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

Hit a milestone driving back from Death Valley

 

Proper speedo rollover photo!! While back saw one and dude was doing 95 mph!

 

R4T LCA SKIDS

 

Well diff fluid shouldn’t look like this lol. Threw in 3 quarts of Lucas 85w140.

 

Took a little drive to see how the navigation and satellite radio were.

 

Picked up and installed this new (to me) bed cap. Thanks to marketplace 18 minutes away from me.

now I’ll need to wire the third brake light.

 

Raptor lights and TRD Pro grille installed. Also painted the chrome surround black. Maybe I’ll color match it some day…

 

I fitted a v6 TRD catback to work behind my Turbo 2TR-FE. Also finished adding o2 bungs to my new downpipe and got that wrapped and installed

 

God I miss changing the oil on my 2 gen taco! 3rd gen flat out sucks to change the oil!

 

I couldn't agree more. I only changed mine 4 times on my 3rd gen, after dealer did 1 free one, in 5.5 years myself (25k miles). Nothing sweeter on the 2nd gens than that top mount spin on oil filter. After I sold the 3rd gen I quickly gave my neighbor the filter housing wrench with 10 filter cartridge kits for his 3rd gen. Coincidentally he also went back to a 2nd gen. That 3rd gen oil filter reminded me of my youth changing canister filters on large 2-3 ton power company trucks in the 1970's. Just another reason to be a 2nd gen lifer.

 

DIY fairing for my solar panel.

I took off my cab rack that had a fairing, so nothing was deflecting the wind from under the solar panel, so I fab’d this up.

1/8” aluminum and some flat stock.

 

Clean!

 

Hit a major milestone today

 

Changed the oil yesterday and rotating the tires today.

Coming up on 100k so im getting ready to do the plugs and think ill do the belt for peace of mind.

I did the diff fluid and trans right around 90k so im good on those.

Any other suggestions for 100k maintenance?

 

Installed a set of DesertDoesIt seat jackers and WOW...what a difference they make. Kind of shocked at what they do to the feel of the drivers seat now!

 

200k Mile Tune Up/ Additions

Saturday March 4th, 2023 through Saturday March 11th, 2023

191,000 ODO Meter

Full Suspension-

1. Icon RXT Leaf Springs on 1st Setting

2. Energy Suspension Bushing Set

3. (4x) Bilstein 5100 struts

4. OME 885x Springs. ¼” Driver Side Front Spacer

5. Moog Lower Control Arm Assemblies (

$115 RK621293 Front Right Lower Suspension Control Arm and Ball Joint Assembly for Toyota Tacoma

RK621293) and (

$104 RK621294 Front Left Lower Suspension Control Arm and Ball Joint Assembly for Toyota Tacoma

RK621294). Supreme Suspensions: Greaseable Front Camber/Caster Alignment Cam Bolt Kit

6. Poly Performance Upper Control Arm Assembly


· Transmission Service- Drain/Filter/Fill 5 quarts using Redline D6 fluid. Beck Arnley Filter Kit (

$37 044-0345 Auto Trans Filter Kit

044-0345) Redline 30705 ATF

· Spark Plugs- (6x) NGK 7787

$10 LFR6C-11 V-Power Spark Plug, Pack of 1

LFR6C-11 V-Power

· Rear Differential- Drain and Fill. 4 Quarts of Valvoline Flex-fill SAE

$29 75W-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75W-90 Full Synthetic

· Power Steering Flush- 2 Quarts of

$194 Red Line 30504 D4 Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) - 1 Quart (12 Pack)

Red Line 30504 D4 Synthetic ATF

· A/C System Service- OEM Blower Motor (

$152 87103-04044 Genuine Toyota Parts - Motor Sub-Assy, Blow (87103-04044)

87103-04044) and Doorman Blower Motor Resistor (973-582)

· Air Filter- EPAuto (

$28 17801-0P010 Genuine Toyota Air Filter Tacoma 2005-2008 4.0L V6 Genuine Toyota OEM New

17801-0P010)

· Cabin Air Filter- EPAuto CP374 (

$21 CF10374 Cabin Air Filter For 2005-2021 Toyota Tacoma, Dodge Dart, Pontiac Vibe With Activated Carbon,2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

CF10374)

· MAF Cleaning- CRC (05610)

· Secondary Air Control- Recall 20TC01. Air Injection Pumps and Switching Valves. Performed at Toyota Greenbrier. Also replaced Drive Belt (99367-H2120)


193k April 2nd, 2023

· Coolant Flush- Removed, flushed with RODI Water, and filled with OEM

$56 00272SLLC2 Set of 2 Toyota-Scion Engine Coolant / Antifreeze Genuine 00272SLLC2

00272SLLC2 Coolant.

· PCV Valve- Removed and Replaced with Standard Motor Products V408

· Oil- Changed from Mobil One to Pennzoil Full Synthetic High Mileage

· Added Throttle Response Controller from EVKCar

 

Stealing parts of this to use for my 100k maintenance

 

Good Man! That's why I posted it. I keep track of everything I do with receipts.

 

I try and keep track of the larger maintenance since for tires and oil i just wait for my light to come on. I dont do the whole 3/6 months. everything else i keep track of and record the general cost.

 

never heard of this. how did the install go?