Recent content by Toy_Boy

Thanks for the advice. Really do appreciate it. Figured as much. Just needed to hear it from others with more experience with this truck. Does anyone know if the -t-case is just a bolt-on swap? I'm going to assume the motor and transmission are. Both being 5speeds. Since the rear axle...

My million dollar question though is this. There's not single leak. Dry as a whistle. Did a compression test and all the numbers are in the 170's all across the board. I didn't quite expect that from a motor with supposedly 180k. So I'm thinking either this things already gone through a...

1987 $2200 was what he had it up for on the ad. Story goes like this. 16 year old goes out and buys a 4Runner with all his savings, without telling his parents. Eventually his parents get wind of it and get so upset, Dad decides to unload what he felt was a piece of shit. Tries and gets...

Interior 1987

1987 Interior

The right balance for the right price. I had come across so many first gens that had cherry interiors, ok motors, but were seriously hurting in the rust department, yet people wanted way too much for them. Here with the tired interior and blown motor, it was enough to warrant a price I could...

Interior Rear

So true SV_Dude. Interior. Tired. Just plain smelled of a fish market. The tailgate must have been stood on because it no longer sealed tight along the inner bottom (since scored a replacement). But surprisingly it had a factory tach and clock, and even the rear window worked!

Engine Bay Started wiping this are down too...

....but thank goodness..... .....all it took was a wet rag to get this!

Another part of the frame... ....again, was very dirty / dusty. And you never really know what's underneath all that.

After wiping her down... ...was pleasantly surprised.

Thanks for the welcome everyone! Although 80% of my driving is on-road as opposed to off, I've always enjoyed the rugged ride of the straight axle. I had an 83 Toyota 4x4 for years till our first born came and no matter how I tried to make the car seat work it just wasn't enough room. So I...

Hello everyone, Recently purchased my very first 4Runner. 160k on the odometer, blown head, but no serious rust issues. Just really dusty and dirty from sitting for four years. Interior smells like it was a truck used for fishing, which is what the original owner said it was used for...