Its obvious a lot of you had done some serious expeditions and probably have broken down a long the way...from all your experience are there certain spare parts that are a must have on board. I want to avoid finding out what I should have brought along the hard way and was hoping to use all your hard learned lesson to my advantage.
Tacoma spare parts list
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cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
My Tacoma specific spare parts:
Full compliment of belts
CV axle-shaft
Rear shaft u-joint
Full compliment of belts
CV axle-shaft
Rear shaft u-joint
pray4surf
Explorer
I'd add to that...
radiator hoses
air filter
spark plug(s)
I'm sure I'll think of other things...
My spares are typically the used items I've replaced when doing scheduled maintenance... i.e., replace the belts and throw the 'used' belts into my spare parts kit
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Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Not a bad idea. Save some money, but still allow you to get back to civilization. I don't know why I never thought of doing that.
Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
I always carry a Yuppie Repair Kit.
That is, a cell phone and a credit card.
That is, a cell phone and a credit card.
DesertBoater
Adventurer
Question for y'all on air filters. On my 05 v6 tacoma, I'm looking to replace my stock filter with a K&N...issue is, when i open up the filter compartment, there are two filters one on the intake side, and one on the engine side. The intake side comes out easily, however the engine side won't budge. I'd assume I need to replace both as they're both rather nasty but I can't find anything in the owners manual (mostly useless.) Any thoughts.
Cheers,
West
Cheers,
West
That's the secondary filter and I've heard guys drill them out to remove them looking for better air flow but the jury is still out on whether or not it helps
You will find instructions on how to remove it over at Tacomaworld here
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/performance-tuning/2012-diy-secondary-air-filter-removal.html
Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
Just out of curiosity, why are you getting a K&N? I put one on my Ranger and was massively underwhelmed. For the price of the K&N I could have bought 2 or 3 regular filters. I won't waste my money on one again. The MPG/performance gains they claim never materialized for me.
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Me too, been there done that. I'm sticking paper filters.
DesertBoater
Adventurer
The K&N was recommended to me from a friend, as well as being able to clean and re-use them instead of just adding to a landfill...definitely keeping my old one as a spare...good idea.
laxtoy
Adventurer
while it is nice to think green, one reason i bought an aftermarket filter, i have heard bad things about k&n filters. 1. the oil used to coat the filter has a tendency to foul the maf if the filter is over-oiled, which i understand is not hard to do. 2. the k&n's have been said to give poor filtering performance, the daylight test has been mentioned several times on several forums - hold the filter up to the light and you can visably see holes that dust particles will be able to pass through. actually, many people say the filters work better after they have seen some use after a cleaning, the dirt fills the holes and helps the filtration :Wow1: not so good. some guys have said they looked into the intake tube and saw evidence of dust, as well as dirtier oil, further lending to the idea they may not work as well as claimed. i have however heard good things about true flow filters, http://www.trueflow.com/ a few guys on here use them, and i think i will be switching to one shortly. speaking from personal experience, i can surely see the need for a spare filter. i was following a friend on a dusty road, and my crappy cold air kit (soon to be replaced with the factory air box i bought) was inundated with dust which tripped the check engine light. when i took off the cone filter to clean it and the maf sensor, the intake tube was noticeably dusty. i then thought, crap, time to find a new approach. bring on the snorkel!!
i might as well add to the list - spare inner and outer tie rod ends and cv's. you can do the same as rick suggested with your belts and hoses, if you replace your tie rod ends as you should, which is before they fail you can use the old ones as spares, and i just use my old cv's with torn boots which i plan to fix as spares.
i might as well add to the list - spare inner and outer tie rod ends and cv's. you can do the same as rick suggested with your belts and hoses, if you replace your tie rod ends as you should, which is before they fail
you can use the old ones as spares, and i just use my old cv's with torn boots which i plan to fix as spares.
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