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

Was that a direct bolt in, or did you have to modify them?

 

same as the stock tacoma bucket seats i had before. they slide and fold just as far, only difference is when sliding the 4runner passenger seat forward its not spring loaded, so i have to use two hands to get to the back whereas the tacoma pass seat was spring loaded so i could slide it forward with one hand

3 out of 4 mounts were direct bolt in, the fourth mount had to be modified - you can see it in the pic its the rear mount closest to the door. a small square section of flat steel plate was welded to the bottom of the seat mount then a hole was drilled in the plate to bolt it to the floor. the holes on the 4runner seat and where it bolts down to the floor was only about an inch or so apart, no height spacers were needed. i didn't have all the tools to do this so a buddy from a local 4x4 group helped me out

 

Tundra brake conversion with LCE hose/bracket/hardline kit, powder coated 13WL calipers from Callahan (e bay), GD rotors and Extra Duty pads from EBC. Job was super slick. All the brackets hard lines fit up perfect. Just some trimming of the dust shield.

 

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Good job man I want to do this but is it worth it

 

Finally finished with fitting the 35's

 

I let a friend use my truck for a month - right after we installed the Excedy clutch kit and a new starter, I didn't even get a chance to drive it first. When I got it back, I noticed a growling noise and the steering seemed a little rough. Gonna drain the power steering fluid and clean the filter to see if it helps - if not, I guess I'll have to replace the pump

 

It's been several years, but mine did this.

 

Never seen a power steering pump do that before.

 

Looks good Tim. I need to swing by and come and looks at those personally. And we can talk shocks

 

Anyone else agree that 1st gens are better than 2nd gens?

 

Nope!

 

If you've got a good glass shop near you check them out. My brothers shop in Hawaii will just custom make one to fit. I've made several of them out of lexan..

 

Hey man don't know if you got this resolved but I didn't see a post about it. By overflowing I assume you mean boiling? Could be a failing thermostat. If it fails closed you won't circulate coolant really and it'll just get hot. If I remember right you probably won't see it on the temp gauge as I don't think it deals with that system. Important thing to be sure about so you don't overheat and warp your heads.

 

On Sat, I change my brake fluid on my new to me taco. Its a littel dirty. lATTACH=full]713813[/ATTACH]

 

dogged lightening storms all day and finally managed to get the forward O2 sensor changed out, no more check engine light.

Sensor itself is super easy to get to, why they don't come with the nuts is beyond me, but replaced them to. and it came right out no issues at all. i have a manual though so the cable was up on top of the transmission, worst design ever, had to go in through the shifter boot / center console to get that done.

Truck runs great now, hoping that as the week goes on i can dodge storms enough to finish the last few things. parking brake cable from inside the cab to the first spring arm, or whatever it is called, fix a unknown issue keeping one side of the parking brake in the back from working. put in a rear view camera to go with my new radio, and replace the lights in the instrument panel that are blown, half of it is dim, going to replace them all just so i wont have to go back and do the other half a week later once i think i am done

 

Installed a Gibson muffler. The muffler has a 2.5" inlet but the exhaust pipe is 2.25" so I needed to get a reducer to match things up. The truck has a more more throaty sound to it.

 

I did the opposite yesterday. Installed a Walker SoundFX muffler. Much quieter! I am not the young punk I once was lol.

 

Haha I was thinking the same thing but couldn't think of anything 'forum' safe. Well played. Safety first.

 

Color matched the corner light trim and the grill yesterday