ok we decided after i rebuild the engine in the 90 4runner we are gonna sell her and get something newer, butttt i love the body style of my 90 runner. my question would be this, hows the 96-98 4runners? do they have as many issues as most of the 2nd gens?

 

No issues to speak of beyond routine maintenance. Well, they do devour brake rotors, but that's been discussed ad nauseam.

 

Why don't you keep the body of your 90, and swap in the 3rd gen 4runner 3.4 engine? Better than doing a rebuild...

 

I've got almost 140k on mine and the only thing that have been replaced outside mormal maintenance is the rear axle seals which could almost be normal service usually by 100k miles which is kinda common and I just did my 1st t-belt/water pump service just last week.

 

im starting a business so im keeping cost down to a minimal, this rebuild will end up costing me about 600 bucks with new valves, so im being cheap on it. and thats the reason i wanted to get a 1996 and above, because of the 3.4 but i dont want to have huge issues with it.

im glad to hear no big problems with the 3rd gens, woohooooo

 

X2 YOU SELL THE 90 AND WILL REGRET IT LATER
KEEP IT DO THE SWAP AND YOU GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
BUT GOT PICS OF THE 90 SO IF YOU SELL IT i HAVE AN IDEA WHAT KIND OF SHAPE ITS IN?

 

With the value of 3rd gens plummeting, you'd be better of spending a little more and getting the whole truck.

 

got some pics somewhere, let me look...and i really dont want ta swap because of cali emissions also, whata pain to go see a test only place

 

I am really not sure what he means when he says "2nd gen issues".. To be honest the only thing that goes wrong commonly is the HG's...

My truck has 194,xxx on it and the only thing i have had to replace would be the A/C hose, the u-joints, couple hoses, and many many tires lol.
I have yet to have the HG's fail on me. Again, I am sure you have heard this many many times...

I just like having a truck made of metal, that you can throw a fridgy magnet to and will stick!

PS, a 3.4 only costs around $2,000. If you figure that the 3.4 gets about 5 more mpg than the 3.0, you could pay for itself in the long run right there...

 

heres a pic or 2

 

by second gen issues i meant, hg's and the underpower issue, no real power gains, i could supercharge a 3.4 pretty easy...

 

Maybe I missed the answer somewhere, but why rebuild the engine if you're going to sell it anyway?

 

worth more running well...

 

I won't speak against the Tacoma/3rd Gen Runner but I will say this, the wheel bearings are a PITA to replace, and pretty much require a press with a special fitting. I tried to do one on a Tacoma and had to take it to a local parts store with a press and a ton of attacments to press the new bearing on and off.

The 3.4 is a sweet engine, and the front coil suspension on later model Toys is nice and cush to drive around.

 

Dude, thats a really nice 2nd gen... Put the 3.4 in there!