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What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by SlimDigg, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. Oct 30, 2024 at 11:02 AM
    Area51Runner

    Area51Runner Well-Known Member

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    Brave man. I don't think I'd want to do 90 in my Tacoma, if it would even go that fast LOL
     
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  2. Oct 30, 2024 at 11:07 AM
    Speedytech7

    Speedytech7 Toyota Cult Ombudsman

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    It's less Tacoma and more mod
    Some of em go faster than the speedo can read, it's a long wheelbase stays stable.
     
  3. Oct 30, 2024 at 11:49 AM
    Bandido

    Bandido Engine...er

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    my driveshaft on the other hand....
     
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  4. Oct 30, 2024 at 1:22 PM
    Phessor

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    Stuff
    I had a little steering play and figured I would check things out. I felt some slight movement in the steering shaft, so out it came.

    While I was in there, I cleaned up and shimmed the tilt ball joint and regreased it.
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    Did the spot weld mod on the shaft joint.
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    Cleaned up and regreased the u-joint pivot joint.
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    Replaced the leather on my Lexus steering wheel.
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    My steering shaft seal was shot, so I removed it and ordered a new one, hopefully it will be here soon, I have a trip this weekend.
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    I hope this fixes some of my steering slop.
     
  5. Oct 30, 2024 at 1:46 PM
    6P4

    6P4 Well-Known Member

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    Some of em don't have long wheelbases though.
     
  6. Oct 30, 2024 at 1:49 PM
    Speedytech7

    Speedytech7 Toyota Cult Ombudsman

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    It's less Tacoma and more mod
    I've been lucky in that regard, no driveline vibrations here. My "only rated to 106mph" mud terrains on the other hand probably protest a bit.
     
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  7. Oct 30, 2024 at 2:19 PM
    Bandido

    Bandido Engine...er

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    I have a lovely dent that i have not fixed or balanced out
     
  8. Oct 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
    m3bassman

    m3bassman Well-Known Member

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    I plopped in a whole new unit, flange to flange, made a bigger improvement.
     
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  9. Oct 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM
    Lux

    Lux @jamesgrouss

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    OME 3" lift 881 coils, Dakar's 33" General Grabber AT2's TG low profile front bumper
    what parts of the cab are rusting? Ive noticed some spots recently but mine seems to be mostly in good shape. Just curious what might be hiding from me.
     
  10. Oct 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
    Laxtoy

    Laxtoy Dog is my backseat driver

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    Fox 2.5 DSC resi CO's w/ 700lb King Coils, Camburg uca's, T-100 rear leafs, 13WL Tundra brakes, 1" 4crawler body lift, 295/75/16 Hankook MT, Ruff Stuff u bolt flip, 10" Fox LSC resi shocks turned back on custom mounts, home built rear high clearance bumper with dual swing outs, Diode Dynamics SSC2 Pro rear floods, Skid Row front and transfer case skid, home built transmission skid, Mercerfab sliders, home built front bumper, Badlands Apex 12k winch with synth line, 4.56's, ARB rear locker, home built rack with CVT Mt. Shasta, eBay snorkel, Sierra LEDs 20" dual amber/white light bar, Diode Dynamics SS3 Max amber fogs, Mini D2S projector retrofit, Blue Sea ML-ACR, dual Odyssey PC1200's, 100 watt solar panel, 20 plate heat exchanger/home built shower kit
    The cons were just the added rpm’s /lower mpg’s and the odometer being off that 3%. The 4.88’s with 295/75-16’s were definitely better than 4.56’s on the trail, definitely a lot more working the clutch now, but I just didn’t like the setup. Truck felt like it ran hotter, more wear and tear on a daily driver truck with 300k+.

    What ultimately decided it was had a pinion bearing go bad and ECGS warrantied it so I went to down 4.56’s. Once I add the supercharger and if I add a doubler the 4.56’s are in the perfect spot with the tire size, the speedometer/odo is currently within 1%.
     
  11. Oct 31, 2024 at 8:09 AM
    cynicalrider

    cynicalrider #NFG

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    Drop bracket lift and booger welds
    Check in your cubbies near the body mounts.

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    I also have the bottoms of my doors, bottom of my tailgate, and I had to redo my tub job because I never treated the backside inside the panel. Also look in that cavity in general for the rocker. You can usually see that when you remove the floor trim and kick panel, shine a flashlight in there.

    Oh you mean the regear in general, I thought just the speedo gear had some sort of disadvantage.
     
