What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Inspected in-frame wiring. I noticed some shrinkage, may need some retaping.

 

The water is very cold.

 

Pita for sure, I change mine on cooler days so I have some wiggle room with that 7 degrees of time just in case.

 

I do not disagree with most of what you say, BUT the engineering of the transmission appears to have changed; used to have a wide enough range of acceptable oil-level, to accommodate many variations of temperature, so as long as the vehicle was running in neutral; the dipstick was acceptably accurate. Seems that now the oil level has become more critical. which I cannot help but to interpret as being less reliable, or at least in need of more frequent (and involved) maintenance in order to remain reliable. Manufacturer's saving a qt of oil and a few ounces of metal (for smaller oil reserve), multiplied by hundreds of thousands of vehicles; adds up to real savings; but still shifts reliability to the consumer; and with a much larger learning curve for how to perform that service correctly. Seems like a Bean Counters influence to me.

 

Hit 20K today... Hopefully MANY more to come!

 

Today, I installed OEM mud flaps on my 2019 Tacoma SR truck. Easy peasy install. I also replaced broken license plate light housings too!

 

Finally changed out the front differential fluid at 35k. Was shockingly clean.

Also ordered some 5100 front struts with Labor Day sales.