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

That's how you check tranny oil. At least that's how we did it in the 2 maintenence shops I've worked in

 

That sure would make it easy!

 

Sounds good enough for me. I've never messed with transmission fluid before so I know nothing

 

@pittim No other pictures, but the more I look the more it looks exactly like my T-case, the physical differences are most of the battle, electrical I can deal with easily.

 

Does anybody have a link for the tac-weld on the steering rack mod? I can't seem to find it.

Nevermind. I just found it

 

If you want to look at the wiring, I can PM you the FSM pages for the ADD and Jshift cases.

 

That would be awesome, Thanks

 

You also need to run through the gears (with foot on the brake) slowly a couple times after you've added the new fluid, then check the level.

 

Thanks for letting me know

 

PM inbound.

Also, see this.
Jshift case


Push button


They look the same haha

 

Thanks

Wiring appears (from the little I can see and from lots of assuming) to be similar or the same, that's good.

 

I changed the diffs, tranny, engine and transfer over to Amsoil. GL4 75-90 for the tranny and transfer case, 75-110 severe gear for the diffs and SS10-30 in the engine. I went with 10-30 instead of 5-30 because when it comes to the difference in Amsoil it's almost not even there from a cold flow standpoint and the closer the numbers are the less VII's they have to add.

 

Finally made it passed the break in period!

 

See attached. It looks like page 51 of the pdf is what you want?

And sorry for the screwed up pdf, the 01-04 FSM I have is all out of whack and since I have a 98 I never took the time to mess with it.

 

How are you going almost 80 at that RPM?

Also, apparentally Toyota told me the wrong coolant on Saturday.....And, when I check my transmission dip stick with the engine hot, it reads the same as when I check it cool. Guess I need to add some fluid

 

How long did you drive to get it hot?

 

About 20 minutes. I went to the dealership to get another jug of coolant to find out that the other dealer sold me the wrong coolant on Saturday

 

4.10s ? I dunno haha about where my rpms are at that speed any other time.

As for the coolant what did they tell you ? When I did mine they didn't have the older coolant that originally came in our trucks but the new stuff was premixed I believe

 

Took the truck for a little primitive road driving down by the Columbia River. Well deserved afternoon river side after a weekend of spark plug, wirepack, coil, MAF sensor replacement, oil/filter change, air filter change and interior clean/detail...

Looking for suggestions on new front headlight assemblies, want them to be sharp and probably a black or grey. Looking for something that'll fit without having to cut down the grill.

Also, someday i'll replace my front and rear-bumpers so anyone with suggestions on blacked out bumpers feel free to send me a suggestion!



Note: Truck is running like new after easy maintenance thanks to TacomaWorld forum tutorials! Thanks everyone!

 

When I'm at 2k RPM, I'm going 60MPH. And one dealership sold me 2 gallons of the Pink pre-mixed coolant on Saturday, then I needed a little more on Sunday, so I just went to a different dealer this morning who told me that I should have used the red coolant that is not pre-mixed. I went ahead and put it in, since I needed to top it off. I assume I will be fine for having both types in there. Pink is just watered down red, no?

Also, my UG shows engine temps to be in the 200-208 range while cruising on the highway. That seems higher than normal, especially since I just installed a new water pump, thermostat, and flushed the coolant system. Granted it is 103° outside....should it not be running cooler? The needle on the dash doesn't move, so that makes me think it is okay. Still seems a little high though