Like the little old pickup

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

After looking for months with everything way overpriced i found an old Toyota pickup. More miles on it than I wanted, but will wander down the road in it anyway. Everything works perfectly on it. A 2001 with 204,000 on it when I got it.. hopeful of putting a 100,000 more on it before retiring it to the scrap yard. Just to be safe, I changed spark plugs, changed oil and filter, changed fluids in transfer case,front and rear differentials, flushed radiator, changed fuel filter and air filter. Didn't mess with transmission fluid. Sometimes it can mess one up to change that I hear. Plus, the old man I bought it from ( a mechanic) swore that every other oil change he drained half the transmission fluid out and refilled with new ( never heard of doing that...) anyway... its far from new and not fancy to see. ( sort of like me) .... but it still goes..

[BrokenolMarine]

Pics bro, pics...

[BMCTED]

Back in the 70" and 80's they were pretty good little trucks ... the Datsun was OK too. The engines were solid ... yeah I saw a couple that burned a valve ... but nothing else real bad.

[dave77]

I had a friend that had a late 60's or early 70's Datsun pickup and they couldn't have made the seat more uncomfortable if they tried.

The old Toyota Hilux (diesel) was pretty indestructible. They tried to destroy one on Top Gear. They actually did destroy it but it did still start and was somewhat drivable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnVZXQD5_k

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

Will get pics tommorow

[Dahliathemeh]

We used to say that Toyotas with 100k was still a baby.
Yes draining half trans fluid was a thing while I was in the business.

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

Here it is.still getting me where i want to go.

[BrokenolMarine]

Nice, looks clean.

[RetiredSeabee]

Another 100,000 should be a good break in for it. I bet you get far more miles than you expect.

[Mags]

We used to say that Toyotas with 100k was still a baby.
Yes draining half trans fluid was a thing while I was in the business.

Midlife about 250K.

[Mags]

Another 100,000 should be a good break in for it. I bet you get far more miles than you expect.

That's for sure.

First cars/trucks I bought ages ago were done in around 100K.

[BrokenolMarine]

We had a 1980 Ford F150 Camper Special 4X4 with dual gas tanks, factory lift and 300 straight six made for the cab over campers. Four on the floor with that LONG goose neck shifter. Granny low was good for about ten MPH is you really pushed it. Normally you started in second gear. You could pull a stump, pull a horse trailer with two horses, or pull the house off the foundations. Gas mileage? 12mpg to 15mpg, but it was a WORKING truck. It had right at 450k on it when we finally sold it to an acquaintance at the local parts store for his son. When we moved from VA to OK, the kid was still driving it... he was 24 years old and working with dad at the parts store by that time.

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We would have kept it, but we had two newer trucks. We only kept the Bubba Truck to bang into the woods. We had been using it to haul gravel and firewood, hay for the horses. We sold the horses when the girls all three moved out. We no longer had the woodstove, and weren't cutting firewood, and the guy asked every time we went in the store if we'd sell it. Finally said yes. Take care of things and they will last. (Well, the older things...)