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

Hm. This power steering return line seems...non-oem.

 

Got that McDick's suspension

 

Welp.... looks like we’re done until I get home from work on July 19th. Pinion needs to go a little deeper, but I ran out of backlash adjustment without ordering new shims. I head to work on Sunday, so no hope of getting it done before then in addition to everything else I have to do before I leave! This was my final pattern.

 

Speedo isn’t a concern. It’s the low gear high load lugging with the supercharger I want gone.

 

Had my buddy build me a simple light mount last weekend. Came out exactly how I wanted it too ! Just have to paint it and wire up the lights !

 

Glass through me off, thought it was a step side for a second

 

Awesome!

that’s what I was looking for!

Ordered the blue

Thanks!

 

That's a tuning issue more than anything.

 

I went with 2 CVJ axles about 4 years ago, both had the orange/red high angle inner boots on them with the cheaper outer boots. The one I installed on the driver side is still going strong, 45K on it. But the one on the passenger side did not last very long at all, less than 2 years. Not sure why it failed so quickly, it split along one of the outer ridges but its failure left a sour taste for spending the extra bucks.

Here is what Dan was referring to. That is paint, not green paper wrap.

This makes sense to me. Especially when we know that the OEM green wrap comes off with age and handling. It is just paper glued on to the shaft.

It may be that CVJ paints them because enthusiasts get so hung up on the green color being the true identifier of an OEM axle. FWIW, CVJs definition of a legitimate core has no mention of exposed shaft color. Instead, their criteria focuses on the shape of the inner bearing housing.




Here are the two axles that were on my truck when I purchased it with 36K on it back in '06. The one with the grean paint in the shaft is one of the two we just rebooted last week The one without the green paint is the one I just pulled off the truck. IMO, they are both OEM.





This is the CVJ remain that had the torn oragne boot on it that we rebooted last week. IMO, it too is OEM. But as you can see, the green wrap is coming off. Underneath the paper the texture of the shaft surfaces are all virtually identical even though the coloring is not.




All three axles in this post meet CVJs definition of a legit OEM core.

 

Methanol injection system plumbed and functional.
Getting closer to crowning this biatch with a supercharger.

 

go with bajas

i went thru many cheap sets and was not happy until yellow bajas

 

Nice i like the custom tube.

 

Alts are like 40 bucks to rebuild yourself if you can source the parts

 

Cant immagine its that bad, all the torks none of the speed all the rpm

 

Doing a Deep cleaning at 627,000 miles on the engine bay and added a new timing cover and SS fuel line while waiting on fuel injectors cleaning service

 

More Blue lights!

 

I found what can happen to a diff lock actuator when it goes unused for 10+ years. Now I see why the ECU burned out trying to run this thing - the internal wiring was one big electrical short. The o-ring seals pried off in crumbling bits, and, hey, isn't there supposed to be some kind of grease in there? So I spent all day yesterday trying to clean it up and rebuild, but no go - the motor windings are shot. After a week of trying to rewire and sort this out I am all in on this project, so I guess I'll bite the bullet and buy a whole new actuator assembly. Wanted to stay OEM as much as possible, but $700 for the Toyota brand is a bit much, so I'll go with the

$310 Aisin SAT-008 OEM Differential Lock Actuator - Compatible with Select Toyota Tacoma; REAR

Aisin SAT-008 at the still ridiculous price of $300+ - don't want to go with a junkyard part for this because the old ones are always crusty and questionable anyway...

 

you got the specs on the LEDs you used? i need to get rid of my ambers for white

 

So I got the AGM installed a few mins ago.
If the alternator is bad, how long do you reckon this battery will last before it's dead?

Driving it to work tonight and throwing some jumper cables in the back seat.

Should I drive with all my lights on to pull as many amps from the battery as possible?

 

Nice.. Got that Toyota red going on.