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

I have to look into my vent system as when I turned it on for the first time, I got a bunch of black foam pieces shooting out at me. But as I messed with the controls, a big wad of mouse nest flew up and got stuck in the middle vent louvers. So time to open up all the vents and vacuum out the vent passages. That's not the first or last nest I'll probably find (actually it is the 4th). So far, I've found one in the tire kit well under rear seat, under the intake, air duct, and the weirdest one in the hallow on the rocker panel between front and rear door.

 

2 days ago, I applied the marine JB Weld to the bottom of my leaking differential. So far, so good and no leaks while it is sitting there. It was dripping bad enough that I had to keep an oil pan under it. Trying to just slow it down until I can pickup a new axle for it which I have found a couple options but they are all on hour+ away. I'll let it sit for another 2 days as I am trying to troubleshoot something else at the moment.

I put a new battery in it back in Jan when I first started messing with it after delivery from IL. Haven't had any issues starting it from Jan-Apr. The last time I drove it, I forgot to turn the headlights off (got used to automatic headlights in the CR-V) and killed the battery. Jumpstarted it last week and let it run for half an hour to let the battery charge up. Went to move it Tue and the battery was dead again. Made sure all of the lights were off and jumped/moved it to the driveway for the axle repair and charged the battery backup again. The only thing that I had done electrically was add a Bluetooth kit from Crutchfield that plugs into the back of the radio into the cd changer port in April. I don't see the light on it when the key is off and the Bluetooth doesn't stay connected after it shuts off. Has anyone had any issues with this that have used the unit? I can make a new thread for this issue if needed.

 

Entry points, I'm guessing, are the cowl opening, and the rear cab wall vents. Possibly the rear cab wall vents have lost or had their rubber flaps chewed out.

 

GOOCH COOLER!

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I knocked it out in less than an hour. From what I could see my coils and surrounding area were remarkably clean. Nothing to vacuum out (Yay!!!). I basically did what a dealership would have done and if it stays anything as fresh and yummy chemical smelling as it is right now…. I’ll be pleased. One thing I did note. The base of all the contacts of the resistor had a white ashy corrosion going on. I just left it as is since it works but it will be the first thing I suspect if my blower control shits out or if the wires at the base of the blower motor melt off….God forbid. Thx for all the advice!! BTW…. Part One Formula was the same as what you described…very ammonia like…. Strong window cleaner smell…

 

One thing that bugs me is my Tundra will lock the all the doors with the key from the driver side, but my Corolla only locks the doors with the key on the passengers side.

 

Yup, that's it. Like a "classic" glass cleaner, what we used as a kid. Man, maybe memories of how that shit smelled are why I love Sprayway glass cleaner so much. Which reminds me, I need to buy another box of that stuff. I wish Costco sold it.

 

It's much more of a pain in the ass to change the filter with this new intake tube. But I think the filter was due. New OEM.

 

I always seem to buy a can when I'm at the store. I have 5 3/4 full cans under the sink. Best glass cleaner ever.

 

I had a couple cans under the sink, at least one in my shop, one in the downstairs bathroom, and two in the garage, maybe three, one on my side, two on hers. I think I just tapped out the last can. I'm shocked. And I was just at WalMart too, I got all my chemicals except the damn cleaner. Dammit.

 

I'm pretty sure sprayway is the same brand that I use for glass cleaner. It's extremely multi-purpose and even kills piss ants!

 

Just checked mine (thought it had already been changed out during all of this) found another mouse nest. Luckily they didn't touch the filter in the top of the air box.

 

Weren't you have some really weird codes recently dealing with air/fuel ratio, like 'too lean' or something?

You may want to clean your MAF in case some of that got jammed on the sensor.

If they're in your airbox, they're probably coming in up thru the fender. If I were you I'd put some hardware cloth over the cold air intake hole (google Hardware Cloth if needed), 14 gauge and no larger than ½" opening, any hardware store may have it.

You'll find that hole they're getting in thru right here: Actually, you may want to pop off the (three?) bolts holding the bottom half of that clamshell on, and install it on the opening that's inside the fender, so they don't have a ledge to stand on and chew thru the hardware cloth. Mice supposedly hate mint also, wonder if lacing that area with mint oil would be a deterrent?

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All good ideas. But these are all old mouse nests from sitting at my dad's house. Not new ones luckily. Like I said, I thought the filter got changed during the oil change but the record does not show it. The element that sits in the top cover above the air filter was completely intact, so I don't think anything made it to the fuel system.

The only codes I showing are for the passenger side O2 sensors/catalytic converter.

 

I prefer "turbo ball chiller 9000"

 

Yep, that is the only drawback