Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

nah, just dont own junk and you're good

 

That thing would look sick cruising up the Delta!

 

Yup! That’s the plan. I need to sort out the engine issues though. Overheats, impeller isn’t sucking in water. Lot of blow by from the vapor tube, think the head gasket is bad.

Luckily it’s a four cylinder pushrod engine from a mass manufacturer car designed in the 60’s, it’s dead simple to work on.

Has a stalling issue too. I’m getting the carburetors rebuilt.

 

Good luck! Hopefully its not too much work to get it running top.

 

So... update on my kid's rig

He got the call from the Dealership. It IS covered under his extended warranty. So... for $200 + the cost of oil, he gets a sub-30,000 mile 1GRFE with a 50K mile warranty.

He was on his way home from our house (near Modesto) to Tacoma Washington area. He threw a connecting rod near Redding. He was so close to the end of his extended warranty, if he had made it home, it would not have been covered.

 

I like to see when things like this work out!

 

I told him... QUOTE

"I swear... You stole all the luck from the entire family."

This kid has this crap happens all the time. It's crazy. (But I'm glad it does happen. He's a good kid)

 

I would love a new engine. Pushing 260k now

 

Pssssh... it's a 5VZ-FE... I'm Pushing 330K and just got back from Colorado.

We run war horses brotha. You don't need a new motor. Just hammer down.


Best Gen Invincibility

 

I have a lot of experience dealing with warranty and extended warranty contracts from several suppliers of said warranty (which it turns out a lot are the same two or three corporations). I was pleasantly surprised to hear they were covering the repair. A lot of times, they'll send out an adjuster who finds it's a bearing failure or some other of the excluded items and you're pooched-if you're considering buying a contract, insist on looking at the entire contract and the "exclusions" section-read it carefully--be aware that the seller might use terms like "won't cost you a thing" or "just like warranty". Very few offer exactly that and if they do, it's usually only sold as part of a new vehicle purchase.

They can be a pretty good purchase, especially for the expensive stuff (that's covered). Just read before you pay.

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/avaSdC0QOUM

 

I got spare engine sitting at home. You can have it, if you want. It is from my lawnmower. Briggs and Stratton baby!

 

Duuuude! My tiller took a dump last month. Totally coulda used that. But it will power my tacoma. Think i can supercharge the bitch?

 

You need LS swap so you can hammer down that bitch!

 

307k here

You getting any leaks? Got one on the valve cover again ... probably just gonna wait

 

248,000 here. No problems. Runs great.

 

Two of them here. 97 4Runner with 262000 and the 96 Taco with 353000. I'm not easy on them either. Both regularly see RPM's well above 3K. These motors last and don't mind being high in the RPM band.

 

Did you try torquing them down a little?
I’ve heard that helps.

Mine were seeping for the last 100k miles. I actually bought the kit 2 years ago and finally did something about it last week.

 

Thanks! Really feeling the Bring Out Another Thousand thing.