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Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by silvercharged, Dec 1, 2015.

  1. Dec 1, 2015 at 5:56 PM
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    silvercharged

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    Picked up my first tacoma a few weeks ago. It's an 01, some what stock besides supercharger and intake. Changing out the muffler to a magnaflow in the coming weeks. Anything I need to know about the charger maintenance and what not? Previous owner said the snout oil was changed recently. Thanks

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  2. Dec 1, 2015 at 6:03 PM
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    CAM37

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    Congrats and welcome to TW. Body looks very good, hard to tell it's on 01.
     
  3. Dec 1, 2015 at 6:05 PM
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    silvercharged

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    Thank you. The truck used to be green. The guy I got it from had it painted silver a few weeks before I got it.
     
  4. Dec 1, 2015 at 6:07 PM
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    C-Ya MK

    C-Ya MK Mike

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    Congrats on an awesome truck and welcome to TW
     
  5. Dec 1, 2015 at 6:09 PM
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    Nowhereman04

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  6. Dec 1, 2015 at 9:11 PM
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    CodeSeven

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    3 inch lift. bluetooth stereo. blue transparent skulls shift knobs
    make sure the timing belt is relatively new. make sure coolant is clean. make sure all the fluids have been changed (diffs, tranny, power steering, blinker fluid, brake fluid, etc etc ;)). get a scangauge and make sure your fuel trims are +or- 0-4%. make sure all vacuum hoses are in good health. make sure your brake booster works. check your fuel filter. brake pad/shoe life/adjustment. check the rubbers on all your linkages and make sure the boots are in good shape.

    make sure there's no rust on the frame!

    *edit*

    you may want to do something about that severed head you got on your passenger side door. :thumbsup:
     
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  7. Dec 2, 2015 at 2:46 AM
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    silvercharged

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    It did come with a scan gauge which I thought was really cool. And yes the brakes are in need of replacing for sure. How can I tell about the timing belt without tearing into it too much? Fuel filter will be replaced too
     
  8. Dec 2, 2015 at 8:24 AM
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    CodeSeven

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    There should be a sticker on your timing cover stating when it was replaced. If not, assume it has never been changed
     
  9. Dec 2, 2015 at 8:31 AM
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    ODNAREM

    ODNAREM MEMBER Of The Church Of @ODNAREM

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    Wow she(Tacoma)looks great!Congrats and enjoy!
     
  10. Dec 6, 2015 at 6:32 PM
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    neegdogdig

    neegdogdig Untrained with bad experiences go go go!

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    Taco is for mods
     
  11. Dec 10, 2015 at 5:04 PM
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    freerider8

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    Very nice truck and paint looks great. Manual or Auto and mind if I ask what you got it for? I am also looking for one.
     
  12. Dec 10, 2015 at 5:05 PM
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    silvercharged

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    Auto. 170k miles. I got it for 10k
     
  13. Dec 16, 2015 at 3:56 PM
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    Erotas

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    Awesome looking truck! It's definitely a "toy"OTA
     

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