What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

1 piece at a time... and it didn't cost me a dime.. (Johnny Cash song... Anyone?)

Nice truck though, hate to see it go. FWIW houses are overrated. Not worth selling your baby for... (imho that is) Plus the market is F-ed for buyers right now, at least here in California.

 

Dropped my truck off here:



To get some fab work done on a rear bumper swing-out setup

 

Uh yow, Red Ryder, this is the cotton mouth
In the Psycho-Billy Cadillac come on, huh, this is the cotton mouth
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there Red Ryder
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
Uh, what model is it?

Well, it's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56
'57, '58' 59' automobile
It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67
'68, '69, '70 automobile

Haha great song!!

 

And I have a new baby just waiting for me to buy time to go back to the diesel world

 

great song, ha hahahah

"but up there at the court house they didnt laugh,cause to type it up it took the whole staff, and when they got through the title weighed 60 pounds"

 

Color matched grille. 5k mile service.

 

I use a torque wrench religiously. There is only one guy in town around here that uses a TW, and he is the only other person that does any work on my Toy. I do go to 100ft/lb.(I think 85ft/lb. is the recommended torque.) I know it's a little high, but I am assuming that someone along the way has over-torqued them. I have not had a single problem on any vehicle I've owned.

 

Loaded up the new bumper and skid, swapped springs for the new suspension, and got the tires balanced again

 

Are your wheels "steelies"? I think it's not as important with steel wheels because the steel will compress when the nut is pressed against it. That makes for a certain amount of tension against the nut. Cast or forged aluminum doesn't compress the same way so having equal amounts of torque at each nut presses the wheel against the drum or disc evenly. (I probably sound like an idiot and am not explaining it right?)

AND...for years I just cranked them down as tight as I could with a 4-spoke wrench and only lost one wheel in 35 years. Since that day I use a torque wrench and love the fact that I don't drop a nut trying to get my wheels off. I do re-torque after 10 miles then about 100 miles or so. (not to be too rude, but the only place I'm allowed to be anal is on my Toy)!

 

When I looked it up in my Haynes that's what it was - 85. I borrowed a friends clicker. Wonder if torque sticks are worth the investment ?

 

"re-torque after 10 miles then about 100 miles or so." Interesting. Do you find they are OK or have they loosened up ?

 

That's ... interesting.

 

I figured I'd take some shit for that.

I bought the truck with 100,000+ miles on it. I figured it was a fair assumption the someone had over torqued them at least once.

As far as my anal-re-torqueing, I use never-seize on everything, including the back of the wheels to stop corrosion from aluminum on cast discs and drums. That and any rust etc. in between them can hurt the original "seat". As said, just good security!

So, flame away, I've been married twice, I CAN TAKE IT!

 

It turns out that the bike mounts are easier to tie my dogs to than the factory cleats, so they are staying in the truck. The problem is that the clamps are loose and rattle when there is no bicycle fork in there. So I made some spacers out of Teflon today. The slot is .020" smaller than the shaft, so they snap on nicely. Then I can clamp the skewer shut and drive around without any rattling.

The spacer without a slot in the back is a nylon spacer I made to take up the slack in my locking hitch pin.

nice and tight

 

but apparently you don't learn too well

 

I washed it



and of course it is raining now.

 

Replaced both inner hub seals and cv diff seals, again... so far no leaks this time Props to Texoma for the help and letting me utilize his space again!

 

Polish blood, 6 concussions, and my mom smoked and drank during pregnancy...it was OK in the 60's!

How's that work for me?

 

Changed out my busted condenser today. I'll have to get it recharged tomorrow.