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

2 separate fuses both were fine. No relay. Ended up pulling a few relays that were labelled HTR anyways and tested them out. All fine and I've never tested one so was mostly for the experience.

Found the culprit. ECU. One of the pins burnt out. Going to buy a new one today.

Any idea why that wouldve burnt out? I have seat covers and drive the thing quite a bit so maybe overheated ??

Thanks for the help!!

 

That darn ECU had a burnt out pin.

Buying a new one today.

Thanks!!

 

Thanks for clarifying that. I hate spreading misinformation. I was referencing another post where I said I've seen the issue on bamf. I would go archive over bamf for that reason but the 2month lead time would suck if I was in the middle of a week long trip and broke something.
Thanks for having this conversation with me, I wasn't trying convince anyone to do a shackle flip over hangers, I was just curious on why you went that route. I definitely learned more about both from this.

 

Ouch. Looks similar to the fan motor resistor issue. Poor connection. Terminals didn't fit tight. Not locked into the connector body...

You can replace that connector body and get a repair wire for it. Lol for a tiny tiny number moldeded into it. That make it easier to going the correct connector body.

When I say tiny; I used my phone and zoom in on others I've looked at.

 

Frustrating no doubt but at least it’s diagnosed.

Electricals are a black art for a lot of people. I was lucky to learn from my Pops, he did electronics repair as a home business for years. I still can’t do everything he could (he used to repair circuit boards back in the 80’s-90’s before they got so packed you couldn’t work on them by hand) but he taught me a lot.

 

Made mounts for my traction boards. Obviously only tacked together in this pic to make sure everything fit. Forgive the tslot nut on the bottom left hand bolt, Lowes only had 3 knobs when I went and picked up material last week. Got them fully welded and ground down. Hopefully will get them painted tomorrow.

 

saw this idea on here from another member

 

Dammit! Now I’ve got more painting to do.

 

That’s from datin fabrication.

 

I want the oil fill cap but it’s almost $60 . At least the radiator cap keeps the temp down 2-3 degrees from what it used to be .

 

Replaced my rusty battery hold down with an aluminum one by @Coupe. Then put some shark face stickers on my kayak out of boredom. The gf says I put my eyes on backwards so mine looks sad or uncertain. (mine is the top one and hers is the bottom)

 

Looks good! But dang, how did the previous owner make chrome peel off a 5 year old truck.

 

@lynyrd3 I got mine from This site called madhornets.com. Took forever to get to me with COVID and such in place but it was like $15. It’s not like the real thing but it is billet.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J1CTZ55/ref=twister_B07J1TPN9C?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

 

is it difficult to get them emblem off? Do you just pry it off or do you have to take a the wheel apart?
Thanks,

 

Pulled the bumper to fully weld it. Goal is to have it all finished and painted by next weekend.

 

I fixed a big stupid leak



And finally installed the CB. I put it in the back of the center console.



And ran the handset forward.

 

Have you weighed it yet?

 

It weighs next to nothing (relatively speaking). Maybe 80 lbs. I’m going to weigh it once it’s totally done.