I picked up my first 4unner Sunday from my father-in-law. Its got a few issues, but nothing too major. Its a 1990 3.slo/auto with 250k miles. When he bought it not too long ago, it was supposedly just out of the shop (might of still be in shop when he bought it) for some kinda head work. Whether that was just changing gaskets or what i dont have a clue. My plan is to make this a trail/mud rig.
Heres it loaded on the trailer for the trip home (tires are way to sketchy to make the hour drive home)
Yesterday, my buddy came over and we decided to see if the 4wd worked like i was told it did, and it does lol.
Almost got it stuck, thanks to bald street tires. The list of things to do (other than get it all transfered into my name) before I really drive it much is:
-clean it really well
-get some tires (got good deal on some used 265/70/17s coming in about a month)
-fix exhaust (sounds like its stopped up in some places and leaking in others)
-replace driver side front axle
-buy cheap intake or build ISR (intake boot is duct taped at the moment)
-get rid of the running boards and grill guard
-fix some small issues under the hood
Hopefully all this will be done within the next month, but after that things will slow down. Got kid #2 arriving at the end of May. There is alot more to do and even more that I have planned but that will do it for the time being. Id like to eventually do a SAS and 4.3 swap.
Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. Ive done alot of research on these things as of lately, but there is still alot more to learn.