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yeah ... be carefull though .. although a very nice truck , and "looks" like only sheetmetal damage .. i'll bet the frame has been "tweeked" .. my old trekker was poked on the passenger side and the frame was bent .. I also had a white /82 stolen from my compound and drove off an embankment into a tree = frame bent ...


Frame CAN be fixed .. and sometimes quite reasonably .. they quoted me 5 hours on the "rack" and only $250.00 .. but I opted to replace it anyway .




dosnt look like it in your case .. just a heads up !!!!





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muddbogg21

keep put on a new front clip thing is way to cleannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn im from maine and there are little to none that survived here that thing is a gem nice truck

myyota

Keep it and fix it, thats not major damage, just needs a new core support fender, hood, and front bumper and it will be back on the road.

toy93ota

I work at a bodyshop, your best bet is to see if you can get a bodyshop near you to do an estimate, that way it will give you a pretty good idea of what its going to take to fix it. Because the distributor broke off check over the block and make sure the block didnt crack from the accident.

duneyota

sell it and ill take all the emblems.

jrobertson4runnner

Man, I hope you get this all worked out. i agree with Mak_92 tho. try to keep it, that is a sweeeeeeeet lookin truck!!!! good luck man.

95yoda

UPDATE! with a little talking to my insurance co, they uped the pay out offer to a resonable level, and even though they are totalling it, because of the age I get to retain my clean title! no salvage title. I am buying it back for a very low price and am happy how this is turning out. they were asking if it has a 5 or 6 place odometer because of the low miles haha but it has a 6 and they are true miles! so now my question to you guys is can you point me in the right direction for replacment parts? thanks!!

95yoda

I worked on my truck today for about 4hrs. I removed the bumper and salvaged to lights mounted in the bumper, unbroke! removed radiator, headlights, bezels, sidemarkers, fan and fan balancer, hood latch and all the broke junk, also pounded out the hood so it looks semi normal, stripped right to the core support. good news the distributor broke off but easily can be pulled out and the block is fine as well as frame and everything. alt is fine also. one fender seems fine but drivers is jacked. the fan balancer was bent but the shaft going into the engine seems fine. pics to come

duneyota

good to hear your damages weren't so severe....guess the side emblems wont be for sale...lol

81 4X4

This is where I buy parts. http://www.usautoparts.net/?start=1& I've bought parts for my 81 Toyota 4X4, and my 88 S10. I think the parts are of good quality. I just bought a hood latch for my 81 Toyota for less than $10.00. It works great. Dean

95yoda

Here are some post tear down pics, tell me what you guys think.

the fan clutch got wasted but the mount seemed fine and the shaft on the block looks perfect.
How do the core supports work? I mean can I unbolt it or is it a cut out weld in type deal? can I pound it out so the radiator fits well? I mean the radiator was bolted in by all four bolts so it cant be to bent, except for that top post, thats wasted, can I weld something in its place?
If I buy a core support, what exactly am I getting?

lastly, because the distrubutor broke, is it pointless to try to mark the spot, also I had to move the fan around to get the radiator out so I bet its out of time right?

thanks!

95yoda

95yoda

oh and does that belt look worn out? because I bought a new gates belt and it has teeth on it, same part number though???? is that ok????
also bought a new gates upper and lower hose.

I really dont want to go with the A1 cardone reman dist. id rather have what I have, nippondenso, where can I buy one? thanks.

Booosted Supra

that thing is so clean!!!! the damage doesn't look that bad... take the panels off and take a closer look I bet you you can fix it pretty easily

Booosted Supra

You must have posted pics up while I was posting, It still doesn't look that bad rescue her! Usually on rad supports they are little holes where tac welds are when it was assembled, all you have to do is figure out where and drill through and then reverse process for putting back together

1stgen4gunner

Heyyyyyy, That doesen't look so bad afterall

Lets see, your gonna need a new radiator support bracket, a grill, a bumper, new fan, fan clutch, maybe a water pump, shaft, and thats all I can seem to see from the pics that is really of great importance.

Hell the fenders don't even look that bad, get that thing back and get to work man

Blue_petersen77

Keep her!!! You don't see clean interior like that even in 5 year old trucks. It looks like everyone else said minor mechanics and a little cosmetic. I wouldn't think the radiator and dis and clip should be more than $500. That's peanuts compared to the classic cherry nature of the truck!

95yoda

The ins co is already cutting me a check and its on the way, the buy back was very low so of course the trucks not going anywhere, and I retain my clean title. all good things. I ordered a ready rad radiator I got it for 90 dollars. I looked on that link to us autoparts and found a ton of what I need for like 200 shipped. with some hammering I think I can clean up the driver fender enough, will see. why do you think I might need a water pump? anyone know where I can buy nippondenso distributors?

Thelast83inNJ

Have you 95yoda, and you duneyoda, look regularly on EBAY for items? I see emblems and reman distributors often. Also 95yoda, color spray [beige] all edges of any new metal before final installation.

Gov't Mule

Good used stock distribs can be found on Ebay.