88 toyota pickup 22re - pointers

NP! Hey, since this is an '88, where did you get it from? I had an '85 up here in Mass, 125,000 miles, and the FRAME was rotted out! It was only 6 years old! The bed was rotted, too, but the frame had a big lengthwise hole in it.

Too bad they didn't have a recall THEN!!!

all good info dude, thanks. can definitely hear chain on startup, so that's job #2. #1 is sorting out the thermostat/low engine temp - needle creeps up slightly idling around town - dead cold at freeway. #3 is that i suspect the head gasket might be leaking slightly, losing a little coolant each day, while still retaining pressure. do 2 & 3 together i guess.

other than that, the motor's great! plenty of compression.

one of the benefits of living in kalifornistan - especially inland where the truck is from where it's hot and there is no road salt. the dash is all sun cracked, but hey, it's a truck!

can't say i've been looking for the coupes, but i can say the corolla wagons are still around and enjoy semi cult status. none ever for sale though - you'd have to pry the keys from the cold dead fingers of most owners from what i can gather.

Now, I'm jealous.

Any 1980-84 Corolla coupes out there? ;)

jim beam wrote in news:_dydnVfqOO8gHZPTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:

More from ym guy: "If the vacuum leak isn't the problem, next step will be throttle position sensor adjustment and ignition timing."

Every once in a while one comes up an eBay from CA or AZ, and goes for at least half price of what they were new! I paid $6799 for an '80 coupe, and the wagons go for at least $3000...usually more.

will have to report back in a couple of days. finally got to change the thermostat [old one jammed open] and it doesn't seem to be so bad now it's actually reaching normal operating temperature. the overdrive now works too!