Any thoughts on one of these. RARE 1986 Toyota SR5 turbo truck I was thinking about purchasing it but am not sure about the turbo stuff. Parts hard to find, rebuildabls that sort of thing.
I have one of these models. Mine is a bit beat up. The thing to look out for is the headgasket on these models. the only hard part to find is the stock turbo stuff, but there is a website that people are always selling the parts (private sellers). if it runs good and looks as good as it does in the photo, i would pick it up. Hope this helps.
1986 4X4 Turbo Truck I have a 1986 Toyota Trubo Truck 4X4 which I bought new for my son back in 1986. He got married and started his own family, outgrew the truck and gave it back to me. I guess you could call it a one owner since it has been in the family since it was bought new. It runs great but has a few minor things I need to do to it. I am concerned about the timing chain. Does anyone know how many miles a toyota truck of this type should have before it is time to replace the timing chain? It has 130,000 original miles on it and runs great.
Has the timing chain been replaced at all? I'm unsure which year Toyota converted to single, but a single timing chain with a plastic timing chain guide is usually 50-80k depending on driving. Some guys have also gone all the way up to 100k+, just because of the way they drive is really good and they let their truck warm up and take good care of it. Where as if you are me and race around a 22RE at high RPM's and lots of pure abuse (with lots of preventive maintanence), you could let that chain get loose and break that plastic guide really quick. I had a FRAM oil filter that failed me and I had no oil going to my tensioner. chain got slack and just destroyed the guide. Contact Ted @ Engnbldr.com and send him an email, talk to him about what truck you have and the drive train you're working with. Tell him you have a 22-RTE 4WD, 1986. From my understanding, the timing chain kits should be the same. I looked around the website and got my timing chain kit with the steel guide rail for $60. That's for my 1994 22RE. If there's any differences, ask, it doesn't hurt. Ted likes to help. Oh yeah Tom, before you even do that, remove your Valve Cover (VC). Once that's off, take a flashlight and look down the driver's side of the timing chain. Look and see if the guide rail is still intact. here's a broken one You can see where that timing chain meets the water pump. This one is in good shape New guides installed Where a chain would wear through and cause a breach in the water pump, causing water to dump into the oil pan, thus ultimate failure.
No , it has never been work on other than minor preventive maintance. It runs great and sounds good. I have been told that if the timing chain breaks, it will ruin the engine. That is why I was wondering when to change the timing chain.
