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I was asked for some pictures of the underside. Typical Japanese undercoating on a low KM/M truck. Pictures are from when I received it in September of 2025. I am in South Texas so no snow, no salt, and sadly little to no rain.

Some random notes: For those unfamilar with the platform, it is NOT a kei truck. It is the LY platform and more akin to a 1990's full size truck. It is shorter and narrower than my Tacoma. It is fine around town and compeltely settled in a sweet spot at 100-120KM on the highway. 1st is...

I added 2 OEM Toyota Diesel badges, 1 on each forward door. If I remember anything else, I will add to this thread.

1999 Toyota ToyoAce for sale. $20,000 OBO (have another truck inbound and willing to negotiate) 5l diesel 4X4 with lockut hubs 5-speed manual Just turned 10,000 miles and more added weekly as it is in driving rotation. Retired fire truck that I have had in weekly rotation for the past several...

Solid point although I didn't realize it was like tacomaworld.com here. At least one of the SST tools by image description looks to be long enough to hit the radiator. I've seen a video of someone yanking the radiator and have also received advice that it could stay with a thin piece of...

I've read through the manuals a couple of times. Any recommendations for specialty tools instead of the Toyota ones? Especially for the tight space?

Getting parts and reading up about changing the timing belt on a 1999 ToyoAce fire truck. Anybody had experience with one of these and have some pointers?

Edit. Will start a different thread in order not to derail this. It is an amazing build! Following closely.

On the timing belt change, any documentation on it being completed before shipping?