What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thawed my taco....

 

I had always bought ford trucks in the past, and been happy. I had an F250 before my Taco. I bought my daughter a 2014 Ford Focus as her first car about a year ago. It was having some shuddering when she would accelerate. I called a shop, and before I could even tell the guy what it was doing, he said go google Ford Focus transmission. It turns out Ford put a bad designed transmission in this car, and new it was bad and sold it anyway. They have been sued, and several of their engineers admitted Ford knew this was a bad transmission, but still sold it anyway. I will never buy another Ford. If you want to be appalled, go google and look at what Ford did with this transmission. There is no fix. They extended the warranty on the transmission and have fixed ours even though it was outside of the factory warranty, but it is just a band aide for a bad design that can never really be fixed. I have it up for sale now. I hate to even sell the car to someone.

 

I'd like to know the rear block PN...

 

Well tw has done it before (but in regards to scammers etc)… find his ass with little info. Pixel peekers look into his posted photos. Wasn’t it Maryland? Look for a tag, find full name, look into phone book (old ppl still use landlines).

 

Can you post more pics of your truck please. I just got a nightshade last month and I’m trying t get some ideas

 

I like how you don't have the black vinyl in between the two windows.. I want to take mine off, but I think I like them.

 

MESO customs switch panel

https://mesocustoms.com/collections/3d-printed-products/products/tacoma-left-side-switch-panel

He does limited runs every so often so they’ll be back in stock one day you just have to be on the lookout.

CH4x4 switches

https://www.ch4x4.com/

Plenty of options to choose from and custom switches available.

 

How do the squadrons compare to stock fogs

 

Around how much did you pay to have the flares painted? Love the truck!

 

Added

$165 Midland MXT275 MicroMobile GMRS Radio - 15 watts Two-Way Radio with Integrated Control Microphone - Overland Caravanning Tractors - Detachable External Magnetic Mount Antenna - 8 Repeater Channels

Midland MXT275. I’m thinking I might move the power unit under the seat vs on the trans tunnel

 

Sadly, that sounds like most industry as a whole these days. They go cheep and just hope they don't get caught. Seems like everything these days is designed to last exactly one day longer than the warranty.

 

It's amazing how you can have a hollow feeling inside over the passing of someone you have never met. It saddened me when I read the post last night of the passing of @Tullie D. (I know, I'm about 40 pages behind and trying to catch up). I always remember him having kind things to say and having a sense of humor. I'm sure many are with me here in saying that he will be greatly missed. RIP @Tullie D

 

John and I exchanged PMs regularly too. Mostly about LSU vs Notre Dame, hunting, trucks and how his misses was doing after her eye surgery. Feb 11th was probably when I asked. I'm getting more worried about him now.

 

Death sucks. I'm nursing an old sick dog and I fear the end is near. I can sense a broken heart approaching.

 

Installed some theft deterrent measures.

 

Sounds good but what about the rest of the guys with older or different configurations? I wish they had something out there that didn't require a CMC and still run 285's.

 

Look at your gas pedal, then to the right of it. You will see a carpet flap covering a black box (hvac box). Pull that flap down a bit and you will see you can actually slide the radio right into that space and its hidden.

 

Finally got some steps on so the kids will no longer need assistance getting in... lol

 

Been there done that. It isn't easy putting down a pet. Hang in there Bud.

 

I had a '13 focus before my taco. It was the first year with this transmission, and I would occasionally lose all power trying to start out after a stop sign. I would have to put it in park and turn the car off before it would engage again. The rest of the time i would get the shuddering you're describing and have no get up and go to merge into traffic.
There was also an issue with a valve getting stuck close or open (can't remember which) that would cause suction and collapse the shitty plastic fuel tank they use. Luckily didn't have to pay to replace the tank on mine, and the mechanic was able to pull it back out with a dent-popper, but I always had to be careful when fuel got to the 1/4 tank mark, because the gauge was never correct after that
Fuck Ford