well i found a guy who had thought the motor finaly went on the ol runner.. drove 90 miles to go get it wether it had a bad motor or not.. he kept telling me "its blown head gaskets or threw a rod, because its leaking oil everywhere" when i turned it over it sounded like no compression except one cyl, i imidiatly thought HEADGASKET!! so i gave him 700 bucks pulled it home and pulled the main timing cover off all i saw was the belt was torn up on the back side i was like k wtf!?i pulled #1 plug put the crank on 0 and made sure #1 cyl was up, BAM timing gears were way off! looked closer and the bearing went bad on the water bump and was making the belt hit the pump itself. the shredded pieces of the belt wrapped around the pully on the belt creating a smooth circle causeing the timing to slip!

im pretty excited that all it needs (i think) is a water pump and timing kit!!

just thought i'd share

arent the 3.4 5spd elocker runners fairly rare?

 

No... they are way common, i'll give you a grand for it. LOL

 

Nice find.

 

@ first I was wondering how bad it had been rolled

 

Nice, when you going to r/r belt n pump? Great find!!!

 

I tore it all down last night. I was so happy I was just jammin out to music and pullin parts I have 3 3rd hens right now..

 

Actually, 4 if you count the one that's mostly parted out.

 

got it runnin today! runs like a champ!! needs rear shocks and a wire fixed on the abs. (exhaust melted it) im happy haha

 

pic pic pic!!!

 

Wow Good find buddy!! glad you got a great deal

 

notice where the timing marks are (this is with the crank on tdc)



you can kinda tell how crooked the pully on the water pump is, and you can see where the t-belt is touchin the pump.


this is the shreds of the timing belt (what caused the timing to slip)


this is her



the bad


her younger sister




hangin out..


the two burnout marks are from my broken tranny supra. HAHA

 

Nice find, wish i could find me one of those.

 

You are indeed one lucky mofo. Wish I could find deals like that around here more often when I have cash in hand. I NEVER seem to have money when those deals come around.

 

i feel yeah on that, i need to start a savings that i wont try and spend everytime at the salvage yard!

 

It definatly has to do with cash in hand! I was gonna pull the motor from the purple one (got it for 800) but sense it was just tbelt and water pump I don't have to!

 

im wondering if i should keep it so i dont have to get 13 mpg in my cummins, or sell it and make some money???

 

I'd say keep it for a while and save some money on fuel. That's the kind of vehicle you can drive for awhile and save money, then when you get tired of it sell it and make some more money. It will quickly pay for itself in fuel savings.

 

thats way true.. i might trade it for my old 3.4 swapped 91 4runner i had, with elocker rear and tacoma dash and sas.

 

No keep it! I love manual! Only thing I would do diff is manual. Man that's awesome. Where leaky oil from valve covers?

 

Found a rolled one. Exactly the same near me with everything working on it. Guy wanted $700
Guy stopped answering my calls!