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

Looks good man

 

Thanks , I have spent way too much money on my truck in the last month

 

Looking good. I forget, which LT kit did you go with again?

 

Total Chaos.

 

Just changed my U-Joints. It wasn't as tough as I was expecting. I just dropped the whole drive shaft and did one end at a time. I used the balljoint press from advanced auto. It was a little tough to keep the press oriented correctly since the yolks are not flat. I also had to file some edges to get rid of burs.

It eliminated a driveline noise that I have had for a long time. There was no noticeable play in the joints before removing them, but once I had the whole shaft out I could tell there were some rough spots in the bearings. Shifting from D to R is move smoother now and less jerky.

 

Can anyone give me the part number for the spark plug tube gaskets? I'm not sure what they're called and I'm having no luck on the camelback Web site.

TIA

 

Total Chaos

 

Had to put my Shackles back on to get the rake I wanted after loading all my gear and RTT.

 

That's a TG rear bumper right?

Did you have to remove the bumper to move the shackle bolt? I've got my bolts facing the other way so I can adjust them without having to remove the bumper.

 

Finally wired up my winch tonight. Now I know why everyone says to do it before installing the ARB font bumper, it was a total PITA...

 

If you haven't bought the valve cover gaskets yet, just buy the Stone gasket kit on Amazon. It's made in Japan and comes with all the stuff needed minus the FIPG sealer. It's also a lot cheaper than Toyotas piece meal deal

 

Let it beat me up again. Lower control arm bolt is fused to Coil Over adapter and will not come out. Ground off bolt head to punch it through other way and no dice. Going to try and get sawzall in there tomorrow, if that doesn't work LCA is coming off with CO for rebuild.

 

If it makes you feel better I had to use the cutoff wheel to remove the tie rod jam nuts a few weeks ago. Rust is a PITA

 

Yes it is a Trail Gear but the bolts will go in from either side, without removing the bumper.

 

Cleaned MAF and checked for something obvious to cause a drop to 9 mpg. No luck

 

I've been working on an 82 Chevy S-10 the last three days so all I've done is drive my Taco for a few minutes. Been fun to work on a carb'd vehicle for a change though. Nothing like a little Bernoulli effect to get the fuel flowin.... Should be business as usual now that my buddy and I have that thing sorted out so back to the Taco. Gonna hit up the local ORV tomorrow to test everything an make sure the Taco is happy.

 

Maybe a good point here .?
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-well-read-this-thread-for-a-solution.462000/

 

That'll work. Thx.

 

Made a lumber run so I can build myself a work bench/garage storage. Rides much better with weight in the back.

 

Love the wheels & color on your truck