Topic: 81 toyota diesel truck (ends 12-24)

[kneedownnate]

Another one I'd love to buy

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyota-1981-TOYOTA-DIESEL-TRUCK-WOW-94K-MILES-4OMPG-PLUS_W0QQitemZ4598805490QQcategoryZ6059QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[BoG-ToY]

I dont feel like making a big deal out of this, but I must know, how does the person selling this truck know it doesnt have 190k miles rather then just the 90k listed? its a toyota, which makes it mileage ready, then you add in the capabilitys of a deisel? that thing could almost have 290k on it without anyone knowing it right? Just thought I would ask.

[kneedownnate [OP]]

You never really do know, just hope people are being straight with you.  Luckily when I bought mine the guy was nice enough to actually tell me it had 440,000 miles on it.  I'm not so concerned with the mileage on toyotas when I buy them as I am with their maintenance upkeep.

[wa4x4]

See, I dont know if my truck has 180k or 280k....I was never told.

[79coyotefrg]

mine is nearing 400,000

190,000  is just broke in good

[jimbo74]

mine is nearing 400,000

yeah but you rebuilt it like 5 times

[BoG-ToY]

I recieved my 89 with 230k on it, I rebuilt the engine, Im going to build the tranny, and Im going to possibly buy dual crawlers from marlin, or put new bearings in the tcase, I think the rear 3rd was just rebuilt, so, Im not worried about it, but Im sure that if I put new gears in or an aussie, that they will get rebuilt again, oh, and on the block that had 230k, there was only .003 wear at the top of the cylinder, honed strait at .004, I could have got away with a re-ring, but I wanted to torque plate hone it, so I took a .030 block I had up to .040 with the torque plate, the stock block had a messed up bolt hole due to the previouse owners opinion, of how to repair a blown headgasket, which included using the old headgasket off the .030 block and aviation form a gasket, sounds great huh?

[79coyotefrg]

I recieved my 89 with 230k on it, I rebuilt the engine, Im going to build the tranny, and Im going to possibly buy dual crawlers from marlin, or put new bearings in the tcase, I think the rear 3rd was just rebuilt, so, Im not worried about it, but Im sure that if I put new gears in or an aussie, that they will get rebuilt again, oh, and on the block that had 230k, there was only .003 wear at the top of the cylinder, honed strait at .004, I could have got away with a re-ring, but I wanted to torque plate hone it, so I took a .030 block I had up to .040 with the torque plate, the stock block had a messed up bolt hole due to the previouse owners opinion, of how to repair a blown headgasket, which included using the old headgasket off the .030 block and aviation form a gasket, sounds great huh?