02 Tacoma Double Cab 82k miles. Thrown rod - repair options or sell as-is?

will watch and see what the outcome is. I vote for a rebuilt engine or JDM. Really good condition 1st gen DC are getting hard to find. Fix it and drive it another 10 years.

 

toss a rebuilt in it and use it for another 20 years... stupidly rare failure you had.

or toss rebuilt in it and sell it on Bring a trailer for 20k+ it would be silly to sell with a blown motor right now.

 

I'm surprised it took you this long to comment lol

 

I miss threads a lot unless I’m tagged. Lol

 

I vote fix/replace the engine. Then rustproof, rustproof, rustproof, now that you're in Ohio.

 

It pretty much comes down to what your budget can afford at this time.

I heard to many problems with unknown used engines sure it has a warranty but if your paying for the swap the labor adds up fast.

Another option buy a core engine and have it rebuilt local one experience with a vendor 2000 miles a way was very time consuming and expensive with shipping.

Best of Luck .

 

Best of luck as well! It’s to nice of a truck to just sell as is

 

Buy a 3.4. Have a machine shop rebuild the 3.4.

 

@Cincycaddy any updates?

 

If it was an extended cab, manual 4x4 I would buy as is.

 

As a matter of fact, yes.

Bought a wrecked '04 Double Cab 4x4 and will be pulling the motor and e-locker, wiring etc. Also drove up to Michigan last night and picked up a 5 sp R150F and transfer case, plus a better lower mileage front diff. The rebuild is in this thread:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-tacoma-resurrection.777316/#post-28121952

 

Dang, I should have been paying better attention, I just bought a 5speed trans up in MI as well, but haven't found time to physically go up and get it.

 

Yeah - I wanted to put deposit down on it and get it next weekend. Seller was great, said he'd hold it but you know how FB is, could have quickly sold anyway so I drove up last minute yesterday. Gave $550 for R150f, transfer case and front diff. It's teh push button case but I'm ok with that as I was planning on going that route anyway.

 

I like the push button better myself, I put the button on the 5 speed knob on my truck to make 4wd/2wd changes on the fly easier.
raining? -4wd to pullout into traffic, 2wd on the 1-2 shift.

 

I know...all that, then nuthin...

 

I would find someone selling an engine Toyota original, the remanufactured engines usually only last for about 65k miles. Find one out of a junk truck with around 120k miles would be better than an aftermarket engine.

 

That Truck is definitely worth fixing up. To clean of a 1st gen to send it to the scrap yard.