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

Haha ya! It always seems to be 1 or 2 teeth off

 

thats why you don't move the cams at all when removing the belt.

 

Whats your trick to getting the belt on? Do you remove the center idler?

 

I removed the tensioner. It required un bolting the AC compressor to get to one of the bolts but it made changing the belt a breeze.

 

Oh i see, i was told not to remove the tensioner fully because you would need a press to push the pin back in. So i just backed it off untill it was holding by one thread. I guess that would have made it easier

 

if you have a vice it is easy. Just compress the little piston and insert a small pin in the hole on the side to hold it in place.

After installing the tensioner simply pull the pin out and the tension is set.

 

Me and my dad have been working on my papaws 1987 Toyota extraCab and while that been going on he has tken over my truck for the last three days but he took over one of dads today and i got mine back.

 

I installed a new tensioner. I figured at 155K miles it made sense to replace just about everything under there. There is a nice kit on Amazon that has all the pieces, high quality, too, from TBK:

TBK Timing Belt Kit Replacement for Toyota Tacoma 1995 to 2004 V6 3.4L with oil cooler includes Aisin Water pump Mitsuboshi Timing Belt Bando Drive Belts Japanese seals GMB Bearings

http://www.amazon.com/Timing-Belt-Toyota-Tacoma-cooler/dp/B0039ZN4HE/

robert

 

Nice! I wish I knew about that when I did mine. I left the original idlers in there as well 176k and going strong.

 

I cleaned up the wires with flex sleeve and heat shrink..

 

X2, spun them and they sounded fine. 218k and strong

 

Yeah, honestly, the ones I pulled out seemed "like new" to me. I almost felt bad pulling them and the water pump off.

robert

 

Switched to full synthetic, and renewed the registration.

 

Same thing I did. Getting to the bolts for that was not pleasant.

Just changed my oil and spark plugs. Pretty sure it made a difference in how the engine runs.

so far this break I have rebuilt my coilovers, replaced my LCA's, replaced the bushings in the new-to-me LCA's, replaced my lower ball joints, replaced a upper balljoint, replaced a wheel bearing, replaced a water pump, flushed the radiator and washed it, replaced the spark plugs, replaced the oil, got the alignment done. Have a couple pulleys on their way and need to order a new steering pump and rear axle then I'll be good to go.

Now I just have to get a tie down system set up.
Going this route: http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Ratchet-Straps-Tie-Downs/Airline-Straps-Hardware

With a couple of these boxes:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/new-us-military-storage-container.aspx?a=558440

I'll have a place to put extra fluids, parts, recovery gear, etc.

 

How many miles?

 

130k. I got it with 65k. Ever since its had the piss beat out of it. Finally starting to catch up with me.

 

Yeah just saw some pics in the stuck thread lol.

 

haha yea...the mud is a nightmare on the pulleys and other rotating stuff. The biggest problem is I live on gravel roads and watch way to many desert racing videos. And living on a farm doesn't help. The pickup is just another tool to get crap done with haha.

 

Polished my 3rd brake light cover. Than I found out my blinker relay is going out.

 

Black Box waxed half of ny truck, what a huge difference.