Lefty's golden taco.

I was happy with the price. I feel as though hes always gives me a pretty good deal. Swing outs from other companies are easy that price or more.

 

yea definitely seems like a good deal. Any shop out here in California would charge quite a bit more for that same work I'd imagine.

 

See you just need to move to the free state of az. J/k

I couldn't replicate the work and I don't trust my welds . So I was happy to pay. I'm sure I got a bit of the frequent flier discount. I think he has a soft spot for first gens. But there main work is on land cruises now.

 

One of these days i'll get out of California.

I feel ya. Seems like a sweet shop. First gen best gen!

 

Been a second.
The tacoma too back seat for a bit . Got a tundra that i put some money into. And i had to remodel a bathroom because the shower pan started leaking.
The taco was doing good untell the rear axle seal went out again..no way i was gonna pay $800 again for job that only lasted a couple thousand miles and that's being generous.
Back to working only 1 job so money was a bit tight. But i got the tools needed and the parts and i finally got it done. Seems to be holding up.
Last ride before the seal went out.

 

The new money pit.

 

Doing the seals.

 

Went and broke in the new seals.

 

Finally put in some new speakers.
Been holding onto them for a bit. RF. 5.25 components and a p600x4. With a ported 10 in the back.

 

Still need to tune it a bit . Got an oscilloscope coming. Have some projects in the wings and how its sitting now.

 

We put a snorkel on the boys t4r.

 

Very cool man! How does it sound? Did you do any dynamat?

 

Haven't done any sound deadening yet but its definitely gonna be on the short list. My doors rattle like crazy.
It sounded amazing the first time i turned it up ... but i may have smoked my tweezers. There was a definitely smell afterwards and now they sound kinda raspy/rice crispish. So I'm gonna play with some settings and try to get everything set right before i replace anything. Been doing a bunch of reading up on the dark since of audio tuning.

 

Current progress. The rear diff is at zuk's http://www.gearinstalls.com/
Nitro 4.88 with the rem process/polishing.

 

Also updated stereo sounds good still need to tweak it a bit and deaden the doors ext. But on a high note. I didn't smoke the tweeters.

 

Zuk has done three of my Toyota's

 

He's pretty awesome. I love the fact that he documents the process i have more pictures.

 

And here are some more pictures . Its all done and I'm picking it up on Saturday . Hopefully i can get it in on Sunday and get the truck turned around so i can get the front out.
And the cool stuff.
Quotes from the install
Pinion seal is 072 and driveside is beautiful
Drive and coast of the reverse painted teeth and sometimes they give a different perspective and they look good.

Always a good idea to get a second opinion of the pinion... Comet Tail is off of the root but not into the center and it is in a very good Zone

 

I was worried about the barings being bad because i had ran it low on oil a couple of time due to axle seal leaks. My truck has like 220k on it.
Quote.
Not too much to say about the pinion bearings they do have some micro pitting but that might be considered normal wear and tear for high miles