xtremewlr

Saying Hi to everyone, just bought my daughter her first vehicle. Found a 1991 4wd Extended Cab truck, 3VZE with a 5 speed. We got it for $3600 with 149714 miles on it.

I had to do some work on it as it was running rough at lower rpms, seemed to be missing. The guy I bought it from had the timing belt replaced and put new cap and plug wires on it just before selling. He said his mechanic had told him it had a bad injector that was causing the rough running. Seemed to me it was something else tho because it was running and driving just fine other wise.

So today I replaced the plugs since he hadn't done that. Replaced the Denso plugs that were in it with NGK V powers after doing some searching on the forums here. Engine runs nice and smooth now While I was at it, sprayed a good dose of Deep Creep into the trottle body and poured a can of Seafoam into the gas tank. Changed the oil and filter, using a Fram (yes I know, I hate Fram but its what I had access to at the time without having to run all over town) TG3600 which is longer than the stock filter, like the PL20195 which I will use next time. Truck runs awesome now. Just need to figure out why the reverse lights aren't working. Bulbs are fine, everything appears to be plugged in. No clue yet, its a project for later. All the other lights are working fine.

Anyhow, here are some pics. My little girl is one happy camper!

xtremewlr

Just realized, I posted this in the wrong forum! Doh!. Sorry guys. Maybe a mod can move it for me?

justin_4runner

nice truck, as for the reverse lights i would start with the plug on the side of the trans at about the passenger floor area, pull that plug off and jump the wires and see if they work, if so then its a bad sensor, it still no lights then see if u have 12volts on one of the wires.

Lena

haha i had the almost exact same truck for my first rig, same year same color, just a single cab and a 4 cyl

xtremewlr

Thanks for the tip. I did make sure that was plugged in but didn't try troubleshooting it yet. The plug and sensor are covered in greasy gunk so it wouldn't surprise me if the sensor is out or if there is just a bad connection there. I'll have to look at that this weekend.

rattlewagon

Girls in trucks are cute.

Good find! The truck looks really clean! Is she gonna wheel it?

Magnusian

Thank God you're doing it right and got your kid a standard transmission vehicle.

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo, what are you going to do to it?

xtremewlr

Yup, she will eventually. I used to do allot of wheeling and she would go with me when she was younger so she wants to get back into it. I told her absolutely no wheeling alone tho so she will have to wait until I get another 4x4 or she finds someone else with one.

Not too much right now. First thing is to make sure it is sound and running good. So far so good there. I do plan on doing the SR5 gauge swap and probably some bucket seats and a center console of some sort. The split bench is nice but there is no storage to speak of and it could definitely use some. I will probably do exhaust and some intake mods to free up the breathing some and try and get some better mileage. Truck is bone stock right now, surprising for a 1991! It probably won't get any major mods until I buy the truck back from my daughter but that is like 10 years down the road still!

Outsane

this is true

tlrskunk

I have an electronic SR5 Guage set I would sell you.... PM me.


Clean truck by the way!! I still miss my first yota but my second one is built a little bit better.

BigSwole

i think my truck is that same color. Idk what toyota was thinking when they made this paint, it fades horribly bad, every truck ive seen (online) with this color has all had the same peeling fade marks on it.

Shame.

Good looking truck btw

Clifford91

Faded paint? That's called a "maturing paint-job," you know, it's like wine...

All I see is a very nice two-tone maturing toyota

Clean looking truck BTW

BigSwole

LOL, well im not a wine type of guy.

so ill take your word on it, but if thats the case, my toy is pretty mature

Diablo22RE

Great looking truck! Seems like a nice find too.

Also, welcome to YT!

xtremewlr

Electronic speedo? This one has a cable drive so I need to match that up. Need to service the cable when I do it too, the cable drive one this truck howls like a banshee and the needle bounces all over the place. Makes maintaining a constant speed interesting.

Thanks for the compliments. The truck is nice and straight except for the normal parking lot dings and such. The paint is crap but not really a big deal, just some very minor surface rust in a couple spots. Might look into repainting it later on but that is low on the list of things I want to do. Like I said, keeping the mods limited for now since it's my daughters truck. I want to keep it super reliable and efficient so any mods will be toward that end.

aviator

looks sharp xtreme... welcome to the family...

anthony1

iTrader: (1)

Un plug the speedo cable from underneath and spray some WD40 into it ...let it drips down into the tube. Skinny hand helps too. If this doesn't work, I have a brand new from the dealer that I bought before I use WD40 to sell ya...

michael1963

See what us Dad's do for our little girls! Nice looking truck.

drmix

Looks good! Im sure she will have alot of fun with it