What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

Pass through wrenches?

 

Never knew they existed either! Gonna do some more research on brands, but here’s a set…

 

You can also buy ratcheting wrenches.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-20-Piece-Ratcheting-Wrench-Set-SAE-Metric/5001994741

 

Those are great too; already have ‘em. Problem is those three bumper bolts are so close to one another you can only get about a 1/4 turn on the ratcheting wrenches, and lots of knuckle busting. With the ratcheting pass through sockets though, I imagine you might could get a good 1/2 turn or more.

 

Well... no one wants to bottom out when their nuts tighten

 

Changed my oil today and installed a

$37 F133N with LC-10 F-Series Large Body Fumoto Valve with Long Nipple and LC-10 Lever Clip for M12-1.25, Gold

F133N fumoto valve

 

Installed R1 concept rotors and pads on the rear today. I had a pretty bad metal on metal grinding coming from the driver rear. Took the pads off and they were completely worn off to the metal at only 62k miles!!!

 

Did you reset the parking brake with the new rotors ? Adjusted the star-wheel after dealer put on new rear rotors and tried to tell me the non-functioning E-brake was "working as intended" --lol, now I can put in neutral on a 90 degree hill and the truck won't budge with the E-brake engaged.

 

How do you reset the parking brake?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p19-geSIkq4

...this is a must watch !

 

Watch vid and don't feel bad 99% of the dealer techs (even the factory) have no clue. For models 2007-2021

 

Oh I don’t feel bad. I love learning new skills. Thanks for the video!

 

Very informative. Seems simple enough. Thanks for making me remove my wheels again haha

 

@Ruggybuggy - is this video accurate and consistent with your training? Do you believe his comment at the end that most mechanics do not know how to do this?

 

All I can say is that following that video and trying to adjust the cable with cat shield on is down right dangerous with the heat shield there. A deep socket works wonders if you take the jam nut off first.

 

Any chance you could get a picture a bit further out of that fumoto? I'm debating between the short and the long nipple, so I'd be curious to see how 'tucked' the long nipple is under the truck.

 

Also, took my truck in to the dealership and they couldn't reproduce the car alarm. When they tested the battery with a tester (as I did at AutoZone) it showed as still healthy. However, when they checked with the 'Toyota specific battery check' (guessing he was referring to the techstream?) it showed the battery was bad.

They replaced my battery under warranty, and the random alarm hasn't come back in the ~18 hours I've had the truck. Hoping that was the issue and I can put this mess behind me.

 

Here it the long Fumoto with the RCI skid.

 

@PomDad

Here is mine with an RCI skid, plenty tucked up to not get caught on things

 

MSG Sphere Las Vegas

 

God damn that's a mean looikin truck

 

thank you so much!!!

 

That’s a great idea to put a cap on the nipple, will help keep crap from getting all up in there. Especially during the winter.

 

Wouldn't want that dirty oil to get dirty on the way out.

 

Haha I was more thinking all the shit salt and sand that gets put on the roads here and having it get all crusted up inside the nipple

 

Finally got the Valhalla rear shield installed. This time I decided to go with the truck bed coating spray paint from Lowe’s, instead of Line-X. Just glad to have this for peace of mind and not worry about your cats being stolen.
I decided to get the one with the tranny opening so it’ll be easier when time to service it.

 

Looks good! My rear plate from them doesn't have the hole in the center where it crosses the t-case...that is a mo-betta design now!

 

I love your wheel/tire setup. My Wildpeak's still have at least another 20-30k in them but makes me want to make the jump to 17's now.

 

Looks like a few others already replied with options. I didn’t know they existed before this past weekend either!
The pass through sockets worked great.