Recent content by Tacomagirl2000

Okay, so maybe my daughter and husband are right that I am paranoid and that she isn't an "idiot". They feel like I'm making too much of getting the lights turned on. I don't want her burning out any gears though but she had an answer for that as well..... Thanks for your reply!

My concern is that she is 17 years old and if there is no light showing her what gear she is in, she might indeed go in reverse and back into someone in a very crowded high school parking lot or vice versa. We did get the panel to the dash completely open and pull out the bulbs. I can see that...

Thank you! Where would we find the gear switch shift? If it doesn’t turn out to be the bulbs? We are going to replace the bulbs anyways once we figure out the exact bulbs that it uses. I agree about teaching my girl and she has helped every step of the process. I am mom and trying to track down...

We recently bought a 2000 Tacoma base 2.4L 2wd and the gear indicator lights on the dashboard do not light up. All other dashlights appear to be working. We took apart the dash to get to the bulbs. There are six bulbs that appear to be intact. Now I'm wondering about this because none of these...

We think we see it under the manifold. Ugh. They are going to install it today. Ran Seafoam through it.

4 injectors

It was the original fuel pump, so we are assuming that the fuel filter is also original and the injectors are likely clogged so that’s what we are tackling next.

We are a Tacoma and Tundra family. Our teen daughter was thrilled that we recently got a great deal on a 2000 Tacoma for her. We knew that it needed a new fuel pump and thankfully our teen son is a master mechanic college student with Ford and my husband is good with cars. They changed out the...