UnderFire
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Yet another Toyota added to the family. I picked up this Tacoma last night.
It's a 1998 Base model. Single cab, Short bed. 3RZ, 5 Speed, 4WD, Manual locking hubs, all the good stuff. Couldn't pass it up at 1200$, even though it's a project that most people would pass on in a heartbeat.
Of course, for the price, you don't get a pristine example.
But, that's not a huge issue. However this could be.
But, no big deal, the rest is in the bed :bravo:
Supposedly it ran when torn apart, there were just some plans that never came to fruition. No big deal. I'll jam it all back together and we'll see what happens.
But that's not all that 1200$ buys you. The interior was 90% apart. Dash is just sitting in there. A new heater core has been installed. But that's another thing that never quite got finished up.
No big deal, when you know how to put it all back together with your eyes closed.
Start out by putting all the heater ducting back in. Then go ahead and clip the dash panel in. Then I started on the driver's side of the dash.
Moved onto the center panels and radio, heater controls, etc...
Then you just gotta bolt the glovebox in. Super easy. took me about an hour overall. The Tacoma, while very similar to the 3rd gen runner in design, really is a couple notches down in quality though interior wise.
Once all the parts were off the seat and floor, time to get to the bottom of the smell in the truck. It sat a while, so it accumulated a smell like any old truck does. Pulled the seat out and got to work on the carpets.
Pretty dirty, but honestly not much in the way of physical damages.
Started by pulling up the passenger's side and getting the underside vacuumed and wiped out with purple power. Floorpan is in great shape.
Then set it back down and doused the carpet in purple power and hit it with a stiff brush and a shop vac. A lot came out, but I still want to hit it with Tuff Stuff to get the deep ones out, and freshen up the scent.
Quite the juxtaposition already.
And then the obligatory christening of any used vehicle purchased. Showroom fresh.
Parts already ordered to put the engine together, new(ish) seats will be found soon!
It's a 1998 Base model. Single cab, Short bed. 3RZ, 5 Speed, 4WD, Manual locking hubs, all the good stuff. Couldn't pass it up at 1200$, even though it's a project that most people would pass on in a heartbeat.
Of course, for the price, you don't get a pristine example.
But, that's not a huge issue. However this could be.
But, no big deal, the rest is in the bed :bravo:
Supposedly it ran when torn apart, there were just some plans that never came to fruition. No big deal. I'll jam it all back together and we'll see what happens.
But that's not all that 1200$ buys you. The interior was 90% apart. Dash is just sitting in there. A new heater core has been installed. But that's another thing that never quite got finished up.
No big deal, when you know how to put it all back together with your eyes closed.
Start out by putting all the heater ducting back in. Then go ahead and clip the dash panel in. Then I started on the driver's side of the dash.
Moved onto the center panels and radio, heater controls, etc...
Then you just gotta bolt the glovebox in. Super easy. took me about an hour overall. The Tacoma, while very similar to the 3rd gen runner in design, really is a couple notches down in quality though interior wise.
Once all the parts were off the seat and floor, time to get to the bottom of the smell in the truck. It sat a while, so it accumulated a smell like any old truck does. Pulled the seat out and got to work on the carpets.
Pretty dirty, but honestly not much in the way of physical damages.
Started by pulling up the passenger's side and getting the underside vacuumed and wiped out with purple power. Floorpan is in great shape.
Then set it back down and doused the carpet in purple power and hit it with a stiff brush and a shop vac. A lot came out, but I still want to hit it with Tuff Stuff to get the deep ones out, and freshen up the scent.
Quite the juxtaposition already.
And then the obligatory christening of any used vehicle purchased. Showroom fresh.
Parts already ordered to put the engine together, new(ish) seats will be found soon!
