The 2.7L Single Cab Thread

^^^SingleCabGuy in 2011 I bought one of the last Rangers made. Then 3,000 miles later I hit a bear at 80 mph. No more Rangers so I bought my Taco.

 

lucky for you, those things were pigs on gas. amazing that a '14 v8 silverado can squash those in mpgs.

 

Actually I had the 2.3 liter and it was great on gas. On a 300 mile trip to home and back I could squeeze 28-29 mpg. Plus the engines lasted for ever.

 

Yea it is a badass truck!!!!

 

Yea I'm not on here as much as I use to be

 

Reg Cab '76 Datsun
Extended Cab (not "access", no rear doors) '94 Toyota
Access Cab 2003 Tundra TRD OR
Crew Cab SB 2006 2500HD 4x4 Duramax

Taco is much nicer than the Datsun.
I hated hitting the back of my head on the glass all the time.

 

It was an awesome truck.
De-cranked the torsion bars to give it a nice rake. 235/60-14 up front and 245/60-14 Eagles in the rear.

 

96 3rz

 

I was thinking about my el camino and did you guys know they have some massive storage space behind the seats. In my 80s one you can fit.2 full size spare behind the seat and probably 2 donut spares to.

 

i had a 88 hilux..miss that truck

 

Got these in the mail today, no more mud and cake on salt on the carpet

 

thanks. yeah man she was fun to drive thats for sure.

 

This happened as i was leaving for work.

 

Ouch! What happened?

 

Dang man,

Sorry to see that happened to ya,

What did that?

 

Did the door fold forward? Strong wind?

 

If you don't want it I can put it to good use

 

I got the new weathertechs threw them in thrusday night without testing the clutch. friday morning i went to back out of my garage the clutch pedal stuck behind the floor mats. Not thinking to clearly I forgot to turn the truck off or take it out of reverse so when I opened the door and popped the clutch out it took me for a ride out of the garage. I called weathertech and they said on their website that they don't fit manual transmissions, when I looked on the site it says fitment issue but unless you click on the link no one would know. Im just happy that im not in a hospital, another stupid mistake that coulda been avoided. Damage estimates range from 1500 to 3500 depending on which body shop i take it to. Oh and when i did finally get it stop two feet off from the basketball pole that cemented in the ground the door was flat against the fender.

 

That sucks Nick! I have Weathertechs in my manual truck as well. I fortunately cut down a spot where the clutch goes before installing them... although I admittedly had a near miss like you because I had apparently not cut down the mat enough. Fortunately there was no accident and I then did additional trimming. It's been working great for the last two years now.


Once trimmed they work great, but I understand if you are gun-shy about them now. But I can send a pic of what I did if you're interested.


-Gearmaster

 

that sux man. thats one of my biggest fears is taking off a mirror backing out. glad noone was injured though.