The (hopefully) million mile thread.

Thanks guys. Hah wow. Transmission is fine! They said there is a little bit of metal in the pan but nothing serious. The front U-joint needs to be replaced, the carrier bearing, and they're going to do a trans service as well. (screen, filter, fluid) Also he suggested changing the plugs and possibly the coil on cylinder 3. There's a slight rattle coming for the heat shield too he said which is part of the noise i was hearing. But this is all music to my ears. Simple stuffs.

 

Badass man! Keep her rolling down the road then brotha!

 

sub'd. This is the most encouraging thread I've seen in a while. Good luck OP! My truck is driving til the wheels fall off too so this made my day!

 

mine has about 180k km on it. i had to clean my throttle body last week. kept stalling while at idle. (just after disconnecting the battery when the truck always runs like shit) just wouldnt stay running but that seemed to be part of the fix. also put a new battery in it too.

i would check yours if i were you its super easy. GL op, im very impressed as is.

 

OP, you should have done the quaker state 300,000 mile cash back offer

 

[/QUOTE]Originally Posted by Aw9d
Awesome OP! That puts a smile on my face knowing I can get well over 300k miles out of my truck with normal maintenance![/QUOTE]

We got 339,710 out of our ford f250 trition v10. Every mile on it what with the pedal to the floor. We got alot of use out of it.

 

Ah! So I ended up having 2 new u-joints put in, a new carrier bearing, they dropped the trans pan and put a new filter, gasket, and fluid it. And don't get me wrong it's running smoother than it was, but there's still original symptoms left. Maybe someone can give me an idea of what could be causing this...When I take off from a stop and give more than 1/2 throttle I hear what I would call a popping/creaking sound. It doesn't seem to lose power when this happens. And it doesn't happen if I give less throttle. Shifting doesn't seem to be effected either. Really wondering if this shop just replaced some stuff that didn't HAVE to be.

 

how many you got on it now man? i hate that i have like 44k. makes me sad too see so many on my girl. ever around knox?

 

Almost 387k now. That's like showroom man. I pass through Knoxville a few times a week for work. If you ever see a silver Tacoma with a black tailgate it's me! My stock tailgate bent really bad years ago, found a cheap one on eBay.

 

yeah compared too yours it is. lol. will look. mine is also silver. have some stickers on back window. one of witch is a tacoma world.com it’s on drivers side. black emblems and black rear bumper. no mud flaps at all. and i think it’s a little dirty about 75% of the time.

 

cool, I'll give you a honk if I see ya. Anybody have an idea of what could be going on with my truck? ( earlier post )

 

Wheel bearing ?

 

this is awesome. i got an 05 4.0 with 165k ish on it. i had to put a new u joint in it almost a year ago. i bought it used last feb with 142 on it so i got a ways to catch you too. but i would like to put 450k on it before it was all said and done, then slap a hilux 3.0 diesel and tranny in it an put 1,000,000 on that thing. i figure i wont have to buy another vehichle the rest of my life if i play my cards right.

 

Possibly, I've never had one go out. Would that make a constant noise though? I'm wondering if maybe a engine mount has gone out and makes that creaking noise due to torque of acceleration. Maybe I can get a video of the noise and post it. It's something that seems to come from the left side. Would a bad torque converter cause any similar problems?

 

Nice! Gl man!

 

Good luck, I'm subscribing to this!

 

ok. same to you.

 

Subbed- and good luck! I know you can make it to a million- if a Yota can't, nobody can!!

Random: My 96 Taco barely has 144k on it- he's sat in a yard for the past 3-4 years after he blew his head on his last owner. I only just bought him.

 

sub'd..GOOD LUCK! I have an 08 with 80k on it and I was hoping to get 200-250k out of it...

 

Damn! Rooting for ya my man 119k here so i cannot complain

gogogo!