22 Sep

Hayden Transmission Cooler

Found a nice sized Hayden Brand cooler. 11x9.5×3.5". I don't know much about these 3.4 or transmissions in these Taco's. I have a 2004 with the 3.4 and no tow package. I'm not sure if this version of the Taco has a OE cooler incorporated into...
22 Sep

Well shit

Asked the graphics guy at my work to take the TRD decals off for me. POS Toyota paint job decided to come off with it. Anyone have any suggestions?
22 Sep

Building a capable daily

I am balls deep in a rebuild of a 2000 prerunner with a nice 3.4L currently fixing up the frame. I have the whole truck completely disassembled. At this stage I have a big hill of work ahead of me, yet I'm wondering how much I...
21 Sep

old guy, new member

Recently retired school teacher. Moving to small cabin in Maine from Florida. Found a 2022 access cab 4x4 3.5 40k miles. clean carfax, good enough price. Question/Concern: is the seeming inevitability of a timing chain cover leak and/or a plastic pipe coolant leak reason enough...
21 Sep

Help! My POS Tacoma is breaking before my eyes

i bought this 1995 tacoma about 6 months ago for $8500 and 15lbs of sockeye salmon, and it's treated me like absolute filth since i purchased it. Being my 4th tacoma i thought this one would finally be the one that lasted, the guy i...
21 Sep

1st gen Transfer Case Identifcation for Replacement / Swap

So, a month ago, I was looking for a transfer case and got a ton of help from a lot of people with information, leads to cases, etc. One of the things that was tough for everyone was identification of cases - as in, what...
21 Sep

PSA: Lazy retracting Seat Belt.

The other day I noticed my front passenger seat belt wasn't retracting like normal. Pulled the rear door panel on my Access Cab, and removed the belt to get a better idea of what my issue was. The mechanism on the left is where the retracting spring...
20 Sep

Thoughts on Tundra to Tacoma switch…

New here to this forum but jumped on to get better insight into the 4th gen Tacoma. I’m a many decades exclusive Toyota owner since 1986 and have bought nothing but Toyotas because of peace of mind, long term reliability and first hand owner experience....
20 Sep

Weird or cool stuff you found in the woods.

What kind of neat, cool, weird stuff have you found while out in the woods, desert, BFE? When I was stationed in South Korea me and some friends found an old rock quary type of mountain that we set a top rope on for rock climbing....