What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I also keep my pelican on year round as well. Has held up perfectly through 2 north east winters. Only complaint I have is I wish I got a different color as the tan I got has been heavily sun bleached to almost white on top.

 

Gained 52 miles per tankful after oil and filter change!

So it was time for my 3rd Gen oil and filter change. I changed my own oil and filter on my 2nd Gen 49 times in 13 years and 249K miles on her. But this cartridge crap is for the birds, I let the Dealership do it. So after a tank or so my 3rd Gen took my available miles on a tankfull down to 302 miles after each fillup. After my oil change Tuesday AM I am now at 354 miles until empty! Gained 52 miles there somehow.

Could they have unhooked the battery and reset the entire vehicle? Brought it back to new, so to speak, before it learns my driving habits? I have the KD MAX tune and all still seems to be well with that but I swear it does seem slightly more responsive. It makes me wonder did they do a SW update on it?

 

Love it! Glad you didn't have to schedule, then wait in a queue to get this done. Very satisfying, I would say.

 

Q: Did you also have your AC off this past tank of gas?

 

I did have it off, maybe that is why it gained the miles? Generally, it stays on constantly here in Texas but the cold fronts have prevented the AC use last few days.

 

I noticed a similar gain once I turned my ac off here in Florida.

 

ARB Speedy Seal kit from Amazon. Checked the tire this morning and it only lost about 2 PSI. Once I get some heat in the tires through driving, the vulcanizing rubber should seal the hole completely shut.

 

Thanks for choosing us! The truck looks great!

 

If you know why I have tape wrapped around a light bulb, you know the upgrade I did today.



Though the method seemed shady, it actually worked after a number of attempts.

The interior (and license plate) lights are now the LEDs they should have been from the factory.

 

If you pull on the overhead console it just pops off and the bulbs come out the back with a 1/4 turn and a 1/16th the effort of using tape.
Just a heads up for anyone replacing map light bulbs or in case you cheaped out on the LEDs (and got them off Amazon like I did initially) and have to replace them in 2 months

 

I'm swapping mine out this weekend, I guess I should watch a video or two in order to understand this.

 

The map lights were the only problem. Unless you have tiny pincer fingers, there’s no way to get those bulbs out, lol.

 

Just pull the overhead console. It’ll take less than 5 minutes for both lights. No tape or pincers necessary

 

Today I replaced oxygen sensors and air ratio sensor in both banks of truck for the first time in 160k miles

 

Curious, did your truck throw a code?

 

The kit instructions had the tape method. I briefly tugged on the whole console with a trim tool but abandoned ship and went back to the tape. Some of these trim pieces just seem fragile and sound terrible when you’re prying on them, lol. But I’ll know next time, thanks!

 

^This!

you can see the red retainer clips that hold it in here and the connection you can disconnect at the bottom left, if you want to do it outside the truck.

 

For the license plate light glare!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-cheap-easy-license-plate-light-glare-fix.739648/

Or

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/license-plate-light-disable-while-in-reverse-dir.707546/

 

I feel you. I was very concerned about busting a clip until I watched a video. Just get fingers under the leading edge and pull.
It’s really similar to the dash trim around the stereo. First time was scary, but now I just pop it off willy nilly

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/o2-sensor-knocking-i%E2%80%99ve-attached-ob2-scanner-readings-for-possible-help.815940/
no code thrown technically but this was the reason I ordered them and thought may as well install them since I spent the money and with the truck having 168k miles now