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

Bummer. I just reused my old ones

 

mine came with new boots, just part of the package from dsm

 

Hey guys!! It's been awhile since I've been on due to school. Well During this time I change both my radio and 2 back speakers (the front 2 were already aftermarket), did my own tire rotation and oil change, and unfortunately earlier this week I found an brake leak and the part i need won't be here till friday. So it been sitting in the shop since Saturday. I'm hoping to get it back soon cause i miss my baby. </3

 

When I did mine I didn't even bother trying to turn the front bolt on the springs lol. I just busted out the angle grinder and cut away. Ended up cutting off the u-bolts too just because I could

 

Changed the coolant and drove that bitch 3 hours from Chico to Fernley. (45 min east of Reno)

 

seems like everyone is changing there plugs lately

 

Those ubolts are fun when they let go huh?

 

It's that time of month

 

And the fishin poles, but our coolers & tackle boxes are MUCH bigger,I trailer mine

 

Day time

 

It has nothing to do with quality or power of the spark. The V6 coils fire once every engine rotation and fire 2 plugs at the same time. one cylinder is in the firing position the other is not, hence one name of this type of ignition is "Wasted Spark". Because the plugs fire twice as many times as typical systems and would wear out in 1/2 the time there are 2 electrodes to increase plug life.

Here is a description from Toyota themselves. This is all I have done today, so far.

 

Repped
Thanks for clearin that up man

 

Waste spark is only at idle. Almost every manufacture has their own version of it. The older rangers had 8 plugs on a 4 cylinder. The hemi rams have 16 plugs. They fire twice to burn off any hydro carbons to reduce emissions.
the initial spark then there is a brief dwell then a spark is wasted after the dwell. Not long. Here is another diagram for others

 

Dammit I give up trying to understand this , I run duals because toyota tells me to! I think the more I know, the less I understand

 

Not so on the Toyota V6. Look at the diagram, specifically the secondary coil circuit. Both plugs must fire at the same time in series at all speeds.
Toyota did this to save on components, 3 coils instead of 6.


In your upper chart the 2 peaks represent this, from http://rockledge.home.comcast.net/~rockledge/RangerPictureGallery/DIS_EDIS.htm

[SIZE=+1]"T[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]he spark plug on the compression stroke uses the majority of the coil’s stored energy, while the other spark plug, on its exhaust stroke, uses very little of that energy. This occurs because of the much higher cylinder pressure that is generated on the compression stroke. The higher the pressure, the greater the electrical resistance. Accordingly, greater voltage is necessary to overcome the increased resistance of the highly-compressed air-fuel mixture. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]In a nutshell, the amount of pressure in a cylinder - and the associated electrical resistance that it creates - determines which spark plug (compression stroke) gets the majority of the coil's voltage, and conversely, which plug (exhaust stroke) gets the "waste" voltage." [/SIZE]


Here's more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasted_spark

 

Swapped in a trd axle this weekend, and did a allpro ubolt flip kit. Wondering if anyone has the FSM page on the prober install of the locker actuator ?

 

I was speaking of Fords DIS and EDIS. I understand their system completely not Toyota. I learned something new today lol. Atcleast Toyota designed theirs so it would last unlike you know who lol.

 

Dont say that. Read it and learn how your truck works and you will have a better idea if something ever were to happen.

 

Meh, they made some noise but didn't fly off or anything. My driver side main eye bolt shot off like a rocket though. Horray for safety glasses.

 

Here ya go, from a 99 FSM. In addition read this recent thread. Start at post #23 for the relevant stuff and don't skip the TTORA link in post 28. http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/280702-e-locker-actuator-2.html


Note that the FSM pages below are for an actuator install with the diff removed. For install on an installed diff (with the 2 long studs in place) see the above thread.