advice on tacoma v6 4x4 5 speed

coworker selling me his late 90 tacoma has the 3.4l v6 4x4 sx model singlecab just seeing if it's worth it for $4k thanks.. believe it has 180k miles

 

Rare bird buy it! Only put the 3.4 in a limited amount of single cabs.

Edit: 96 and 97 were the only years I believe.

 

yeah i been trying to do some research not to many with stock 3.4 it's a nice truck i would use it for my daily driver

 

Be perfect for a DD. As long as it's not beat up I think the 4K is a fair price considering you probably won't see another for awhile. I've only seen one for sale and two people posting about theirs on this forum.

 

Easily worth 6k assuming it's rust free and good shape mechanically

 

thanks truck looks really clean i'll take some pix tomoro and post them.. gunna look under the frame aswell see how all that looks now that i been reading more on them!

 

Where do you live? It helps us give you advice when you post that in your info on the left of the screen.

 

sorry about that im knew to tacomaworld im out of bakersfield,ca

 

I got $4,500 for my 97 standard cab 2.7, 5 speed 4wd with 170k on it. You could also take your finger and poke holes through the frame and the leaf spring mounts were toast and a deere ran into the bed and f'ed that up. Oh yeah the check engine light was on also. 4k seems pretty good!

Also my dad had it the last 6 years of ownership. Had I not been abroad my beloved little taco would still be pristine! Truck was perfect when I "stored it" at my dad's house. Still pisses me off...

 

Man sounds like you found a good deal. Check the forward leaf spring mounts really good. They like to rust there.

 

thanks for the input i'll make sure to check the leaf springs

 

If everything checks out, jump on it! If you pass, please let me know. My parents live in the area so I'll just have to make another trip to visit them. Good luck man!

 

will do!

 

Yeah that's a smoking deal! Definitely get it if it's mechanically sound and rust free frame.

 

If it's a CA truck then it's almost guaranteed to be rust free, unless it spent time anywhere east or up north where it rains all the time (or on the beach). My '04 came from Arizona and the frame still looks like it was made yesterday.

Love the single cab Tacomas, and one with a v6 is a rare gem indeed...I'd jump on it at that price assuming everything checks out.

 

how reliable is that 3.4?

 

arguably the best v6 gasoline engine that Toyota has ever made...they'll run 300k+ miles easily with basic regular maintenance.

 

@1997tacomav6 has a regular cab 3.4l v6 with a supercharger and if I remember right he's got over 500k miles on it.

 

yeah ima jump on it here in a couple weeks! i'll update y'all

 

500k damnn! that's good to hear man