Recent content by ak97taco

So I changed my head gasket this weekend, started Friday and finished Sunday and now it doesnt want to start. It turns over strong but just wont fire. I'm fairly certain the timing is right, the dots are lined up on the back of the cam gears when cylinder 1 is TDC, all the electrical plugs are...

I just started over heating this morning so I added more coolant and I had a sneaking suspicion (this happened on my 91) I checked the oil cap and sure enough, white gunk under the cap, which in my experience means head gasket. What else should I change when doing the head gasket? Or would be...

I've got a 2.7, also was wondering since it didn't even try to crank, could be the flywheel or something to do with timing maybe? I'm not sure haven't got my head into it much yet

The clunk was really loud, would a bad starter be so loud? I thought it just clicked

Okay haha I'm from Alaska so I thought it looked somewhat familiar

Hey guys so this morning I went to start my 97 and all it did when I turned the key was clunk twice really fast and not start, sounds like maybe a busted gear? Any thoughts?

Looking good man! What part of the country do you live in? Looks familiar

I'm looking at installing led pods in my lightforce housings. Has anyone done this before?

Vacuuming out the system, giving the motor a little scrubbin while I wait

Buddy from work got himself a 1 gen taco, had to park next to him for this picture! Let's see you guys and your Tacoma buddies!

Fabbed up some brackets! The compressor fits and the belt rides perfectly! Throwing a vac pump on and throwing some freon in the system tomorrow morning!

I got a 1/4 iron plate from work, I'm going to build a bracket to push it out an inch I think that'll fix it

So I have a 3" Toytec lift on my 97, looking for a little more height, could I add an add a leaf for the back and a leveling kit for the front? Not sure if that'll mess anything else up if I do that. Thanks

Not that I have seen? Maybe. But yeah it walks off of the pulley whenever it cranks over, it rides right there on the edge and it kind of turns the compressor. It's weird because the parts house has 2 different size compressors for that engine. One has a 4.25 diameter pulley and the other is a...

Does anyone know why my belt doesn't line up with the pulley? Got the right compressor