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

Why not interrupt the green and yellow signal from the ECU? Less amp draw. Less chance of failure.

 

Where you live they have club break in party’s so everyone is up to date on how to bust into them.

 

I had a buddy that had a big ass club that was a stun gun. He had a key chain remote to turn it on or off. Thing was vicious!

 

Not sure why I didn’t do that. Most of the write-ups I looked through used the power wire for the pump.

I might go and re-do it.

 

Oh I can break one open with a Bic pen cap.

But it’ll scare away the meth heads.

If someone really wanted my truck, they can just tow truck or a flat bed and roll it out of here.

 

http://www.stungunweapon.com/autotaser2.html
this is the one he had.

 

LOVE the WWii nose art motiff.

What are the tubes you have hoseclamped along the frame for? I'm thinking a long antenna, in which case I am stealing this idea as I've been trying to figure out where to stash a 9' CB whip.

 

Wrap it in wire loom, make it look factory, and hide it well.

This doesn't stop compression, FYI- it just stops the fuel. I'd cut the power side, like you did- not the ground like I've heard a lot of folks recommend (the pump can cstill see ground through its body), though I would break the circuit with a switched relay, not a switch, personally. I wouldn't go crazy with worry about stopping theft- do what you can, but realize when it comes down to it, flatbeds are a thing, and NOTHING will stop a winch and a flatbed with a determined thief operating them. This is what insurance is for.

In short, well done.

 

What's the frame in the back? 2X4s? I may have to steal that idea for kayak and sheet goods transport.

 

Sadly, "no longer available".

 

I believe those are the reservoirs for his coilovers.

 

Where are you in GA? And why have I not seen you in any of the local threads??

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/georgia.147/

 

I've been running the LCE big brake kit for the past few years. It uses the smaller 13WE calipers. It was definitely an improvement over the Tacoma brakes, but I've had some issues. The rotors warped within 2 years or so and I had to have them turned quite a bit to get the back to true. Also, the Hawk pads that come with the kit are nothing more than a brake dust factory. Now the calipers need to be rebuilt due to the pistons seizing.

For that reason I decided to go ahead and get the 13WL upgrade and see if I have better luck. I was surprised to find that, while the calipers are significantly larger, the rotors are actually the same size. Pics:

 

I'd check. It's not a location-dependant issue. You're aware of the frame issues with these trucks, right?

 

Another shot of the D2S

 

Side bars and legs are 1x3 steel tube. The rest of the rack is 1x2 steel tube.

It's in my build thread https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...irth-and-new-adventures.523955/#post-17139327

 

Even better. I imagine it would double as a workbench if dismounted. Is it readily dismountable, and what's it weigh?

 

I have one. It did fine on the front, but wouldn't budge the rear line nut. How many different ways can I say this?

 

It's not readily dismountable from my truck. The angle iron (base rails) are mounted under my side boxes. I'd have to take the side boxes off, to get the rack off.

Not sure exactly what it weighs, but it wasn't so heavy that it was difficult for me and my 17 year old son to mount it.

 

Well, poop.
My LTFT is high when I'm running down the road, low when at idle. I also threw a CEL for O2 sensor a few months back, so I figured that's the best place to start in trying to get the trim back to an acceptable level. Instead of a 10 minute job, I broke off a stud and had to drop the Y-pipe. Now I get to weld in a new stud, probably 2. Yay!