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1998 Toyota 4Runner Salvage

Toyota

4Runner

1998

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140,000 miles at pick-up. Ohio is hard on cars, it sucks. Aluminum reacts poorly to road salt too. So I spent a good amount of time going through the engine bay, cleaning and neutralizing corrosion - mostly it was just superficial.
Makes me want to puke. But Toyota didn't include 4Runners in the frame recall because they are not "trucks." A-holes.
Rear, spare-tire bay surface rust galore
A lot of time spent de-scaling, and then sealing with Rust Bullet.
The frame is wider near the engine and tapers down around the front seats. Here the taper is handled.

Build story

Picked this up for $700, because the frame was rotted out, I knew what I was getting - but I drove it home after some work to get her going.

I took a lot of time to rebuild the passenger side frame from the engine mount to the rear axle and everything in between. I am building skills as a fabricator, and this was an early project in my skill-building. MIG welding to rusty metal, as much as you prepare, creates circumstances and behaviors, and results that are hard to control.

Driver’s side was only bad behind the rear axle.

Replaced the gas tank too, the seam had a split.

We have put over 40,000 miles on it since the work was completed.
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