What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I agree, it would be great to have them side by side! If you can convince there is a camping trip that I must take in MA then maybe it could work out.

How’s the dove hunting in MD? It isn’t what it used to be even compared to a few years ago in my area it seems.

 

MA has Mount Greylock in the Berkshires (highest point in MA) and Normandy Farms in Foxboro (haven't been because it's too bougy). VT has a gauntlet of a drive and has a place called Sugar Ridge that's a great launching pad to see Montpelier, Burlington, the LG Benn& Jerry's, Cabot Creamery, and Santas Village of Jefferson, NH. We do that every Father's Day weekend...

Just tossing it out there. It's also a craft brew mecca up in that area, if that's your thing (it is def mine). I'll also be Stage 2 by then so. Be a 8'ish vs whatever you're rolling.

 

Sounds like there are plenty of things to see. I’m up for most drives within 5 hours or so of home. I’ll put the bug in my wife’s ear. She handles all the research and booking for our trips, and I’m usually just happy to get away and see new things. If it looks like it could materialize I’ll let you know! If you’re looking for a PA visit I could give you some recommendations as well, just send a PM.

 

Wife is snotty (j/k) and went to Penn. We have a trip down there just so the kids can see the campus and understand the stories Mom tells (and because I need some authentic cheese steak). I'll keep you posted if that materializes.

 

Did ATF spill/fill and put the cat plates back on. This would have occurred much more quickly had I not stripped out the ATF check plug (stupid 5mm female hex bolt). Monitoring the trans temp was simple using the cheapest Veepeak dongle (the ~$15 blue one) and the free app Car Scanner ELM OBD2.

 

New parts! King coil springs, and Hooker shorty headers with Mahle gaskets. Headers are getting ceramic coating before install.

 

You’ll finally get to drive it fast!

 

These guys do great exhaust coatings
http://www.metzcon.com/affordable/

But you probably already have someone in line

 

We’re going to need sound clips sir

 

I smell a shake down run

 

What does it smell like?
Asking for a friend

 

It’s like a mix of pine oil and skunk

 

I was going to guess a combo of gas, beer, brown pants

 

I’ve smelt both of those smells today……

 

Thanks! Been using Matador powder coating cause I can walk there, but it’s stupid expensive.

Picking up the engine lifting hooks from a friend in 2 weeks to install the headers. Yes, shake down run.

 

That's crazy... in the first pic your truck almost looks white

 

I just ordered the RCI engine and transmission skid plates. Took advantage of their 20% off sale for Labor Day.

 

Rich mahogany

 

And leather-bound books

 

So the truck decided that it no longer needed blueteeth and the head unit was glitchy. Dropped it off at the dealer, they "fixed" it, pulled out of the service bay, they did not "fix" it, drove in. Turns out that my driver control module and microphone decided to pack it in. Gave me a 2023 Tundra as a loaner, and boy howdy was I glad that I went with a 2020. Wind noise, rattles, the seats are bad, I haven't seen turbo lag that bad in a vehicle since the lates 80s/early 90s and the tranny is just confused to what its purpose is at all times....oh, did I mention, this is on a vehicle with 11,000kms, about 7000 bald eagle measurements. Oh ya, and walking up to it today, boy howdy, its as attractive as a land mine wound. Cannot wait to get my truck back

 

Trans cooler came in from Japan. Just going to need some rubber hoses now.

 

Now that’s the thermostat only, right? Are you planning on the oem hard lines or just rubber? I’d love to do that project, but what a pita chasing down the individual parts, or worse yet going 1.2k for those ready-made kits.

 

This can’t be. I’ve read in the 3rd gen forums that it is decades, light years, eons (insert exorbitant amount of time here) more advanced than the 2nd gen dinosaur. That, and if there are reliability concerns you simply “boost on” and they will go away on their own.

 

Well, that boost will take 3 business days to arrive to take your problems away. I don't really see all those "improvements". Now, mind you this thing is in welfare spec SR5 with cloth seats and only the extended cab, but besides the really cool phone charger thing, I don't really see all these improvements.

 

Yes that's the thermostat.I bit the bullet and bought a kit from GCS

 

You rang?

 

I’m going to follow the one @snivilous just did for one of his clients. Just going to run rubber lines to the radiator and zip tie along the way.

Probably will go get a 1”x12 or 24 aluminum bar and cut it down to make a bracket to hold my Hayden 679 up front.

 

Did a few drain and fills for my power steering fluid.