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

And if/once I do take heads back off, would you get new head bolts again? God they’re brand fucking new but I know they're suppose to stretch. TTY.

 

Too bad you didn't take a picture at that point in the process. Sorry man, been a long battle for you.

 

I don't think they can be installed upside down

 

Yup. Big mistake. Lesson learned.

 

Upside down, flipped, wrong side. Fucked it up somewhere.

 

This was the OBD link app through the Bluetooth adapter. It’s pretty good for basic troubleshooting

Edit: the app that came with this

$140 OBDLink MX+ OBD2 Bluetooth Scanner for iPhone, Android, and Windows

https://smile.amazon.com/OBDLink-Bl...mzn1.fos.d977788f-1483-4f76-90a3-786e4cdc8f10

I use it on both my vehicles as well as anyone else's that I run codes on, works great.

 

For the sake of saving time, would you guys bully me if I bought HGs at Napa as opposed to oem? Guys at the shop were saying it’s totally fine. Be honest

 

Got back to my scary wiring. Put everything into loom and taped it up. With the wire being so fat it was hard to get more than one wire in the loom, but it is what it is. Also got caps on the fuse. Overall turned out ok.

 

If the power steering pump you have is OEM don't buy a new one, rebuild it. It's pretty easy. This thread, https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/power-steering-pump-rebuild-how-to-with-photos.377002/ will show you how to do it.

Here are links for rebuild kits.

4 Cyl 2.7 3RZ rebuild kit: https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~gasket~kit~power~steering~pump~04446-04020.html
6 Cyl 3.4 5VZ rebuild kit:https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~gasket~kit~power~steering~pump~04446-04010.html

 

Will investigate,
350 ish shipped for OEM isn’t too bad but I will see if this is viable

 

I’m thinking of just getting a new one and rebuilding the old one

 

It would probably be fine but do you want to chance it? I've found gaskets are 100% worth going OEM. Pretty much most parts as well.

 

Honestly, if it was an older engine with graphite head gaskets, sure. But being that these use MLS gaskets, no, I'd get the OEM ones if I'm not buying a performance option like Cometic. Make sure your block surface is very clean when installing MLS gaskets BTW. Check it for flatness with a machinists straight edge and feeler gauges using the square box method. You can look that up it's pretty common and I'm sure there's good videos showing better than I can explain with words

 

I might have missed it but did you end up making it back down to SD or are you still up in SAC? Sorry to see this HG nightmare continues... Sux.

 

Still in sac.. tore the engine back down yesterday. Turns out I installed two right sided HGs…

 

@Speedytech7 (et al)

Do you see any value in these? https://www.lceperformance.com/Teflon-Heat-Isolation-Gasket-2RZ-3RZ-Throttle-Bo-p/1032099.htm

The idea of lowering intake temperatures makes sense, but I assume that the throttle body being directly above the block negates most of the theoretical heat isolation?

I'm planning to pull the throttle body anyway for some cleaning and maintenance, so I'd spend the $10 to get one if it's worth anything.

 

I used them on my truck purely because they were reusable gaskets and that made some regular service nice. But no without boost (and even then barely) it doesn't do a damn thing for performance.

 

Cool, that's exactly the answer I expected.

 

I just installed the set of those when I did my SC. Both TB and lower intake. Mostly for the same reason as @Speedytech7. Reusable quite a bit.

 

They're good gaskets though but beware they make torque specs feel wrong, use your best judgement on aluminum