2015 TACOMA A/C DRAIN ON WIRES AND CHASIS

I think you're right. After I did the mod I've only noticed one wet spot on the ground.

 

Went extreme OCD last evening, and used a 1/2" fitting and hose. Will post pictures later.

 

Thanks

 

Thanks for all the great pictures, so I'll send mine in and hopefully it will help the next person.



1/2 inch fitting used and I had to really muscle it in.



There is an already gray latch for the electrical wire with a hole in it, so I used it.



I chose to let the hose drain directly straight down, so I can easily inspect it from the front passenger side wheel well. With the 4 zip ties used there is no movement for the drain hose to move around. By the way the hose says it can handle up to 175 degrees.



The finished product.

4 zip ties
2 rubber coated clamps
1 1/2" hose
1 1/2" brass hose barb.

Brought it all from the local home depot for about 7 bucks.

 

Just did mine with 2' of 5/8 heater hose, slid right over the drain, ran it straight down and zip tied it to the frame.

 

Just completed this mod. Used 3/4OD x 1/2"ID, slit the first 1" to slip over the A/C drain and wrapped with tape. Attached it to the frame at the same plug, but let it end between the 2 plugs. Will try it and see how it works.

 

J.Z.Alba:

From someone new to the 2nd Gen V-6 - I thank you for the heads up.

Made 3 mods to the tail gate area to prevent theft. Next I'll get after this A/C Evaporator drain tube extension.

Regards.

 

Can I ask how did you get your frame plug out??? Mine were in in so good I was afraid I'd brake it prying it out

 

Same here, so I said eff-it and ran it through the A-arm portion of the frame. I didn't use any zip ties or anything, as the hose simply isn't going anywhere like this.

I started to pry on those frame plugs, then quit when it sank in that I might not be able to get replacement ones.

Anyway, here are a few shots of the line feeding through the existing holes in the lower control arm, with this method there is zero reason to zip tie it to anything, as the line simply isn't going anywhere, and it is no where near the exhaust or electrical zones.

*Please excuse the mud, took the truck on it's maiden Off-road voyage yesterday*



Here's how it looks, hanging from the bottom of the A-Arm opening. I have since trimmed about 1 1/2 inch from the amount visible, so the tubing is level with the A-Arm. I didn't like seeing the clear tube visible from under the truck. Nobody else would have noticed, but it bothered me.

 

Thanks, I will look into this mod but I really wanted to know about removing the plug because I just fluid filmed my Taco and may not have gotten inside the box frame from the motor mounts to the front bumper. There are plugs there to make it easy - but I want to try to use the plugged holes if possible.

On the AC drip mod - I'd prefer to use the larger (5/8"?) hose over the existing hose. Because if you use the barb you will be reducing the hose diameter (which is probably moot) but it will also add an edge to the inside of the tubes which could catch any foreign crap trying tondrain out and then plug. If you catch my Drift???

Has anyone successfully removed and replaced these frame plugs? From the pics it might be that you have to pry out the short end first??

 

Just did this mod yesterday, thanks for the tips guys.

 

update: hose still holding and drains away from the chassis.

 

Thanks for this idea with the 1/2 “ ID tubing, Worked great! I heated the tubing end up in scalding water to expand the tubing and make It pliable, then slipped the tubing over the end of a funnel to spread the tubing, pulled off the funnel real quick and slipped right over the AC rubber drip tube about a 1 1/4 “. Very clean and no hose clamps required. I bought 2 feet and after I snaked it through the frame ended up cutting off a few inches to finish it up.

 

This is exactly how I ran my hose today. It was a no brainer once I was underneath and looking for the simplest solution. No zip ties, no nothing. Thanks

 

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