On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:05:11 -0700, Ernie Leimkuhler wrote something ......and in reply I say!:
Nuh!
I _own_ one.
I can't make myself get rid of it, out of soppiness. It was the toughest bus you could imagine, and next to a 4WD, was nigh on unstoppable, even as a ute.
I did up the engine (60 psi when I bought it), gearbox (syncro gone), clutch and in the end the diff. It had done a lot of miles.
Oh yeah.....and the engine again, frigate! Didn't replace the shaft of the distributor properly in a minor maintenance! Amazing. It drove the oil pump, and the truck didn't have a working oil indicator.
If anything the weak point as with most Toyotas IMO is the motor. IT was a 2 litre 100 Hp 5000 RPM beasty, and really was working to haul the old bus around.
But it was starting to get tough to find parts. Many parts would come off Landcruisers, of the FJ 40 variety etc, but every now and then you'd just get caught with tnings like brake parts etc. So you don't want to have it as the major vehicle
One thing. I did a lot of country Kms in that thing. When the diff went I put a Landcruiser diff in, and went from about 6:1 down to 4:1 or something. It went from screaming its guts out at 90KmH to being way too high geared for farm work.
Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !!