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

Hopefully fixed my steering rack spline issue, mounted my skid row ifs skid, and checked out some northern nj abandoned places like this weird pit and old cement factory.

 

Sorry if this is a dumb question but what does this button do?

 

I wish!

 

It makes the transmission shift at a higher rpm than usual for hauling big loads or towing.

 

Could that be beneficial wheeling too?

 

Loaded up a few tires at the garage!

 

This thread has a LOT more detail to what the ECT button does.

 

Turbo mode

 

Glad I could stir up some shit here. But I guess it was missed that I was doing this also.



Hence the reason for wanting 2Lo

 

I'm guessing you didn't donnew bearings? Cause puting in new races is such a bitch for that diff

 

It was completely rebuilt about 2 years ago. So has less than 1000 miles on everything.

 

New wheels... Level 8 Tracker pro, 15x8.5

 

• Greased my driveshafts - I counted 9 zerks unlike the "5" listed in the tech section. Pictures/video coming in a thread.
• 2-lo mod (where I unplugged the blue plug on my push-button transfer case)
• Realized I don't have the socket that fits to check the lug nut torque
• Rolled around under my truck and appreciate that it's a California truck with no rust. I'm going to miss this once I move to Colorado where they spray calcium chloride all over the roads.

 

Funny, I've lived here over 35 years. I've never seen an indigenous vehicle rust in this state. My 96 has 0 rust. You will find more rust free classic cars and trucks here than any other state in the country. I'm not talking restored either, original condition.
Btw, its magnesium chloride.

 

Yo Jason, I too moved to Co from Cali. What my good buddy Brett says (BDN). They use a small sized rock called squeegee mixed with minimum amount of magnesium chloride. I use to make it for a landscaping company here. So it is not as bad as some other states.

 

I am kind of knew and cant firgue on how to start my own post so I am Hijacking this on.
Toyota Tacoma is the only truck that is sold in the USA and does not have Auto Climate control. this should be an easy mod. How can we make this happen.

 

Sorry, Jason, I didn't realize I sounded like such a dick in that post. It was pre-coffee.

 

Odd, if you've lived there 35 years, how do you know the general state of other vehicles in other states?

I'm betting AZ and NM has CO beat because, well, desert.

 

Well, I've also lived in California, Montana, Kansas, Washington, Idaho, and Iowa. I've seen rust before.
This is my 4th time in Colorado, ive moved around a lot.

 

Yep. Only way we get rust out here is I'd we have bare metal and go through the one puddle there is when it rains in the desert out here