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

ya know i have never really watched with my UG..i will though let ya know.

 

Seems Ok, but I'm getting Coilovers

 

my truck tends to run on the cooler side, between 176 and 192, even on a hot summer day it usually wont go over 200..


Today I just did some interval fluid maintenance: oil & filter change, and a drain-n-fill on both front and rear diffs and the TC. The diff oil was kinda dark but the TC was pristine.. Used Lucas

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

75w 90.

Doing rotors and pads on Wednesday - anyone got a solid one man brake bleeding method?!?!

 

Speed bleeders

 

This is what i use and it works like a champ. Doesnt hold much fluid and you have to empty it often but for cheap it works. You can get one at Autozone.

$15 OEMTOOLS 25036 Bleed-O-Matic One-Man Brake Bleeder Kit, Featuring An Opaque Brake Bleed Bottle / Transparent Hoses and Tapered Fittings, No Mess Brake Fluid Bleeding , Multi color(Packaging May Vary)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000CMDP44/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

 

My ultra gauge shows an average temp of 204-206. I've seen it hit 208 a handful of times and 210 once or twice. Doesn't seem to matter if it's 80 degrees out or 0. It shows cooler in the winter because I have my heater blowing obviously. But the needle on my dash has never moved. I haven't been too concerned about it.

 

It's good to know that another person is running the same temp mine is. Everything is the same and the truck runs good but just wanted to make sure that I'm not the only one running in the 203-210 degree range.

 

yea the subject has come up a few times in here. over 200 is normal from what people have reported.

 

Have you rotated your thermostat, jiggle valve mod. Mine was was running 203 and now it's 10-13 degrees cooler.

 

No I haven't, I didn't know that was a mod. First I'm hearing of this. I did have the thermostat replaced about 5k miles ago along with T- belt, water pump, pulleys and all. What exactly is the jiggle valve mod? Turn the thermostat around?

 

My truck has never been above 200 according to my ultra gauge. The highest I've ever seen was 192 when sitting in traffic in the summer.

 

Today I pulled the instrument cluster out and lubed the squealing cable and the speedo gears for good measure. Won't know if it worked until it gets cold out.

Took it for a drive and decided to disconnect the swaybar, (it had recently been removed so this was actually a easy task) tied it up out of the way and wow, rode much better. Cornering at highway speeds was a bit different, I might get used to it. I understand heavier rate coils make a difference, might try something different along those lines.

I've searched a lot of threads here and found some very helpful information along the way. Thanks to all who have contributed.

 

I'm usually between 185 and 205. That's the lowest and highest on my UG

 

thats the exact range my truck stays in, no matter when it was 120 in AZ or snow here in CO so i havent been to concerned either i have heard spinning the thermostat a bit will lower it but mehhh ill deal with it when i turbo my truck and get a cooler thermo!

 

Yeah. What I found interesting is I'll be doing 70 on flat highway and it will read 208. Then I go up a really steep incline doing 70 the whole way at like 3500 RPMs to keep my speed up and it goes down to 190. Seems backwards or the thermostat doesn't open till 210 or something.

 

Well the higher your Rpm's are the faster the water pump is working

 

More like what has my 1st gen done for me

 

^ lol what happens when she's hideous?

 

Nothing wrong with that.

 

hahaha always a gamble replying to those.