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

Finished up my bed stiffeners and then made a new Battery bracket for my new Odyssey battery I just installed. Had different dimensions than my stock battery bracket.

 

Finished rebuilding my brake calipers yesterday afternoon. I used Toyota's rebuild kit (04479-60081) and new Akebono pads.













Took it for a drive last night and didn't crash and burn so everything seems to be in order.

 

How was this process? Any idea if this rebuild kit would work with powerstop calipers? Werent powerstop basically remanned Toyota brakes?

 

You may still have your original WE calipers, his are WL and this is the process. It may translate nicely to WE, but possibly diff't rebuild kit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoQlAW4DPnA

 

I gave away my last creeper before moving. Ended up using this padded mat and love it.

$35 Pro-Lift C-1000 Black 47" Folding Work Pad

https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Lift-C-1000-Black-Folding-Work/dp/B0011O0Y32

 

Yes, been happy with the padded non-reclining HF version got about 20 years ago and mine came with a tool tray too that fits on the side about double the size of this one. The frame is stout. The padding is nice. About to replace the that are beat up from blacktop for $16 or get the new . Probably be getting this too. Saw this but passed; it was kinda wide.

 

Nice work. Have a caliper rebuild set waiting for longer summer days.... Its so cool they are only like $15 for both calipers. How'd you clean up the caliper body back to a shine?

 

No, those opened kits end up on the open package & returns shelf in the back corner of the store with a purple marked down to tag.

 

Nothin’ special really, put in some of those yellow LEDs for my fogs. One of my fogs has been out since I bought the truck almost 5 years ago Not sure how much difference they’ll make, but they look cool

 

Added bed lighting. It’s tied into the cargo light circuit.

 

How did you tie yours in exactly? I've been thinking about doing this but haven't done it yet.

 

Thats pretty tits

 

Now do the colight mod and you'll be doneskis

 

Behind the dash going up to the left "A" pillar is the wiring for the dome, cargo and high mount lights. The cargo light wire is red with a black stripe. The ground is white with a black stripe. I tied into that and ran a line down through the gromet under the carpet and to the back. Then tied all lights in together hiding the wiring as far up into the inner parts of the bed as I could reach.

 

Sweet. What lights did you use?

 

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Pressed my wheel hubs back into the new bearings / steering knuckles. Installed my CV axles, new lower ball joints, got the steering knuckles in, then the sway bar. Got started on putting the brakes back on then had to stop.

 

Its pretty easy, just need access to an air compressor. You can use the video shifty posted and, yes, the part number I posted is for 13WL calipers not the WE.

Thanks, it took me about 3 hours and I was taking my time. I just used a wire wheel on a drill. Scothbrite would probably be a good option too.

 

Doing a thing. Shout out to @bmf4069 for the hookup. These will be the sexiest thing on my truck. @shifty` approved gold.

 

After picking this Tundra up on 2/29/24 and then traveling from 3/1/24 through 3/10/24 - I was able to spend a little time cleaning it up today. I had some leftover headlight cleaning materials, which I used on headlights and fog lights. While not perfect, they cleaned up pretty nice. I washed it and put a quick coat of wax on it. Overall, pleased with how it cleaned up. Also drove it to landfill this morning. Really like the engine/transmission combination. Has plenty of power and isn’t constantly shifting when in high gear. Last item I did was remove the glovebox handle (it was broken). The video on how to remove handle from this forum was so very helpful. Now I need to see what I need to do to get the glovebox back in working condition.

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I just installed those yesterday. Definitely an upgrade over stock. Hardest part was holding the end link bolt still while adjusting the nut over top the sway bar, but definitely still doable though.

 

That could have been better described in the instructions. Need a skinny wrench. Or what I did was loosen the bottom nut to slide the base out to get my crescent on it. Then retighten the bottom nut.

 

Also stuck the Shifty` Approved sticker on my 2.5Gen frame since it’s so clean. Hope that’s cool.



























kidding!!!

 

I think the hardest part is holding the lower cam parallel to the ground and preventing it from kicking up while tightening it down. I can't recall if that tidbit is in the instructions they provided with the end links, but it was in one of the versions I either found at their site or got with my replacement bushings...

 

Nice! Wish I thought of that. I had an old cheap 9/16" wrench and I thinned it out a little using a bench grinder to make it fit.

 

Nothing to my Tumdras. New valve cover gaskets on my 05 Burb. Looks OK for 310K miles.

 

I used cone wrenches that are specifically used to bike wheel teardown. Worked great.

 

to 249 for now....

 

Drove mine to work.

 

Mocked up the Auxbeams this morning