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

I wouldn't be surprised if my bed does too. I've never taken the plastic liner out- don't really want to know what's under there. I think having a bedcover it's entire life has helped it, but that doesn't stop the salt underneath.

 

There it is. Between 2,4 with the yellow line.

 

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Thanks for that! Is there anything else there besides the hose that may need to be replaced? Just has one pcv valve right?

 

Correct on one PCV valve.

Is there anything else to replace? Dunno, inspect the lines that go into the back of the square bulge on the intake tube, look at both ends, squeeze the ends, do you see any cracks? If yes, you may need to replace some add'l hoses.

Here in the near future, I'm probably going to take a tally on all the ID/OD for the vacuum hoses in my engine bay and replace them all, or at least trim the leading 1/8" off all of them and reinstall. Running up on 20 years of use here soon, it's probably time to overhaul.

 

I don’t know how you guys put up with all that rust. I had unpainted tubes under my truck for almost two years and they barely had any surface rust on them.

 

I grew up in the northeast and still have a lot of nostalgia for green, water etc. I know people can get used to about anything, but when I think of moving back east, or even midwest, the first things that come to mind are...rust, ticks.

I like old vehicles, but too many have rusted away back east, and it's a constant problem even with new vehicles. And the ticks. I never once had a tick burrowed in me, growing up. Then I went home for a winter after college and took my Mom's dog for walks most days. Always had to brush dozens of ticks off him after hikes. That was never a thing growing up. I sometimes ask myself if I'd rather have grizzly bears or ticks, comparing Montana to somewhere in the northeast. Kinda think I prefer grizzly bears...And very little rust.

 

I’m trying to convince my wife to let me out the scs rays on her 4Runner so I can move to method 304’s in the machined finish. Damn @shifty` with his fancy new wheels.

 

Ha! My fancy new sub-$600 wheels, with no tax and free shipping?

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I've met/talked to a surprising amount of people recently that obviously think less of me once I mention the Tundra. Real responses I've gotten: "Why would you drive a stupid jap truck??" "I'd rather have a ranger!" "you tow with that pile?"

Anyone else experienced this? Might just be the people I've met recently. But I've never experienced this much Tundra hate before.

 

Outside of this community, there's no real discussion about what I drive. Maybe it's cause I hang out with old folks and we look at transportation for what it is...
I wouldn't worry too much about what folks have to say

 

I've made progress on my toolbox stickers. Looks like its going to be mostly road-trip themed....

 

Yeah, I'd bet it's because I talk to a much younger crown than a lot of people on here. Dumb college students, like me.

Not at all worried about what they think. FGT will forever be the pinnacle. Just curious how much I've noticed it recently.

 

Nice!

 

Never. If anything, I get compliments. Most people around here understand that older Toyota trucks are extremely well made. And they are popular here.

 

I started a new job this week and have to park in a lot a few blocks away, one guy gave me a ride one day to the lot and dropped me off at the front of the lot but had to circle around to get out, and he sees me walk up to my truck and stops and says “now that’s a man’s truck!”

 

A good friend of mine from Joliet would tell me this years ago. Definitely a hatred towards non-domestic vehicles. Tell them your truck was made in Indiana and that more parts are made in the USA than his/her vehicle.

Here in New England you get a good mix of both and most cars are Camrys, Accords, Civics and Corollas & Lexus models. Everything else is mostly a crossover or pickup.

 

I remember growing up in the suburbs of Detroit in the 80s and 90s, UAW country. Japanese cars/trucks were highly frowned upon. There was a UAW hall across the street from my high school. They had 8 parking spots reserved for high school students. Students could park there for free as long as it was "an American car". It didn't matter if your Toyota was manufactured in, say, Kentucky. You couldn't park it there. But your Ford car that was assembled in Mexico? Come on in!

 

Lots of domestic pickup love out here, but also, from anyone whose opinion matters, plenty of respect for Toyota. There are a few ranchers who drive Tundras, but mostly they drive domestics. I think many somewhat grudgingly acknowledge that Toyota has domestics beat in reliability and longevity, but they want to support American regardless. Toyota may be better, but it's not made here. That's the vibe I get.

And there are some who have a domestic for their work vehicle, hauling horse trailers etc, but might have an old Tacoma for playing in the mountains.

In other news, I did my first transmission pan drain/refill today. Fit exactly one of these, which was convenient.



First time dealing with ATF so I don't know exactly how it should look. I'd say mine wasn't toast, but I'm glad I did it. Was red, but getting dark. I'll drive another couple hundred miles and do it again. How many times do most people do this per "cycle"? Is two over a few hundred miles enough, or should I do more?

 

Whizzer 1, broken end of link 0.

 

I do get plenty of positive opinions about the truck, but that’s mostly from other old Toyota drivers. I think FGTs got a really bad rap in the Midwest because of the frame rust. I see them a bit more in Milwaukee than I do around Chicago- but still probably only once or twice a month.

 

I do one drain & fill every other oil change. Excessive for sure- but it keeps it shifting smooooove.

IIRC, the A340 takes 9-10 quarts of ATF.

Just for simplicity’s sake- let’s say you drained and filled 5 quarts. So 50% of your fluid is new.

If you do another drain & fill, you’d have increased the amount of new fluid by another 50%. So now 75% of your fluid is new.

Do that again for another 50% increase- and 100% of the fluid is new.

I’m not sure if this is the right way to think about this, but it makes sense in my head. When I got my other car, I did three rounds of drain & fill. After the third, the fluid looked pretty bright red and it shifted way better.

 

Your math is a bit off, but it doesn’t hurt to be proactive. A full fluid swap is the only way to get into the 90% fresh fluid scenario

 

Not quite. Since it mixes you never get 100%.

Its more like 33%, 50% 67%...etc.


Also its more like 11-12 qts iirc.

 

I knew something was off with my math- the % increase gets smaller with every iteration, not bigger.

 

It’s even less the more drain and fill you do. I was looking for a thread I remember seeing on the 4r forum that explains this in better detail.

 

There's a specific equation for this scenario. Like- where the output will never reach a certain number, in our case 100%, but it will come infinitely closer and closer. I can't remember what it's called.

Edit: Asymptotic! An asymptotic equation.

 

Like this?
The calculation for fluid mixing is simple: Co*Vo+Cn*Vn=Cm*Vm, where C is concentration, V is volume, o is old, n is new, and m is mixed.

Pulled from iheartmud
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/tranny-drain-and-fill-percent-new-fluid.356884/

 

Replaced spark plugs in wife’s 04 4Runner v8. This thing has cost me a fortune since we got it two months ago. New back brakes, tb water pump, pcv valve with new hose old one was cracked and today doing the plugs, 6 of 8 coils were cracked. There’s another $400 at rock auto!