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

Did some racing over the weekend. BITD V2R. I was on the Chase Crew for Canguro Racing in Nevada this past week.

 

Nice, looks almost like a Dakar rig

 

Did some wheeling this weekend.

 

Where is that Allen ??

 

Dishpan trail Big Bear...

 

I always wanted one of those. My best friend's dad had one, and I always loved going out in that thing. But he sold it without warning.

 

I bet he just takes the body off and all of the important shit and brings the whole chassis in for sand blasting When he is ready for paint

 

Yeah it's supposed to be in the 6:00 position. The coolant loss will vary but you should buy enough coolant to refill entirely, just in case. I pretty much had to use two gallons of coolant to refill after removing the lower hose from the thermostat housing. Once you remove the thermostat you'll see the jiggle valve on the t-stat. Instead of filling the reservoirs, pour directly into the radiator and burp the system by turning the truck on and squeezing the hoses to get any air out of the system. After that make sure the radiator is full and then check the reservoirs and make sure it's at the full mark

 

Re-did all the grounds on the truck, so I used the retuning of the CB antenna as an excuse to go for a drive.

 

Yesterday around noon I used JB weld + a fiber glass repair kit to "weld" my broken air box back together on my truck.. It's currently out of the truck curing, I was gonna put it back on this afternoon. However, I don't want to rush it and ruin the MAF before the epoxy cures. How long do y'all think I need to wait on it? Thoughts?

 

Says up to 24 hours. Put it in tonight and you should be fine

 

Mine didn't get to sit but 15 hours and it was fine. That JB weld cures a lot faster than you think. I did a write up on it and it's still working to date.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/310796-air-filter-housing-broke.html#post8080951

 

I'm more worried about the fiber glass than the JB weld. That's good to know though.
What I did was smear some JB weld all over where that duct with the maf attaches, squish the duct back onto the housing, let it sit for a minute until it started to set up just a little, JB welded the outside of the duct, let it sit for about 2 hours, then fiber glassed the outside of it. So technically the glass isn't on the inside where it would screw up the maf but still. Rather be safe than sorry

 

If you don't need it right now just let it sit till you do.

 

Awesome, thanks man. I'll try to get to it this week sometime. I have other big things happening to the truck tonight hopefully

 

That looks awesome. I've always wanted to get out west to watch one of these. Hope you had a good time.

 

wrote a review for treadwright and my blow out experience. fun fun

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/wh...s-treadwright-review-blowout.html#post9056441

 

anybody know the part # for the LBJ on the 4wd. I called Camelback and the dude who answered was being a dick. Kinda disapointed but they do have the best prices. He didnt want to take my order over the phone???? I asked him for the part #'s and its like he didnt want to look them up for me. So finally he gives them to me but one of them says 2wd 4runner???

I have part # 4334039436 and part # 4333039556

 

Why do people have to be such an ass, especially when your ordering from them?