ive got a red 86 4runner automatic w 81k mint interior and good exterior. little bit of surface rust on driver side right behind the door and the fiberglass top is sunkissed. back window works. new yotashop motor and rebuilt tranny. its a great car but shes got kinks and i think i travel for work too much to keep up with them/: . im in moab utah rn and ill post some pics tomorrow. if youre interested ill be here

 

 

Looks wicked clean, good luck with the sale

 

It’s your rig, sell it if you want to. I think you’re nuts and I can tell you one day you’ll wish you hadn’t. These old good rigs are getting harder to find and they are going to get harder to find in the future. Most of the people on this forum,like me, have had people flag you down on the street and ask to buy their rig. That’s because nice old ones are really rare these days. I think you should just have yourself declared incompetent then you won’t have to make this decision. Joking aside I know you are really going to wish, at some point you hadn’t sold it.

 

Of all the Toyotas I've had, Hilux's, FJ60, Tacomas, Corollas. Scion, etc etc the only one i 've truly regretted selling was my 1st gen 4runner. Though my Corolla GTS is a close second.

 

I sometimes regret selling my '86 in 1992 but not so much when I remember how gutless it was. It was also red with automatic but had a chrome grill and bumpers.
Why did it need a new engine and transmission? Mine had around 80K when I sold it and was still running strong.

 

My wife's 86 was also red and with the auto. It WAS gutless but she loved it. Our son totaled it when it had 450K + miles on it. The engine had a blown head gasket and timing chain sets done x2. NOTHING done to the transmission other than oil change every 100K miles. It didn't even leak. Every time she sees one she misses hers. If you were in AZ it would possibly end up in our driveway. Think about it before you sell it.

 

I'd love to own it too but the engine and transmission issues worry me. It sound like it was seriously messed up by the so called mechanic. I wouldn't trust the guy to work on a bicycle.

 

i didnt have the time or know how to diagnose it myself so i brought it to a mechanic in moab, he told me i needed a new engine and tranny and i couldnt believe it. im almost positive he was jacking me around now after talking to a couple other mechanics. i ended up getting into it with him because of a remark he had made that was not very business professional at all and i took it to this new mechanic outside of moab. hindsight is 20/20 but u live and learn i guess. I take care of my cars but im not as mechanically inclined as id like to be as a 24 year old

 

It's hard when you're not mechanically inclined. I've always had a knack for mechanical things even before I could officially drive. My 4runner was my first "new" car at about age 23. I bought it in 1988 and it only had about 13K miles at the time. I drove it on all kinds of road trips from SoCal to all the way to BC Canada. If I was younger I'd hit you up for your 4runner.

 

Tell me more about this and what the issue is or what you are asking

 

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Sorry I don't get the joke