Nah, It's not really worth all that trouble. Why don't you send it out here and I'll take it off your hands. Heck, I'll even pay the drive away company!
I bet it's not a bent rod. The compression test will reveal more info... Good luck, Mike Zeke Yewdall wrote: >Well, given the shape of the body, I'm inclined to think that the 88k >shown on the odometer may be original. Or maybe 188k. But I think >that stuck rings from sitting are more likely than just being worn >out. The person selling it thinks it has a bent rod though. I think >I'll take the injectors and glow plugs out and do a compression test, >and then soak the inejctors and cylinders in biodiesel to clean them >out, and see if that helps. > >On 5/26/06, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I've driven one - nice but pokey. >> >>How many miles? I wonder what's wrong with the cylinder? If it's been >>sitting and you're lucky, the compression rings are gummed to the >>piston, and you may be able to free them up with some solvent. If it >>has a zillion miles on it you may be looking at a rebuild - a 3 cylinder >>NA diesel is going to be slooowww. >> >>Good luck! >> >>Zeke Yewdall wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hey everyone >>> >>>I might become the proud owner of a 1981 longbed toyota pickup with a >>>2.2 liter NA diesel engine. I was just wondering if any of you >>>(Keith?) have experience with this. It'll be run on B100 of course >>>(and maybe SVO, if I feel like installing the heated fuel system in >>>there). It needs a little engine work (seems to have one dead >>>piston), but the body is beautiful still, so it'll make a good second >>>truck for our company. My mitsubishi turbodiesel pickup is the first >>>one. >>> >>>No specific questions -- just seeing if anyone else has one of these. >>> >>>Zeke >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Biofuel mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >>> >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >[email protected] >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [email protected] http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
