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

Where were you with this info 2 or 3 weeks ago? Haha.
In all seriousness though, all the ones I found when searching were closer to $100.

 

Replaced parking brake cables and drums/shoes while I was at it. Was not able to remove bolts on top of the frame for the brake cables, oh well

 

Truck looks great! What kind of sliders are you running?

 

Thanks man. The sliders are from SOS concepts.

 

Replaced plugs in my new ro me 2014. Pulled one on Thursday to inspect and see if they needed replacing. It was such a pain to get out that I decided to pull the coils yesterday, hit then with a little PB blaster and let them sit over night. They were still pretty "crunchy" coming out. 3 Densos and 3 NGKs with gaps from .065 all the way up to .074. Originals? Not sure but they have certainly been in there a long time. Replaced with 6 NGKs. Also removed the mud flaps. Looks so much less grandpa now.

 

Must have been oem plugs. 3 Denso in one head and 3 NGK in the other head. How many miles on them. I am at 88.5k miles and plan on maybe doing plugs at 90k.

 

133k

 

Replaced original plugs, all fluids, hoses, belt, pcv, and original front brake pads on my old 2012 at 140k miles before I sold it to my son. It ran fine but the new plugs def improved throttle response. He has over 185k miles now and still runs like new.

 

Yesterday added the exterior/interior temperature, I know I know it’s useless but it was $5 bucks lol!



Another charging port.

 

Soak in Kroil Oil, expensive but worth it's weight in gold.
Will not find a better penetration.

 

Left the 2g Taco and moved into a T4R today. Bittersweet. But the SUV is much better for family life.

 

Had an oops about 800 miles from home on the 4th and had to make some repairs in a campground so I could safely get the truck home...borrowed a lug from the driver's side and stuck to pavement for the trip home.

 

The frequency and depth of the dents were getting concerning. I made a diff guard out of scrap 2"x1/4" steel flat bar we had in the drop pile. It isn't pretty but it should work.

 

What was the oops? How did you shear three studs??

 

Sold it yesterday…

It’s been real, it’s been fun, it’s been real fun.

 

Details. Why ? How many miles ? Price ? Replacement vehicle ?

 

No idea exactly when it happened, if it was a single hit, or if it was cumulative abuse.

Wheel torque was good when I left on the trip. I checked the torque before my last trip when O did a tire rotation and again when I go home because I picked up a bad vibration on that trip. Then I torqued them again before I left on this trip as part of my pre departure checklist.

I slid the drivers side into a ditch with the trailer hooked up a couple days before I started losing lugs and did some heavier wheeling with the trailer hooked up the night before/morning of the failure. The failure happened after about 4 hours of pavement driving that involved some twisties and really hot brakes but nothing that would have caused them to snap. The remaining lugs on that wheel were a little rusty compared to the drivers side that I borrowed a lug from.

 

It had just under 210k and i sold it for $5,400. It was having issues with the front brakes and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong nor the shop I took it to who “fixed” it. So that was an $1,800 mistake. I was daily driving it around town and it was fine for the most part but I’ll be driving to texas from minnesota soon for some training and didn’t quite feel comfortable with that distance. I informed the guy of the issues and he took it.

I put it up on FB Marketplace and after 4 hours, I had cash in hand for it and 37 hits.

On Tuesday I’m going to look at a 2013 Silverado. I know, I know, I’m going to take some heat for that but it’s got way more creature comforts, more space and has 4x4. Not to mention almost half the mileage on it!