new engine or new truck

scrap the truck. I'll give you $.25 per pound :)

Considering that Toyotas tend to run forever and junkyard parts aren't particularly expensive I'd be inclined to stick a good lightly overhauled used engine in it (and a new clutch) and get another 100,000 miles out of it. Also keep your insurance and taxes lower than a new truck and eliminate a loan payment (unless you have cash for a new truck).

Pete C.

Which engine? R22? Yes..buy a Jap engine and stick it in. Google Japanese Engines with your engine type.

Ive dropped 2 engines in my 94 Mazda/Ranger..400,000 miles on the truck..same U joints, ball joints etc etc. Its saved me a SHIT LOAD of money as Ive done most of my own repairs, except the engine work.

Gunner

"I think this is because of your belief in biological Marxism. As a genetic communist you feel that noticing behavioural patterns relating to race would cause a conflict with your belief in biological Marxism." Big Pete, famous Usenet Racist

I have a couple of those trucks-including that series, is yours a 4 or 6 cylinder?

--why does the engine need replaceing? How many miles on the truck? Are you going to do the work yourself or farm it out? Everyday driver or secondary vehicle?

Alt.autos.toyota trucks has some knowledgeable guys very qualified to answer any questions.

If I had to make the decision to keep or fix mine I'd opt for a good reman-- Napa or equivalent. or a custom rebuild. I use mine mostly off road. No Jap replacements for me...voice of experience there..

The 22re (4cyl) is very well enginered and a '93 is a mature design. A skilled mechanic can overhaul one in a half a day......a week or so for me ;-) With the price of fuel they are in demand...

ED

Had the same situation with my 86 1/2 Nissan. I opted for a new engine. At the time, I had more money than time and had a so-called "Nissan specialist" replace it. He screwed it up and it didn't last long. But when it blew, I had more time than money. I put in another rebuilt myself. That was about

5 years ago and it is still running good. I have about 600,000 miles on it...

Jerry

If the truck meets your needs and it's paid for, rebuild the engine and get a fresh clutch, and keep driving it. Advantages: No new-car payments, no big insurance bills, no big registration fees.

If it's the 22R Motor, make sure they use the upgraded timing chain and tensioner system - they tend to wear out and trash things at 150K to 250K Miles - if you avoid that pitfall the engine and the rest of the truck is good for at least 500K, if not a Million or two...

The stock timing chain tensioner falls apart - and most people notice that the engine has gotten REAL noisy and have it replaced.

If they don't get it fixed the timing chain wears through the Aluminum timing cover (Ob. metalworking content) and hits coolant, and the resulting coolant dump into the oil lunches the bottom end bearings - as it starts overheating and dies from lack of coolant...

How close am I so far? ;-)

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A "Jap" engine? Gunner, are you aware that we won the war? And that it was more than half a century ago? :)

We did the same with our Camry - dropped in a used engine, and it's still going strong. A new engine and clutch set us back something on the order of

2500, which is a helluva lot cheaper than a new car. Everything else on the car (including the body) was in good shape, which was a deciding factor.

Call a junkyard in the rust belt and you should be able to find a motor that the truck has rusted away from pretty easily, I'd think. Usually they run fine when we have to give up on them as non-economic to repair the rotten bodies on.

All good except it's the chain guides that are plastic and fall apart, and bring grief. The plastic pieces can plug up the oil pickup screen and kill the engine and/or allow the chain to cut a groove into the front cover. The service interval for this is around 60k miles but many go 2-3 times that before failing.

The tensioner runs off oil pressure. Thats why the rattle is loudes at startup. The good aftermarket guides are steel and last forever. DOA Racing used to be the only source but NAPA and others have them now. A '93 would be a 22RE if it's the four banger.

ED

Yes and? Americans are commonly called Yanks, Canahudians are commonly called Canuks, and so forth. There is no racism in any of those nick names.

Hell...Mexicans call us Garbachos. (white beans) (Gringo is passe)

"I think this is because of your belief in biological Marxism. As a genetic communist you feel that noticing behavioural patterns relating to race would cause a conflict with your belief in biological Marxism." Big Pete, famous Usenet Racist

Should hear what Aussies call New Zealanders - I understand they return the favour ; )

Yep, that was my 84 toy truck, with the 22R motor. Body/frame/bed fall apart, but the drivetrain and motor were rock solid at 200K miles.

Heck, if I still had it, I would give the man the truck just so he could use the motor in it....

Jim

Obviously, you don't live in Michigan. Look at what a new truck will cost, how you might not want to abuse the new one while the old one is 'broken in'.

If you are a bit handy, this is a DIY. Now if at the end of the month you worry about what investments to sink your excess funds into, you might consider a new truck if it would make you happy.

If you are working class, I'd vote for fixing the truck.

Wes S

But when the chips were down in WWII, both countries fought to protect each other.

Wes S