What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

Couldn't have said it better myself

 

@des2mtn and @shifty` thanks for the thorough explanations as always! I think I understand now. Still need to let my thick skull marinate in it a little more.

 

I just followed the directions on the packaging, it works great.

 

Just dust, haha.

 

I keep a detailers brush on my desk for this reason. That and a vacuum work wonders once a year to prevent such nastiness. Rubbing alcohol wipes from a first aid kit or eyeglass lens cleaning wipes will get the dead skin funk off your keys in a jiffy. Computer off when doing it though...

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Looks a lot like a shaving brush.

 

Shaving brush is more squat and fat. This is about 3/4" - 1" wide at the head.

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/carrand/carrand-vent-brush/hopc/93043

 

I dry ice my keys about once a month. Keeps them shiny, clean, and cool.

 

Fire. I think it requires fire at this point. Then burial. Then cap with concrete pad.

 

Spit and a tissue work well too.

 

Don’t read too much into it.

 

TWSS

 

My 04 has fogs on the stalk.

 

I don't even know where to get dry ice or how you would go about using it that way

 

Toxic plastic fumes though. Burn with extreme caution

 

This is what he meant. Gotta use the leftover dry ice for something…
https://youtu.be/d1UHzx1JUeo

 

I accidentally read too much into it. Now I have sins to repent. Thanks Bill.

 

My driver door check has been gimped for years after the sheet metal got torn away. I had to cut away a small area and hammer on some others to get a surface flat enough to engage the nuts with the added thickness of the reinforcement plate. Also had to recut the threads on one of the studs since it had gotten mangled from years of banging against jagged sheet metal.

I'll still baby this door since there isn't a lot left to support the reinforcement but I was pleased to discover that door check still functions properly. My rear door checks both need to be replaced or rebuilt.

 

There is a guy on the Facebook page that sells repair kits for the door. He doesn't charge a lot.

 

For the door check or sheetmetal?

 

For the torn sheet metal in the door. Fairly common issue apparently. Same guy that sells the little reinforcement plates to help avoid the same issue.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/1st-gen-lunch-table-general-discussion.60450/page-502#post-2216636

 

$25 bucks shipped for some good looking laser cut parts is a killer deal.

Edit:
welp, add that to the list!

 

I got a 4 door pack from firstgentundra.com for $45 last year along with a rear diff breather relocation kit.

 

Disconnected the front sway bar today. Having Lots of cranking sounds and sure enough it was the sway bar. Had torqued it but still made noise.

Running smooth and silent. Thinking ima leave it off. Read a few have it off and their 700lb springs do well enough.

 

I removed mine and installed a rear sway bar. Really liking the setup, not much sway at all but a little more articulation up front off road.

 

Which one did you go with?

 

I believe it was the Addco rear sway bar from SDtrucksprings