TOY: Re: Toyota 4x4 Mailing List V1 #287

[bob <bobby@xxxxxxx>]

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> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 14:11:42 -0500
> From: "C. Andrew Zook" <internut@ptd.net>
> Subject: RE: TOY: New Engine
>
> > Thanks for the replies everybody...  I like this one, "East Coast Perf"
> and
> > the price is right near where I am willing to spend.  it is a big bonus
> that
> > no one has told me where there is an 80 post long flame discussion about
> > their service yet... like TAP.
>
> Given what I had heard about ALL of the remanufacturers out there, after
> much research I decided to go with a '94 22RE with 43k original miles.
>
> I talked to everyone I could think of on the topic, and the general
> consensis is that reman engines suck! I could not find anyone that said "try
> company "A", we (or I) have had great luck with them.
>
> I am VERY happy with my $1000 "slightly used" engine, and would definately
> go this route if I had it to do over again.
>
> Don't know if this affects your decision, but at least it is another side of
> the coin!
>
> I bought mine at Woodward's - a Toyota only junkyard near Philly. They also
> sold me the W56 tranny/transfer out of the same truck for $400.
>
> Try getting those prices from TAP!
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I had the same problem.  Everybody that I talked to that had a rebuilt engine had
problems.  I decided to buy a new short block from toyota, I bought a rebuilt head
from a local machine shop.  I put everything together and it has been working ok
for my first 600 miles.  The  block was pretty expensive at $1500.