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

A glob will make it easier to see. If the crack between the bolt head and mounting surface is filled with dry paint, you will see a visible crack in the paint glob if the bolt loosens. This is also handy for marking alignment cams.

 

It would likely be fine. I only say "thick" because the first paint I put on was too thin. It merely "colored" the bolt/bracket. It would have been harder to tell if the bolt had actually moved.
The stuff in the pic is actually JB weld epoxy. If the bolt moves the resultant cracking/chipping will be easily seen.

 

Shit what? I should go through and check every bolt once a week?

 

Maybe start with the tiny ones that hold your wheels and suspension together. LBJ, lug nuts, the others that have cottar pins are likely not going anywhere and have been torqued more. Use Loctite this time when you reassemble.

 

Buy new ball joints OEM, new bolts torque to spec and leave it alone. Some people are just paranoid so much so they'll Eric the Car Guy it and weld the bitch in. I think replacing these bolts is a must every time the joints are changed

 

I'm not doing the work, just dropped it off at a Trusted shop. Will make sure everything's OEM when the works done.

 

I'd do that before, almost 100% guarantee they won't use OEM especially if they know you're usually short on funds.

 

There closed for the weekend, have to go talk to them Monday morning.

 

In not that paranoid. Every oil change is when i check mine, since im under there anyways.

 

Every 5vz should have one. The truck will breathe so much better and will have a nice deep growl upon start up, plus your a/c will be Arctic-spec.

 

In case you thought the frame rust on our trucks were bad...

 

opps!!!

 

Shitty..

This.

Use Locktite when you fix it. Shouldn't have any problems after that.

No..no no no no nooooo.

 

I told him to google it.

 

From local Dealer

 

Excellent, Im good, Just checked my fan clutch and it's the heavy duty one.

 

Finally got around to starting my bed rack. Got most of the cuts done on my cute little 6" HF "chopsaw" LOL. Below are just mock up pics. Gonna put 2 TAN .50cal ammo cans on both sides. (Arriving Monday) Should look great on the truck since its a tan color. Got the mounts for the cans from SWAG offroad.com and painted them black. A bit pricey at $60ea but I really like them. Still gotta cut the legs for the basket to mount it and buy some angle pieces for the bed sides.

Honestly not sure when it's gonna be installed on the truck. Just got excited and had to share some pics. Hopefully next month. (Have to wait for my brother to get some free time to weld it....too busy working on his project, 86 Cutlass Supreme on juice)

The metal I used is....
1x1 square tube 40' for basket
1×2 square tube 20' for bottom of basket and legs to attach it to the bed rails. I'll post some more pics once its on the truck. Below is also a pic of what I'm modeling it after.

 

Do u mind share $ numbers? It was DIY project? Difficult ? Wonder cost of the part and I would have to quote a mechanic for labor. Sounds a good mod for my list to do on dec/2020 until loan gets paid off,

 

Can someone lend some insight on what the charcoal canister effects? Does it effect vacuum on the fuel system? I'm trying to narrow down a non starting issue.
Thanks for your help

 

Lol freakin perfect
Same thing I noticed