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

I changed out my supposedly two bad coils today. Time will tell if the problem reappears and i have a bigger issue that may require an O-scope to validate the ECU is trash. I’d probaly go through and clean up any ground corrosion before i do just to eliminate that as an issue.

After that it may get rolled off a cliff.

 

Hope it works out for you, would hate to see a FGT bite the dust!

 

If I were you, I'd have done this months ago.

 

Yesterday, I installed a pair of fenders that I had bought and painted a couple of weeks ago. I'm not much of a body man, but my panel gaps still look better than Cybertruck!

 

We like pics, like, a, lot

 

Progress(in a British accent) on my power area for the coola and other activities. As usual, I need to buy more steel. Hoping to have it all built, and waiting for wire by this weekend

 

Tundras.com should pitch in and buy @Jack McCarthy a replacement just for all the content he's generated for them over the years!!!

 

I flushed out my power steering fluid and put some fresh dexron in there. Will be doing more maintenance soon.

 

@Jack McCarthy just needs to fly down to TX and drive back in a new to him best gen with no rust

 

I second this. Although, we've had a hell of a lot of good inventory within 100 miles of ATL recently.

 

I forget how dirty/dusty life in the desert is.

 

A lot of the cinders are still back there too.

 

which he Fluid Films or Woolwaxes at least every fall.

 

@shifty` shiftster, be sure to take the circlips off when you make those ball joints your bitch tomorrow.

 

I almost bought one back in 2018, but it was WHITE and i didn't want to have to plug my phone in to use GPS on the dash screen.

 

Only if RC 5.7

 

https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/d/san-antonio-toyota-tundra-trd-x-access/7660937753.html

Literally get a do-over on your truck

 

Pretty nice condition and fair price. No mileage listed though.

 

Replaced my condenser today and some o-rings. Got a few more things to do tomorrow and will hopefully get her vacuumed and recharged next week.

 

I like the efan mod. I need to do this.

 

I dunno, she's burbling above that rear fender flare. Might be a transplant truck

 

5VZ owners rejoice! Magnuson has updated their supercharger to the gen 3 version from MP62 to TVS1320

https://magnusonsuperchargers.com/p...percharger-system?_pos=1&_sid=112d1e97f&_ss=r

For comparison the MP62 produced a 25% increase in HP/TQ.
While the TVS1320 produces a 42% increase in HP and 23% increase in TQ



Gen 1/Gen 2 -- 237 HP, 275TQ (MP62)



Gen 3 -- 270HP, 270TQ (TVS1320)
Still no intercooler but they claim the gen 3 is maintenance free which is new.

 

Replacing my lower control arms and new cam bolts...Loctite yay or nay?

 

No but it's recommended you lower the truck down and cycle the suspension before you torque everything to spec. That's what I did. I may not be explaining that the best but you probably get the idea.

 

How hard was that? What was wrong with your old one?

 

My old one had a puncture in it and all the freon leaked out. Easy to replace, just move the trans cooler and other parts out of the way. Normally if you have any freon in your truck this isn't something you should DIY. If you don't have the tools you'll need to get the freon evacuated by an AC shop.

 

Yup. Errr'y time. That definitely isn't why they wouldn't come out. I just couldn't manage to finagle things together. I've at least got another pair of unskilled hands available today (son, wife) that can help hold new adapters in place while clamping stuff if needed. But if I can't manage to find a way to point the knuckle outside the wheel well enough, I'm just pulling the f'n knuckles this time. Got a full 3-day weekend and nowhere to go, I'm not sick and on drugs this time, just gonna take my time and hack through one step at a time. Ugh, I sound like an old fart, man.

Yeah, given the rust bubbles I'm seeing above the rear driver's fender, and the hints of orange I'm seeing on the frame, and the lack of frame or engine bay pics, I'm guessing the frame is not @shifty` approved.

I know the trucks with fender trim instead of plastic flares will sometimes rust there naturally, but ... shouldn't be the cast with plastic fender flare bedside.