I took my wifes subbie into work today to drop it off for a service, she took my truck and she phoned me soon as she got to work. She can't believe how nice it is to shift, in her terms, she said it was 'like a new transmission or something' so there's her endorsement..woman stamp of approval.

 

always a bonus when the wife approves of something! wish mine would approve of my rebuild costs haha

 

Yeah I hear ya but it's still cheaper than making monthly vehicle payments with interest, tell her that!

 

That's how I've gotten away with my truck.

Why replace a broken part if I'm just going to break it again? Time for an upgrade!

 

Sweet shifter bro

 

Man, This truck is awesome!
makes me miss blue lifted 90 5spd :/

any engine upgrades soon?

 

Thanks! What happened to your blue truck? The engine runs good, nothing major in mind, I'd like to do the EGR\PAIR delete, and soon as winters over I'll hit the pick & pulls for a supra afm.

Thanks, nice to have people here give their feedback on things like this, helps a lot.

 

She understands it. But she also sees it as I didnt have to get the expensive parts.
I say of course i do, i don't like doing things twice

 

Yeah that's my thing too, and there are some pretty good deals online for toyota oem parts as opposed to direct from the dealer.

 

yea, i need to dig around more for sources on toyota oem parts.

 

I sold her for 2400 bucks to some people who probably wouldnt appreciate like some would.
like use her as a yard maintenance truck if you know what i mean.

Ill try to find it one of these days.

 

whats the purpose of the egr/pair delete?

 

1. It cleans up the engine bay, which is !2exceptionally full due to the 3vze.
2. It removes smog equipment that after 20+ year is likely not doing its job.
3. It "supposedly" increases power.. I didn't notice a power increase when I removed my smog equipment, but others have.
4. It simplifies the diagnosis process when something goes bad; less parts to check.

But mostly, it cleans up the engine bay!😁

 

ah i see lol
so you dont need it to pass smog?

 

Depends on where you're at, we have no smog requirements here in Alberta, I'm not sure you could get away with it in Cali, the Cali truck guys will have to chime in. The egr re-circulates exhaust gas back into the engine to reduce nox emissions. Because it's exhaust gas, the egr valve gets plugged up with carbon over time. All ecu equipped vehicles can adjust if you decide to remove it I've removed it on every vehicle I've owned with EGR and never once had an issue, I haven't removed it on this truck yet though.

 

I read that with the EGR deleted it will still pass the smog test....but they will nail you on visual inspection....and if your CEL is on they will scan your truck and see the EGR codes which will screw you again.

damn you california! glad im moving back to portland soon

 

I always thought you had a great looking truck and finally got a chance to go thru your thread. You have done a great job with it. Congrat!!!

 

Thanks Terry, and thanks for the help, I've pillaged ideas from your threads a time or two

 

I ordered some LED lights for my back-up lights and a cheesy blue dome lamp for my blue interior. I'm really please with the back up lights, really nice spread, the dome light is as I said, kinda cheesy but nice and bright.



Blue dome lamp:


LED on left, regular bulb on right, the spread on the left bulb is way wider than stock bulb.


closer shot of LED back up bulb:

 

Nice I have been wanting to do the short throw for a while now and this kicked my trigger finger again

Looks awesome have any more tantalizing reasons for me to upgrade?? Looks easy enough to do also, did you put back on the LEDs tails?