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  12. Oct 31, 2024 at 10:22 AM
    Laxtoy

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    Fox 2.5 DSC resi CO's w/ 700lb King Coils, Camburg uca's, T-100 rear leafs, 13WL Tundra brakes, 1" 4crawler body lift, 295/75/16 Hankook MT, Ruff Stuff u bolt flip, 10" Fox LSC resi shocks turned back on custom mounts, home built rear high clearance bumper with dual swing outs, Diode Dynamics SSC2 Pro rear floods, Skid Row front and transfer case skid, home built transmission skid, Mercerfab sliders, home built front bumper, Badlands Apex 12k winch with synth line, 4.56's, ARB rear locker, home built rack with CVT Mt. Shasta, eBay snorkel, Sierra LEDs 20" dual amber/white light bar, Diode Dynamics SS3 Max amber fogs, Mini D2S projector retrofit, Blue Sea ML-ACR, dual Odyssey PC1200's, 100 watt solar panel, 20 plate heat exchanger/home built shower kit
    IMG_3408.jpg After ordering it last December, finally got my Lone Peak installed, very happy with the finished results. Fit and finish is very clean, a lot of smart design, I’d definitely recommend- wait times are down considerably now
     
  13. Oct 31, 2024 at 11:06 AM
    BYJOSHCOOK

    BYJOSHCOOK Mr. Mojo Risin

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    Check Out My Builds
    Congrats my green twin! Can't wait to see more pics of it in action! :cheers:
     
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  14. Oct 31, 2024 at 3:50 PM
    Lux

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    OME 3" lift 881 coils, Dakar's 33" General Grabber AT2's TG low profile front bumper
    Wire brushed and primed/painted a bit of my cab. Went with light gray so its easier to identify issues in the future. Going to fluid film it tomorrow after the paint dries. I wanna do the entire underside of the cab but going to chip away at it. Crawling around under the truck is the absolute worst.
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  15. Nov 1, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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    Looks great!
     
  16. Nov 1, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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    Do your back a favor and get a creeper to roll around on
     
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  17. Nov 4, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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    Pretty sweet. Does the cruise control lever on that Lexus steering wheel work with your Gen 1 cruise? I have the dealer installed cruise and hate the location of the controls. Was wondering if anyone has successfully used another Toyota or Lexus steering wheel to make that happen.
     
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  18. Nov 4, 2024 at 12:22 PM
    Phessor

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    I had to swap out the tiny resistors from my old cruise control handle to the Lexus one to get it to work.
     
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  19. Nov 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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    Replaced my radiator!

    After running Isuzu pickups for a few years, I really wanted some Toyota reliability in my life. My Isuzu was 34 years old and required a lot of attention.

    So I found a 2000 Tacoma base model with the 2.4. It was a facility truck, or the previous owner guessed, a Mall Cop truck. Has holes in the roof where there used to be a flashing yellow light. With 99,000 miles I decided to pay the Toyota tax, 4,800$ to get something reliable I could spend less time underneath and more time driving.

    Ran great for a month but developed a little antifreeze smell after driving on the highway. I was wanting to investigate on the weekend, but.......on the way home. Steam! coming out from the hood. So I pulled over, let things cool down, limped it home and started looking into it. Found some good info on here and on YouTube. Started checking cooling system stuff to discover a crack in the upper radiator! just to the right of the upper radiator hose. Must be a common spot because I noticed that same crack in some of the radiators on YouTube. Thanks for the recommendations on here I found a Denso radiator through the local NAPA. Already bought 2 new radiator hoses to swap out. I have replaced radiators before, so it was similar. Nice not having to remove the fan like some other engines.

    The problem was reinstalling the mounting bolts. The new radiator had spring clips instead of bolt holes like the OEM one. Took some advice on here about aligning the spring clips, but could not get the bolts to go in. Didn't want to start threading and I kept dropping the damn things. Well, I picked one up and examined it. It was stripped out a little bit. I still had only managed to get two in and the others didn't want anything to do with getting started. So off I went to the hardware store. In the nuts and bolts section, in the 1,001 bins I found some actual spring clip bolts that fit perfectly, a little longer with a nice point on them to help get started. Got 4 of them so they would all match and be the same size bolt head. And less than 6$. Went in smoothly. Radiator nice and secure.

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  20. Nov 4, 2024 at 9:09 PM
    Toyota Dude

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    Congrats on the toy addition. FWIW have found the replacement rad side mounts might not line up with the front apron mounting holes. Have swapped the mounts from old rads onto the densos so the front apron holes line up.
     
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