Yeah, I like those Tundras a lot. Super quiet inside; very refined. That's my favorite generation of Tundra. I wanted my father-in-law to buy it, to replace his '95.5 Tacoma, but he likes that ol' Taco too much. He has something like 220k miles on it, but just won't sell it.
new to me '06 tundra!
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the taco was our first choice, actually. but you can't find them used here, and if you do, they command a premium. I'm honestly very surprised we found this one-- it just wouldn't sell. we don't need something quite this big but my only concern about size is mpg/being wasteful... I can drive and park it all day long... I've gone 135miles on the top 1/4 tank (26gal tank), so hopefully that's at least in the upper teens. IDK how linear the gauge is.
It has full syn in the trans and will get it in the diff soon, and engine later when it's due.
It has full syn in the trans and will get it in the diff soon, and engine later when it's due.
My co-worker got upper-teens with his, but his driving was nearly 100% highway. That's pretty much what it's rated for, so you can probably expect somewhere near the EPA ratings with it, give or take some.
Your Toyota dealer uses BG ATF? I guess that wouldn't surprise me. The more I look around, the more dealers I see using whatever fluid they wish, as long as the fluid does say it meets the requirements of the OEM fluid. When I asked my Honda dealer about them using Valvoline MaxLife ATF instead of Honda's own ATF, he said they never have an issue with warranty claims. He also said they don't do many warranty transmissions anymore, so many fluid DOES make a difference.
Your Toyota dealer uses BG ATF? I guess that wouldn't surprise me. The more I look around, the more dealers I see using whatever fluid they wish, as long as the fluid does say it meets the requirements of the OEM fluid. When I asked my Honda dealer about them using Valvoline MaxLife ATF instead of Honda's own ATF, he said they never have an issue with warranty claims. He also said they don't do many warranty transmissions anymore, so many fluid DOES make a difference.
I loved my tundra's. At 82-85 mph I used to get about 16mpg. 4x4 LTD 4.7 V8.
Doublecab might be a little less.
Mine were both bulletproof and very easy to work on. My first one was an '00. Both exhaust manifolds cracked early on, so I replaced with JBA headers and Borla exhaust. Only other problems in 220K were a fan clutch, one rear end clutch pack, brakes (every 20K for front), a few front O2 sensors and a MAF. Drove and rode like a luxury car.
Doublecab might be a little less.
Mine were both bulletproof and very easy to work on. My first one was an '00. Both exhaust manifolds cracked early on, so I replaced with JBA headers and Borla exhaust. Only other problems in 220K were a fan clutch, one rear end clutch pack, brakes (every 20K for front), a few front O2 sensors and a MAF. Drove and rode like a luxury car.
Ok-- I've had a couple of weeks in it--
my first tank with careful driving yielded 18.0 mpg before any work was done.
dealer did the WP and TB to the tune of $850+tax.
Amsoil SG 75-90 went in the LS diff. The driveline makes less noise-- best way to describe it, and the engine braking doesn't seem quite as pronounced when coasting. Not sure what was in there before, but it wasn't too old-- maybe 15k on it, tops.
Swapped out some nasty fluid for amsoil PS in the steering. 2 bottles out, 2 bottles in. Feels the same, very slight difference, hard to describe.
Read up on the BG universal ATF in the trans. Good for "everything," T-IV, ATF+4, Dex, Merc, etc... Too bad this AT calls for the WS ATF, which looks to be basically a lower viscosity fluid. Amsoil, for example, has a specific ATF for toyota WS and Dex VI. IMO the "universal" would be too thick...
The sump only holds... something like 1.7 qts. Drain/fills would take forever. And I didn't want to spend on a full amsoil flush.
SO GET THIS:
I stuck the mityvac on the cooler line from the trans and pulled the fluid out that way. Got 4 quarts out and stopped (could have gotten more, but I only had 4 quarts). The first 1 3/4 came out easy, then it started bubbling. I ran the engine then for about 20 seconds and the mityvac pulled the remaining out without much trouble-- there were bubbles in the line but it was very effective. filled 4qts in via the return line, patiently.
The amsoil feels better. doesn't bang into gear... its more civilized perhaps. it still shifts just as quickly, but with less of a jerk.
Now I'm almost wishing I had more than 4 quarts on hand when I did it. I don't want too thick of a fluid in there pushing pressures up higher than they are supposed to be.
I think 4 qts is about half of the total capacity... IIRC it doesn't hold very much.
Anyway, new technique--- I figured it'd be effective b/c the TC fills and drains from the center... so pulling a vacuum on it while turned off would let the air bubbles rise to the top of the converter and i'd basically have access to 1/2 the fluid in the thing. It wasn't perfect... air was coming in from elsewhere, but it was certainly more effective than draining the pan.
Plugs need to be checked soon, possibly replaced. Will report back...
M
my first tank with careful driving yielded 18.0 mpg before any work was done.
dealer did the WP and TB to the tune of $850+tax.
Amsoil SG 75-90 went in the LS diff. The driveline makes less noise-- best way to describe it, and the engine braking doesn't seem quite as pronounced when coasting. Not sure what was in there before, but it wasn't too old-- maybe 15k on it, tops.
Swapped out some nasty fluid for amsoil PS in the steering. 2 bottles out, 2 bottles in. Feels the same, very slight difference, hard to describe.
Read up on the BG universal ATF in the trans. Good for "everything," T-IV, ATF+4, Dex, Merc, etc... Too bad this AT calls for the WS ATF, which looks to be basically a lower viscosity fluid. Amsoil, for example, has a specific ATF for toyota WS and Dex VI. IMO the "universal" would be too thick...
The sump only holds... something like 1.7 qts. Drain/fills would take forever. And I didn't want to spend on a full amsoil flush.
SO GET THIS:
I stuck the mityvac on the cooler line from the trans and pulled the fluid out that way. Got 4 quarts out and stopped (could have gotten more, but I only had 4 quarts). The first 1 3/4 came out easy, then it started bubbling. I ran the engine then for about 20 seconds and the mityvac pulled the remaining out without much trouble-- there were bubbles in the line but it was very effective. filled 4qts in via the return line, patiently.
The amsoil feels better. doesn't bang into gear... its more civilized perhaps. it still shifts just as quickly, but with less of a jerk.
Now I'm almost wishing I had more than 4 quarts on hand when I did it. I don't want too thick of a fluid in there pushing pressures up higher than they are supposed to be.
I think 4 qts is about half of the total capacity... IIRC it doesn't hold very much.
Anyway, new technique--- I figured it'd be effective b/c the TC fills and drains from the center... so pulling a vacuum on it while turned off would let the air bubbles rise to the top of the converter and i'd basically have access to 1/2 the fluid in the thing. It wasn't perfect... air was coming in from elsewhere, but it was certainly more effective than draining the pan.
Plugs need to be checked soon, possibly replaced. Will report back...
M
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