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

Valve cover gasket seems a-ok. Had the truck about 3 weeks and on Saturdays have knocked out:

spark plugs
Valve cover gasket
Cylinder cover gasket
Distilled coolant flush and replace
Manual transmission flush and replace with redline
Oil Change
Air filter / cabin filter
Throttle body remove and clean
MAF clean

not going to do the rear diff since i’ll be swapping a truetrac in pretty soon.
Next up is brake pads, brake flush, front wheel bearing replacement. Think that will cover all the deferred and/or preventative maintenance at 130k.

 

Yes ,the smell

 

Knocked out some BAMF hangers today. These things are solid!

 

replaced both cv axles.

 

Got it stuck while solo for the first time since I bought it. There was nothing close enough to attach my winch cable to (next step was attaching it to a traction boards and burying it). A good amount of elbow grease and a shovel and i was able to get out and on with the adventure.

 

Fixed a leaking (not ripped) 3 month old CVJ axle boot.

 

I’ve got one starting to leak out the outer side also. Was it just a new clamp to fix? If so what banding/clamping tool to did you use?

 

One word can explain this: Union.

 

Oetiker crimp tool.

Knipex side jaw. Knipex both side jaw. Cheap weak generic kind. Amateur screw type. Pro screw type. Take your pick.

assuming it’s that and not some weird Toyota one that it might be. Where it has to clip together in one spot rather than squish. Forget what I jury rigged to do that. Might have even squeezed it with two flat heads.

hardest part if you separate a hose clamp is putting it back together with the little multiple teeth at the end fully seated back into the square holes, engaged, good shape to them

 

The alternative wasn’t any better.

 

Rebuilt my calipers. Wow were they in bad shape. Far worse than I thought.
Took me about five hours to do the two calipers. Before assuming that I’m completely incompetent YES I did try to blow the pistons out with my air compressor but they wouldn’t move. Had to pry them out.
Glad I did it though because I found black/gray stuff in the fluid.
Just wish I would have known what I was in for, I would have bought refurb from the parts store and put the Toyota rebuild kit parts on.

 

burned the clutch one time going up gatekeeper gonna forget pretend that didn’t happen and knock on wood no further issue

lesson learned for the future
Line up, back up
commit to a full send launch in gas to spin tires with momentum

 

Took my truck in to have the rear brakes done... The shop literally dumped the dust then blew everything out, put the drum back on and said have a nice 3-4 years till we see you again.. lol 110k miles on the truck.. Zero $$$ spent!!

 

I need to get my bleeder valves replaced…mine are stuck and preventing me from doing my BBK kit up front. Can’t bleed the brakes without the rear bleeders.

 

Kinda surprised they blew out the brake dust. That's not kosher in most shops.

 

I mean I wasn't there, but thats what he said..

 

Finally got around to removing the pelfreybilt swingout rear bumper that came on the truck and put the factory rear bumper back on to make it easier towing a trailer.

 

Just got this 2013 Sport. Spent a ton of time wiping down the interior while I wait for parts to arrive. Replaced the taillights as one had been superglued. Then removed the rusted on tow hitch.