Chrishf12's 1990 PickUp Build-Up Thread

[chrishf12]

So here is my not so new truck. Plans are to get it into presentable condition then start the basic mods. Nothing drastic, just a few improvements. 1990 Toyota SR5 Ext Cab Pickup 260k miles on truck 3.0 V6 130k on motor 5 speed 235/65 R15 roadies Fixer Upper The day we brought her home. Completely stock, NASTY, and in need of quite a bit of work. The Good Side... The Bad Side... And The Nasty... [/quote] Needs work but those are the kind I like! Ive only had one day to work on it so far but hopefully more to come soon being in college slows things down a bunch! So far I have ditched the running boards and the carpet and seats have been pulled and washed. It came surprisingly clean considering some of the grease spots in it. Dash has been pulled apart to correctly hook up the radio, clean out the fan and a few other things. Ill try to get some pics when I get home this weekend. I'm ready to get away from all this school work for a while and get to work on it (good stress reliever)!

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[iamsuperbleeder]

not in too bad of shape!

the PS stop leak in the center consol is not a good sign, lol, considering you don't use POWER STEERING FLUID in these trucks but eh, not every preious owner is Toyota knowledgable

looks like with a little bit of cleaning, and a little hammering on the body, she'll be good to go!

[chrishf12]

Ha its PS fluid and brake fluid to top off before the 3 hr ride home. I'm pretty sure that the PO only used PS fluid in it anyways. She surprised me running 80 and 85 miles per hour smoothly on the way home.

[iamsuperbleeder]

well you're suppose to use ATF in the PS system, you now this right?

look on the PS resevior cap


or are the V6's different and say they use actual PS fluid...

[Tubbyfatty]

Nasty interior....Id just rip that out and bed line it. lol. Outside doesnt look too bad...

[chrishf12]

Yes you are correct it is supposed to be Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF). Thats all I ever used on my reg cab '90. This is the case in all the Toyota's up to 95 that I know of, I am not sure if they switched over on their later models. My 4runner has not been low yet so I have not payed to much attention to what goes in it.

Originally Posted by Tubbyfatty

Nasty interior....Id just rip that out and bed line it. lol. Outside doesnt look too bad...

The carpet came really clean the rear floorboards are back to the original grey. The only stains that are left will be covered up by the floormats. The seats actually changed back to grey after all the dust was washed out of them.

[Monochrome]

Nice man! Got your link from my build thread. You've definitely got some work ahead of you but it's doable. I'd say the biggest pain will be the body work if you want to straighten the frame, then paint it. My build thread is way way behind from where I'm at, but I just spent a solid week of 3-4 hours a day fixing my truck's lines, removing rust, filling dents, holes, etc. Most of yours could be straightened out with a screw-in puller (Bondo makes one), or you just might want to replace that passenger front fender panel altogether.

I'll be watching, and congrats!

[chrishf12]

Originally Posted by Monochrome

Nice man! Got your link from my build thread. You've definitely got some work ahead of you but it's doable. I'd say the biggest pain will be the body work if you want to straighten the frame, then paint it. My build thread is way way behind from where I'm at, but I just spent a solid week of 3-4 hours a day fixing my truck's lines, removing rust, filling dents, holes, etc. Most of yours could be straightened out with a screw-in puller (Bondo makes one), or you just might want to replace that passenger front fender panel altogether.

I'll be watching, and congrats!

10-4! My great uncle has owned his own body shop for almost 40 years now. So now that I have a project of my own, its my turn to learn how to do some of the stuff I have watched him do over the years. I got lucky on the family side, my other uncle deals used diesels and does a lot of service work for various business vehicles so I learned a lot working for him during high school.

[chrishf12]

Ok made a little progress this weekend! Unfortunately destroyed a few things to.

I accidentally broke the DS door handle trying to get the lock out...so instead of getting a key made to the lock, its new door handles from the junkyard. Most of the interior is back in minus the seats they have a date to be re-upholstered. Rewired the radio from the mess the PO made. Fixed the cupholder, one of the most important parts! ha

Need to make a trip to the junkyard this week for a long list of parts. Then hopefully I can speed up the progress a little.

Sorry forgot the pics again..ill get a few up soon.

[thunder_hamilton]

Looks like it will be a nice little project. Good luck!

[flatyota]

prolly a dumb question but why is the 4x4 shifter on the right im just getting into yotas I have a 84 and its on the left

[chrishf12]

Originally Posted by flatyota

prolly a dumb question but why is the 4x4 shifter on the right im just getting into yotas I have a 84 and its on the left

Good Question!?!? I have no clue, in both my pickups the Tcase shifter have been on the right and in my 98 4runner its is on the left.

[chrishf12]

After a trip to the junkyard Wednesday I piled of quite a bit of things to do today on my short trip back home. Here is a look at what I have been up to last weekend and today. As I said the interior is nice and shiny now! Finally got rid of the misc. blue interior pieces someone put in besides the steering wheel and door handles.

Here are a few pics to compare to before.

BEFORE...





AFTER...





AND THATS THE SAME CARPET!!! Ha surprised me it came that clean. I am waiting on one of my uncles friends to get back from vacation so he can start on my front seats. He is going to reupholster them for me to get rid of the tears and cigarette burn holes all in them.



My Uncle had an extra muffler laying around at his shop that he was going to put on his 68 mustang but it was too big so he gave it to me. Gotta love that free stuff.



Its a stock GM muffler that we semi-gutted. I went and had it installed this evening, its exactly what I was looking for gives a good tone but not loud at all. Its actually hard to hear sitting in the cab with the windows up. I was really happy to get rid of the ugly old muffler that I had to wire up to the chassis.



With running boards removed... Ignore the missing door handle I accidentally broke it taking the lock out. I have to get the key code out of it because the ignition key wont fit either door handle. I am going to get a key made for the doors this week.



(^Exhaust has since been fixed also^)






I have also gave it a coat of paint on the underside to cover up the dirt and mud color and the few spots of surface rust. You cant really tell in the pics but I removed the old tint from the rear windows also. It had started bubbling up and looked like crap, so sometime soon I am going to have to tackle the front windows and get the scratched up tint off of them too. The one thing that I did not get done this weekend was fixing the parking brake. The guy at NAPA ordered the rear part of the cable that goes to the wheels, instead of the one that I needed that goes from the handle to the junction. Maybe one of these days haha.

[chrishf12]

Bad news for the day is that my CEL came on. Pulled the code 52 and the FSM says that its the knock sensor. Anyone know of common problems with the knock sensor on Toyota's that I should check??

[chrishf12]

Sorry for the slow thread ran into a few slow downs. I have had to replace the water pump and timing belt along with the idler arm and parking brake cable. Waiting for work to pick back up this spring so I can get some cash to throw at this thing. Maybe I can scrounge up enough to get it on the road soon.