Hello from Trout Lake, BC

1990 4cyl 4Runner - My first vehicle (at 27 years old) - learned to do some ghetto body work and that you need to put oil in them . Head gasket was leaking but then my neighbors kid stole it and rolled it. With the insurance money I bought a
1990 V6 pickup - Head gasket was leaking but then my friend borrowed it and rolled it. With the insurance money I bought a
1993 T100 from an old Italian guy who was the original owner. It had 74,000kms on it when I bought it. It started losing power a few years ago and my neighbor, who is a mechanic, diagnosed that my #6 exhaust valve was dead and convinced me that I could totally fix that myself. I had bought another '93 T100 with the bottom end blown up because it had a sweet flat deck on it so I swapped in the cylinder head from that and put on the flat deck and Bob is your uncle. Now that I knew how to do a head gasket on a 3VZE I figured I should find a blown out 2nd gen 4Runner because they are freakin sweet and without a box on my truck it was really crowded with the boyfriend and the dog in the standard cab.
So I bought this '95 v6 4Runner sight unseen because it wasn't fit to drive and they could deliver it to my buttfudge nowhere town. The body and frame are in pretty decent shape for a 95. Other than that it is an absolute disaster they had put gasket fix into the rad and just drove the crap out of it with oil and rad fluids spewing everywhere. I don't know what is wrong with the clutch, they said it was recently done, most of the stuff they said about the thing seems to have been a lie. I did both head gaskets and a farmer valve job, replaced the shims and cleaned everything as well as I could. Now it is running and the engine sounds great but generally drives like shit. I have ordered a new master and slave cylinder for the clutch because what the heck, lets try that. At one point I thought I might get it going and sell it but I really love these things and now I'm emotionally attached. I've been spending time on the forums and youtube and i'm all fired up to get her fixed up and do the suspension and.. ?? go get stuck somewhere out in the mountains I guess. At least we'll have a cozy place to sleep.

 

I got lost on the way to Kelowna and spent the night there 15 years ago.

Nice town.

 

Welcome from Arizona! It sounds like you are a determined person. I'm sure this rig will be running like sewing machine soon. Good luck.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome from Wisconsin!