A friend bought a nice 2002 Tundra TRD 4x2 V8 (easy access cab) on eBay with 90k miles. Very clean truck, service records, and all that.
In crawling around the truck, I noticed some things.
1) the forward drive shaft appears to have been replaced. There is a sticker with barcode and balancing data on it by an aftermarket company. Was there a service bulletin about this or perhaps just a repair?2) How long are the cam belt service intervals? There is no record of this ever being done and with 90k on the truck, perhaps it is about time? Looks like an involved job on this engine. Should the waterpump also be replaced while it's all apart?
3) Where the two exhaust pipes come together just before the small resonator ... looks -really- pinched. Might correcting this be a good idea if the truck is going to be operating under sustained loads?4) For a truck this overall size, the cab interior room is small compared to Dodge Dakota I drove recently. The tailgate height is also 36" from the ground yet the bed is shallow. Loading street motorcycles or scooters into a truck bed this high will require backing up to a curb. How do you guys with those jacked up 4x4's do it? 'A' frame and a come-along? LOL
-Philip