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

That Kobalt looks perfect and is in my price range

 

New sliders ...better pics coming soon

 

I went to my local pick-n-pull junkyard because they had stock of a 2004 Tacoma (Tacomas are incredibly hard to find at junkyards in California). It was brought in about a week ago, and when I got there I was shocked at how stripped it was. I actually passed over it the first time looking for it because I didn't recognize it.

Everything was gone. The drivetrain, engine, interior, body panels. The engine wiring harness was cut in so many different places, the hoses were a mess, and everything remaining on the truck was trashed. It actually physically hurt me to see the entire wiring harness leading from the cab into the engine bay just cut in half when it would've taken a couple more minute to unplug it under the dash.

It's crazy how stripped this thing was. I found a picture of it when it just came to the yard. It was absolutely mint. It only took 10 days to get it to the condition it's in now. It was a pizza delivery truck in a past life.



I needed the passenger side armrest, and I was excited to see that the only remaining door panel was laying on the ground. I took the armrest and went on with my day. I got home and realized it was a driver's side not the passenger, so just my luck. Lol. I also needed a window regulator so I ended up getting one from a 1998 4Runner since the Tacoma had crank windows.

If anyone needs the dash trim, radio trim, glovebox, pass. door sill, or some random gray interior trim it's at the Oakland Pick-n-Pull. The condition of the truck really show how popular these vehicles are. It took less than two weeks for a basically mint Tacoma to get into the condition it's in now. There's a million other cars in the yard that still have everything mostly intact and have been there for months, yet this one is almost just a skeleton.

On and the frame was PRISTINE! I've seen worse frames on newer cars. It looked like it just rolled off the factory floor. It didn't even have water marks on it. It had no surface rust at all, it's like someone just manufactured the frame the other day. Even my '98 has some surface rust and it's been in California its whole life.

 

Got my ultraguage installed! Played with a little bit. Lots to set up on it. Don't have the grab handle so I had to drill through the flat trim piece. That was nerve racking. Trying to drill the right spot... Also got my hood struts in! No more prop rod!!! Thanks @RedlineTuning

 

It is the some way here, if you don't get it the day it arrives you want get it.

 

5 luger framer though. Can't swap it to a 4wd truck. Different suspension and steering setup.

 

5 luggers rusted too though, lol. I was surprised someone took the whole drivetrain on this thing. It had the 2.4l.

 

just installed a 3rd led light bar. i put it just above the winch fair-lead.

 

Love the hood scope, where'd you get it? I need a new hood.

 

Thought the yard normally strippes them? Thats how they do it in my area

 

Some do, Pick-n-Pull lets you do it yourself.

 

Does anyone know what kind of lubricant I should be using for the window regulators should be? What components on the power doors should I lubricate? Are you supposed to lubricate the motorized lock actuator?

 

My guess would be white lithium grease but I personally would use Super Lube

 

Really?! Wow talk about full circle

 

It's good shit really, Snap-On even recommends it for their ratchets.

 

Close enough, haha, even as a five lugger that's a decent chunk of change for delivering pizza

 

Huh, that's cool I didn't know it was food safe. Huh, might be good for the sticky slide on my bread/meat slicer.

 

SAD how much good stuff is ruined by POS people at pick and trash it places. It's rare to find one on a pick n pull around here.

 

to fuzzy to read

 

White spray lithium grease works good on locks and regulators.