What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I am SO GLAD you posted an awesome picture of which hose to use for the bypass. As soon as I saw the wire loom on your bypass hose I knew you used the shorter hose; I used the longer hose with no wire loom and I had to tuck the extra hose up underneath the throttle body so it wouldn't hit the fan. I just now swapped the long hose out for the shorter, wire-loomed hose (took about 5 minutes, I didn't have to remove the throttle body since I have some long needle-nose pliers, and luckily the hose clamps were facing upwards ), and it's a perfect fit. Thanks again!

 

Awesome, thank you

 

Yeah that hose seemed to have the right length and shape.I removed my TB and cleaned it and cut out the screen

 

Got a new set of tires today..... for the Jeep.
The Tundra would look great with them. But it would require a ton of $$$$ to fit 38.5 x 14.5 tires on it. Plus the Jeep only has 15" wheels so there will be no swapping them around.

 

Love those tires. Had a set of 38's that I grooved on my rock crawler, until I went with a set of bfg reds.

 

Got and installed my RCI High Lift mounts. Of course then sent me the wrong hardware, so after a quick Home Depot trip we’re back in business

 

Replaced the rear drivers side door lock actuator motor. I've got a warranty but I despise dealers so I bought the motor for $11 and did it myself. I've done several before on some of my Land Cruisers so had a bit of a head start.

 

Took her to Pismo beach with the pup to test out the new rear King shocks. I was able to be at full speed most of the time and everything was smooth as butter (I may have been airborne once or twice). Got her home and after a Turtle Wax spray wax, she got a Beadmaker treatment.

 

Nice. Would love to see your Jeep sometime

 

Nice! Like the low profile. Do you have a link to that camera on Amazon?

 

Here it is stuck at the Good Evening Ranch.
Looking forward to getting the new tires mounted. I'm currently have Pitbulls mounted but they are radials.
The TSL's are Bias ply and should be a little more sticky. Plus the sidewalls should be tougher.

 

As much as I like doing everything myself, too many other projects and nervous about messing something up and ruining something on fluid refills...at the dealer getting trans, coolant, diff, transfer case and brake fluid drain and fill and a 4w alignment. Costing a fortune, but at 4 1/2 years, 100k miles and still looks/feels close to new, ok to give her a spa day...

 

What's it cost? I might do this at 30k coming up, minus the alignment.

 

yall get above 15????

LOL....


side note, i need to look into these sabm and bypass mods

 

^^yes you do! Simple, functional and worth the time doing it!

 

I can appreciate the time problem. I have experienced the same thing at times. You just pay because your time is more valuable in other areas.
However, there is nothing to be nervous about on these trucks. The trans is one of the easier ones. Hit the right temp and all of the guess work is gone... No dipstick to read just right or anything. Pull the screw and if it is drizzling you are good.
Coolant on these is easy. The system burps well and if you measure what came out vs. what went in you should be good.
The rest (diff, brakes, etc.) are easier than most.
You can do this!

 

It's totalling at about $1650...$450ish for trans, then everything else is $150-$250 each, as I recall. I'll give you the breakdown when I get it back. Killing me, but like I say, not well set up for it, too much to do, and the 'temperature has to be right, bypass the right pins, level surface, and if you mess up, you kill the trans' just made me say 'let them do it'...

 

Still less money than owning a GM/Ford/Ram!

 

I agree, might be easy with a good set up, but I am on gravel that isn't level and have limited skills. I don't feel comfortable doing them all and not messing something up. But damn!

 

You said it! I do my own oil in the driveway, because the slope doesn't matter, and I'm hoping I'll have my garage cleaned out enough to pull it in, so I'd have a level surface at 150k for trans, might be willing to try it, but the way my projects are stacked up...

We need a 'crying handing over the credit card' emoji.

 

If I'm lucky on a good day my display will show a 15.1 or 15.2. I don't recall ever seeing it any higher than that.

 

I got a new job and drive 70 miles round trip. I've been seeing 17.5

As soon as I do a lot of town driving and/or spirited driving, i'll see 15.X all day.

Stock setup with 275/60/20 AT's.

 

I'm up to 14.7 mixed moving up from 12-13 mpg with addition of Borla exhaust. I think the 60lbs K02's is the only thing holding me back from 15 mpg.

 

You must drive downhill both directions on your commute. Wizardry is afoot!

 

oh man their hardware situation strikes again

 

Pulled her out of the garage to stretch some legs and check on the trail cam since the reservoir has been drawn down and hasn’t rained in a month.

 

Yeah not ideal, but not the end of the world.

 

I had both rear doors on a 2000 Grand Cherokee fail with less than 40k miles on it while our youngest son was in a baby seat. No way to open the doors when they fail, thankfully they failed a few months apart.

Had one fail in a Honda, but never in the Tundra I had for almost 10 years.

 

Love that color.

 

I installed my GM-style tow mirrors today. I previously had Toyota tow mirrors and hated them. I went back and forth between them and the stock mirrors 5 times before I finally sold them. I hated the look and couldn’t get used to the tiny convex mirror. These GM ones seem like they’ll work much better and I like the look of them. Similar to the Toyota tow mirrors, the running lights and turn signal indicators work even though my stock mirrors had neither. For $174 delivered versus the $415 I paid for Toyota ones 8 years ago, these can’t be beat.