What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

When my aunt got married in 1957 her husband gave her a brand new T-Bird. He died 6 years later. She hated driving the car and she paid a guy to come by once a month and drive it and maintain it. These cars are difficult to get in and out of as your head hits the curve in the roof, plus they have blind spots near that famous porthole window. Decades later when she passed away my dad inherited it. It has less than 50K original miles. The original dry rotted spare tire is still in the trunk. My dad offered me the car but I didn't have a place to store it and didn't have the funds to maintain it when he offered it to me. This year both of those are going to change and I can't wait to tell him and get the car.

 

SAWEET....very nice....I finished mine just b4 it got too cold to enjoy doing it....urs looks really nice

 

Similar situation, I used a storage unit. The two seater version

 

How many miles? How much pad material is left? Are there drums beat up or have a lip where the shoes have worn down the drum so there's a lip on the open side of the drum?
I use OEM. For the miles I get out of brakes it's a no brainier. From my experience those lifetime pads are a joke. They work well, but you replace them every couple years along with rotors that usually aren't lifetime warranty. Add brake fluid, your time. But they'll give you new pads/ shoes for free...

I see what you did there...

 

My dad's 95 cobra has 23k on the clock.

 

Thanks! It’s been riding there for about 6 months until I finally cleaned up my underhood wiring mess and ran the power circuit to it yesterday

 

spure of the moment not sure what to call it situation. Pair with it being 5am where I live at that moment lol

 

Damn this looks good! I might have to look into some of these myself..

 

I was at a loss as well, so I followed your lead. All good.
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And now I have ditch like brackets! No lights yet, but hey, I'll get there! Thanks @Kidwidataco

 

Want to keep my Northstar 27F battery healthy and happy, so did this...

Started at night with the “smart” GENM1 NOCO







And it was good to go early in the morning...





Very happy with the quality of the NOCO and the results.
Rick

 

I recently posted that I had ordered Bilstein 5100's, over the weekend I got around to installing the rears. SUPER easy to do the rears. Anyone who is hesitant to do it, don't be. You don't need to remove the tires, jack up the rear, etc. Leave it be. My only piece of advice is to grease the bottom rubber bits of the shock. I tried putting them in without grease and my man-strength wasn't enough to get them in. Added a bit of grease, slid right in no problem. After that I gave her a good wash and wax.

 

Since I switched out my stock exhaust for a TRD Catback back during the Christmas holidays I have been checking the flange connection regularly since the bolt stops kept me from tightening it down to the torque specs. I was out doing some 4H wheeling yesterday on some moderate hills. Just for S&G I checked it when I was done. I noticed a drop of condensation right under the flange. Would this be normal after some twisting around or could there be a leak at the flange?

Thanks.

 

Went from this:

To this:

 

This makes my OCD so happy

 

Loctite silicone for my China LED bar.

 

I did that once, had my Step dad dump a full scoop out of our Kobota front loader. Great traction, but the Damn snow didn't melt until halfway through spring. Killed my gas millage. After learning from that mistake, I made a little wood frame that trapped 2 40lb bags of softner salt over the rear axle. I would just give the bags to my dad after winter was over. Works great!

 

I like, no, no... I LOVE your work mat.

 

I'm curious, is there a noticeable difference in perfomance with a K&N air filter?