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OK, since I am stupid and would've thought to know better since I mock those who do the same (humble pie time), I am re-posting my project truck thread after erroneously putting it in the 3r gen 4runner thread.
• The tires are all shot, possibly bad ball joints in the front. It is also missing the spare wheel and tire.
• Driver side door creaks when you open it, the hinge(?) is broken and the portion where the door bolts into the body looks like it's cracking.
• Passenger side door lock was punched out at some point as the key doesn't turn and the lip is a little raised.
• Frame is extremely clean with very little rust. Body Panels have rust.
• Interior is beat to piss, so presumably a work truck. Will need a thorough vacuuming and likely replacement of all the seats. Was used as PO's landscaping company truck, as I found a leaflet and multiple business cards in the glovebox when getting the stack of records out.
• There is some sort of leak on the front of the engine as the whole front is caked in grease. Power steering pump could be the culprit, as it is caked in grease. Valve cover gaskets are leaking as well. After sitting for 4 days the truck has marked it's territory on the driveway.
• Has newer muffler/tailpipe, new spark plug wires and cap, owner said he had a guy do the TB/WP on it. There are records in the glove box but I haven’t looked at them yet, they look old.
• Milk crate with misc. parts was included- ECU, Turn signal assembly, alternator, body lift pucks and some other bits.
• Battery is 1.5 years old but was completely flat, had to jump it with my Lexus when I was there so I could hear the engine noise. The noise sounds like a scrape/rattle/tick. Will get a video today of it.
• When the truck started, blue smoke poured out. Owner said he tightened one valve cover gasket so I believe that could part of the problem is bad VCGaskets.
• Transmission shifter needs new bushings, since I can slop the shifter around and it doesn’t show the indicator staying in park.
• Owner said loss of power so severe that even driving up the slight incline where he parked it the truck was going 2mph. So transmission condition is unknown, but he never mentioned any slipping.
• Rear bumper is sagging and toast.
After charging the battery for 8 or so hours, it only had enough juice to turn the truck over for this video. Even hooking up the jumper cables from my es300 didn't give it enough to turn over, it just clicked and everything dimmed.
I didn't want to run the engine too long due to the noise and the fact that the radiator and overflow tank are completely empty, although no white smoke came out when I started the truck.
Was able to get the shop vac out and vacuum a bunch.
Also noticed the mangled sunroof controls. Pretty sure there is a new unit in the milk crate full of parts.
Video of it running-is this jumped timing? PO said he had someone do the TB/WP, and by the time he sold it there was a total lack of power.
Pictures are as follows:
• The tires are all shot, possibly bad ball joints in the front. It is also missing the spare wheel and tire.
• Driver side door creaks when you open it, the hinge(?) is broken and the portion where the door bolts into the body looks like it's cracking.
• Passenger side door lock was punched out at some point as the key doesn't turn and the lip is a little raised.
• Frame is extremely clean with very little rust. Body Panels have rust.
• Interior is beat to piss, so presumably a work truck. Will need a thorough vacuuming and likely replacement of all the seats. Was used as PO's landscaping company truck, as I found a leaflet and multiple business cards in the glovebox when getting the stack of records out.
• There is some sort of leak on the front of the engine as the whole front is caked in grease. Power steering pump could be the culprit, as it is caked in grease. Valve cover gaskets are leaking as well. After sitting for 4 days the truck has marked it's territory on the driveway.
• Has newer muffler/tailpipe, new spark plug wires and cap, owner said he had a guy do the TB/WP on it. There are records in the glove box but I haven’t looked at them yet, they look old.
• Milk crate with misc. parts was included- ECU, Turn signal assembly, alternator, body lift pucks and some other bits.
• Battery is 1.5 years old but was completely flat, had to jump it with my Lexus when I was there so I could hear the engine noise. The noise sounds like a scrape/rattle/tick. Will get a video today of it.
• When the truck started, blue smoke poured out. Owner said he tightened one valve cover gasket so I believe that could part of the problem is bad VCGaskets.
• Transmission shifter needs new bushings, since I can slop the shifter around and it doesn’t show the indicator staying in park.
• Owner said loss of power so severe that even driving up the slight incline where he parked it the truck was going 2mph. So transmission condition is unknown, but he never mentioned any slipping.
• Rear bumper is sagging and toast.
After charging the battery for 8 or so hours, it only had enough juice to turn the truck over for this video. Even hooking up the jumper cables from my es300 didn't give it enough to turn over, it just clicked and everything dimmed.
I didn't want to run the engine too long due to the noise and the fact that the radiator and overflow tank are completely empty, although no white smoke came out when I started the truck.
Was able to get the shop vac out and vacuum a bunch.
Also noticed the mangled sunroof controls. Pretty sure there is a new unit in the milk crate full of parts.
Video of it running-is this jumped timing? PO said he had someone do the TB/WP, and by the time he sold it there was a total lack of power.
Pictures are as follows:
- before vacuuming
- after vacuuming
- mangled sunroof assembly
- rust on front passenger door
- dirt and rust on tailgate hinge and area
- front seat to give idea of worn out state of truck and the missing seat cushion with the busted door handled and sunken lock
- Busted drive side door stop/hinge/can't recall proper term for part
literally looking at the 3.4 conversion right now. I don't know if I have the time or funds to dedicate to that. Should the head gasket(s) be bad, is it cheaper to pull them and have them remilled than it is to do the 3.4 swap? I'm sure that's been answered but i'm lazy right now...
