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

Did a little trail mod....



Followed by a subsequent trail fix. Thought I broke a lower ball joint...



Turns out I somehow sheared all of the bolts holding it on. Luckily I was able to get them out, and had a spare LBJ with me that had bolts in it.



Did a number to my tire....



Popped out the CV...









I was able to drive home just fine, but will probably replace the CV and LBJ tomorrow just to be safe. I also dented my fender just a little bit, had to bend it a little to avoid it contacting the door. And I was only on the dirt road on the way to the real trail!

 

Wow!

So did you use a torque wrench the last time you installed that LBJ? Over torque seems like the only possible way you could shear all of them off.

 

Yeah, I can't tell you for sure. The last time I had it apart was several months ago, meaning thousands of miles. Including a fair amount of off-roading and the trip to Moab! So it really doesn't make sense that it happened all the sudden going down a fairly smooth dirt road.

 

That's crazy! Glad I used new bolts on mine. I still check them out of paranoia every time I fill up, and I replaced them about 2k miles ago.

 

looks like the water pump went out and the fan touched the rad?

 

Opinions on Presicion Gear brand? I found some 5.29's new in box on craigslist with Yukon 5.29's for the e-locker rear. Just gears no install kits but he wants $200 for the pair. What would be a good price for the Precision Gear 5.29's for the front? I can't use the rear because I have the bigger rear end (no locker).

 

those damn birds....

 

haha

 

Scrubbed the shit out of the inside, wiped down everything, shampooed the seats and carpets and changed a turn signal

 

Hey...we still caught it...haha

 

Washed it. Removed all interior and cleaned and blew out dash with air compress. After finished shut the passenger door and heard the squeak ive been trykng to eliminate all day..... once again the slider was hitting/Scratching the fender flare bolt. Nornally its a thud thunk noise didnt even think it would squeak. .. problem fixed for now

 

Built some tube doors for Travis9287 to go with his sliders we built a few days ago!

 

hey guys..so i picked up an 04 but i noticed that the headlights turn on automatically once the truck is on......

Any idea why?? can i disable this?

also my corner lights dont turnon. yet they blink with the alarm

weird right??

Build thread in the next few days been puttin in work!!

 

Flip them off?

 

Why turn them off.

 

I swear Toyota did a lot of random/weird things with the 01-04 Tacomas. Mine automatically turn off when I take the key out of the ignition no matter what they're switched to. Tonight I saw a Tacoma that only the headlights were on, no running lights.

 

My 2000's lights don't turn off when I turn the truck off, but if I open the door with the truck off and the lights on.. That thing starts making some noise haha. That beeper thing has saved my ass from a dead battery many a time.