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

Says the guy who gets rescued by a second gen...

 

Yeah I got a complete front clamshell set up by ECGS for $300 so that made up my mind. Saved a lot of money, And my buddy is only charging me $250 to set up the rear

 

Yea cause the 2nd gen doesn't get wheeled!

 

Wow, thats a lot haha. Yeah best wait for the tub before flexing hard.

 

Damn that's a deal.

No front locker?

 

Wow how'd you get that deal??

 

Pretty sure that's before parts. So still almost 2k for a regear

 

Screaming deal, friend of a friend who re-geared and than decided to SAS also got 1 brand new and 1 used oem cv for $100

The guy who does my fab and stuff is one of my best friends so I get the homie hook up. Half the time I'm just using his tools and he guides me anyway.

Johnny- I'm not scared of the rubbing at all I just kinda feel like it limits my suspension travel so much it's not even worth it until I get it tubbed. HH would be fun though!!! I want to pretend I'm a TTC competitor

Edit no front locker yet. Down the line I will.

 

In that case, come out anyways, ha. I won't be wheeling much, wifey is coming with and she doesn't like it, but good excuse to camp and one of the few places (currently) allowing fire in pits.

 

$521 for rear gears master install kit and solid crush sleeve from ECGS
$300 for front clamshell used.
$250 rear install
$0 front install from me.

$1071 for 5.29's

 

Nice! Good deal there. Coulda saved 300 doing it yourself

 

I knoww, I'm excited to watch him though. I'll do it next time for sure.

 

Did the starter repair last night. Right at 2 hours to do it.

Battery tested out fine again, so I went to start it, click, click... yep the damn starter. I whacked the starter with a hammer and got it started so I could move it into the garage. I did take the brake line bracket off, bend those lines out of the way. No way that exhaust bracket is coming off without a fight, so I used a wrench to get the bottom bolt off. I think I will be getting some ratcheting wrenches for Christmas. There was no pulling that starter out the top, that must be a 4 banger thing. It took me a while, but it I got it out.



Switching out the plunger and connector was supper easy. The shaft on the plunger was a little long, but that was an easy fix. Starter slide back into place and bolted back on easily enough. Did I mention that I am buying some ratcheting wrenches?! Quick test and everything fired back up.

I noticed a split boot, so I will be order some new ones from SDHQ and tackling that soon enough.

 

Watch your scathing tongue

 

Rofl

 

Consider stubby ratcheting wrenches. Gotta figure if it is a constricted area, you don't have much swing room. This is what I use on difficult-to-reach F-bomb areas.

 

Pass through rachets are awesome for hard to reach places. Especially ones with a swivel head

 

They have been a life saver for me lately.

 

Have a set of pass through ratchets, didn't help in this case.

 

Installed new brushes in my alternator. The old ones were pretty much done for, and the springs couldn't overcome the friction from the dirt in the housing. The new ones are about twice as long as these after 195k miles.