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

My "mix" was just going to be waste oil, but I forgot I had flushed my PS fluid, so the first 5qts was about 80% atf.
Ive installed a few of those rings, that and bar oil would be thick. He must have to brush that on or apply/spray really hot.
Great idea though, makes me want to try that out.

 

Pulled out the plastic Toyota bed liner that had been in there for over 25 years, don’t know if I’ll just put in a bed mat or have it sprayed.

Looks pretty good.

 

I’ll eventually bedline mine, but I prefer a rubber mat over a plastic liner any day of the week.

 

I'd skip the bedliner. Seen too many times where the bed rusted out from underneath as a result. A lot of people rotate thru their trucks before it happens to them. Seems to be worst in the rust belt when water wicks up the bolt shaft and rests up under the edge of the liner.

If you insist on spray liner, make sure the bed bolts get pulled before spraying. Yes, if a shop is doing it they're going to argue, fight, look at you crazy. But they're not the ones who will need to deal with rust later.

 

Pretty sure I’ll do a Westin rubber mat, just touch up some of the rub spots with some primer and lay it in.

 

Washed it.

It is pleased.

That is all.

 

I have a Westin in my truck. I'd prefer a thicker mat, but wasn't willing to pay for one. For what it is, it's great. Pretty cheap, custom fit, stops every little thing you throw in the bed from scratching off paint. And keeps things from sliding around. I hadn't thought of that at all, but a lot of reviews mentioned it. Sure enough, it's pretty "sticky". Not to the touch or anything, but things just don't move around as much in the bed as they used to.

 

Save the money. Get a rubber stall mat from tractor supply and cut to fit as necessary.

 

Good idea, this looks like it would fit perfectly. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-in-thick-rubber-stall-mat

 

That's the one. Length wise was a few inches short on the AC bed, but it's fine. I think I had to trim mine width wise for the extra stuff I added in the bed floor.

 

3/4" thick. Damn. That's what I should have done. Maybe I'll upgrade at some point. The Westin is a bit less than 1/2".

 

A lot. Well, not "today" but finished up the front end this week. Full write up in my thread. New LCA, LBJ, struts, level, cam bolts, rack bushings, inner and outer tie rods, sway bar links, boots, etc.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/dri...ecial-05dc-refresh.133376/page-5#post-3704089



Also did the Loncky steering wheel wrap upgrade this week and turned out great. Will post more detail in thread shortly.

 

Serra Toyota 25% off parts sale back on through 9/12/24. Here's the fine print on the sale and the free shipping for orders over $75.

 

Pretty happy with the quality of these. Had not seen a pic in dark with backlighting. Holy crap were they tight pressing on. Went well into cringe territory on 24 year old plastic HVAC controls. Fan knob is about 1/8" ish further out than the rest, pressed as hard as i dare. Glad my truck cab hasn't seen the heat cycles like you guys get down there in the south (surface of the sun)

 

I had the exact same issue with mine.

 

@BroHon @FirstGenVol those knobs are sitting on a "truck list" I created on Amazon. Looks great, think they will get added to cart when I start buying stereo stuff.

 

Thx for confirming that it's not just mine.

 

Horse mat from tractor supply is a well priced thick hunk of rubber mat. Trim to fit required.

Oh - late to the party.

2nded.

 

I did this on my not Tundra truck and it works great. Sliding items in off the tailgate requires a boost but otherwise all good.

 

Nothing you can trim with a nail file on the inside of the knob to make it easier?

 

Yeah, I've though about pulling it back off and getting the caliper out to check the depth/length, and determine if the knob or shaft is too long.
I also know how a guy can fuck with something like this and then end up worse off so I'm thinking about it for a minute.
EDIT: I think maybe you were just talking about fixing how tight they are. Awful small spot to file INSIDE the end of the knob. you could file the shafts, but then there is no going back easily. I like the tight fit, I just want the blower knob to go in farther and be even with the other two.

 

Yeah, I meant inside the knob but with something like this… or some other needle file set.

 

Replaced my front brakes today along with an oil change at 103,xxx miles. Not entirely sure what caused the uneven pad wear on the passenger side. The caliper piston compressed back in fairly easily, so maybe slide pin was just never greased?

 

Wired in my DC/DC MPPT controller. The two mounting bolts near the bedside were a test of master hand yoga skills and moves I didn’t even know existed! I guess I need a different blue toof communication app/monitor, that will be here tomorrow.

 

That’ll do it. When I replaced and greased mine, the wear went back to being pretty even.

 

You got a portable solar panel? Nice.

 

I guess they are portable? They live on top of my truck…… 2-100w panels, and the alt/starter can deliver 30 amps to the controller- not sure what the controller does with it after that to the 100amp lipo9 battery

 

Portable until your truck dies

 

It typically uses some modulation method to charge the battery. I’m sure there’s a good reason why but I’m no battery expert. Most likely has to do with the physics behind battery charging. There’s probably a YouTube video out there explaining it.

 

Oh it definitely uses modulation and other weird stuff. The mppt controller supposedly has a higher efficiency rate than a pulse with modulation(pwm) controller, I think their charging profiles might be a little different too