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2ToyGuy · 07-30-2005, 10:26 AM

No doubt, that's my p/u. The sun's gotten to the clearcoat. Badly. The driver's side window doesn't roll up or down any more, just grab it and push. Nice for when I lock the keys in

The dirver's seat fabric is shredded. I threw a piece of carpet onto it, and a wooden bead seat thingy over THAT. The radio works, if you give the side of the console a good whack every so often, passenger speaker out as of 2 days ago. The antenna is kinda loose, as is the passenger side rearview. The stick on labe where the a/c and heater controls are is faded completely, cracked, and failing in spots. The blower hasn't worked in a couple of years. The seatbelts go back in with a lot of help. The inside of teh bed is thrashed, and I sideswiped a concrete abutment, nicce dent and scrape marks on that side of the bed. The rear bumper has been backed over a stump, and then pounded back (mostly) into place. The cold air inlet pipe from the front of the engine bay to the aircleaner is held on with duct tape. The great deity only knows what's behind/under the seat. The tailgate is pretty well covered with bumperstickers that are too faded to read, and won't open by the handle. You have to reach into the access panel and pull the release bars manually. The hi-pressure power steering hose has a leak, and if I turn to the stops, it squirts onto the exhaust manifold, and STINKS! I carry a bottle of powersteering fluid behind the driverside headlight. The driver's side tail light is RTV'd in, as the plastic thingies that the screws mate into cracked and fell out. The fuel guage only works when the tank level is above 3/4. After that, it just drops to the bottom and stays there.
BUT! It starts easily, every time I turn teh key, and can actually go 0-60 in about 15 seconds. Not a racer, but plenty enough form me. I get about 22 mpg on it, and the entire engine and drive train, except the U-joints, is factory. I've replaced a lot of the peripherals to the engine, the alt, water pump, etc, but other than that...Not too bad for 287k on it

I give it TLC, and it returns the favor.

07-30-2005, 10:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
2ToyGuy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 389	No doubt, that's my p/u. The sun's gotten to the clearcoat. Badly. The driver's side window doesn't roll up or down any more, just grab it and push. Nice for when I lock the keys in The dirver's seat fabric is shredded. I threw a piece of carpet onto it, and a wooden bead seat thingy over THAT. The radio works, if you give the side of the console a good whack every so often, passenger speaker out as of 2 days ago. The antenna is kinda loose, as is the passenger side rearview. The stick on labe where the a/c and heater controls are is faded completely, cracked, and failing in spots. The blower hasn't worked in a couple of years. The seatbelts go back in with a lot of help. The inside of teh bed is thrashed, and I sideswiped a concrete abutment, nicce dent and scrape marks on that side of the bed. The rear bumper has been backed over a stump, and then pounded back (mostly) into place. The cold air inlet pipe from the front of the engine bay to the aircleaner is held on with duct tape. The great deity only knows what's behind/under the seat. The tailgate is pretty well covered with bumperstickers that are too faded to read, and won't open by the handle. You have to reach into the access panel and pull the release bars manually. The hi-pressure power steering hose has a leak, and if I turn to the stops, it squirts onto the exhaust manifold, and STINKS! I carry a bottle of powersteering fluid behind the driverside headlight. The driver's side tail light is RTV'd in, as the plastic thingies that the screws mate into cracked and fell out. The fuel guage only works when the tank level is above 3/4. After that, it just drops to the bottom and stays there. BUT! It starts easily, every time I turn teh key, and can actually go 0-60 in about 15 seconds. Not a racer, but plenty enough form me. I get about 22 mpg on it, and the entire engine and drive train, except the U-joints, is factory. I've replaced a lot of the peripherals to the engine, the alt, water pump, etc, but other than that...Not too bad for 287k on it I give it TLC, and it returns the favor. __________________ "Well, that didn't work!" - Baron Manfred von Richtofen, during the latter portion of his last flight '87 4Runner, 22RE, pretty much stock, on it's 3rd head now, 146 k miles '87 2WD P/U, 22R, stock everything, mostly factory everything too, 286 k miles, beater truck. 10 year US Marine and proud of it. One of my daughters is an active duty Marine, another is Navy!