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

Good call on the cooler seals, just about every taco has a leaking tuna can by this point in their life haha

 

Clutch start - focus!

 

Auto will never achieve more smiles per miles than a manual, no matter how advanced they get

of course this is entirely subjective, but let me have my moment

 

Some day I want to drive a rally car set up with a sequential gearbox

 

You realize your images are always broken right? Doesn't seem like you can use the Image embed button with those Dropbox links..

 

I see em... you behind a firewall or something?

 

shows up fine for me

 

ditto

 

I can never see his pics or Spoonmans but I think it's because my work blocks certain websites

 

whens the last time you had to clutch start a vehicle?

also if we really wanna get into it then if three pedals make a truck better then having no spark plugs makes it a real truck so till you bringing Diesel with a manual trans and manual Tcase with lock out hubs or drive flanges then I don't wanna hear how it's more or fun.
Having said that yeah i have one of those in my collection of trucks.

 

Yep.. That one was just starting to seep at the o-ring. Changing those hoses looks to be a pain too. I repositioned the hose clamp directions for future ease of service from below.

 

I decided to try one last thing before I regrease the leaf bushings. And that was to get a little piece of teflon on the pad right next to the bushing. Bounced up and down on it, and its silent. Total, blissful silence.

 

That leaf looks too long, either it needs to be a military wrap or it needs to be shorter, it's rubbing right at the bend

 

Meh, as long as its quiet, idgaf.

 

Update on this, the ping is back. Dunno why it went away for a bit after I removed the CB drop spacer but it looks like I'm going to have to take apart the slip yoke and grease it by hand.

 

Removed my hi-lift from the front bumper.
Removed my load bars and roof basket.
Removed my softopper.

 

Sounds like someone's taking a ball peen hammer and tapping the driveshaft with it, it's a distinct sound for sure. Most of what I read says it's likely the slip yoke since the zerk fitting back there doesn't always get the grease on the splines where it needs to be.

 

Mines been pinging like that for 15 yrs.

 

yeah from what I've seen/heard from others it's not something urgent, but it's annoying as hell to me lol. Especially if you're parked next to another car or a wall or something, it can be pretty damn loud.

 

It's most obvious if there is strain on the transmission. Parked up a hill and put in reverse. Or parked down a hill and put in forward gear.

Mostly, I just hear it going from P to R.