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

Thanks to a good ole Texas Aggie on here, I have a second fog light switch . I cannibalized the switch that came with the AuxBeams and wired the white bright lights into that second fog light switch. I also tapped into the marker light circuit to power the amber DRL lights on the pods. Supper happy with this .

https://youtu.be/q6TCMBke1D4?si=4b9Rn0ZOtFcooTp0

 

Ooh, me so jelly...

 

What they said ^^

Only thing I can add is this. If you really want to test/verify before you cut/solder/shrink, get some Posi-taps. They'll let you cleanly tap into the wires you intend to use with a simple pinhole to pierce the sheath of each wire. When you remove the tap, simply paint over the tiny pinhole with GB liquid electric tape, and you'll never have a problem with water/moisture intrusion. It absolutely won't cut/fracture wires like typical scotchlok/t-tap connectors will do.

 

@03Limited

Yes! I forgot to add this little nugget of advice as well. I just learned of their existence from @shifty` and have a few packs on order.

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-VdDxS...MIq7qHrPGPhgMVyh-tBh1phQ98EAQYASABEgLFVvD_BwE

 

Super easy to use. Watch this and you may even reconsider solder. You'll see why they're non-invasive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93JYQc1bG20​

 

Anyone have a source or a general direction to purchase KO blanks for our dash? I used the small square to the left of the steering wheel for my remote, and marked it up quite a bit.

 

Are you asking about the square circled on the right?

 

Correct!!

 

I have a spare one at home I'll send you. Unsure on color. I can take a pic when I get to the house. PM me your addy.

 

My brother! I really appreciate that, but (shockingly) the dealership has the oak colored pc for $10. I appreciate the gesture, my friend.

55539-06010-E0 - the E is for the oak color, but this is how the part # starts.

 

That's even better because I do know that the one I have is NOT oak.

 

You have to be careful with plastics at this point. Toyota has been defaulting to oak on everything these days.

 

So keep some gold spray paint around?

 

Well it's a damn good thing my interior is oak!

Hell yeah. I have the duplicolor touch up pen for the exterior, just need to find the interior one. Pretty sure Toyota calls it "Beige".

 

Yeah I wanted to get the axle installed before I bought spacers. I think I'm still going to need 1" on all 4 corners.

No thanks, it's a semi daily driver so can't take the chance of the ass end kicking out on the gf if it ever rains. I'll patiently wait for an lsd to hit the junkyard.

New gas cap solved some evap codes I had that was preventing the evap monitor to set and a new air filter went in as well. Passed smog and ready for an oil change tomorrow once it hits 165k.

Needs that lowering kit installed asap.

 

I inadvertently lied to you. Turns out I don’t have one at all

 

Rolled over to 271k miles. Slooooowly creeping towards the million. Should hit it around 2315AD.

 

Got my Rockauto order, now just gotta install- all 4 02sensors, platinum plugs, air filter, got the new steering shaft seal on hand too.

Too much timing using the truck, not enough time working on it.

Got a load of slate today for a new patio, I was told it’s approximately 450sqft, I felt like this was a full enough load and have about a beds worth left to pick up this weekend.

Also gave it a quick wash yesterday

 

Curses! And it was oak after all!

 

No, I knew the oak didn’t have one. I was certain the charcoal had one

 

Doesn't really count since it's a first gen Tacoma, but I decided to make it a little easier to sell and replaced the belts today. Will also replace a CV axle. That's about all I'm willing to do. But way too old belts and a torn CV boot aren't good selling points.

 

I want one in this condition that's manual, 2WD, 4cyl, power windows, good frame.

 

Where you located?
I always wanted a cool steel/lavender steel metallic Tacoma.

Or is that horizon blue metallic?

Those colors can be hard to identify in pics because they are similar and both change some in different lighting.

 

Just take out the t-case and front diff and there you go!

I'm in Montana. The color in this light was good. In some light, it's weathered into what some like to argue is purple. Or I guess lavender as you wrote.

 

I also have terrible ideas.

 

It's not perfect, but there's no rot. And I'm not sure what happened to the body under the passenger side door. Was like that when I bought it, and at the time was the only body rust. Now it has a couple rock chips etc with little rust spots. Good friend bought it brand new when I knew him in college. Sold to another friend of mine at 120,000 miles. I bought it from that friend at 189,000.

I know how much we all love frame photos.

 

Aaahhhhh.

I had an 83. Even found an earlier model to swap grills & headlights so I could get round headlights. Don't have my photos handy unfortunately. Those were the best looking trucks Toyota ever built.

 

Looking at my photos, I realize how much corrosion has happened just in the last few year. They started using more corrosive road treatments a few years back. Too bad.

Everything about my Tacoma is 'well used, not abused, maintained, but certainly not immaculate'.

 

Partially joking, but how much for one of those dimmer controls from your parts hoard?
Mine was busted off, most likely from someone's knee... in the accident. I was able to drill a tiny hole in the shaft and screw on a knob, redneck style