What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

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Thanks

 

had FJ visors in rear for a while
Double cab
Noticed handle screw cap fell off and magically disappeared

Oh well
Weight reduction

Also got behind if anyone’s curious beefed up 3d printed coat hangers

a MOLLE rack or net would be nice
If compatible…

 

Installed the Guild Outfitters outlet upgrade kit. Now I have somewhere to plug in my laptop.

 

A much needed cleaning after winter.

 

cue Randy Marsh IMG in front of the computer

 

I'm doing all the work myself so I'm just going for parts. I'd assume it would cost a few thousand dollars at least if you were to pay a dealership.

 

Stopped at the parts counter and shot the shit with the people there. Told them I just got the truck so they’ll be seeing more of me lol. Picked up these for the weekend, for $10 more than fel-pro or off brand why not go OEM on this job?

 

felpro rhymes with hell No

 

Put a remanuf denso/toyota alternator in. Looks like when the alternator went it fried my HKB booster too. That alternator is a pain to r/r with the supercharger belt, tensioner, and bracket on the way. I hope this one lasts another 12 years and 110k miles.

 

got me paranoid
what year and miles?
Would you recommend this as preventive maintenance to anyone with similar "stats"(miles etc.) to avoid the hard way of finding out and experiencing issues?

feels like a gamble daily trying to stretch every last mile out of an old part that on any other car would've already been replaced a long time ago
"if it aint broke dont fix it" well if a wheel falls off tomorrow that's not good + part life expectancy

I hope that's a good alt
reman def cheaper than dealer new
I forget but I think reman maybe $150-200, new $350+
where did you get it?
was hoping RockAuto but didn't see reman Denso from them
I think dealer is just new

 

After 13 years on TW this is the 1st negative thing I have ever heard about having a well operating supercharger. I know the standard 4.0 alternator job is pretty easy.

 

2012 with ≈111k miles. It didn't leave me stranded. The battery light came on when I wasn't far from home and I had 11.9v on the X2 battery still. When the truck was running my ultragauge was showing 11.0v. I wouldn't replace it as preventative...it had been making noise for a couple weeks so it knew it was coming just didn't have a chance to diagnose until after the voltage drop.

It's a pain to get to the tensioner pulley for the serpentine and the lower mount bolt on the alternator. Just stuff in the way so it's pretty tight. May have taken less time if I removed the supercharger belt and tensioner instead of trying to work around it.

 

damn. I'll keep an ear open. Thank you. I've got older year and more miles lol.

yeah idk about stranded. Had a belt come off a car, alt stopped charging
barely limped home
half electronics dead inside, turned off radio to save power HVAC etc

 

1GR supercharger belts are a huge pain.

We love when advisors sell them for standard book time and wonder why we get pissy haha.

 

I'm going to try and make a long 14mm open end with a bend to get to the serp tensioner and work around the bracket for the supercharger belt tensioner instead of having to come in between the water pump and crankshaft from under the truck. I wouldn't have needed to remove the heavy relentless IFS skid either.

 

Morimoto “boost bar”. I bought this on Amazon but it was sold as a xenon depot light

$87 Xenon Depot Reverse light System, XTR LP License Plate Light Bar, Universal Flush Mount, fits Any US-Spec Plate Mounts (1x XD.LED400 1x WP322)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081S91LFV

 

laser engraved my switch covers last night... installed in a 3d printed housing to replace the older style rocker switches

 

you spelled ejecto seato wrong