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    Burning plastic smell and muted whine sound under the hood

    Probably belt related... does the sound change with RPMs? It could b the belt itself, or any of the pulleys not spinning freely as well (that includes the alterantor, I have had a few lock up on my fleet vehicles, however that will smoke a belt off in a matter of seconds) Make sure yhou...
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    New TRD Style Grille

    My buddy just got his 08 on last week. Lemme ask him for a pic.
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    New TRD Style Grille

    Here's mine I bought mine from Alibaba. They forgot to send the center with the letters initially but I did get them a week later after I notified them (they come with silver letters from Alibaba) ... I ordered black letters from Tacoma Lifestyle (perfect fit, they're all the same) and chose...
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    A/C Compressor cycling after recharge

    Cycling is a part of how A/C systems work...otherwise they would just build pressure indefinitely. But I gather from your post you know a little about A/C systems. 5-10 seconds sounds like short cycling. It could be from a low charge (perhaps the scale in the AC machine you used is not...
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    New TRD Style Grille

    I ordered the 03-05 my buddy ordered the 06+ Communication thus far has been awesome. I got "guaranteed deliverty" of 10/15 .... so we'll see what happens. Originally I ordered from SRQ fabrication... I canceled next day and they charged me a 5% fee and said normally its 15% so beware. I...
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    How bad is lowering a full gas tank?

    They slosh back and force some thing awful. I just did one in and Escalade with a 26 gallon tank. I got all but about 5 or 6 gallons out (it was Full when I started on it)... I have a transmission jack mind you... Getting it down wasn't so bad. Hut getting it off the ground back onto the tranny...
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    the dreaded "P0420". Mechanic's answer needed

    See my post for "cheap potential p0420 p0430 fix"... For me it was leaking exhaust gaskets
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    Proactive Maintenance

    Starter is cheap insurance
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    V6- coolant not siphoning back from coolant overflow (not overheating)

    OK, I was trying to be helpful. You are choosing to twist my words in a way that wasn't the meaning behind my post. My coolant loss was unexplained (until diagnosed)... Of course there is an explaination, that's the diagnostic part, which is generally what people come here for help with. Which...
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    V6- coolant not siphoning back from coolant overflow (not overheating)

    EDIT: Just realized someone resurected a Zombie Thread, I will leave this up for anyone else anyways.... That's what mine did when it needed head gaskets. YMMV. I had no overheating or misfire..just very small unexplained coolant loss and the occasionaly startup waterfall noise through the...
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    Wondering about 4.0 V6 and Head Gasket @#6 "issue"

    My #6 plug looked like that too. I did have a head gasket issue. But correlation isn't causation ... I do believe that is coolant being burned on the plug but, I have been wrong before. Beast of luck.
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    Wondering about 4.0 V6 and Head Gasket @#6 "issue"

    I had to do head gaskets on my '04 at 203k... issue started around 190k... my ONLY symptom was loss of coolant... I lost about 2 ounces of coolant per 1,000 miles. I lived with it til I decided I didn't want to anymore and just got it done. YMMV My truck passed a block test... had no...
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    FYI - for 4th gen SE cloth seat owners

    Not bad for the price! I went with a full Clazzio covers (PVC but looks just like leather IMO) for $350 shipped. Covered EVERYTHING, fit looks factory and now everyone thinks I have leather.
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    how would I wire a switch for the AC compressor?

    Captsolo and FordF150 get banned and you take over shilling Kilmer? What's next tell us about your All American status in 1945 and ur boat in the Bahamas? :blabla: Jokes kids these are just jokes :) Miss that guy
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    Milling the heads during head gasket job 1GR-FE 4.0 V6

    203k now.... I'd estimate 195k at beginning of failure, but that's a guess. I bought this thing on a whim at 191k... It cost me a song, but I fell in love. Wouldn't be surprised at all if it had failed prior to purchase. The leak was so small even when I did the replacement, its possible it way...

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