Topic: Red's Beat'm'up Truck - '91 Toyota Pickup

[RedndWhite]

You don't have to call a tow truck, if your vehicles never leave the garage. 

I'll consult you on that aspect


So motor came out

Valve train doesn't look bad.


Scraped off all the shmutz

So much gunk

Head came off.


There's a problem.


It also appeared to have ran lean and got a little toasty. Every water galley seems to have popped.

And head doesn't look half bad.


And pulled out the transmission


Gunked the hell out of the engine bay, washed it down, applied more, washed again. Definitely needs to be scrubbed out.


So... Next steps,
- Check everything for square. Buddy is a machinist, gonna swing by and lend some straight edges and then check the bearing and cyl specs.
- Order parts
- Clean engine bay
- clean interior and remove the stoagie smell.

[jellynuts]

Oh shoot, so black isn't the factory paint.  Looks like a fun project!

[Canuckrz]

Oh shoot, so black isn't the factory paint.  Looks like a fun project!

Its not even paint.

[RedndWhite]

Oh shoot, so black isn't the factory paint.  Looks like a fun project!

No, black is definitely not the factory paint. It was rollered on and is quite textured.

[jellynuts]

No, black is definitely not the factory paint. It was rollered on and is quite textured.

Darn, that's total shi

[RedndWhite]

Darn, that's total shi

It is indeed.

[jellynuts]

haha, I was referencing this pic

[RedndWhite]

haha, I was referencing this pic

... Oh sumbich.

[RedndWhite]

Didn't do too much on the truck tonight myself. Took apart the dash, figuring out how I'm gonna run some gauges, speakers, headunit, and some switches.

That being said, buddy had stripped the motor down completely.
- crank removed
- pistons soaking
- heavy coating of gunk applied.
- frost plugs removed
- block heater removed (definitely keeping a block heater)

Potato picture for attention.


I should have some greasy amazon special LED headlights to throw in here tomorrow. Yay 5x7 sealed headlights.

There's some 2x3 pot LED lights that I'm gonna throw into the front end somewhere, along with some hella tones as the horn is just gone. Nowhere to be found.

[RedndWhite]

Did some better pictures



Picked up some cheapy sealed beam lights


Wait, those aren't the ones


Yeees. Also, yes. Grille was broken, then broken more during removal. DIY incoming, but will be getting a replacement rad support.


And high beams


There's a surprisingly large amount of space in the bay. Room for future activities....


Finally, interior is mostly apart. I have a plan for here, and if I don't have an interior for a while, so be it.

[seat safety switch]

It would be kind of cool if you could individually control the LEDs inside that sealed beam, so you could do like animated turn signal patterns and stuff.

[RedndWhite]

It would be kind of cool if you could individually control the LEDs inside that sealed beam, so you could do like animated turn signal patterns and stuff.

It would be. It's cheap enough to warrant taking it apart and try it.

But that's a problem for someone else.

[Asstuna]

Don't forget to buff those lenses with 60 grit

[RedndWhite]

Don't forget to buff those lenses with 60 grit

At 90psi on the die grinder, got it

[jellynuts]

It would be kind of cool if you could individually control the LEDs inside that sealed beam, so you could do like animated turn signal patterns and stuff.

Sorry SSS, normally, your word is gospel but animated turn signals are lame on Mustangs and they'd be lame on anything else too. 

[Rathburn]

Sorry SSS, normally, your word is gospel but animated turn signals are lame on Mustangs and they'd be lame on anything else too.

Your attitude is lame.

[seat safety switch]

Sorry SSS, normally, your word is gospel but animated turn signals are lame on Mustangs and they'd be lame on anything else too.

These ones are pretty cool because they put in the effort to do fades and Cylon scanner lights:


And the electromechanical ones in the Bluebird SSSes are cool just because:

[RedndWhite]

... Well, that mechanical solution if nifty.

[seat safety switch]

... Well, that mechanical solution if nifty.

The cam setup is also how regular turn signals worked in the first-year 240Z. I assume it's also how the sequential tails work on the 60s Mustangs.

[tperkins]

In a perfect world, all vehicles

In an imperfect world, I'm tired of roadside repairs.

"I'm tire of roadside repairs."

Buys 91 Toyota pickup with bunk engine.. instructions unclear.

[Player One]

"I'm tire of roadside repairs."

Buys 91 Toyota pickup with bunk engine.. instructions unclear.

Never have to fix it roadside if it never leaves the garage

[DaDuke99]

Never have to fix it roadside if it never leaves the garage

You think you can just steal my itshay, punk?

[jellynuts]

You don't have to call a tow truck, if your vehicles never leave the garage. 

[Player One]

You think you can just steal my itshay, punk?

Yes, I do.

Don't you have another Forester to buy?
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=57206.0

[RedndWhite]

"I'm tire of roadside repairs."

Buys 91 Toyota pickup with bunk engine.. instructions unclear.

Hey hey hey hey

The motor was known bunk and known cheap and simple to repair. And reasonably reliable with maintenance. Instructions were clear, execution is... Well not killing things yet so take that as you will.

Never have to fix it roadside if it never leaves the garage

I'll have you know, it left the garage.
It's on the pad now.