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

Yea I almost always push with a gas mig. Looks better.

 

Thanks for the help man but idk. I really think toytec gave me the wrong bushings. I've searched a ton of times and not a single person has the same bushings as I do on the left. Those little puck looking ones look and feel like body lift pucks but idk.

I'm dropping off the truck tomorrow to get the lift installed. Hopefully everything goes smoothly as far as having the right parts (bushings) or some that will work fine.

 

Changed the oil and put on a new drain plug so I don't have to mess with the OEM one and get oil everywhere every 6 months.

 

You can see it better in the 1st picture, but the silver tab comes up and slides (in this case according to the picture) down. That releases the valve and oil comes out of the bottom. You have a small (2-3') clear rubber hose that fits on the bottom of the drain plug so you can direct it right back into your already waiting empty jug -- no need for an oil pan.

In pictures 2&3 you can see the red metal clamp that you have to take off/put back on after each oil change with pliers. This just ensures that the silver tab doesn't accidentally slide over while you're out and about

Great mod IMO, it will make changing the oil an absolute pleasure in the future (not like it was hard to begin with) but still...

 

Not really saying you cant pull your welds but my experience as a certified professional welder is that in the real world there is hardly ever a reason to pull your welds unless you want them to look like shit all humped up. If material is gapped and beveled push gives nice flat welds and all the penetration you need. Last time i checked most folks at miller dont know there ass from a whole in the ground. At work they are constantly coming in trying to sell us the latest greatest wire, different gas, or some new fangled hi tech machine that is suppose to do it all and it is never what they say it is.

 

I've been wanting to do this for a while
My reverse lights are so dim that I've had to shine a flashlight out of the window behind me on several occasions while out in the woods

Looks like the one you've got has pretty good reviews on Amazon
Might just pull the trigger on this particular one

How easy was it to tie it into the reverse wiring?

 

Im so ordering one of these, no more removing skid plates and oil all over them that i have to clean. Next oil change this is going on.

 

Won't you still be dumping oil on the skid while removing the oil filter?

 

No because the one im getting has a nipple to attach a rubber tube to that will stick down below the skid. Im probaly gonna just tuck the tube back up on to the skid and pull it down when i need to drain the oil. Another member on here says thats what he does and works great. As far as oil filter goes i just tuck as many rags under and around the filter to soak up as much as i can. Ill see how it works. Wouldnt it be nice if we had a catch can like the 2nd gens do. Lol

 

I think my OME came with some just like that. I had to raise the lower control arm and force the shock to smash it so I could get the top nut on. Was fine once on but I remember them being real stiff.

 

You can get the same one for cheaper on here:
https://illuminationsupply.com/sing...ght-barpod-flood-beam-p-515.html#.UeacHGS9Kc0

There's also a tacoma world discount code

 

Yes.

Ordered the tailgate to my Snug Top. $450! Cheaper than a new cap I guess. What really sux is that they do not recommend drop shipmnts and will not warranty the glass making it to you in one piece. I will have to drive 277 miles one way to go get it. Damn.....

 

I get the filter loose. Then cut the top off a 2L bottle hold both bottle and filter squeezing the bottle on filter. Let it fall in then let drain too.

 

Mine were hard too. Broke the compressors.

 

Genius! I was gonna try a milk jug but the 2 liter bottle.... genius I say.

 

Milk jug u can't hold the outside while holding the filter in one motion. Works perfect

 

new spark plugs and a/c clutch installed yesterday

 

the factory coils compressed ok with those. but luckily i used a much heavier duty compressor when i did the eibachs. no doubt mine would have looked like that haha

 

Gonna give that a shot next go around and hope i dont end up fumbling around like a idiot and make a bigger mess, lol