Feed Your Addiction: Tacomaholics "Anonymous" Support Group

I love watching spiders, but my wife is terrified of them. Thankfully I have plenty of them outside my house to watch. She has actually come a long way since we have been together. There’s one that lives near my back door that builds a web every evening around the porch light, and she has walked by it every day for a few weeks now. A few years ago, she probably would have burned the house down.

 

My wife hated it when I acquired my first few tarantulas but now she actually has a few favorites. The only one she really still hates is the one that burrows into the ground. I guess burrows are creepy.

 

@boogie3478 did you ever put these on your Tacoma:

Cllena Military Style Battery Terminal Top Post Kit for Car Marine Boat Rv Vehicles

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074STQ2C1

 

No, are you thinking of doing that?

 

Thinking about it. After 5 years and 135,XXX miles on the original battery I had to use a jump box for the first time yesterday morning. There was a lot of fuzzy white and blue corrosion on the negative terminal and some on the positive. No other issues starting through the rest of the day, so I cleaned the majority of the corrosion off last night, but it got me thinking about replacing them. Before cleaning I had been seeing around 13.1-13.2 Volts at Highway speed. Now that I have cleaned all of the corrosion off I'm seeing 13.6-13.8 Volts at highway speed.

Those terminals have some bad reviews saying that the terminals broke when they were torqued down. I knew that you had mentioned it at one point and I was wondering if you had gone through with the swap to see how they worked for you.

 

For that bad review I bet someone just put way too much torque on that thing.

 

That's the first think I do to any vehicle. Suggest rewiring put some better wire on it. I run triple ot wire for any hot to starter or ground.

 

Time for your weekly checkup! Big thanks to @lizoid for providing the outro image!

Watch the video HERE.

 

Not every week!

 

Dont worry had my 93 since 92 n still have not seen a dipstick for the tranny.

 

The auto trans for the 2nd gens doesn't have a dipstick but I think the manuals do. I don't like the whole "sealed transmission" thing. Just makes it more of a PITA for us do-it-yourselfers to maintain our trucks.

 

Booth my trucks are manuals. I dont know how to drive an auto. Have not drove one since I got a medical discharge.

 

So I’ve obviously been hiding under a rock or something. When did you get the new wheels and tires, look good? So what bumper did you get?

 

I have a manual and have no idea if I have a dipstick. I don’t think so, but then again I’ve never looked for it.

 

Tires are the same but I got the wheels a few weeks ago. Love them! No bumper just yet.

 

No dipstick on the R155 manual in the 4 cylinder.

 

I don't believe any of the manuals have a dipstick.

 

That's a real dipstick move by Toyota.

 

you check your fluid level by removing the upper plug. You should ba at least able to touch it with your finger. I would think t hat was pretty standard.