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'97 TacoLife & times ~work in process~ do the dew or no go home

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by GQ7227, May 5, 2019.

  1. Dec 6, 2019 at 11:23 AM
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    ArmandHammer83

    ArmandHammer83 This truck is AMAZING

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    wow you most definitely have a great looking truck...glad you get to enjoy it and hope you get to enjoy for many more years to come...
     
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  2. Dec 6, 2019 at 12:15 PM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    '97 black SR5 0g ~ MT @ 176k ...
    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    thank you, its become quite challenging to maintain it as the years are creeping by with the winter climate it has endured.
    I have not driven it into Alabama yet, just northern Mississippi and Tennessee the first month or so I had it.
    a big concern right now is developing the knee problems my Dad had in his 50s that would probably prevent me from safely operating a manual transmission, have only personally owned MT since 1989 (... 30 years now, wow i am reminded how old i am getting)
    that is why i dislike having to figure out what maintenance and looming repairs needed underneath it that i can do being not very mechanically inclined, the constant up and down with the media blaster, paint, etc. of the past several months has been quite taxing on my musculoskeletal system.
    its been extremely low maintenance thus far but will be needing suspension replaced and possibly the driveshaft if that is the source of the weird vibes it has been having during the past year
     
  3. Dec 7, 2019 at 5:27 PM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    putting some imported Canadian stuff to the test, took 10 days to arrive from Ontario

    was recommended by @over60 so am going to give it a shot on the front suspension going head-2-head with FF on the other side

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  4. Dec 10, 2019 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    this is my dog, her name is Molly
    she was helping me undercoat a 2nd gen a couple days ago ... or maybe she was up to no good :notsure:


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    ... have to retire this 'avatar' today as it no longer has meaning to my 'unique' situation

    '97 taco 9467 core support.jpg
     
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  5. Dec 14, 2019 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    a couple of @TWSS surprises showed up this week, thankYou :D

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  6. Dec 19, 2019 at 5:37 PM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    had a coutesy alignment check at the dealer today in west O aka Elkhorn


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  7. Dec 24, 2019 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    '97 black SR5 0g ~ MT @ 176k ...
    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    almost done 'winter proofing' all my wheel openings
    had to pull most all grommets from fender liners to access metal parts behind everything
    i have not ever pulled these out before, other than the body shop perhaps pulling the front passenger one to repaint the fender maybe 10 years ago
    these grommets were a royal pain to pull, probably took more than 2 hours snapping them off with perhaps improper tools
    there was so much dirt from mud and sand caked in the arch mouldings that i had to spend another couple of hours to clean them out so the clips things would freely slide, i broke one on my first attempt :mad: and will cost more if i need to replace the whole moulding trim, the sliding things are not individual pieces.

    molding clip broken.jpg
    found out that WD40 is best used to drown these in, as opposed to tap water, to free them up, move back and forth to wipe out caked mud and sand, repeatedly. If i had an extra hand i probably would have incorporated some high psi blasts to blow chunks out from behind. maybe next time...
     
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  8. Jan 5, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    received delivery of a newish product from Texas to help combat the winter monster
    details to follow...


    so far this winter season has seen very little snow and slop accumulation here, might have to drive north a few hours to SD and MN to pickup some roadspray to test this product out, there's at least a foot of the white stuff up north
     
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  9. Jan 11, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    '97 black SR5 0g ~ MT @ 176k ...
    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    nature giving another shot at some snow (but it was mostly high wind) only got about 2 inches again, was looking for more after an extremely mild Dec/Jan so far

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    some FF drizzle on this spot, see how durable it is
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  10. Jan 16, 2020 at 5:27 PM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    '97 black SR5 0g ~ MT @ 176k ...
    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    took a little road trip out of town today in an attempt to clear my head
    its the first time i have ever been to this small village... i always thought it was a mythical town from Richard Marx's '92 song referenced
    about 10 or so degrees out, its cornhusker cold

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  11. Jan 20, 2020 at 5:27 PM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    '97 black SR5 0g ~ MT @ 176k ...
    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    the FF aka fluid film i had used to protect the cleanly blasted frame section on the passenger side ended up failing to prevent flash rust from occurring.
    it was 10 F out so i hit the DIY heated garage/lift in Bellevue for an hour an a half to clean the remaining FF, wiped thoroughly with some phosphoric acid afterblast to clean as much flash rust as i could, some of it did not come off around the spring perch area where i had been hosing the winter slop off the past couple of weeks, will have to reblast that section when the weather gets warmer.

