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

Yeah, for sure. But after a long day of rusty bolts you don’t give a $hit. Lol.

 

After how things seem to match fairly decent (And considering that this will most likely be dirty most fo the time) I elected to move things forward and put two coats of clear coat on the bed and tailgate today. I see now I missed drilling a hole for the fender flare, so will will need to drill that but overall not bad for my first attempt at bodywork, I'll call the spots that aren't perfect just part of my 'learning experience'

Will be interesting to see how 'off' things are out in the sun.

oh and I ordered a new tailgate latch, the old one is stuck in the old tailgate. . .

 

Making plans....

 

is that a scotch and some graph paper? Lol

 

Jack Daniels and a Computation Notebook, get it right.

 

lol. I like your style. Haha

 

Fab’n something up?

 

A flatbed for the taco. At least, I hope it ends up flat.

 

nice man!! I want one too. Let me know how it goes!

 

It'll get posted up here. I have a lot of ideas, but never enough time.

 

True. Def down to see what you come up with. Keep it light man.

 

Yeah thats the plan. Did some rough math, I'm pretty sure I can keep it under the weight of the OEM bed, or close to it.

I found one build out on the internet that someone did in texas, they built it all up on a taco, then weighed it, and it was 820 lbs. So they added airbags. Definitely not going down that road.
http://discussions.texasbowhunter.c...0dc7216a6ede171bd5414d14f4c4c&t=691478&page=2

 

What is the weight on the stock bed? I've asked before and never found out.

 

I actually haven't found a good number, my best guess is 250-300 lbs.


I've got mine on sawhorses in the garage, i should sit down and figure out a good way to weigh it.

 

Went crawling on my buddy’s short track rock course, locked all 4 up, and lit them up, had the supercharging whining nicely! I was on my belly, so all 4 tires were at minimal contact, so I warmed up the crawlers! Then I backed up, and made it thru.

 

Just picked these up

 

did yo do wires?

could also be the Cam sensor

or maf.

 

Well check the plugs, Easy and affordable to do now.

there isn't another fuel filter however your fuel pump has a small filter and it could be full or pump failing. Though on mine the pump was failing and it just wouldn't start. No codes. I guess the fuel regulator could go bad but pretty rare for that to happen. But these trucks are old enough anything is possible now.

 

yeah that’s way overkill. I’ve seen a bunch and they are all like that. I like the ones on crawlers. They are not as practical but light and cool looking.

 

My afternoon.
Quick sand, primer coat, few top coats.
New grill