Looking for oil pan - '95 RWD V6

Okay, I will do that! I have a meeting now, but will check in a bit and report back.

For my education: the truck is definitely a Tacoma; are you thinking the previous owner maybe put in a different engine? Or some other weirdness? I bought it from the original owner in 2007 and he definitely didn't mention anything about the engine being not-original.

For what it's worth, I just got off the phone with Jasper and he insists they would have used the OEM parts on the engine -- but it's out of warranty, so he wasn't able to pull up exactly what was put in.

I apprecaite the help!

 

Everything here looks perfectly as it was from the factory, nothing tricky going on, just an uncommon trim level being a 2wd 5lug with a v6, they stopped making those in 1998.

 

I appreciate the offer and may go that route! The mechanic here offered to do it for $500 -- I'm not sure if that's a fair price or not (I'm in the DC area). To be honest, I don't really buy that the plug "went bad" so don't really want to take it back to him.

In the thread I posted originally, the suggestion was a Fumoto valve; I'm willing to do that in the interim, but would rather get a permanent fix if possible.

 

Yeah, the 2WD is what seems to be the kicker; there are tons of after-market pans for 4WD

 

YES!! Exactly this. The pans I'm finding are all too deep, so the crossmember (I couldn't remember the right word) doesn't reconnect. I think at this point, re-tooling is my only option.

 

This is likely where I'm headed -- I was hoping to avoid it because of cost (the mechanic quoted me $500 to do that), but I need to do something.
A few people in the thread I posted suggested a Fumoto valve; not sure if that's a good permanent fix? (Seems like most think it would work long-term.)