1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

That just makes me sad.

 

@whodatschrome can probably fix em.

 

Dammit. I needed the driver's side doors.

 

I‘ve been working on my engine swap truck all morning. I just came over for lunch 5 minutes ago and now i see this. I’m pretty sure if i had a couple 55 gallon drums of bondo, concrete pump truck, and a cement trowel i could get that rolled 1st gen lookin pretty good from 20’ away...at night.

 

I gotta be honest, I would love to have a Yota junkyard. If I win the lottery, I'm doing it. And nothing will be for sale to the public. I have mental issues.

 

This is real tempting. It shows pending right now though. There's a reason I don't get on marketplace right now. I don't have the funds or room for anything else at the moment. That truck doesn't look like it's got a lot of good body panels left either.

 

You might be distant cousins with @empty_lord

 

Has anyone with SPC UCA's had to replace their upper ball joints yet? Mine have over 30k miles on them now. I found that Auto Zone sell them which surprised me. $132 for replacement ball joints. Toytech wants $174.

 

I wanna say the silver trucks UBJ's have around 60~ish K miles. I haven't even considered it yet TBH

 

I got a pair in 2022 for $134 shipped here, they went up $5 by then:

https://www.headstrongoffroad.com/s...ment_Greasable_Ball_Joint_(PAIR)_-_25001.html

If you have SPCs, I reccomend reading this from SPC and looking at figure 3 on where to check for play. https://www.spcalignment.com/partFAQ/25001_FAQ.pdf

I did have to replace one that made noise and this helped me diagnose.

 

Looking around the net today I found a 79 pickup 2wd at a salvage yard. I so want to swap it with a 5vz, supercharger and slam it! Old school mini truck.
https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ctd/d/dallas-1979-toyota-pick-up/7660971950.html

 

You own a dial indicator or you just eyeballed it? How many miles did you get out of that one?

 

No, I didn't use a dial indicator. On one side of the truck, I could feel play in the green arrow and replicate the noise I was hearing when I grabbed the spindle and UCA. Some vertical movement is normal due to the internal wear spring (play at the red arrow). Want to say I got at least 30k out of it?

 

I’m enjoying this truck

 

Is your service drive inside your shop?

 

I've thought about replacing mine but probably won't til I hit 300k on the clock. I think I installed the SPCs 50k ago. But now I wonder if that's what's squeaking.

 

Approved.

 

What bumper is this?

 

Ivan Stewart edition.

 

This is the not for sale one, right?

 

So I did a bit of plumbing before bed. I figured out how to remove the stopper for the tub in the master bathroom so that I could get all of the hair out of the drain. I was tired of taking a bath with my shower. It was a bit more invasive than the stopper in the hall bathroom.
After removing the hair, the wife claims that is not her hair. She believes that it belongs to the old woman who used to live here. I find that funny because I did not have a drainage issue until a month ago, three months after we moved in.
She also claims to have seen the widow‘s husband’s ghost who died on 2016. I have yet to experience this. However, I say, bring it on. Confirmed haunted Airbnbs brings more money

 

yup, supercharged manual 4x4 94k mile 1998 tacoma sitting on the last brand new 1st gen tacoma xtracab 4x4 frame

 

Most things are for sale at the right price. Empty would probably let that one go for $60 in cash.

 

60 grand? maybe. heres the run down of everything so far

TRD headers
TRD supercharger
Fresh gaskets for the valve covers and other odds and ends
new frame
new suspension completely
Elocker is working
4x4 working
new steering rack + tie rods, ball joints etc
New p/s lines
all original interior.. filled with dog hair, but working on that
have an appointment to have all the dents pulled
getting a new bedside on the passenger side thanks to a bumper whack before i owned it
the cap has been on it since new, the blower has as well.
fresh LCE dual comp clutch
I do have a TRD boost gauge im trying to get working properly that'll be going in it too
a haltech 2500 is planned for better run ability without it looking out of place

 

Does the back half of the cab open like an AC?

 

no. xtracabs are just 2 door. very small jump seats in the back. great for amputees or children

 

Or a small system.

 

yea.. people think im crazy. but im even keeping the stock radio in this.. its like getting in a time machine. it feels like im a kid again riding around in the truck my dad had when i was a little kid, only difference is this ones a v6

 

Virus Activity on lunch. I don't have a garage, and I don't need the temp. All I need is the compass and auto dim. Looking like it's gonna work out.

 

This compass is spooky accurate