What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

in the last two weeks ive put on a new bed, tailgate, tail lights, head gasket and fuel filter, no more mudding for me!

 

Was the bed rusted?

 

i wanted to do this to mine, any pics?



and i just put on a drop in k&n today, love it

 

I had the heat shield off in the engine bay today. When I did the seafoam I noticed some exhaust leakage. After a lot of looking I can't find any cracks or holes in the manifold, or in the down pipe. I think it's just the seal between the down pipe and the manifold.

The exhaust leakage would explain the rough running at high throttle positions. Since it's before the sensor that sends feedback to the computer, I am getting a somewhat messed up fuel/air mix. Not really noticeable at low throttle positions, but when you get more out gassing with more throttle it gets worse.

I also cut some off the end of my exhaust. The side dump was getting pushed on by the leaf pack. I noticed it was close after I installed my shackle lift. A closer inspection showed it was rubbing with normal street driving. Since I'm wanting to take my truck off-road, and didn't really want to tear my exhaust off when the rear wheels drop, I cut it off.

Here's the section I cut off. As you can see, the cut is pretty ragged.

Here is a better shot of the spot the leaf was rubbing on the exhaust.

I cleaned up the cut on the truck side somewhat. Since this is all the way under the truck I'm not going to take a huge amount of time making it look pretty.

You can see the exhaust is not anywhere near the spring travel path now.

I'll want to drive it some first to make sure, but I think I'm going to need to figure something out for a new exhaust hanger. Since I cut one off doing the trimming. It may not be a big deal, since there is a good sturdy hanger on the muffler.

I also sprayed DEI boomat on the underside of my hood. I don't like a lot of engine noise. I'd seen posts a couple other places about people doing this, and thought it was worth a shot. Frankly, I expect the boom mat to react badly to the heat in the engine bay. It's almost a spray on tar.

Taped off the stickers under the hood, so I can read them if I need to.

Tape removed.

 

Sorry...



Man, this truck needs a lift and some tires.

 

new lifetime guarantee napa starter put in this evening. got 77k out of my factory one. and new front (mud) snow flaps, compliments of burgman

 

^ohh that sucks MTgirl, that is if ur not a fan of snow like me. we got a little bit of snow then it disapeared now its been rainin for 5 days straight lol

 

Changed my oil.

 

Drove it my first day for my first job.

 

Congrats on your first job!

 

Thanks!

 

O I Wish!

Yeah like 90 bucks from Empty to full with mid grade!

I am So looking forward to the snow this year! Got a small set of chains the other day, Soon I get my big set of CHAINS lol
And I phoned Wet Okole, They said my covers shipped Nov 2!

 

I did that too. No snow here yet, but we're supposed to get some late today.

 

I miss the snow

 

Got the leaf spring TSB done on my 2010 TRD sport yesterday.

 

Recieved my 5100's from DSM. Can't wait to get them in!

 

I didn't do it as I don't know how to weld but I had it done.

 

It isn't too hard to learn. Check out your local community college, they might offer welding classes.

 

There were 2 girls in the class I took (~12 students)

surprisingly neither of them were bad looking, and one was actually kinda cute.