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

Been a long time since I’ve chimed in here on this thread, but I thought this would be fitting for an update.

Magnuson supercharger, 2.2” pulley, URD 7th injector, TansGo valve body kit, and Innovate PSB-1 AFR/boost gauge. All finished up yesterday and it’s awesome.

 

I dont think you would be able to hear it over my exhaust. I'll try and get a video tho

I was thinking that. I have played in the mud alot and im sure that doesn't help

 

You're radiator hose is backwards.

 

Yeah I know. Been like that for years. Haven’t been motivated to switch it around

 

As long as it isn't rubbing on the fan shroud it shouldn't matter.

 

Usually thats alt

My moms cruiser made that noise for years and my 4 runner has made it since i got it

Even my buddies ask if my 4 runner is supercharged cause it sounds like a baby sc whine

 

It’s not

 

Lol. Baby sc! There we go!

Hopefully whatever it is it wont take a dump or get worse while im in the woods

 

Is yours aftermarket

My runners alt is from autozone and my moms is from O'Reillys

My tacoma and camry with their factory alts never made it

 

I have never changed it. Im assuming its oem

 

...Our plan - at least at the beginning - was to hit up the Owyhee Uplands Backcountry Byway, a ~100 mile journey from Grand View, Idaho to Jordan Valley, Oregon, exploring several areas along the way. From there, we'd find our way to places we'd been before - finally (hopefully) getting to soak in Three Forks Hot Springs and see the south side of Jordan Craters. And then we'd head even further west and south - out of Owyhee - to the Alvord Desert and Pueblo Mountains, in search of a B-24 Liberator crash site from 1945....

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Plasti dipped my wheels and center caps. I got some white nail polish to fill in the Toyota logo.

 

Idle bearing, PS pump or AC pulley are the 3 i always look at when I get a whine. when that Idle bearing goes it is very loud and distinct.

 

Thanks rob. I think ps is good. Its gotta be one of the others. I'll keep on eye on them

 

On f150s the idler pulley is always the first to squeak as well. Happened on my dads. Don’t buy no cheap plastic replacement either... but you already knew that

 

The idler one is easy to check from underneath, mine was obviously bad because you could wiggle the pulley and feel the play/looseness in it, which shouldn't be there

 

I can dig up the link for the bearing if it is your idler. There pretty cheap, I bought a couple spares to keep in my parts container... because mud.

 

New 700lb springs and lower mount hardware. Started putting my diff back together and fabricated a spanner wrench to preload the carrier bearings

 

Sweet. I'll check tonight

 

If you've never changed it, I can almost guarantee that that's your problem.