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Originally Posted by robiewp
Danno,
I'm in middle NY right now in an apartment but my wife and I still own a house in Maine. I've never lived anywhere where the cold didn't suck! The thing I remember most about Minneapolis was how cold it got when the wind blows... I feel your pain.
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To tell the truth, we never hit the sunny side of 0F last week, so today's highs in the teens don't feel so bad - you get acclimated. Starting plugs with gloves on doesn't sound like fun, though, so the finners may get a tad chilly...
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As an aside on plugs, the 5VZFEs
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5 Volt, Zoom-Fast Engine? Or is that a model number? I thought I was doin' good parsing V6DOHC.
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came with Densos on one side and NGKs on the others. There is some dispute about this, but many people have observed the Densos were in much rougher shape when replaced. I went with the NGKs for this reason. You should also gap the plugs yourself, even if they're supposedly pre-gapped. You could go with a platinum as well, but I opted out.
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According to their site, Automax has NGK platinums for the T-100
here for only $3 each - but the pic doesn't look like it's got the double ground you suggested. We'll see at the shop - they probably need some humor about now, anyway.
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As far as manuals go- The non-factory manuals available for the T are so-so. They mostly cover a bunch of toyota vehicles in addition to the T, but do the job for the msot part. I personally bought an FSM off ebay (and own a haynes) for about $60. If you plan on having the truck for a while I would go this route, or wait until I digitize mine.
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<twiddling thumbs> - I don't wanna rush you or anything, but if it's in the plan anyway, I'd appreciate a headzup when you've got it done.
FWIW, I tend to keep 'em until the roadsalt kills 'em dead - so I expect to keep this one until it's old enough to vote. (When they're old enough to go out and get a job, I get impressed.)
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For your immediate use in seeing what's involved for the plug wires, download the FSM for a 5vzfe (your engine) tacoma from here:
http://www.*******.com/fsm/index.html
Everything will be the same.
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May the diety of your choice smile upon you and the beverage of your choice be ever to your hand. Many, many thanks.
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For the plugs and wires, make sure you have gasketed plug wrench which grabs the plug along with a tight holding extension - they're fairly deep.
I think you can handle it, though. I'd wait for the wind to stop and the sun to shine.
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It's my only ride (unless you count a '74 motorcycle that hasn't been started in a decade, and mostly, I don't), so it's gotta be today or tomorrow. It's not even going below 0 tonight, so it shouldn't be too awful - not with the advice I'm gettin' here.
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Cheers,
Rob
P.S.
I wanted to add that after I read your description again, this behavior is identical to what I had earlier this year. The bad spark plugs ultimately made the truck extremely easy to flood, and that easy flooding made the problem even harder to nail down. I might even start with some new proper type and properly gapped plugs and see if that solves your problem.
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I've already got the wires (what Tires Plus said), so they should be easy, once I'm in there doin' plugs. I'll let y'all know how it turns out - but for now, many, many thanks, Rob and BamZipPow!
Danno
Minnesnowta - where many are cold, but few are frozen.
