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

Yea doesn't want to turn at all.

will try both of those

 

I like the graphite idea, try that before WD 40

 

what i have to do is turn the key to the left a little bit and then to the right to unlock it. works perfect

 

I used to have to do that! now it won't go at all.

 

you may have to get new locks.. idk try getting some lube in there. maybe take the door pannel apart to see if its getting jammed up or something

 

Used to have that problem till I just got power locks installed with an alarm! So much more convenient

 

lube will fix it right up. Always works for me but Ive always used WD 40. Im going to try graphite next.

 

Ha..funny you should say that..i actually have two pure black door handles that i am going to swap in for my chrome ones lol guess now is the time..thanks for reminding me i had those haha

 

Mine are power locks too..lol

Yea it'll last longer i bet. Im gonna try it too i think

 

hahaha well thats convenient

 

Yea..but no key to them lol

 

lmao well maybe not so convenient

 

I know lol..idk what to do about that actually..

 

So this door lock issue: I used to have it with my door but WD40 fixed it. Now I have it with my ignition! No its not a case of the steering wheel is locked, and both keys do it so I dont think its identically bent keys

any ideas?

and today I greased my zerks and "aired down" to 30 psi for the coming snow

 

wiggle your steering wheel from side to side while trying to turn the key.

 

It could just be the ignition switch going out. Do you have a lot of key's? The weight kills ignition switches faster than having only a couple keys on your keyring.

 

X2 Sound like the ignition lock cylinder. The tumblers get worn out over time and eventually break. Make sure you replace it before it gets so bad you can't even get the key in. The trick to getting then out it's to turn it to ACC. And push a button on the under side

 

could be your ignition going out. sounds like the little tumblers in the ignition are not working properly

 

today i removed the throttle body is order to remove the idle air control sensor valve to clean it. my truck when warm and then cranked would idle really low and sometimes cut off. so far i dont have that problem after cleaning. also cleaned the throttle body and intake truck seems to even run a little smoother

 

Cleaning the TB and the IAC made a huge difference for my truck.

At first it was doing some weird high idle stuff (like around 1500rpms) after I did it; but it went away. Figured it was just the ECU adjusting.