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

Just spent 2.5 hours installing new 3rd gen take-off leaf springs, new shackles, new bushings and new u-bolts in sons 2012 SR5. Replaced old 180k mile 3 leafs with 700 mile 4 leafs. No more squeaky squeak. Not a bad job and weather was perfect for it. Got lucky the rain held off. I have same new leafs in my 2008 with new take-off 2023 coils and struts. My 2008 rides as good as my 3rd gen Sport with 5100's did.

 

Hit 77k miles this morning, at the start of a 438 mile round trip road trip.

 

Had it towed home after the clutch dropped to the floor and the clutch slave cylinder pissed all its fluid over the road.

And it’s getting towed again tomorrow to my mechanic.

 

Installed seat jackers, readjusted rear brakes, adjusted parking brake and rotated tires.
Might try surgery on the sunvisor next. Or are any of the aftermarket ones worth a damn?

 

V6 here. Had a hour before going out with the group today for some beers.

changed all 6 spark plugs, greased the driveshafts.

took off rear drums and cleaned them with brake cleaner.

cleaned the maf and intake box from driving in dusty condtions.

reset the ECU.

all that in 1 hour. wonder how much a dealer would of charged for that service.


and truck drives much nicer now. doesn't downshift going up hills as much any more.

 

Big 7 upgrade, switched to SAE pod style fog lights, added an auxiliary relay/fuse box, and changed my fog light button. Altogether, about 10 lesisurly hours, most of it spent fighting with the engine block screw, two extensions, a universal joint, and an impact drill did the trick.






Heated mirrors yet to come.

 

164k oil change and tire rotation, also painted my grille and wheel emblems.

 

Installed CBI sliders and changed the wheels out. UpTop Zulu rack for the cab and bed next weekend maybe.

 

Washed the thing, last time I washed the trucks was back in July 2023. Removed the badges and did a little thing on the tailgate. Waiting for the TOTOYA decal. Yes, I wrote that correctly TOTOYA.

 

Installed an Ebay Toyota skid plate.

 

Installed my BAMF hybrid bumper yesterday, and installed my winch in it today (didn't take a pic though) just need to get some more baja designs to fill in the emptiness in my soul...I mean bumper.

 

Got a set of the newly redesigned Falken Wildpeak AT4's installed in the 265/75/16 size.

 

Installed a

$125 Retevis RT95 Mobile Ham Radio, Dual Band Mobile Radio, Chirp, Dual Speaker, Rotatable LCD Display, 2m 70cm Ham Radio Base Station, Mobile Transceiver with Cable

Retevis RT95 in the Tacoma. Need to run it though chirp and program all the Gambler500 channels for my adventures but hey fun to spend a few hours with a friend working in the shop on projects. we put some more lighting on his truck, and we both spent time cleaning up wiring and grounds from multiple projects, i have now decided that i need a bus bar for grounds and accessories

 

Sunday's maintenance and upgrades:

• Oil change
• $35 Fumoto F-133: STANDARD VALVE WITH 12MM-1.25 THREADS WITH LEVER CLIP Gold
  Fumoto Valve install for easier oil changes
• Cut open the skid plate hole a little more for easier valve access
• Perry Parts front bump stops install

The truck is nasty dirty with all this super warm weather after all the snowfall.

 

Installed my ARB clone snorkel. Very happy, I did a short write up on my build thread.

 

Swapped 4wd leaf springs onto my 2wd base model to lower the back end and stiffen up the suspension and swapped out the steering wheel with one from a Scion iQ to get a smaller diameter and better feeling wheel. Now I don't hit my leg when doing hard turns.

 

New steering wheel is on my to do list. The top portion is no longer in existence I have it wrapped in electrical tape. But trying complete my suspension first. Getting there. Just need new ucas and leaf springs.

 

Done did this. In the process of debadging all the things.

 

also, I now get 40 mpg

 

Pondering when I’m gonna install my 4” atlas springs and spcs . There in . Never done leaf springs but have all tools necessary . Control arms I have done in past. Just wanna conquer it in a weekend to avoid two alignments . Recently due to a bad master cylinder . I had shredded through a bearing . And kicked my Cv on driver side . So. So far to this date I have replace needle with ecgs , replaced cv with after market , (holding on to cv for rebuild ), replaced bearing hub and bearing, rotor , caliper , pads . Was fcking mean. Had a lot of fun . Truck drives smoother for some reason. A lot smoother . Can’t wait to install atlas springs and spcs . Any tips greatly appreciated especially on leaf spring install. Should I do one side at a time ?