usually when you put your hard work and money into something, uts hard to sell, like everyone tells me to sell my runner, but the time, effort and money i have into it, i'd be heart broken to get rid of her

 

Haha I already commented. Forgot to tell you about the hammer trick for checking the frame. If something happened and you didnt get it yet, get a small hammer, ball peen or claw and go around and tap the frame and listen, you can tell where its thin or going soft pretty easily, check it all from like the tcase cross member back. Inside and out, speciall besides the gas tank. If you got it and check it and there are soft spots, might be able to cut it out and get it fish plated before it gets anyworse. GOOD LUCK, you have joined the first gen 4runner family

 

Too bad you couldn't talk him down a little, but who cares? For a hunting/fishing rig, that is mechanically sound, 1500. Not bad. Also, who cares about the great foam in the quarter panel? Another 1500 invested in non-bodywork will net you a capable off-road rig, and since its not a DD rattlecan the foam and buy a locker.

 

X2. That and you never ever get the money back that you put into the truck when you sell it.

 

Thanks folks. When I went to look at it the seller told me he had recieved something like a dozen calls on it between the time I contacted him and when I arrived at his house. It had a couple of issues (nothing major) so I handed him 300$ to hold it for a day so I could get to the bank. When I went back with the rest of the cash he laughed and said that a few folks showed up with cash in hand and tried to give him more than the 1500$ he was asking. Glad I got there first.

The same thing happened when I bought my 86 pickup for 2500$ and I kick myself for ever selling it.

And just because I'm a picture whore here is the pickup.

 

Well, the deed has been done. The rig is parked out in the snow right now. I figure it was a pretty good buy if my buddy and I drove back in this winter storm that is hitting mid-Tennessee right now and I didn't have any hang-ups. Of course, on a long drive home like that you notice all the little things that you didn't notice before. Mainly, a whirring sound while I'm on the gas and that the brake booster makes the idle bounce while at a stop. So...yeah I guess it's not totally without a few mechanical gremlins.

But, it did fine driving back in the snow, ice and slush on I-24 during rush hour. Revs fine, has plenty of power for the little rig. I think most of the other drivers got out of my way when they saw me in their rearview mirror simply because the rig is so ugly.

The main thing to do this weekend (once the weather improves) is to give a good cleaning inside and out. At least it survived the 40 mile shakedown trek back to Clarksville.


I guess I can now add 1st Gen 4Runner-mania to my BMW-mania and Austin-Healey-mania.

regards,
Joel

 

That sound may be the throw out bearing, mine did that a little when I first got it so I changed it when I did the new clutch.

If the idle surges at stops with the brake pedal pressed then it might be idling too high, easy fix.

 

HA! Trying to get advice here on whether or not to buy a 1st gen runner is like walking into an intervention with a pipe packed with meth!

 

^^he's right. for reference this is the best deal currently on my local c-list.

 

Care to enlighten me? Or, has this been discussed before ad nauseum? I can do a search for it.

Joel

 

Hey, I see you're from Bend, OR. I'm originally from Beaverton!

Joel

 

It's been discussed at length here. In a nut shell this is what happens.

If your engine is idling too high at operating temp it will cause a surge when the brake is applied while at a stop.

The ECU (computer) reads that you are at a stop when the brake pedal is applied and cuts the fuel down to idle volumn.
The engine idles back up higher that it should be and the ECU cuts the fuel again.
Thus the surge.

I hope I explained that well.

 

Thanks Junkers. Found this thread: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...brakes-187772/

Pretty good trouble shooting documented there. I'm going to give it a try when the blizzard passes.

Joel

 

Blizzard shmizzard get out there and work on that 1st gen!!!

 

Damn I started that one also.... I'll get to be a regular guru around here if I'm not careful.

 

Okay, so it's an artsy-fartsy black and white photo with bad resloution (didn't realize I had that setting on, on my phone), but here she is all lonely out in the cold.

 

She looks lonely out there..... you need to fight the snow and fix her!


Just kidding. Welcome to the 1st gen runner crowd. I think you will do well with her.

 

Good for you. Congrats!!! Enjoy.

 

It's only raining a little in Beaverton right now! You could fix it no problem. Shoulda stayed.

 

I do miss Oregon. Trying to get my next assignment to be at Fort Lewis, WA.

Funny thing...today it didn't do the idle surge at all. I think it only happens after a lengthy drive.