What have you done to your ride lately?

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
Staff member
The truck I bought essentially sight unseen. I had seen it before but didn't really know anything about it. It's actually a 2012 (not 2014 like I originally thought) V6 PreRunner with 137k. Going to pick it up Saturday after I buy a new battery for it. Been sitting for most of the last year and a half so I'm sure there will be a few small things I find that it needs but overall it seems solid. Big folder full of records. Pretty new Michelin Defender tires. Will take it to my detailer next week to get it all back up to par. View attachment 63015
Are you selling your other truck?
 

tx_shooter

It is not a war crime the first time.
Staff member
Well the Toyotas in my driveway are expensive this month. This is the breakdown...

2006 Tacoma @ 370k miles (last known) - prepping for work
Front end bushing and ball joints are worn out and the suspension is shot beyond shot. The recent conversations have been that we are goin to keep the truck for another 2 or 4 years so I need to get it up to par again. Shocks are ordered and LCA/UCA parts will be next. I am working out the options for parts vs time vs availability.

Shocks...
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And adding on another $1500 to replace the UCAs/LCAs with OEM on the Tacoma. So this truck will be staying around at least another two years to get my money out of it.
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Just go drop $65k on a new one. lol.
 

balakay

BabyMax
Ordered some maintenance items for the Tacoma so I can get it all caught up next weekend. Debating to do a transmission flush or just do a drain and fill every 6 months. Not sure if doing a full flush would be doing more harm than good at 137k. Once I get this knocked out I'll look over the front end and see what all the bushings and weak links look like there and get a plan together for that as well as inspecting and greasing u joints. Next weekends plan is mostly oil change, spark plugs, all the filters, and differential oil. Will probably add a brake fluid flush as well to try and firm up the pedal feel a bit. Should probably go ahead and order stainless lines or may just wait until it needs a brake job, we'll see.
 

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
Staff member
Ordered some maintenance items for the Tacoma so I can get it all caught up next weekend. Debating to do a transmission flush or just do a drain and fill every 6 months. Not sure if doing a full flush would be doing more harm than good at 137k. Once I get this knocked out I'll look over the front end and see what all the bushings and weak links look like there and get a plan together for that as well as inspecting and greasing u joints. Next weekends plan is mostly oil change, spark plugs, all the filters, and differential oil. Will probably add a brake fluid flush as well to try and firm up the pedal feel a bit. Should probably go ahead and order stainless lines or may just wait until it needs a brake job, we'll see.
Is it the V6 or the 4-cylinder? If it's the auto V6, you have to have a machine do the tranny fluid change.

If you don't change the tranny filter as well, it's not worth doing.
 

balakay

BabyMax
Is it the V6 or the 4-cylinder? If it's the auto V6, you have to have a machine do the tranny fluid change.

If you don't change the tranny filter as well, it's not worth doing.
I saw a procedure for pumping the fluid out through the cooler lines. As long as you only pump 3qts or so at a time it won't run the pump dry.
 

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
Staff member
I saw a procedure for pumping the fluid out through the cooler lines. As long as you only pump 3qts or so at a time it won't run the pump dry.
There are somethings in life that's worth paying a shop that has the right machine to the job. This is a 110% one of those jobs. That way if the transmission grenades itself, it's their fault.
 

tx_shooter

It is not a war crime the first time.
Staff member
Well the shocks are here. I may try to get the rear shocks on this weekend so as to get some of the work done ahead of time. The UCAs and LCAs have shipped.

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MatthewMay1

amateur professional
I saw a procedure for pumping the fluid out through the cooler lines. As long as you only pump 3qts or so at a time it won't run the pump dry.
This is how I flushed my transmission. Super simple…I just disconnected one of the cooler lines and routed it to an indexed bucket so I could see the quantity being pumped out. I filled the trans with the same amount of fluid that came out and kept going until I saw fresh fluid flow into the bucket. By doing it this way, the transmission fluid won’t be pushed through the system at any higher than normal pressure and therefore shouldn’t dislodge any chunks that a high pressure flush might dislodge. I’ve flushed my power steering by following the same basic procedure.
 

AlienXtx

Nignog
Rode the piss out of it yesterday lol


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AlienXtx

Nignog
Looks like you were just a couple miles from our hunting property north of Abilene.
Nice up that way especially North of Paducah
 

tx_shooter

It is not a war crime the first time.
Staff member
Well the shocks are here. I may try to get the rear shocks on this weekend so as to get some of the work done ahead of time. The UCAs and LCAs have shipped.

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Rear shocks were put on this morning. The old shocks were the take offs from @italynstylion 's truck from back when he first put Icon's on it. Then they got another 200k miles on my Tacoma before getting replaced this morning. The Taco also got an oil change, engine and cabin filters changed, windshield wipers replaced, and inside of the windshield cleaned (it has had a slight film since being installed a few months ago).

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MatthewMay1

amateur professional
I want to put new shocks on my Tundra. I just don’t really want to spend the money on it after all the other maintenance items I just had done on it.
 

Taco Loco

Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
I want to put new shocks on my Tundra. I just don’t really want to spend the money on it after all the other maintenance items I just had done on it.
Just trade it in on one of those Tesla Cyberfurck's.
 

AlienXtx

Nignog
Pretty sure your not allowed to do that if you own one lol
 
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