mikehinthehouse

Hey guys havnt been around for a while hope all has been well, long and short of it a friend of mine has a 1993 2wd truck with 22re and a 5 speed, he said its got a knock in the motor and is selling it to me for $300 yes I said $300 i am so excited I think i might pee myself! He just put a new clutch in it too!!! This will be my commuter vehicle to work...My ? to yall is worst case scenario i will just change the motor if i discover its a goner.. where is a good place to find a new/rebuilt/used motor? Other than a u pull it junk yard i have checked local ones and had no luck so online I go.

thanks in advance

conrad

$300 bucks that's a steal! Congrats! Post pics when you get it.

pruney81

Oregon engine builders or putney's custom machine are two that come to mind for rebuilt 22re's

iamsuperbleeder

if it's just got a knock, you could probably do a $150 or so engine overhaul during the course of a weekend, and have a $450 truck

norcal707

nice deal....post some pics...

mikehinthehouse

By overhaul do mean a rebuild kit?

iamsuperbleeder

you got it

they're VERY simple engines to rebuild

all you'll need is a good set of metric sockets and a torque wrench, and you can pretty much rebuild the entire truck


check out engnbldr for good rebuild kits

mikehinthehouse

im pretty mechanically inclined, i dont know if i am enough to rebuild tho... I can def swap motors with no problems.

thats why i was trying to find a place that sells rebuilt motors

norcal707

so???? have you bought it yet? pics?

mikehinthehouse

pickn it up tommorow Norcal will def post pics! im excited... this will be a good truck for me. I commute about 80 miles both ways to work and am racking alot of miles on my
4runner. Not to mention how dirty it gets and the rock chips and so on. So this lil truck will be a blessing!

Nogarage

You can do it. Easier than the 4WD. Timing chain and guides, rod and main bearings, oil pump, water pump. Anything else? Done. No more knock, quiet and smooth running engine, good mpg's.

norcal707

so any updates?/

mikehinthehouse

well here she is... I was mistaken on the year it is a 94. It has a knock at idle only cant hear when driving. and it idles real rough... ac blows cold cold. Im not sure what im gonna do about the knock yet... Im exploring options.. I just dont trust myself rebuilding it. I would probably mess something up and have to get it done again.... at any rate here are the pics as promised

norcal707

nice truck mike.....so what are you going to do?

mikehinthehouse

1st thing is figure out where exhaust leak is hopefully it's just a gasket and not a cracked manifold. Either way it's pretty loud I'm gonna fix that so I can really hear motor. I think I hear a knock but it's hard to tell. So that's 1st on the list

stackedyoda

the knock might just be a manifold gasket, i had a gasket from 1 cylinder on my cummins not seal and it was loud enough i couldn't turn the radio up to drown it out in the cab
and by the way, i got a deal like yours, a 93 4x4 22re for $500 from a junkyard, needed ground wire cleaned and fuel lines

mikehinthehouse

Hopefully I can get some time this weekend to work on it and see what goin on with it. Will keep updated. That's a sweet deal for a 4x4! Wish mine was but it will serve it's purpose

stackedyoda

ya, if i was somewhere that didn't get much snow i would probably have a 2wd as a driver

angrydogtattoo

I have two 2wd DD, one for me, one for the wife, but yeah winters suck, even with 200lbs of sand in the back, still not fun

yotamonsta-

hey mike you did get a steal on that truck man nice!!! But yea i would def try the exhaust gasket first when i put my motor in i had the same prob and it was exhaust shooting out the back by the fire wall. it sounded like a real bad knock. if it is more of a tapping you can always check the valves and adjust deff wont hurt.... good luck man nice truck for 300$