It had 220k miles and was sitting for 5 years, when I bought it and it came in on a trailer.
I had to winch it up the driveway and into the garage BUT its mine.
This will be my new DD. My plan is to make it as comfortable to drive as I can, keep it stock and rebuild it as reliable as Toyota would. I also want it to look cool with a differant paint job and updated wheels.
The paint was in bad shape. The motor would not start, 2 stuck valves, clogged fuel lines in the tank, stripped exhaust bolts and spark plug threads in the head, broken timing guides and cylinder walls that were in very bad shape. The front axles were thick with crud from the leaking gear oil. But the body was mostly straight, minus some rust. The interior was in fair shape minus the cracked dash pad.
The previous owner sold it to me with a brand new head loaded with new valves, cam and rocker arm assembly. He also threw in a new rebuild OEM Asian carburetor from National Carburetor.
I started In November 2013 and finished in July 2014, I have put over 500 miles on the truck and I must say I am very happy with how it is so far.
I'll post a few progression pictures, more picture can be had by clicking the link in my signiture.
Enjoy...
Knuckles looked bad.
PO sanded and primed but after a few years it all rusted...
Cracked dash pad.
Wonder what is under all that dirt...
Head is off and time to look at the cylinder walls...
Not good, it gets a trip to the machine shop.
Borrowed a lift from my good friend Lars.
Keeping motor parts in some kind of order.
Doing some house cleaning and de-smoging while the motor is out.
Rust removed and repaired at the battery tray.
Block was bored over .030" and .010" was tacken off the deck.
Could not figure out why timing was so off untill I looked at the cranck pulley and noticed the mark did not line up with the keyway.
New clutch and all in but no start; fuel lines in the tank were very much clogged.
I had to winch it up the driveway and into the garage BUT its mine.
This will be my new DD. My plan is to make it as comfortable to drive as I can, keep it stock and rebuild it as reliable as Toyota would. I also want it to look cool with a differant paint job and updated wheels.
The paint was in bad shape. The motor would not start, 2 stuck valves, clogged fuel lines in the tank, stripped exhaust bolts and spark plug threads in the head, broken timing guides and cylinder walls that were in very bad shape. The front axles were thick with crud from the leaking gear oil. But the body was mostly straight, minus some rust. The interior was in fair shape minus the cracked dash pad.
The previous owner sold it to me with a brand new head loaded with new valves, cam and rocker arm assembly. He also threw in a new rebuild OEM Asian carburetor from National Carburetor.
I started In November 2013 and finished in July 2014, I have put over 500 miles on the truck and I must say I am very happy with how it is so far.
I'll post a few progression pictures, more picture can be had by clicking the link in my signiture.
Enjoy...
Knuckles looked bad.
PO sanded and primed but after a few years it all rusted...
Cracked dash pad.
Wonder what is under all that dirt...
Head is off and time to look at the cylinder walls...
Not good, it gets a trip to the machine shop.
Borrowed a lift from my good friend Lars.
Keeping motor parts in some kind of order.
Doing some house cleaning and de-smoging while the motor is out.
Rust removed and repaired at the battery tray.
Block was bored over .030" and .010" was tacken off the deck.
Could not figure out why timing was so off untill I looked at the cranck pulley and noticed the mark did not line up with the keyway.
New clutch and all in but no start; fuel lines in the tank were very much clogged.