HOW STUPID AM I....

True colors showing I guess? Or you're having a rough day and thats just amplifying it. Good night to kick back with a book.

 

Internet addiction is hard on the brain. For a while the endorphins flow and you feel real good. But sooner or later reverse tolerance kicks in just as endorphin supply hits 0.
If it hurts when you look
Don't look.
Go outside and enjoy the real world.

 

I'm just making a general statement. I haven't read the whole thread.

I'm not trying to accuse anyone of anything.

Sorry if it sounded that way.

 

@GQ7227

If you are serious about replacing this, you have to drain the coolant and remove 3 nuts. It would be wise to replace the thermostat and gasket while in there if you haven't done so in awhile. About as easy as can be. I did it here:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...st-gen-edition.138573/page-9442#post-22031593

If you are just shooting the shit around here though, then carry on....

 

jiggle valve goes downward

 

Can't make it any easier than this...

 

TY, i shall wait until the local salvage lot gets a 3.4 into inventory to practice

 

Practice what exactly? If you have to practice removing and installing 3 nuts, then we should probably be having some different conversations.

 

You think it might be your rear main seal?

 

practice taking it off on something that will not matter or not if something goes awry
i am not a very confident mechanic, can you tell

 

@GQ7227 , Hey Jay, no one just woke up one morning and became a master mechanic. I've been working on cars and trucks for almost 40 years, and there are many things I still don't know. It's called a learning process, and you just learned something new. I'm relatively new to the Tacoma world, and I still have so much to learn about these trucks. Carry on

 

Drain coolant (petcock on bottom driver side of radiator), remove 3 nuts, remove thermostat housing, *optional remove and install of thermostat/gasket, replace thermostat housing, install 3 nuts and bracket, torque to spec (14 ft/lb) and fill with coolant.

Everyone has to learn somewhere, and this is about the easiest job you could possibly learn on. No need to wait for a junkyard rig to practice on. Just give it a shot. Worst case scenario, you get a leak and have repeat the process. Bottom line:

YOU CAN'T MESS THIS UP!

 

Plus clean sealing surfaces (aka both sides where gasket sits) with some emery cloth.

 

Morning GQ7227, hopefully you rested up well and woke up nice and rejuvenated
I know I'll feel nice and rejuvenated when all of this thing is in my belly

 

That's what I get for setting up my profile while I was .

 

Lolol

 

Crap
I looked at it
Now I'll get lots more
Where's the blocker on TW?