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

Yeah you didn't need new coils just a revalving

 

Cage looks good.

I put in the front 5100s to level this little unit. And cleaned out the rear window slider. It was grindyyyyy

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Pop the access panel for the tailgate off, take a block of wood and a hammer and pop the majority of that dent out.

I have a stock replacement radiator and am running 188-189 on the highway or in town and will only get to 191 while sitting. I flushed the whole system really well when I was doing my timing belt and water pump. I couldn't imagine how much lower I'd get with a Champion lol

 

I was thinking you were gonna do full width

 

I just installed LBJs ordered from Camelback. Now, I can't really judge since this was the first time I installed them but I was under the impression they weren't supposed to be able to move easily (finger grip). They looked fine and I installed them anyway but I was curious about that. They differed a little from the LBJs toyota replaced (under the recall) back in 2013. They had different numbers stamped on them and the driver side had a different designation for driver side - I should've wrote it down but didn't.

Do you remember what member reported the failure - I'll go search but I am very curious about this. The outer ties and the stabilizer bar links from Camelback were like this too. Easily movable - again, I don't know if that is the norm but I seem to recall from somewhere on here they were supposed to be very stiff and difficult to move by hand.

 

Yep, live n learn. I may be limited with the valving with no reservoirs either. Maybe not, but gotta learn more about it before I throw more money at the front suspension.

 

I do not, it was a while back and before the bs thread started up so it is buried back there, maybe @mechanicjon remembers.

 

Well, I think I made enough room for a second Optima. (Thanks for the idea @Blackdawg, I think this is similar to what you did)

Needed about 10 in, was able to make about 10 3/4 clear space.

 

I don't recall how easy they were to turn. But mine had actual up and down movement in them.

 

That's what she said.

 

Can anyone confirm that the idler pulley bearings are 6302? Just had both of mine seize in the past 24hrs.... My submarine mission is starting to catch up!


Edit: looks like 6301 if anyone cares.

 

Is that an Italian dent?

 

Crawled under the truck last night to look at how the hitch receiver was attached. The Indiana winters have been taking a toll on my poor California truck's frame... It is still in good shape and I imagine much worse if I didn't coat it before winter. I'm thinking about using POR15 on the spots that are starting to chip away the factory frame paint.

 

Anyone know the difference between TPS part numbers

$75 89452-35020 Throttle Position Sensor

89452-35020 and 89452-22080?

 

Fluid Film, yo.

 

No it's a locust tree dent

 

I'm going to get mine zbart before winter

 

Completely coated the whole frame inside and out, hell even did the whole underside of the truck. Winters here are brutal, I've hit salt piles that are larger than most speed bumps.

Fluid Film has helped a lot but all the cities here just use stupid amounts of salt

 

I got a response from the FF guys... suggesting FF was designed for better penetration/protection qualities on untreated/unpainted (bare) metal surfaces. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0lJDuCWFlA As noted in their response to my comment about a month ago.

Has anyone experience with shops yet on the lines of if they were “Traditional oilers” have they moved/started offering FF? Or is everyone here DIYers?

 

How hard is it to press out and replace the bushings in UCA’s? I’m considering having my SPC’s powdercoated and I might as well replace the bushings out right since I have to remove them for the powder coating process anyway. They’d look great with my powder coated manual hubs.

Before anyone says “why the hell would you waste money on that use paint you can’t touch-up powder coat anyway”

I know.