Toyota discontinued this part. Anybody know where I can get a used air intake assembly in fair/good condition?

 

Pick-a-part type junkyard?
Yotayard is a great place. He has all sorts of 1st gen vehicles, and will also watch to see if he gets any parts you ask him to send you.

Several places like that online. Speaking of...Mines in about the same shape. I really need to replace it myself. I can say for a fact that the engine runs fine without that small jumper over to the damper box right there. Mine vanished while my daughter was driving the truck around Camp Pendleton, many, many moons ago, and I can't tell any difference. She just covered the hole where it attaches to the main hose with Ordnance Tape, kinda like a super duct tape, and the truck starts, idles, and runs, no problem.

Good luck to ya!
Pat☺

 

Thanks, Pat. I'll check it out. Paul

 

Not having any luck finding this anywhere, at least not in serviceable condition. Any ideas from anyone for a mod of some kind to replace at least the section with the corrugations?

 

All I can think is to take and wrap the tube in duct tape, making sure to fold it around the raised sections, and pushing down into the gaps. It would be a pita, it might be a PITA, but it might seal it up for ya.
Mine is just as bad, like I said, if not worse, and I just leave it as it is. It only seems to raise the engine's operating temp a little, when I'm on the highway for more than 15 min. or so. Like about 3/4 on the temp gauge. No alarming at all, after having driven my truck 1 hour to, and then 1 hour from, work when I lived in Yuma.
The gauge pretty much stayed up around 3/4 the whole time, even with a 3 core radiator installed, back then.
When I slow down to get on surface streets, it drops down to the 50% mark on the temp gauge right away, and stays there. I hear the fan running, off and on, on the surface streets, so I know it's working correctly.

Alternatively, maybe you can find some pipe about the same size, cut out the corrugated section, and replace it with the piping. The corrugated section is so the engine can move around, like when it's starting, or you hit the accelerator, etc. With it's connection to the front metal piece as loose as it is, it probably will work just as well without the corrugated section. Just a thought.

Or maybe a section of something like drier exhaust tubing to replace the damaged area? Again, just a thought...


Good luck to you!
Pat☺

 

I don't know what size the stock duct is; Spectre makes a 3" flexible duct. You may be able to cut out the bad parts of the stock air intake and graft the Spectre or similar duct in. I had good luck joining the Spectre duct to a slip-fit rubber duct with Liquid Nail Fuze-It.
https://www.spectreperformance.com/c...onents-ducting

 

I'm reluctant to use some kind of tape because the corrugated section is basically disintegrating and I don't want to take the chance on small pieces finding their way into the air cleaner or even worse the carburetor. So I am leaning towards the 2nd option of some kind of tubing or flexible duct with which to replace the corrugated sections. I will also take a look at the spectre options and see if there's something there that might work. I appreciate the feedback and the suggestions.
Paul