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

Yes sir! Had a blast. Jason (jqueener) took his fam up too.

Do it!

 

Sold mine

 

Nooooo!

 

Why come?

I'm just curious. I've toyed with the idea of selling mine, getting a full size tow rig, and finding an older Toyota pickup or 4Runner to wheel.

 

So basically you have to cut the swingout off, relocate it, then add some more metal to get the ends to line up?

Sounds like you should just start from scratch instead of trying to make something work.

 

That's what I'm going for and plus the bigger trucks get better mpg.. Sure am going to miss that truck though

 

Got the CEL today. Pulled the codes and got:
P0440
P0441
P0446
P1135
I know what the P1135 is and I already have the part. Just looked up the other three and there are multiple causes. Trying to see if anyone else has had this so I can narrow it down.
There is a smell of gasoline after I drive the truck coming from the gas cap area, I'm hoping that's the culprit.
Any and all help is appreciated!

 

Sad day

 

I just bought a 02 Cummins and love being bigger for sure, Now I have to sell my Taco also

 

At least it was for a cummins, I'd love to have one. Or a 7.3 powerstroke

 

Cleaned it up and realized I'm keeping this thing FOREVER!!

 

Definitely stick between those 2! I am however looking for a 96 like my old gold one to build up

 

Something with the evap system. If your smelling fumes then you may have a leak. I saw a basic video on this after I did some research when I had the p0441 code. If I find it I'll post it. It's actually helpful in knowing how the evap system works so you can trouble shoot these check engine codes.


Edit: here is the video... Kinda cheesy but informative. Hopefully it's something that can be fixed without having to replace the evap canister.

 

All sanded/scuffed and ready to prime and paint

 

Ripped off part of that stuff on the underside of my hood since it was falling off anyway. Just the black layer. Also made an attempt to try and buff out a scratch in my new paint. No luck it seems Pretty sure the people that stole my spare did it. jerks

And also worked on grinding away some of the rust off my bumper but I'm probably just going to have to take it off and sand the whole thing eventually.

 

Got an alignment the other day. First one since I installed my suspension last spring. Different shop this time and they told me my caster was maxed out. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but does anyone have ideal numbers for an alignment on a lifted taco? Would new UCAs help at all? I'm not TOO worried about it but I am getting tired of wandering all over the road at speed.

 

Are you sure they said caster? Mine was in the +.6 range IIRC.

I meant to ask for more caster.

 

Yeah I'm pretty positive. Camber was within spec, but the caster was way out of whack from what I understood. I'll try to find the print out and post the numbers here in a bit.

 

yes UCAs will help get alignment better in spec.