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

Because I never thought of that.
I don't know enough about electricity or antennas to know whether or not that's a potentially bad idea. I do know that my truck is already the ground to alot of stuffs haha.
No idea if grounding the antenna would be good, bad, or indifferent.

 

You would be amazed how much easier this thing was to remove. I remember how hot and miserable it was that day. Seemed like it took us forever to install it.

I'm going to remove as much rust as I can then hit it with Rust-Oleum primer and follow up with their Truck Bed spray. I used that in the past for touch up and it's almost a perfect match.

 

This look right?

https://www.toyotanation.com/thread...s3000-remote-keyless-security-system.1775724/

 

I dont know if the rs3000 is where the rs3200 was.behind the gauges on the tundras or not.
I know on the Tacomas it was behind the driver kick panel. But some people reported it being under their driver seat.

I just know it's a grey wire. Lots of info on it on TW.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-increase-oem-keyless-entry-range.406672/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oem-keyless-entry-extended-range-mod.472886/

 

Oh I’ve located mine before. I know where it is. Just didn’t think about the antenna. And my range sucks donkey balls.

 

What sort of range do you get if you hold the remote against your head?

 

My forehead gets better range than my chin

 

Bonus ten feet or so

 

I usually do chin or temple

 

always the temple

 

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You've learned a lot of tips, and tricks along your wrenching journey too. That helps. Plus it was a Florida day that day.

Anyways, I've always used jobs I've done in the past to gauge how much I've learned/grown to current. Constantly comparing myself now, to where I was then.

From your posts alone, your confidence has grown, as well as your general knowledge of "wrenching." When was the last time you mangled something, huh?

 

Time to upset a few folks, potentially hurt some feelings
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C28Hex9SUkw/?igsh=MTVtb3R3cGYzbnE4bw==

 

I mangled a toilet today. Why the hell are the threads on the handle nut backwards? Took me like 20 minutes to fix that thing.

 

Counter rotational threads.its so the nut dont fall off in the tank

 

Where's that dogs ears?

 

Nobody wants their nuts to fall off in the tank.

 

Exactly lol

 

Looks like I might have had a factory amp at one point?? Found these screw holes on the post behind/under the temp controls...can't think of what else they'd be for.

 

You have pictures of anything going on in there? Wire harnesses anything?
Just trying to see if anything is salvageable.

 

That's where a blaster helps. Like up in the compound 45/90 degree buttresses in the back. But looks like you've gotten after it well with the wheel! Those grinders go on sale for $10 sometimes!

 

Whelp that got messy quick. Alsolike 1.25 quarts low...... Might have something to do with my leaky axle seals.
Also judging by the color, this has all the 219xxx mikes on it. No metal on the magnet tho so there's that.

 

How did it smell? And good luck on those axle seals.

 

lol mine definitely had all of the 250k miles as well. It was basically jet black. Thank god it wasnt gunked up

 

Yeah I should have just taken the picture of everything yesterday. I think it's salvageable, but, essentially...

The small, factory, white, 4pin and 8pin connectors, are each hanging by a single white/green wire off to the side. The connector that's currently plugged into the receiver, is crimped straight into the harness. They're just the wire nut style of crimps, so there might be enough factory wire to salvage, splice, and tape without too much problem. The Metra & Soesthbe connectors will be here tomorrow.

I'm curious if the stereo harness, as a whole, can be traced back to a connector(s) on the fuse box under the dash. Or does it splice into some god-forsaken area right behind the firewall?

 

Check the wiring diagram, but S6 looks like the harness you need and at first glance is accessible below the center dash behind the panel where the 12v outlets are.
2001 Tundra EWD429U.pdf

 

It smelled exactly like un burnt 219xxx mile gear oil would smell. Stinky, but not burnt.

 

Same

 

While I was under there I pulled the peacock vent and cleared it so it will vent the axle case pressure now, maybe help slow down the weepiness. And then I just had it with the spare winch slipping on the jacking spindle. So I welded a spare extension I liberated from the junk yard yesterday

 

My guy... a billion likes upon you.