I took off Monday from work to wait for our new mattress to be delivered (that never showed up). So I took the time to get some work done to the truck.
Changed the oil. Mmm that Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino.
Installed new chinesium headlights (the old ones had an inch or two of standing water in them
). I think this is my fourth set of headlights at this point?
Drilled out a loose wheel stud that had the lug nut seized to it.
Replaced all the wheel studs on my rear axle with new OEM wheel studs. They were all rusting and wore out. Finally replaced all my wheel lugs with McGard lug nuts. Thanks @Silverback for the recommendation.
I had to grind down the washers to fit over the axle hump for the seal.
This is an awesome tool to help get the wheel studs out without damaging the axle's mounting hole.
Installed new drum brake pads and springs (this was not a planned job at all. I really wish I had time to use OEM parts for this). I ended up having to use a couple of old OEM parts after the chinesium vatozone springs and clips broke on install.
Installed new drum brake cylinders. (My drivers side rear had a bad seal). I ended up having to drop the truck off to a shop to have them finish bleeding the brake cylinder since I couldn't get all of the air out of it. The shop called me and said they had a helluva time bleeding it with a machine so I don't feel like a complete failure now, just a little failure They also adjusted the E-brake and drum brakes as well.
And I also had the shop drain and recharge my A/C system. Ever since 2007 when I got this truck new off the lot, the A/C has struggled to get cold when the temperature outside is over 90°. I always just dealt with it since I was too lazy and cheap to pay someone to do it. Well now that I have a daughter, I need my A/C to work properly when it's hot outside. I read up on what could cause this issue and found that a lot of Tacoma's and Tundra's from 2006-2009 (IIRC) came from the factory with undercharged A/C systems, so I'm hoping that is my issue. Otherwise, next summer I'm going to have to start replacing A/C components to try and solve this issue.
Changed the oil. Mmm that Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino.
Installed new chinesium headlights (the old ones had an inch or two of standing water in them
). I think this is my fourth set of headlights at this point?Drilled out a loose wheel stud that had the lug nut seized to it.
Replaced all the wheel studs on my rear axle with new OEM wheel studs. They were all rusting and wore out. Finally replaced all my wheel lugs with McGard lug nuts. Thanks @Silverback for the recommendation.
I had to grind down the washers to fit over the axle hump for the seal.
This is an awesome tool to help get the wheel studs out without damaging the axle's mounting hole.
Installed new drum brake pads and springs (this was not a planned job at all. I really wish I had time to use OEM parts for this). I ended up having to use a couple of old OEM parts after the chinesium vatozone springs and clips broke on install.
Installed new drum brake cylinders. (My drivers side rear had a bad seal). I ended up having to drop the truck off to a shop to have them finish bleeding the brake cylinder since I couldn't get all of the air out of it. The shop called me and said they had a helluva time bleeding it with a machine so I don't feel like a complete failure now, just a little failure
They also adjusted the E-brake and drum brakes as well. And I also had the shop drain and recharge my A/C system. Ever since 2007 when I got this truck new off the lot, the A/C has struggled to get cold when the temperature outside is over 90°. I always just dealt with it since I was too lazy and cheap to pay someone to do it. Well now that I have a daughter, I need my A/C to work properly when it's hot outside. I read up on what could cause this issue and found that a lot of Tacoma's and Tundra's from 2006-2009 (IIRC) came from the factory with undercharged A/C systems, so I'm hoping that is my issue. Otherwise, next summer I'm going to have to start replacing A/C components to try and solve this issue.
