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

No pin holding the axles like domestic. Just unbolt and pull. The third can’t even be removed till the axles are out

 

What kind of doggo is that?

 

Heeler

 

Hell yeah, I appreciate you taking good care of my dream future Tacoma when stuff pops up

 

Make me the right offer and it's yours

 

I always tell anyone who asks... fifty seven thousand dollars and I'll sign the pink right now.


One of these days someone will say "Sold"

I know it

 

Red heelers are the best.

 

Good to know! I was afraid I might be looking at a bigger issue. Hopefully that’ll be it, puts my mind at ease for now. One more project to add to the list

it’s a junkyard replacement. Original motor had HG issues. Which sticker are you referring to, I didn’t know that was a thing.

 

I’m a fan of the floppy ear friends

 

Small steps are being made on @RobertsT4R

Whiteline bushings done

Replaced the bushings in the auto shifter. Feels brand new now.

Did the diff breather

And finally replaced the wiper blades

Still waiting for the Tcase drain plugs to arrive, to change the oil in it... need to grab some more 80w 90 tomorrow so we can change out the rear (for some reason I only have 2.5 quarts)

 

That explains it. It's usually for warranty purposes. So you don't come back to them with your dick in your hands complaining it doesn't work. If they see the center dot on those change color then they know you overheated it and void your warranty. Many reman places put them all over to see where the installer or the customer fucked up, that way they can place blame accordingly.

 

Interesting! I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info!

 

So I rebuilt the front end this weekend. All new MOOG LCAs, LBJs, Inner/Outer Tie Rods and SPC Cam alignment bolts. The whips minus the Wifeys Subaru Outback.

 

Out of curiosity, did you have any front to back movement in the shifter? The new bushings took care of 100% of my side to side movement, but only a little of the front to back. Looking at it I think it's just slop in the linkage, but couldn't figure out where to tighten it up.

 

No shit? Learn something new almost every day

 

Yes, there was front/back and side/side movement.

Did you replace 2 bushings or all of them? We replaced 4 of them. Also... some of the the front/back slack can be taken out, a bit, at the linkage... here



You don't want to go too much on the linkage or you'll have problems with it going all the way in to park... Just loosen the nut, take out the play, and tighten the nut back down.

 

Took my shot at making my front grill. It's not perfect but I think it's not too shabby either. Hope you guys like it.
Before:

After:

 

For the record and future reference, PN 90311-35047 is the INCORRECT PN for the front pump seal on a 3.4 auto trans. Toyotaparts deal has it completely wrong and that PN is not even associated with a Tacoma according to other parts sites. Part Number 90311-38020 is the CORRECT PN for the front pump seal, confirmed by multiple sites and a local dealer. Jokes on me, should have checked...will double check anything else ordered from toyotapartsdeal from now on.

 

Not bad at all

 

Man! For real! That came out great!

Bonus points for originality