    In the meantime i foam brushed some CF 3000 to see if it will do a better job of preventing moisture and salt through to the clean metal until i can apply the extreme primer

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  12. Jan 30, 2020 at 5:27 PM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    completed a 3-day 1900 mile journey across my entire state to the middle of Colorado and back this week with no issues other than some strange MPGs :notsure:

    since I have always taken I-80 to get to Colorado or Wyoming in the past I opted to hop off onto the US-6/US-34 highways and see some more of my state that I have not ever seen in the southern part.

    this is at the NE/CO border on US-34 ... it was cloudy for pretty much all day long and i had traveled about 8 hours to get this far! which included a stop for lunch in Holdrege and gassing up in McCook.

    CO ~ NE border ~ 5.jpg

    CO ~ NE border ~ 8.jpg
    entering Colorado for the first time since 2oo6 when i had some business to do in the Castle Rock area
    Colorado is not ALL mountains, believe it or not!
    CO ~ NE border ~ 3.jpg
    ^^^ US-34 border crossing into CO from southern NE
     
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  13. Feb 20, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    20-02-20
    got a box of parts from Camelback

    timing belt water pump thermo and drive belts
     
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  14. Feb 29, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    LeapDay service today! 5th one

    2ooo
    2oo4 ... no service, LeapDay fell on a Sunday this year
    2oo8
    2o12
    2o16
    2o2o

    drove to JayWolfeToyota in KCMO for this service,
     
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  15. Mar 11, 2020 at 5:27 PM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    311 day 2day

    filled up @ shell
    138k miles
    been awhile since i have seen this fuel price (Jan-2oo9)
    albeit it was after a 30c dunkinD discount

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  16. Mar 19, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    ... starting the internal frame cleaning project, this could possibly take a couple of months to properly get taken care of

    seems to be some moderate humidity / condensation corrosion built up on the internal surface :notsure:
     
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  17. Mar 28, 2020 at 5:11 AM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    '97 black SR5 0g ~ MT @ 176k ...
    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    that virus closed this theatre ... first opened on 12-12-97
    the truck has seen plenty of this parking lot over the decades

    AMC OakView ~ 6.jpg

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  18. Apr 1, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    some recent updated Nada table of values for comparisons

    -----------------MSRP --- Low --- Average --- High
    4Runner SR5: 26,578 -- 2750 --- 4925 ---- 6200
    T100 SR5: .... 24,828 -- 5425 --- 7300 ---- 12950
    Tacoma SR5 .. 22,448 -- 7175 --- 9150 ---- 14100
    Ranger 4x4 v6 ----- .. -- 2400 --- 4475 ---- 7225 -- SuperCab
    S10 4wd v6 .. ----- .. --- 3275 --- 4900 ---- 6200 -- ExtCab
    Dakota 4wd v6 ---- .. --- 1950 --- 4200 ---- 6150 -- ClubCab
    Dakota 4wd v8 ---- .. --- 2050 --- 4425 ---- 6425 -- ClubCab


     
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  19. Apr 4, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    miles & miles...

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    fuel is now the lowest i remember seeing since before hurricane Katrina in August 2oo5

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    here is where i turned 140k in western Iowa on US-30 right before crossing the MO river into Blair NE, this highway was one of a few highways over the river opened in the then historic flood of 2o11 that went on for months it seemed. I recall the sandbag barriers were near bottom window high on this road then and truck maybe crossed it two or three times that summer

    140k miles Iowa3.jpg
     
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  20. Apr 9, 2020 at 5:27 PM
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    GQ7227

    GQ7227 [OP] mw survivor

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    black woolWax, green IFC, borlaCB, custom Line-X PC drums, skid, nuts, hooks, 1/4 silver frame...
    like McD's ... i am lovin' it ... lowest local price since the early 2000s
    used to take $55 to fill the tank at one point, was $26 today on 17xx gallons

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