What did you do to your xb today??

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06Toasterbox

Discussion Starter · Mar 21, 2011

Im gona try and start a new thread on "What did u do to your XB today"

I'll start.

I put my winter tires away and put my spring/summer tires back on. Lowered it back down and put my Tusdo (sp) back on.

J.

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Myopic

· #15,981 · 5 mo ago (Edited)

Thanks for the compliment. The headliner is surprising easy to remove; some plastic pushpins, grab handles, visors, rearview mirror, and dome light. Then it slips out of the surrounding retainer.
Are you planning some mods?

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superbee 4406

· #15,982 · 5 mo ago

No mods in mind
My tailgate is beat to crap by previous owner
Instead of wasting my time into messing with a difficult dent that was previously hack fixed
And then time/ materials to repaint
was thinking of Just spending a few hundred for a nice gate in the same color
And swapping out.
Was wondering what kind of a pain it is to get into the wiring
It Doesn't sound like much of a problem.

Myopic

· #15,983 · 5 mo ago (Edited)

Two ways to remove the liftgate wiring harness.

1. Wiring is accessible through the liftgate's interior panel. All wiring inside the liftgate can be disconnected and released from routing fasteners then the harness is pulled out of the access point at the passenger side top of the liftgate. The rubber loom removes from the liftgate easily.

2. The liftgate wiring harness can be separated by disconnecting the plug located behind the passenger side rear window surround. The window surround pops off. For access to the wiring loom retaining clip, remove the two plastic pushpins at the back of the headliner and gently lower the headliner just enough to reach the loom's clip. To remove the clip press inwards on the tab on each side.

Either way is not too bad to perform, just more steps with the second method.

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superbee 4406

· #15,984 · 5 mo ago

Myopic said:
Two ways to remove the liftgate wiring harness.

1. Wiring is accessible through the liftgate's interior panel. All wiring inside the liftgate can be disconnected and released from routing fasteners then the harness is pulled out of the access point at the passenger side top of the liftgate. The rubber loom removes from the liftgate easily.

2. The liftgate wiring harness can be separated by disconnecting the plug located behind the passenger side rear window surround. The window surround pops off. For access to the wiring loom retaining clip, remove the two plastic pushpins at the back of the headliner and gently lower the headliner just enough to reach the loom's clip. To remove the clip press inwards on the tab on each side.

Either way is not too bad to perform, just more steps with the second method.
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You made it too easy
I kinda thought that plug would be in there a ways. My guess was right.
Thanks for the info

Zippy12

· #15,985 · 3 mo ago

I brought it home after purchasing it! I will start tinkering with it to make it uniquely mine.

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jawhn

· #15,986 · 3 mo ago

Today I finally replaced my front sway arm bushings. Makes me mad that I just did this to one of my recent xBs, only to have that one develop catastrophic problems that even a local mechanic friend couldn't figure out. So I was quite familiar with the process, and it only took an hour or so. (I wasn't focusing on being quick, I was fucking around, texting friends, etc.) Oh. And the seller shipped a wrong polyurethane bushings for one of the 8, luckily it was a bit thicker, so after a little bench grinder action it was good to go.

While under there, I found something I'm VERY glad to have found, though. The shifting cable didn't have a nylon locknut on it. There was no nut whatsoever. I am soooooooooo happy to have found this before something bad happened, and am amazed that it was still working. Toyota engineers are amazing in that it was still even functional.

For reference, the nut in the upper left corner of this photo was just gone. Absent. Missing. AWOL. Not a good situation. Luckily it was the same size and thread as the sway arm bushing set I'd just removed, so I just repurposed it. Although I should probably grab a brand new one eventually, just for peace of mind.

Still need to determine what's going clankity-clunk under my front end, I don't think it was this shifter arm/cable nut missing, but that would be awesome if it was.

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Myopic

· #15,987 · 3 mo ago

jawhn said:
... While under there, I found something I'm VERY glad to have found, though. The shifting cable didn't have a nylon locknut on it. There was no nut whatsoever. I am soooooooooo happy to have found this before something bad happened, and am amazed that it was still working. Toyota engineers are amazing in that it was still even functional. ...

Great fortune to find that! You are living right.

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jawhn

· #15,988 · 3 mo ago

Myopic said:
Great fortune to find that! You are living right.

I can definitely 'feel' it when shifting between Park, Rev, Drive now. Never realized how loose feeling it was until this fix. Now it feels solid.

Still makes the damn clankity-clunk, though. No idea what it is, I've crawled under plenty of times just tapping things with a hammer, grabbing things and trying to shake them... No idea what the noise is. It sounds like a crescent wrench lying on a cookie tin or something, I usually hear it when driving over consistent tiny bumps in the road. Driving me mad. About to just drive it to a shop, bend over, and find out what'$ wrong with it.

2006BOPxB

· #15,989 · 3 mo ago

jawhn said:
No idea what the noise is. It sounds like a crescent wrench lying on a cookie tin or something, I usually hear it when driving over consistent tiny bumps in the road.

Me, too -- same noise, same conditions. Haven't figured it out yet, but sounds like driver's side suspension area. Good luck tracking it down! Will share if I find something.

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Zippy12

· #15,990 · 3 mo ago

Toyota service had suggested doing a transmission service to the previous owner at 104k. They declined but YESTERDAY I had it done at a local independent “transmission” shop. The shop’s owner (and only employee) said the transmission appears to be in great shape. The old fluid, filter and magnets were very clean for having 106k. He said it should be good for another 100k as long as I service it every 30-50,000 miles.

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WhiteBread

· #15,991 · 3 mo ago (Edited)

Swapped out my OEM sidemarkers for smoked ones. Had new radio installed

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2006BOPxB

· #15,992 · 3 mo ago

I installed half-inch spacers to bring the rear wheels even with the fronts. Love 'em!

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Zippy12

· #15,993 · 2 mo ago

I ordered a 13 1/2” - 14” steering wheel cover from Amazon and installed it today. Really tight but I got it on with a little elbow grease and some patience. I had a cover from another car that I tried. It was a 14 1/2” - 15 1/2” and it slipped all over the place. Drove me crazy. I think my next mod will be a leather shift knob.

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Myopic

· #15,994 · 2 mo ago

2006BOPxB said:
I installed half-inch spacers to bring the rear wheels even with the fronts. Love 'em!

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The alignment looks great! I always appreciate EM-7's.

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Myopic

· #15,995 · 2 mo ago

BulldogDan said:
... I had a cover from another car that I tried. It was a 14 1/2” - 15 1/2” and it slipped all over the place. Drove me crazy.

That is a great pun!

04_Toaster

· #15,996 · 2 mo ago (Edited)

Added some weathertech coasters to my cupholders. Had to trim the sides down for them to work right.....like it tho

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they came with 2 sets...used the larger ones in my truck and the smaller set in the toaster

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BAK2SQ1

· #15,997 · 2 mo ago

Trunk privacy cover.
Inspired by the JDM design

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04_Toaster

· #15,998 · 2 mo ago

I wonder about doing that and gluing my soft cover to it....to have the emblem

BAK2SQ1

· #15,999 · 2 mo ago

04_Toaster said:
I wonder about doing that and gluing my soft cover to it....to have the emblem

The OEM soft cover is a different dimension. It could work if you know how to work with the nylon fabric, would be neat to see.

I’m going to make another one with a custom logo down the line after I perfect the current template.

BAK2SQ1

· #16,000 · 2 mo ago

Finished the trunk hard cover and installed new black lug nuts

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