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

damn! goodluck to you man. are you following some protocol or just hoping you know what to do?

 

Are you only doing the passenger side? Can't access the driverside without taking out the intake plenum. Paint the valve covers while it's off.

 

Not something you want to have to do lol.

 

Really that difficult? I'm sure its not easy but I thought it was just moving wires and tubes then taking off the valve cover.

 

Probably not too hard but its still a royal pain. At least its not a head gasket.

 

I think it's taking the intake manifold off that makes others uneasy. It's a bolt out, bolt in process. Use a torque wrench and new gaskets!

 

I need to do that too.

 

Yeah I know, That picture is just where I was at at the time. Got the upper and lower plenum off now. I didn't even think about painting.. No way to get to the store now haha.

Ha tell me about it.

It's not difficult it's just time consuming because there is so much shit in the way and attached to the plenums.




Anybody got any advice on how to get the valve cover off if it's stuck? Got all the bolts out of the driver's side but I cant get it off. I know not to pry in between in order to not ruin the surfaces but idk what else to do.

Edit: Added a pic of where I am now.

 

Son of a bitch. The fuckers at Autoparts didn't even give me the right fucking gasket set. And the box says not returnable if opened. When I find a ride to the store somebody's getting a cussing.

 

Seriously... the fuck am I supposed to do with this? (Black old, blue "new")

 

ive taken back gasket sets that were open before...

 

Don't pry! Tap with a rubber mallet or you don't have that, get a towel, protect where you want to tap and get a hammer.

You'll be kicking yourself for not painting the covers. Looks much better/cleaner painted.

 

Picked up a color matched ARE tonneau for $200. I think I like it. I've definitely been missing my shell since I let it go this summer.

 

Started the blue seas fuse box install. Went a diff route than mounting under the hood to minimize wires run thru the firewall.

Also while I had the console out I went ahead and put in the blue seas USB charge ports.

Gonna slowly start the whole re wire process for all my lights and switches etc over the next few weeks.

 

Join the club haha

I like the USB charger tho..does it come with a transformer and everything.

 

THat USB charger looks pretty sleek!

 

did the switchback fog light mod today let me know what you think?

 

Changed a burned out taillight bulb. After cursing the fact that the base was stuck and the glass came out without it Unplugged it from the harness and pried the base out with plyers. All back together now

 

Thanks, that was the day I bought her...or is it him???

 

Thansk, There's no fixing that so now I'm just waiting for my new Demello Offroad bumper to come in. hopefully sometime soon.