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

Apparently Carolina is the new Kentucky

 

Get your mind out of the gutter!

 

Albama actually... ROLL TIDE!

 

My phone corrected Carolina to California. Oops.


But yea maybe Alabama

 

Its amazing how much you dont hear that after they got stomped by Clemson. Its quite nice.

 

Rubicon
Fordyce
Slick Rock

are no where near the desert

 

lmao... Lots more than just those 6 places.

But don't get me wrong... I fucking hate this State. Just not enough to move to a place where there's 179% humidity, swamps, no public land and OHV parks I have to share with a bajillion Jeep creeps.

 

When I did mine there was a plug nearby that I used. It only stays lit for a few seconds then turns off.

 

It’s come a long way from the flaking, peeling, and substandard paint job it had from the factory.

Supercharger is going on tonight.

 

Humidity and swamps are the best part tho. When I go to the low country/Florida, I love seeing northerners/westerners reactions to gators as it provides great entertainment. Prehistoric lizzards are like deer in Florida, theyre everywhere.

 

Added a new member to the Toyota family.

 

Lots of welding

 

BUSY DAY!

Did a drain and fill on the Tcase today. Replaced the drain and fill plugs with new ones from Trail Toys... because holy cow the OEM plugs blow ass! You can actually get a socket on these.


Did an oil change... no pictures because that's just boring.

While I had the skids off I investigated why I was getting an intermittent squeal when running A/C. Turns out the A/C belt was WAY lose. (I was concerned with overtightening the belt on the A/C when I did the timing and accesory belts because of the A/C bearing... turns out I was a bit over cautious) Tightend the A/C belt.

Sold the old chrome grill that was listed on Craigslist... then bought these, that were listed on FB marketplace (came out with a $20 profit)

Then went and bought a BBQ, for the wife, for Mothers Day... brought it home and assembled it.


And now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to shove a generous donation from a friend of mine under the back end of my truck.

 

One rear bumper kit from NWTI, and 10 hours of fab time, gets me to a tacked together bumper. Tomorrow is get all the joints welded, and hopefully time for finish grinding. Then on to paint!

 

your dogs gonna be happy with that grill

 

This. True there are not gigantic tracts of public lands, but plenty of rock crawling trails to make you west coast guys shit your panties while a tree rips your RTT off.

The humidity and the bugs do suck a ton of ass though.

 

Literally... Laughing my ass off.

 

Lol

 

Ummm, dont wear panties. And I like being able to surf and ski in the same day. Beat that! I can surf in the morning and by noon be camped in the mountains. With a 3hr drive.but everything else sucks here.