt, AC pulley, AC belt... AC finally works again!!! And after the mechanic told me the compressor had gone bad... He just wanted my $800.

After breaking 2, 1/2" to 3/8" socket adapters, finally got the stupid crankshaft pulley off with a 1/2" drive socket, and a $10 chain wrench from harbor freight.

Sorry for all the pics..

 

Just out of curiosity how long did it take you, gotta do mine over the summer.

 

Be careful if you go this method. I wrapped an old belt i cut to fit around the pulley before putting the chain wrench on there. That thing will crack\chip easier than you think.