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

No, its just no shocks... it doesn't ride all to bad neither! But it will be better with them.

And yeah, still on 31 x 10.50's

 

When I was waiting for my 10" shocks I ran mine with no rear shocks for a week. Was fine with some weight back there.

 

Productive day today:
Ordered some rust bullet and started putting a wire wheel to my underbody rust. Gotta get all that off, and get it sealed up before the utah winter. Also started doing the cutting for my satoshi. Just finished cutting out the main inner part of the grill, just gotta smooth out the edges and start sanding.

And last but not least...got in all the parts for my lift! 5100s, eibachs, and dakars, with all the little odds and ends as well. Except for some reason the rear shocks got left off the order. Gotta give wheelers a call. At any rate, the truck should have a lift, satoshi, and a rust free (or something close to it) frame all within the next couple weeks!

 

Finished pulling my chevy 63's today.



And took them apart.

 

I need to do something with my springs so bad...

 

You can rebuild them pretty easy. Search for OMD spring mod. Just add 2-3 chevy leafs to your pack and boom, better ride and 2-3 inch lift. Plus they are bolt in. The springs I picked up are a little more involved.

Edit:

Here you go..
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/suspension/194386-tacoma-spring-refurbishing.html

 

thanks!

 

Haha you're right behind me. I will be turning 233k in the next few days

 

did this....



Took about 45 minutes and I'm a happy camper.

I'll make a how-to soon!

 

Howabout just letting us know what the hell it is first! Oh its your shifter! I was thinking real hard about that, lol.

 

shifter bushing.

 

Yea just figured that out right after i posted.

 

Probaly because you have a manual and i dont.

 

standard FTW.

See below \/

I did both! They aren't coming off unless I'm the one removing it!

I was considering JB welding it but I figured I'd make it removable on the offhand chance that I want to take it off

 

Haha I probably need to do timing belt.. I've had it since 220k, and idk if the po did the timing belt? I didn't know much about Tacomas when I got it so didn't think to ask. She still runs like a scalded dog though

 

Haha weird, I bought mine at 222k. The only thing I've done to it is rear main seal and valve cover gaskets. It runs like a champ so I'm not gonna touch it till I have to.

 

Same for me lol. I've done valve cover gaskets and my rear main is leaking also just barely.. I've just been keeping an eye on the oil level until I can afford to get it fixed.

 

Gotta do both valve cover gaskets on mine...Gonna do the water pump and timing belt at the same time