Keegan86 Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Hello everyone, I have always been a lurker on many sites and am trying to start participating more instead of just browsing. So this is the start! I have a 1985 720 regular cab 2WD 5 speed that is my daily driver, I picked it up 6 months or so ago and have had absolutely no regrets. I got it, changed fluids, did a tune up and immediately drove it on a 3000 mile round trip to Colorado. It never skipped a beat. So now I am in the process of fixing things on it and just making it a little nicer in general. I also have a 720 King Cab 4x4 that I just barely bought. It had a blown head gasket so I traded a spare gun for it and drove it home. Pulled the head off to find it was a little more extensive than that. It must have been blown for a long time because it eroded away the cylinder wall and head surfaces between cylinder 3 & 4. Ouch. I think I sourced a replacement this weekend though so I hope to get her running soon! I also have an AE86 Corolla that has been my main project for a long time. It's mainly just a drift car that I drive to and from the track and the occasional car meet when people aren't being stupid. As of last month it no longer has the 4AGE and I bought a 3SGE Beams for it :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Have a welder TIC patches and hand file it down. (nothing to loose) 1 Quote Link to comment
Keegan86 Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Yeah, I considered that option but it also put a hole in the number 4 piston and dug into the cylinder wall the entire way down. I am planning on pulling it apart and seeing what I can do to rebuild it but would like to put another one in there to get it running while I wait. Plus it wouldn't hurt to have an extra. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Are you Robit's cousin? are you a UTI student? Sure looks like a Guam Boys truck that I showed how to check the base of the carb for vacuum leak. Quote Link to comment
Keegan86 Posted July 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 No, that's not me. Maybe it was the last owner because I have only had it for about 6 months or so. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 Keegan, there is a 1985 720 4x4 in the old Ecology lot on 27th ave. Quote Link to comment
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