007 TACO PRO ....

I messaged URD asking if their simulator would fix my problems they said

"Our sims do not fix O2 problems. All O2 have to be installed and working properly. Our devices prevents the P-0420/0430 codes only."

Now onto find a good price on the o2 sensors in Canada

 

Direct Fit 4 Wire O2 02 Oxygen Sensor NEW for Lexus Toyota Pontiac

10 Year Warranty Ships Fast High Quality Correct Part

US $18.82
Approximately C $24.47

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/130971896021

 

Just ordered 2 of these guys ...... For 007 Taco Pro

 

Time to spill the TACO sauce and let you in on the other half of this build, the cost

Right from day one of this 007 Taco Pro adventure there was a few "guidelines" i wanted to stay within to make this work, they include:

The truck has to be safe as it will be my daily driver and family hauler (Pam, Parker & Terra). It also needs to be dependable as it will see weekend adventures to the cabin 3 hours away on the highway with the possibility of adventures down endless woods roads. It needed to make finical sense after all this is a 11 year old truck that had 380 000 km on it with a unknown service history that needed a lot of work. I wanted the towing capability for a trailer with sleds, sxs or building material for cabin. Automatic as my wife does not drive standard (my 02 1st gen is standard) in case there is a emergency and i can not drive. This truck needed to be solid but it did not need to look like it was babied as i am not into bling, waxing, polishing or chrome. If i dent it i did not have to worry about getting it fixed, more of a family hauler / material toy hauler. It had to be capable to be able to do medium off road situations along with snow covered drifted cabin roads.

I see the value in putting good parts into a project, i try to get lifetime parts, greaseable parts, but i am also not afraid to put used parts or aftermarket parts on.

So far the list of parts that have gone into this truck include

Truck, Tax, Inspection, transfer & Renewal
Service Manual
Toyota Install power steering line
R & L Tie Rod end
High Pressure line
Upper R Ball Joint
Upper L Ball Joint
Steering Rack
U Joint Steering shaft ( not installed yet )
Cv axel seals ( not installed yet )
Cv axel
Studs pack of 10
Rear Drums
Rear Brakes
Hardware Kit
Rear wheel Cyl
Rear Axel seals
Pinion Seal
Rear Brake flex line
ABS sensor
Rear diff fitting
Flange Nut
Light Bar ( not installed yet )
Weather Teck Mats
Fluid Film
Rims
Back Rack ( not installed yet )
Frame Plugs
Spark Plugs
Oil Filter
Oil
Diff Oil
Idler pulley kit
Alternator rebuild
Belt 07k0795
NSS
Transmission Filter
Transmission Fluid
Plugs splash guard


So what has this truck cost me ?


$4100 TOTAL

This includes purchase price all fees paid and all parts but does not include insurance or gas or 1000000 Hours of my own labor

I have driven this 854 Km so far $4.80 per KM

so what do you think ?

Personally i think i have a $8000 - $10000 truck in my local market

 

Was it worth it ????

Yes i think it was especially where Toyota put a NEW frame under this truck, If they did not then this truck probably would not have been worth it to ME,

As this truck sits now it has the potential to last me 5 to 10 years if i take care of it. Even if the motor or transmission bites it i would put a salvaged one in it.

Looking back on it there was things i spent money on that i did not NEED and never ended up on the truck example front light bar, back rack, Inspection at a local garage because i did not want to crawl under with my good work clothes on.

 

If your reading / following this i hope you enjoyed the journey so far

the future holds many more wrenching activities with this truck and as i can now retire my 1st gen i can take the time to bring it back to its former glory

 

Had a few tailgate stickers made stuck one on the 007 taco pro

 

Removing what is left of the lug nut with a pair of vice grips

 

jeez. I think you live in the one place that's worse on vehicles than Minnesota. That's just crazy the amount of rust you guys have. I thought I had it tough...

 

This is true @lsaami

I read other peoples posts about fixing things and the time quoted to do the repair is usually 2 or 3 times longer due to rust, broken bolts, rounded off nuts & bolts due to rust eating away at the heads reducing their size.

HEAT is used in almost every repair along with Anti-seize and dielectric grease

Cars and trucks life span is very short here especially if they are not protected from rust

 

I have a set of Baja widetrack tires 32x11.5x15 on Chrome rims that came off my old 1992 4 cyl 22re truck. I know the backspacing on the 4 cyl and 6 Cyl rims were different back in the early 90's but this was with stock rims.

 

I'll have to read through when I get time....

 

Welcome @MY50cal

 

Just read the whole thread lol! Need up dates on the 5 cylinder one now...

 

Great pics and documentation. I definitely don't think I would have the patience to put that much DIY work in my truck. That is worse than being married to 2 women.

 

Shameless plug for one of my 1st gen Tacoma wrenching adventures

The 007 Taco Pro ran wrenching support on this one


This can be found here
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/lets-find-that-lost-cylinder-5-out-of-6-aint-bad-right.475084/

 

Taillight fell out during high speed off road test runs this weekend

Heard a banging noise so we stopped the screws had backed out and allowed the light to bounce around Lets say i need a new taillight

also while trying to qualify in the time trials for the Newfoundland 1000 my tail pipe decided to become disconnected

 

Local guy in our group sold his 2nd Gen truck and bought a tundra. He was good enough to donate a few left over parts he had kicking around.

 

Not proud of using wood screws but It holds the light in

 

It’s just a tail pipe

I will wait till the rest rots off then hopefully magnaflow catback

So I will have to keep an eye out for sales