yotakeith's 1984 Pickup Build-Up Thread
05-17-2011, 02:42 PM
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Yotakeith, keep going. I also have a 84. Found it online. Am fixing it here n there, now n then. It came with 210,000 miles and believe it or not it was kept as stock as can be. Still has the original white steel rims.
05-22-2011, 05:05 PM
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Yotakeith, keep going. I also have a 84. Found it online. Am fixing it here n there, now n then. It came with 210,000 miles and believe it or not it was kept as stock as can be. Still has the original white steel rims.
05-22-2011, 05:07 PM
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finished some little odd and ends. got it licesned this weekend and b een tryin it out. and hit a little mud today but i gotta hub not lockin in. didnt get stuck though. 
so got some work this week fixin the hub
so got some work this week fixin the hub
05-22-2011, 07:31 PM
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Shouldnt be to bad of a fix. Glad to see you are getting to drive it. Great job to what it was to what it is now.
05-23-2011, 03:30 PM
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Yotakeith, I know this truck is a keeper because 1 guy while on the freeway was yelling out his window asking if I wanted to sell the truck. I nodded to him, "nope".
There also have been notes on my windshield twice from people who wanted to buy the truck.
Once on the road a mailman stuck his head out yelling if I'd sell him the truck.
My answer was again, "no"!
Last month while parking by a cafe someone parked right next to me, he jumped out of his car and tells me, "Ill give you $5,000.00 right now for that truck". Again my answer was nope. But i did give him the "eye" as if saying to him, "more" and will talk about it.
So yes it is worth keeping it and slowly n surley restoring it back as new as best as possible.
There also have been notes on my windshield twice from people who wanted to buy the truck.
Once on the road a mailman stuck his head out yelling if I'd sell him the truck.
My answer was again, "no"!
Last month while parking by a cafe someone parked right next to me, he jumped out of his car and tells me, "Ill give you $5,000.00 right now for that truck". Again my answer was nope. But i did give him the "eye" as if saying to him, "more" and will talk about it.
So yes it is worth keeping it and slowly n surley restoring it back as new as best as possible.
05-26-2011, 03:42 PM
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Yotakeith, just got done changing the plugs. "nkg's". New distributor cap and wiring. Air filter. New belts, and re-adjusted the carb.
Runs like a champ and it's getting better fuel economy.
Runs like a champ and it's getting better fuel economy.
05-29-2011, 05:47 PM
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rust was a BIG issue. as for alot of yotas ive seen around here that havent had good care. ive taken care of all of mine. but i am gettin some rust in the carb. but i put a small inline filter between the fuel pump and carb so im hopin thatll help
06-09-2011, 12:16 PM
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welp. rough last couple of weeks with the truck. it left me stranded last friday. its been acting like its vapor locking or runnin out of gas. ive done everything i know of. ive had the carb apart 4 times. messed with the timing. dropped the tank but it was pretty clean. and after searching around a guy posted about the same exact issues and it turned out to be his coil. so im hopefully going to get a coil here in a little bit and hopefully thatll work!
06-14-2011, 07:03 AM
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Sorry to hear about the break down. Hoping a coil will get it going for you. I thought I had subscribed, but was just checking in on you and noticed your recent post. Trying to subscribe again.
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06-14-2011, 07:14 AM
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Have you checked lately the air cleaner? Are the plugs the correct type? Have you ever opened up the distributer cap and check out the wear n tear inside? The carbs small intake/ hoses clean.
06-18-2011, 05:22 PM
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Sorry to hear about the break down. Hoping a coil will get it going for you. I thought I had subscribed, but was just checking in on you and noticed your recent post. Trying to subscribe again.
06-19-2011, 06:38 AM
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Paint your truck. All that primer is doing is SOAKING up moisture rusting your metal from the inside out this time.
Slider pipe looks too small. Use something larger OD.
Moved to build section.
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Slider pipe looks too small. Use something larger OD.
Moved to build section.
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