I grabbed my new (to me) '98 4wd green extended cab from a friend. Second vehicle I've owned. First project was a 1973 Vw hightop camper that i was going to drop a v6 in but couldn't refuse an offer I got on it so let it move on down the road..
This truck was a Massachusetts vehicle until my friend picked it up at around 200,000 and drove it to hell in Vermont until 260,000 when i picked it up.. Im a student on a very low budget so I'm going to replace things as they break. I bought the truck for $2400 which i think is close to full retail considering the mileage but all-in-all, before i purchased it, my friend dropped $$ on all new brakes and tires which ended up around $1500 so i couldn't complain.
The suspension is absolutely shot so this is my next project. Front right shock actually is snapped in half and the truck rides very rough. Engine and trans are in great shape as far as i can tell and 4x4 engages fine. might replace trans fluid just because. Picked this info up off of another thread and will be going with these new shocks all the way around: KG5474 front, KG54105 rear.
Dash cluster is getting older because every needle kind of jumps around. Oil is full but on the dash it'll jump between empty and full consistently. Speedo also vibrates above 50mph but generally sticks around the actual speed so ill look into all that soon. New 02 sensors and exhaust so all good there. I plan on towing every once in awhile so ill need to splice in a trailer light harness. also interior lights are dead so thats another project. Also might look into killing the buzzer.
The end goal of this truck is to build an expedition vehicle that i can live in. I have 5+ years of self-taught fabrication skills so can really weld up anything i need anytime which will be helpful with building a camper insert and bumpers. Building a front bumper now. Also don't mind the crusty black rims that will be all gone soon. Personally, I do not like black on green i don't think they compliment each other well. As a vehicle that will be lived in I want it to be as presentable as possible to avoid problems because aesthetics can really be the difference. So I'm going with green on gunmetal (darker semi-metalic grey) for rims and bumpers. This coming weekend i plan on taking the bed off and taking care of rust and figuring out what else I may need to do in the near future
This is really just a journal to share and log my work in one place and also my budget- cheers! Also have this up on Toyota Nation for the more direct mechanical problems of T100- This is more for the build-out of the truck as a whole
This truck was a Massachusetts vehicle until my friend picked it up at around 200,000 and drove it to hell in Vermont until 260,000 when i picked it up.. Im a student on a very low budget so I'm going to replace things as they break. I bought the truck for $2400 which i think is close to full retail considering the mileage but all-in-all, before i purchased it, my friend dropped $$ on all new brakes and tires which ended up around $1500 so i couldn't complain.
The suspension is absolutely shot so this is my next project. Front right shock actually is snapped in half and the truck rides very rough. Engine and trans are in great shape as far as i can tell and 4x4 engages fine. might replace trans fluid just because. Picked this info up off of another thread and will be going with these new shocks all the way around: KG5474 front, KG54105 rear.
Dash cluster is getting older because every needle kind of jumps around. Oil is full but on the dash it'll jump between empty and full consistently. Speedo also vibrates above 50mph but generally sticks around the actual speed so ill look into all that soon. New 02 sensors and exhaust so all good there. I plan on towing every once in awhile so ill need to splice in a trailer light harness. also interior lights are dead so thats another project. Also might look into killing the buzzer.
The end goal of this truck is to build an expedition vehicle that i can live in. I have 5+ years of self-taught fabrication skills so can really weld up anything i need anytime which will be helpful with building a camper insert and bumpers. Building a front bumper now. Also don't mind the crusty black rims that will be all gone soon. Personally, I do not like black on green i don't think they compliment each other well. As a vehicle that will be lived in I want it to be as presentable as possible to avoid problems because aesthetics can really be the difference. So I'm going with green on gunmetal (darker semi-metalic grey) for rims and bumpers. This coming weekend i plan on taking the bed off and taking care of rust and figuring out what else I may need to do in the near future
This is really just a journal to share and log my work in one place and also my budget- cheers! Also have this up on Toyota Nation for the more direct mechanical problems of T100- This is more for the build-out of the truck as a whole
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and I've some added remote control for my FlipPac interior lights and power outlets. I'm still running stock 16" silver steelies but will paint them soon, so I'll be curious to see ow the gunmetal gray works out.
