What have you done to your 2nd gen Tundra today?

Hope to be in the Gatlinburg area the December for a long weekend to see the Christmas lights!

 

Leveled up the truck in order to do the transmission service tomorrow:


Here's the factory cooler on the 08:

Here are the connections in the engine compartment:

Here is how i intend to determine flow in the AM:

 

Wow, that is a very different design. From the later trucks.

 

Hey where did you bought those red things from ? Behind the steering wheel.. the speedometer and odometer ones?? Thanks.

 

What bumper is that?

 

And the matching climate control knob's.
@ACDC2ZZTop

 

I’m not ACDC2ZZTop, but those climate controls are definitely AJT Designs. Can’t speak to the gauge bezels.

 

Yes, I've not seen it in any vids I've watched.
The fluid seems not to be plumbed thru the radiator either, which I'm not used to..I almost want to add another..some day maybe.

 

Finished the trans service...
For the final check, I let the trickle go untill was just a bit less than what he shows in this vid, which is more than I've seen in other vids...

all collected, the amount I put back in seems to be about 2qts more than extracted....

Tomorrow, more snooping to try and determine where the drive-line vibration is coming from.

On Edit: If you have this trans cooler, it's the top pipe that you want to connect your discharge tube to.

On Edit 2:....I realized early this am, that the reason I seem to have the extra fluid in the system, is because I top off the used jugs with the old fluid...which is about right!

Shalom

 

Moving along now......well, I checked the front end again due to the growling that seems to be getting closer. yep, up next on my ever growing list of "Things that NEED to get done..." is the drivers side prop-shaft/Axle bearing at the differential, drivers side.

When I began to hear said growling, I had did a quick check of it and there didn't seem to be much play...boy there is play in it now!

Onward and upward.have a great day.

 

Is that the needle bearing that has an aftermarket fix?

 

Yes it is.
It would be using the bushing from East Coast Gear.

 

I have been running this bushing now for a while and after 37,000 miles it is now time to replace the bushing again. Growling and vibration is back

 

Can you describe the vibration?

 

I pulled the dash piece and the rings come off.
I painted with anodized red spray can.
The dash piece was gray and I went with a flat black to match rest of the dash.

 

Is your truck suspension stock?

 

Paranoia finally caught up with me and I picked up the last Miller cat protection plate at my local dealer on Friday.

3 piece design made from pretty beefy 3/16" aluminum, so it's plenty sturdy while remaining light enough to easily install by myself. The hardware is of very high quality and recessed into the plate, so I have a better chance of clearing rocks offroad.

The only letdown is, they didn't take the time to deburr the heat extraction slots in the plates, so they are pretty sharp on one side (the exposed bottom-side of course).



While there is excellent coverage for the front cats, the rears are mostly exposed with this design. Miller apparently has extensions which can be purchased and added, but reviews seem to indicate they are kinda flimsy. We'll see if I order them, rig something myself, or just let it be. It would still be somewhat annoying to access the pipe in front of the rear cats in order to remove them, but definitely possible. Luckily, all of the expensive stuff that also seems to get damaged during a theft is surrounding the front cats, so there is some solace in that.

 

Hauled supplies up for camp. Stopping for gas every 90 mins worked well with my bladder.

 

150 M.P.T.
miles per toilet

 

Added active noise filter to aftermarket stereo. Hopefully it gets rid of low hum in the background.

Also gave it a bath.

 

Anyone used these seat jackers on their truck? Looks like little seat bracket spacers to get the seat to recline a little.

https://desertdoesit.com/products/tundra-front-seat-jackers

 

There’s at least one specific thread on them here.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/is-desert-does-it-seat-jacks-worth-it.109335/

there’s also mention of them in the what have you done to your 2.5 Gen discussion as well.

 

No, i have the bilstein 6112s on the front and 5160s on the rear

 

Its a rotational vibration the does not follow the speed of the vehicle. Its felt between 47-54ish mph can feel in through the floor board. Vibration goes away when truck is in 4wd

 

I got these from another member a few months back. For me they absolutely made my seat much more comfortable to sit in.


You can see here how much more it will recline then the passenger side. Ignore the tear

 

thanks, I was combing over what popped up in the search- didn't see that thread though

 

do you have a carrier bearing drop installed?

 

I do have the diff drop, installed it when i did the struts

 

no not the diff drop, the bearing on your rear driveshaft, its in the center of the shaft, has two bolts holding it up to the bed, that is the carrier bearing, you need to space it down when lifting the truck, I'd recommend throwing a spacer on before buying or replacing a bunch of expensive components

the spacer is meant to alleviate driveshaft vibrations (I'm running one with 2.75" in the front and 1.5" in the rear with no issues https://shop-coachbuilder.myshopify.com/search?type=product,article,page&q=carrier+bearing

 

My bad, I misunderstood what you meant. I have a carrier bearing drop as well.