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

I have some Snap-on crowsfoot flare wrenches if you want to borrow them. I bought the HF ones but they were too loose,so I returned them.

 

Cool trick... The HF O2 socket is okay if you use a worm drive clamp to cinch the bottom when you have it on the sensor.

Awesome to have someone willing to share harder to access tools though

 

Fuck UTVs and ATVs.

Out here, almost every single one I've encountered has been driven by an ignorant, inconsiderate, oblivious ass. They have no problem going off trail and jacking up the vegetation, and are typically clueless to normal trail etiquette. And then they look at you like you're the one harshing their buzz.

 

I just pulled off and waved as they passed. Not really a big deal.

 

Mine is very sporadic with this. Sometimes it'll seal up and doesn't come back on, others it will never seal and most of the time it seals but once it's under load it leaks. Seems to always stay engaged but I do worry about it popping out and destroying itself.

I talked to ECGS and he made it sound like the carrier is flexing causing things to leak. I'm sending it in whenever I'm OK with having the rig down for two weeks.

 

Installed cruise control. I ordered all the parts and a used steering wheel from a Tundra with cruise. Usually the dismantlers pull the control stalks to sell separately but this one came with the speed control stalk and my 2004 V6 4x4 Manual Xtracab had both the clutch switch and a fully populated brake switch installed already.

So all I really had to do was swap steering wheels and I had functional cruise.

Cruise Control! by chris tsay, on Flickr

If anyone is looking to do the same I've got all the parts you need...
Untitled by chris tsay, on Flickr

-chris

 

What kind of projectors and halo did you use?

 

I'll be honest I'm not sure I had Tyler hall build them. I know they are H1 not sure what brand he used though

 

Oh man! The million $ question!!!

 

Ah, thanks anyway. Truck looks sick.

Where do y'all ride around here? I know there are a few ORV parks around, besides that I've only been up Horse Pasture Rd.

 

Pulled the trigger today and ordered the snow water meth injection kit, hopefully in a few weeks will be installed.
Can't wait to feel the added power difference and to drop those supercharger temps by 100 degrees, that will be a sweet combination,

 

Thanks for the tip there, but the sensors are already done, they came out real easy. (Arizona truck, no rust.) It's the fuel filter I was working on, everything on that came undone easy too, except for the rear flare nut, that's jammed up solid for some reason.

 

swapped this bad boy out today

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tiffany-the-taco.374490/page-6#post-15457575

 

I swear by PB Blast. Spray it, leave it for a day and then come back to it.

 

I use 50% acetone/50% ATF to break stuff loose. Unfortunately the rest of my weekend is busy, no time to wrench. So I'll throw some on next Thursday night and start on it fresh Friday morning.

 

Kroil is the best. I bought one can and no joke that one can lasted three years and two cars. I've never had much luck with the others

 

There's not a lot to choose from. It's Atleast a hour ride for me whichever place I go. I know Richland road in Morganton it's a lot more aggressive than horse pasture though. I've rode hurricane creek I broke down on that trail. It's about a 2 hour drive though. There's slim picking around here

 

Everytime I load this thread... Bam... Taco dong

 

He used cheap version. I believe the acme h1. I would recommend going h1 7.0 or d2s 4.0. We gonna use D2S when I built Brannon's new ones

 

Thanks, I'll probably check those out. I'm in Upstate SC and everything is private property.

All of the Utah/Colorado/PNW guys really make me want to move.