Off-Road Info and Picts

My Truck - "Tankota" Specs and Fact sheet

Tacoma Truck Photo Gallery - Tons of picts of Toyota Tacoma Trucks that I've taken from the past few years

	Photo Gallery #1
	Photo Gallery #2

Off-Road Video Gallery

Sorry, I had to remove them - they were taking up too much of our donated bandwidth..

TTORA Trail Run Picts

	TTORA Joshua Tree Run
	Big Bear
	Moab - Utah
	Lake Isabella area
	TTORA Big Bear Bash
	Los Coyotes Run
	TTORA Death Valley Run
	The First TTORA So-Cal Family Day and Mud Bog
	Big Bear/Arrowhead "Snow" run
	Red Rock / Last Chance Canyon,
	Big Bear Friday Run Pontiac Sluice, Gold Mountain, John Bull in the snow and dark.
	Calico Run - Tacoma's doing Doran Falls (the HARD stuff!!)

Trail Crew Trail Run Picts

	Southwest Death Valley,
	Coyote Lake
	4x4 run with Corporate Toyota
	Death Valley Run
	Calico - Odessa/Doran.Unofficial run to the Calico area and some of the best trails..

Solo Wanderings Around

South Park / Pleasant Canyon Loop - Briggs Cabin, Panament Mountains, Death Valley from Rogers Pass.

Manson Family Values Tour - In search of Barker Ranch, Death Valley, where Charles Manson was captured

Superlift ProROCK CA State Championship, Johnson Valley. Rockcrawling picts from Sunday,

My Maps and Trail Info

Most maps are in Adobe Acrobat format, and are large downloads. But the Acrobat format allows you to zoom in on the maps for more detail, as well as list GPS points on page 2 of each file. All maps made by me in PDF format were created by me using Maptech Terrain Navigation Software.

	*Calico Ghost Town Area* Map of Doran/Odessa, 3.5 Meg Adobe Acrobat file. Doran/Odessa trail is in Red, The Doran Falls Bypass is in Green, and the Doran Bypass road from the top of Odessa is in Blue. 3D-View of Doran/Odessa trail
	*Death Valley Area* Detailed 2 page Map Of Goler Wash (Barker Ranch/Manson Ranch) - 3.5 Meg Adobe Acrobat file
	*Sierra Mountains Area* Sierra trails map (90k GIF) Includes Dusy-Ershim, Coyote Lake, Swamp Lake, Bald Mountain Trails. Located South East of Fresno, Above Shaver Lake. Some of the best trails in this area.

Technical Repair Information

Below are a few technical instructions for maintaining or repairing your vehicle. All are in Adobe PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed (free). Instructions are generic and not Tacoma specific, but are very helpful.

	Replacing U-joints
	Replacing Alternator
	Battery Maintenance
	Bleeding Brakes (non-ABS)
	Replacing Disk Brakes
	Replacing Drum Brakes
	Replacing Fan Belts (Generic Description)
	Jumpstarting a Vehicle

Illustrations and Diagrams

Helpful drawings for your Tacoma

	Front Suspension and Rank and Pinion
	Service Manual Diagrams / 1996 Tacoma (Thanks to Jandy for all the work)
	2003 Tacoma Factory Service Manual (for reference only)

The Motor Oil Bible: Everything you ever wanted to know about oil, written so you can understand it.

Modification Write ups

	Link to my write up on Installing rear add-a-leaf on a Tacoma
	Link to my write up on installing the "Deck Plate" mod to the air box

Solid Axle Swaps on the Tacoma

Here's some links to some of the early ground breaking solid axle swaps on the Tacoma:

http://www.toy4x4.net/
http://www.norcalttora.com/~bob/index.html
http://www.frankentaco.com/
http://www.azttora.com/tacomafaq.html
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/~tacozilla/
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme2/supersized/

Tacoma Truck Technical Links

	TTORA New England Web Site - Tons of Tech information on the Tacoma
	Gadget's pages - Tons of great info on performance for the 3.4 V6, and the only source for info to get your TRD supercharger working right.
	Tacoma Territory

Off-Road Driving Information

	Off-Highway Driving with an SUV - or any 4x4 for that matter. Great common sense web site with tons of information on the do's and Don'ts of off-road driving. A great beginners guide.. A little bit over done sometimes..
	Off-Road Recovery - An overseas page with good information on vehicle recovery using straps or a winch. A slow loading page though..
	More Advanced Recovery - Yet another overseas page with more detailed and advanced recovery techniques. They always have the good stuff over there..

Misc Stuff

Bent Frame Info