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

I can judge a place on its laws just fine, that state isn’t for me.

That’s enough of that.
here’s a truck

 

No build page, for a couple reasons:
1) it would just be plagiarizing other build threads
2) this has been a 15 year build, so a build page would've been booooooooring!

 

Went up to Flagstaff with the GF and got a bed full of wood to burn at home while up there. Went well, but shitty traffic both up and down the mountains

 

New ARB bumper.

 

@Kwikvette

 

Man that looks sexy.

My ARB is sitting against the side of my house

Breakfast is first though

 

Dropped my transmission this morning to replace the oil pump seal. While under the truck I noticed a very small puddle of antifreeze...keep in mind the truck has been sitting in the same spot on jack stand for over a week now. My first thought was that my heater valve must be leaking again, maybe it finally found its way to the floor somehow. Upon further investigation the heater valve is dry as a bone. The coolant appears to be coming from the back of the driver side head? I looked all over up top, and haven't found anything. What is this that's leaking? Or where else could the leak be coming from? It's certainly coming from the drivers side

 

@Empty_Lord

 

Good chance it’s the coolant bypass pipe leaking. Under the intake plenum. They leak and fill the valley up till they leak out the back of the block

 

This. Mine was leaking coolant in the same spot, ending up being the coolant bypass pipe. Not the easiest job, but definitely doable. If that is the issue, make sure to replace the knock sensor wiring harness while you're in there, they tend to get brittle.
Edit: @kuntry09

 

Replaced old/broken leaf springs w/ relevant hardware and rear shocks this past weekend. First time really working on vehicles mostly by myself (with some friends' help). It rides much better now.

Edit: pictures
Also I snapped my parking brake cable last night so that’s fun. It was rusted out.

 

Parts are coming in my clutch replacement



Also took the fan bracket off and now waiting for the new one to get here, hopefully it fixes my squeal. Took the belts off this weekend and it went away so

 

Reinstalled my bed rack



Only did so to make space in my storage for my winch



Itll be awhile till I get those UCAs and winch installed.

 

Also since I replaced my cracked radiator with a Champion radiator and want to swap back (since they don't have the best reliability) what would be the best course of action? Get my cracked one repaired, just buy new, or go with a Vatozone (etc.) special?

 

Is your engine a replacement or a reman, I see an overheat sticker on it. Toyota doesn't do that OEM that I know of.

 

I think you can get a denso on Amazon For like $100 w/Prime. I believe they were the OEM, or maybe it was Koyo? Part #’s vary based on auto or manual trans as well as engine if I remember correctly

 

Seems like they only make ones for Autos, no manual option on their Website

https://densoautoparts.com/find-my-part.aspx#searchResults

 

Yeah I forgot about rockauto, which brand did you get? There's only a handful of manual options

 

*Surprised Pikachu*



Good thing my spare is good!

Oh.

 

Way to be prepare