I know someone who is selling a 94 4runner in good condition with 216,000 on a 3.0 v6. At about 180,000 the head gasket, valve gasket, timing belt, water pump and new cv shafts installed. I know the 3.0 is not a reliable as the 3.4, but would anyone feel that $2000.00 is too much for this truck. It has almost no rust.

I would like anyone's input please.

 

Drive it and see how it goes. Sounds like a pretty decent price ,IF all the things done to it, as stated. Manual or automatic? I think the manual tranny is preferred, but you'd need to check out the clutch, etc.

I say 'go for it', if it all seems OK. It would be nice to know what headgaskets were used to do the replacement. Hopefully they used Toyota , Rock or Nitroseal -- trade names for the slipperplate steel design.


Mike in AR

 

Sadly it is an Automatic. I would prefer a stick, but I'll live with it.

 

sounds pretty good to me,i have a 91 runner with 302000 on,old motor satrting to get pretty weak if you crowd it,thought about selling a while back,was going to ASK $3200,its really amazing what these old things will bring

 

Don't be too sad. Both manuals and autos have their advantages. I really like the A340H auto in my 92 3.0. I think it mostly depends on what kind of wheeling you intend to do with it. I'm not off-road with mine a lot, so the auto is lots more comfortable in traffic. If you want to crawl rocks, the manual is better -- especially if you want to add a 2nd transfer case.

Mike in AR

 

The automatic is particularly poorly matched with the 3.0 - turns it into a REAL dog (it's only kinda doggy with the manual LOL). If you have the choice, definitely lean towards the manual tranny.

 

2K isnt the best deal but not the worst either.