What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Ordered steering rack bushings, OEM lower ball joints, inner & outer tie rod ends, OEM knock sensors and harness. Ouch! My wallet hurts now
 
I started my 99 this morning and got to hear a sweet ROAR. Thinking maybe fan clutch after reading about it. Was hoping it was a vacuum line or something that would explain my newly developed hard/sputter start.

I ordered new silicone hoses and a fan clutch today. I'd for sure call this "throwing parts" at it since I haven't troubleshot since it happened at 5:30am on my way to the gym then I had to go to work...so this afternoon I will get more clarity.

I don't feel bad getting this stuff though...$140 in parts for 17 year old rigs, which even if the fan clutch isn't bad, one of my other two 5VZ's fan clutch probably is. I like having streamlined my entire arsenal to use mostly interchangeable parts. If none of the clutches test bad, I'll pull the 2000, give it a new one, and put the 2000 in the 1999, reducing the mileage on the clutch by 80k.
 
dropped fuel tank and replaced check valve and grommet, filler neck hose and sending unit/fuel pump gasket. cleaned the rheostat for the fuel level as well.
 
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Lol, seeing this always shocks me. Whenever I roadtrip through the US, I constantly have to remind myself that most cars around me are probably "packing heat". Your gun culture blows my mind.

I'm almost 40 years old and have never even seen up close or held a firearm, and most of you 'muricans seem to have them in your glove compartments, nightstands, holsters between your legs. Wow..just wow. I can't even fathom it, lol.

It's more important now than ever for American's to exercise their second amendment rights. Guns serve to protect us from those fascist elements focused on eroding our rights of freedom. Guns freed our founding fathers from such elements and it will continue to keep us free. In America today, you are forced into silence because your beliefs don't quite align with leftist ideologies--not freedom at all if you can't even exercise your own individual beliefs.

What's "gun culture"? You've fallen prey to the propaganda of a misinformed media. As long as there exists elements intent on taking away my rights, I will continue to further arm and educate myself and the people around me. I won't become a victimized sheep.
 
It's more important now than ever for American's to exercise their second amendment rights. Guns serve to protect us from those fascist elements focused on eroding our rights of freedom. Guns freed our founding fathers from such elements and it will continue to keep us free. In America today, you are forced into silence because your beliefs don't quite align with leftist ideologies--not freedom at all if you can't even exercise your own individual beliefs.

What's "gun culture"? You've fallen prey to the propaganda of a misinformed media. As long as there exists elements intent on taking away my rights, I will continue to further arm and educate myself and the people around me. I won't become a victimized sheep.

No politics in our awesome forum. I see it and hear it all day on radio, tv, internet and work. I don't need it here also.
 
Just bought mine on Wed. evening, so, I made 2 copy's of my keys and bought windshield wipers :bounce:

I know, slow down right??

Also ordered some LED tails (drivers side was broken when I bought the truck) and some Keyfobs!

It's not much, but it most likely the start of something that my wife is going to end up killing me over spending money on. :cry:
 
Replaced the upper a-arm bushings with oem. Almost 300,000 miles and 22 years old, they were well past needing to go.

The right rear bushing housing was working its way out of the upper a-arm.
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Replaced the upper a-arm bushings with oem. Almost 300,000 miles and 22 years old, they were well past needing to go.

The right rear bushing housing was working its way out of the upper a-arm.
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What were the symptoms of worn upper control arm bushings?
 
Motor medic treatment, Oil change, Seafoam through vacuum line, B-12 in the gas tank, rear brakes, and rear springs/shocks to fix sag. 130k. Runs so smooth.

And yes I do have a thing for Silver 2000 Toyotas. Tacoma in the garage.
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No politics in our awesome forum. I see it and hear it all day on radio, tv, internet and work. I don't need it here also.

Past several days I've been cleaning up all the BS on FakeBook to get rid of everything that creeps in over the months. It's unreal! Even deleting "Friends".
 
Replaced the upper a-arm bushings with oem. Almost 300,000 miles and 22 years old, they were well past needing to go.

The right rear bushing housing was working its way out of the upper a-arm.
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How did you get the old ones out and the new ones in? I bought all the stuff to redo my OEM arms and ball joints, but part of me is thinking about just getting SPC arms, I just don't know about the longevity.
 
No politics in our awesome forum. I see it and hear it all day on radio, tv, internet and work. I don't need it here also.
Seriously, this. Sometimes I forget just how right-leaning this place can be, then something about guns pops up.
Past several days I've been cleaning up all the BS on FakeBook to get rid of everything that creeps in over the months. It's unreal! Even deleting "Friends".
The "unfollow" option is perfect for this.
 
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