Acceptable level of corrosion? (1 Viewer)

[Dea1276]

Hi everyone. I recently moved to Japan. I had to sell my built Tacoma when I came here. Off road trails are few and far between here but I really miss having a proper 4x4. I am looking at an 80 series nearby that looks pretty good and is a decent price. Is a 1994, 4.5 with 200k on it. It has a bit of rust, especially on the exhaust and fittings. My big concern is that the aluminum head and intake have a good amount of corrosion. Should I be concerned about this? truck is a good price for here, around 2.3 million yen ($17k). Thanks in advance!

 

[jemsec]

Doesn't appear to be much to worry about. Aluminum won't be difficult to clean up.

 

[Dea1276]

Thank you. I got an appointment to go check it out. Hopefully there's no hidden frame rust!

 

[Kernal]

Check the rocker panels, rear; check the lift gate around the rubber glass gasket, look up where the spare tire is mounted, drop the spare to get a better look if you can,. Remove the cargo area side panels and reach down to feel the bottoms/sides of the quarter panel cavities for rust, take photos. The transfer case looks like the other aluminum parts, check the bolt heads, brackets, brake lines, ----

Looks like the previous owner parked it outside and lived close to the ocean.

 

[FMC80]

Very expensive.

 

[gummycarbs]

$17k for a '94 1FZ-FE with 200k? Seems expensive to me.

Weird how some of the fasteners are badly rusted and others look great. It's like the JDM driver's side got all the salt spray.

 

[Dea1276]

I went and checked it out and the rust was more than I was willing to deal with. The frame looked good overall but many of the bolts were so corroded they looked like they would have to be drilled out. It was almost like some sort of galvanic corrosion was going on. The aluminum was much worse than the frame which I have never seen before.

The search continues I appreciate everyone's advice!

 

[mudgudgeon]

It would be a hard pass for me.

It's either copped a LOT of salt, or someone's cleaned it repeatedly with a highly caustic degreaser and striped the natural oxide coating off the aluminium
There's no fixing that. Corrosion will continue