92 pickup 22re

I am curious if tampering even occurs anymore, I would assume its
difficult. The reason I ask is this truck I got used with 76k, now at
88k,

allready put in a new clutch at 80k
new fluid in Trans, now sycncomesh shows wear, grinds a bit on shift.
sounds like it needs a cam chain/gears, making tinkling noiise.
lots of rock chips
Ignition worn out
key worn out, door locks hard to open
Wheel bearing needed adjusted
needs valves adjusted, ticking on #4
doesn't run quite right, surges, seems a little short on power.

I wanted a low milage toyota for reliablitly, what I got was a lemon.
Is it easy to reset or run it all the way around again?
I really would consider it unlikely, but all of this
together....hmmmmm

Run a Car Fax - not always accurate but catches a few suspects.

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"Cregster" <mailuser@comcast.net> wrote in message
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This is bad, I have a pickup that I feel I got duped in same maner, worst is
I know how to do it, not reset the OD, just get one from the junkyard, use
it until you get close to selling, then switch back. I bet it is done more
and more...

Cregster enlightened us with:

California maintains a public site for smog checks. VIN in, smog check
history out. With mileage at each check. It is a pain to pull a
speedometer, but nothing a few hours won't fix. Once out, a swap is easy,
rebuild is not difficult, and on reassembly, you can set whatever you want.
Don't sweat it so much. If you goofed and didn't check in advance, hit
yourself once and move on. Some drivers can make a clutch last, others
never will. The last owner may have lived in a city as I do.

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That does seem like a lot of wear on a truck with 80K. My 93 has 206,000
and still on the original clutch, tranny is smooth, ignition switch is
fine, cam chain good, power good.

Q

Cregster wrote:

thats what I figure, I dont really want to know at this point.
I went to the dealer today and looked at new Tacomas, can't afford
it.(whats with no manual trans on the 2wd??)
I'll just bite the bullet and fix it.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:37:47 GMT, "SBC Usenet"
<replytonewsgroup@oraskforemailaddress.com> wrote:

I sold my old 87 22r pickup at 285k because the bed was getting rusty
bumps around the bed fender wells. It ran great, emissions guy asked
me if it was a new engine, because it passed like new cars, like 10%
of allowed. It ran great too, really zippy. I did have to maintain
it, but it was basic stuff easy to fix, got almost 30MPG, didn't use a
noticable amount of oil between 3k changes.
Ahh well, a little more work and this one will be ok I hope.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:06:48 GMT, Q <hugemoth@access4less.net> wrote:

I towed a 17' sail boat quite a bit with my yota and needed a new clutch at
80k. Lots of yota owners swap their non-SR dash for the SR one with a Tach
and other gauges -- very simple swap.

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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:21:35 -0600, Cregster <mailuser@comcast.net>
wrote:

or you bought a driven hard/abused and not maintained truck.

SBC Usenet wrote:
I agree with your thoughts and suggestions.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think, on OBDII vehicles, you can
change the speedo with one that has different mileage or change mileage when
rebuilding unit but computer will still have correct mileage on vehicle in
it's memory. If this is true then you should be able to get correct mileage
with a scan tool or at Autozone as they will do a scan for free.
davidj92

Spend $20 and get a "Car Fax".

At Hanover, PA Toyota, there is a picture on the wall of an old 1980s Toyota
pickup. It has over 700,000 miles on it. It is driven daily and it has the
original engine and transmission. Service says he brings it in faithfully
every 3,000 miles for an oil change. This compares to the man I saw on the
news a while back that had a Chevrolet pickup with over 700,000 miles. It
has had 6 engines and 7 transmissions.
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Bob Palmer wrote:
Ha that is about right for a chev just over 100K miles per engine.
What the news did not mention is how many times that guy was standing on
the side of the road with his broken Chev "like a rock".
Chevs are the only vehicle that have left me in the bush and radioing
for help!