Well I finally took the plunge and bought a yota .

Its a fairly stock looking truck with the 3.0 & a 5 spd
I know the gears have been swapped along with the rim and rubber
it started life with 225/70r15 & now wears 31/10.5 on 15x8 aluminum yota rim.
It turns 2500 to do 55 in fifth gear. If I have the math right it has 4.88 gears in the pigs
my goal is to have it be a rock solid little rig for the next several years so I am going to concentrate on getting the best mileage I can out of it and doing some body work . The motor is plenty strong was curious about other folks experience towing with similar rigs I would like to tow a small camper up to bear camp

 

after driving it a couple weeks and hitting some local trails it handles well good power posi in the axles definitely had the gears swapped. I am looking to change the exhaust ie actually having a muffler and get rid of the cat. I have to fix a starting issue and may have a bad O2 sensor pics will be soon

 

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so far its a tune up and a walker quiet flow cat back put on

 

average mileage is 20-21 time for shocks and brakes all the way around discovered it crawls really well up north chasing bears with the dogs

 

Sounds like a solid rig. What is your starting issue? I've noticed that mine doesn't start as easily when warm, so now I'm going to get a timing light on it. Just swapped out the distributor. Good luck with the 02 sensor and let us know if it helped out your situation. Happy trails to ya.

 

starting issue just went away didn't do anything but wires oil and air filter couldn't get the plugs out to change them

 

I have since added a Cobra chrome cb and 8 foot whip but I need a drivers side front spindle after loosing a outer bearing going 55 down the road anyone got one they can sell?