need advise, and no i dont wanna sell it. my son sold his 240sx that was really reliable but he wanted a truck. to go "4timesfouring" as he jokingly calls it. he bought a .. think of a johnny cash song here" .. what we think is a 84 toyota with a 22r, solid axle, 86 body, .... bastard.
when i went with him to look at it , lots of noises coming from everywhere. he really wanted it, i told him it needed LOTS of work but id help him. he's 18. first was the driveshaft bearing, 2 pc driveshaft. better now. next was the timing chain, lots of racket. when we dissassembled it ,it had a double row chain, someone told him that was from 82 or older? anyway we swapped it out, during the process we figured out the water pump was wrong, but worked. completed assy. and fired up. now we can here knocking in the bottom end. when turning distributor the knocking comes and goes at idle depending on where the dist. is set, at 2000rpm knocking always there.
maybe we're reaching but could knocking be oil pump, we cleaned and greased and filled it b4 reassy, or could timimg be out of whack enough to cause knocking? possibly need to reset dist. one tooth over. seems to run best when dist. is turned to max all the way up. broken timing light has kept us from checking with "real" equip. but ive always been able to get close enough for testing w/out light. again he doesnt wanna sell it although it probably does need to go away. he really likes it. solid axle,5 spd, flat bed...
when i went with him to look at it , lots of noises coming from everywhere. he really wanted it, i told him it needed LOTS of work but id help him. he's 18. first was the driveshaft bearing, 2 pc driveshaft. better now. next was the timing chain, lots of racket. when we dissassembled it ,it had a double row chain, someone told him that was from 82 or older? anyway we swapped it out, during the process we figured out the water pump was wrong, but worked. completed assy. and fired up. now we can here knocking in the bottom end. when turning distributor the knocking comes and goes at idle depending on where the dist. is set, at 2000rpm knocking always there.
maybe we're reaching but could knocking be oil pump, we cleaned and greased and filled it b4 reassy, or could timimg be out of whack enough to cause knocking? possibly need to reset dist. one tooth over. seems to run best when dist. is turned to max all the way up. broken timing light has kept us from checking with "real" equip. but ive always been able to get close enough for testing w/out light. again he doesnt wanna sell it although it probably does need to go away. he really likes it. solid axle,5 spd, flat bed...