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

Welded one of these on my truck. Too tired to do the other one.

 

It's a DIY using my Yakima cross bars, wire overhead garage storage rack and 1x2 aluminum extrusions. I call it the wtf-is-that rack.

 

I ordered a new Denso pump and a sock. I figured the bed is off, the pump is over 13 years old and it might not get any easier later

 

Probably a good idea, those socks get seriously nasty. Lemme know how hard it is to change, I have to change my sending unit and pump when turbo comes along. Until then I just guess in the fuel haha.

 

Pressure washed and applied NHOU to the entire undercarriage. Time will tell if it is better than fluid film.

 

It's not fun. With the bed off it would be easy though.

 

Done for the night. Matching sides. Just need to finish some braces. Clean up my edges and weld up.

 

Looks good!! You didn’t have any sliders before? I need some where my lady can step on go get in the truck mine currently hide a bit inside

 

Had running boards before the big tires. With the lift and not having any kind of step poses a bit of an obstacle for the vertically challenged.

My GF and her two daughters are all under 5'1". Watching them try to get in is funny. I may need and additional (removable) step for them.

 

Haha, yeah I’ll need to order some soon. Which sliders do you recommend ? Or maybe I can just extend my sliders I’ll have to see

 

Kept breaking my stock Toyota key so I switched up and tried the chipped style key from the newer Toyotas.

 

I'd say they all work just fine, but it depends on how much you intend to abuse them. I wanted to try making my own. Seemed like a good DIY project for a novice welder.

 

Thank you!!!! Fender delete was complementary of the desert

 

https://youtu.be/uwxh20cg8OY






finally got the truck out and had some fun

 

Took some pics of the RCI skids, played around with my sliders a little to try and figure out placement and hit 160k today (yes I took the pic while driving).
Yes that is a tractor, bobcat and sawmill in the background

 

Mounted my air compressor and installed transmission cooler.
Question about the transmission cooler. After I added the radiator and ran the truck until it warmed up. then before adding more oil I checked the level and it was at the correct mark. Not sure what the level was before. Anyone who did this, how much oils did you guy have to add after the cooler installation?
Thanks

 

they seem to hold up better. but i've just gotten more all metal keys for my truck. aint no breaking them

 

Spooled winch line, wired Rigid light, fixed door handle, picked up Maxtrax, got new snatch block, got d-ring isolators, got new ratchet straps, painted door trim, and added some stickers lol

 

I just replaced the radiator/tranny cooler in my wife's Subaru. I ran into the same situation where the install of the new cooler didn't require any additional tranny fluid. From the research I did, it looked like there is actually only a negligible amount of fluid in the cooler itself and most of it is in the tranny, converter and lines. I'd imagine it's the same for you. Worst comes to worst, add a bit and call it good.

 

Yea I’ll probably drive it around a little and Check the level again and top it off if anything.

Thanks