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

What vehicle was this washer fluid reservoir from?

 

Put in the rear diff, I'd agree with you. In the front diff, run the truck in 4WD w/o the rear drive shaft and I'd think it'd make for a fun drift truck.

My experience with a locker up front, I wouldn't want to be stuck with a nonselectable locker using the truck as a DD and having to occasionally use 4WD on the roads. I'd have way less heartburn about popping one into the rear diff. They serve a purpose, increasing traction on a budget.

 

pull the headliner down and look it will be cheaper than going thru the roof LOL i assume the 2nd gens have a cardboard headliner covered in cloth?

 

Too bad you pulled the 12V outlet. Could've just plugged it in there.

 

Got some new toys

 

What in teh hell is going on with this truck?!
Are you doing a salvage yard weld it together crawler project?

 

I believe it was a 97 Geo Tracker but its still denso

 

Almost done installing my LR UCA's and OME kit, just one ball joint away…too bad its getting to late to be beating a hammer in my neighborhood have to finish it in the morning.


p.s. how do you like that e-brake cable

 

I'm not even sure what to call it anymore.

 

I had a few words from my neighbor the day after I was cutting the old U-bolts off with an angle grinder at midnight...haha. The 21 hours of daylight made me forget what time it was lol.

Also, what's going on with that e-brake cable?

 

that is a really good question

the e brake lever should be well below the leaf and parallel with the other one

i wonder if he took that side axle out and put it back in wrong? but then i dont think his breaks would work right. still looks like it needs to be rotated clock wise

 

Well mine goes over the leaf packs, I think it changed after 02, not sure though.



But the ones I've seen that go under are not crooked like his looks in the picture earlier. It looks like it goes around the driver side shock or something.

 

I remember those days, two years living in Haines. The left drum is from a 98 and the right one is stock 04. Works fine for a rig job, I'll fix it when i track down an e-locker for a swap.

 

i believe you are right. after 02 like you said they went lower on the hub. i know that because my hubs are from an 04 and my e brake cable wasnt long enough to reach them because it was a different design

 

Well that makes sense lol. Thanks for clearing that one up.

 

Anybody have the dust boot on their OME shocks fall down? My passenger side rear boot fell down and no longer covers the shaft of the shock. Happened probably a week or two after installing it...

 

I don't suppose you could make a write up for this once you're done could you? Same truck, same problem...looking for ideas.

 

If your thinking of dual batteries with one on the passenger side..do the PVC pipe tank. Cheap and easy.

 

X2 I've been meaning to do this mod just to do it haha

 

Last night during my hunt for a P0172 I took out my upstream o2 sensor to clean and swap with my downstream o2 and noticed it had a loose nut, well went to re-install the o2 and the stud busted. Used one of my old framing clamps and clamped that some bitch down to get me to work. Getting new stud welded on today but what an ordeal. Cel hasn't returned but does go into open loop mid shift some times and causes a stumble.