Another awesome video from Kase and Tommy ! Always look forward to these guys on Saturday mornings.

Knock knock... Who’s there? Cylinder Three :-(

Case is in the backround whispering, "it's called a valve job!" "Valve Job!" 😂😂😂😂😂

So as crappy as it is for them, it helps the community learn things to look out for. TFL has the "money" that commoners may not have. Having to spend $3,000 plus on a single repair would kill some people.

3500 dollars for a valve job on a 4 cylinder?!! Remind me NOT to have any work done in Colorado!

I think this truck was fortunate to fall into the hands of people with the means and motivation to have it repaired. Far too few of these still on the road and it's always really nice to see one.

Being from MN...which is a road salt state...engine repairs are far easier and probably cheaper than keeping rust at bay. Even with an engine problem, the body and chassis are so clean, it would sell up here quickly.

I had my 01 done at 215k and it was only around $1500, and traded it in at 280k

Love the addition of Kase, you guys. He’s polished and takes TFL to the next level.

I appreciate TFL’s commitment to quality. In respect to the vehicles and their content. These presenters are so familiar and personable, they feel like friends.

Bucket shim adjustment on pre 2005 models is the reason they have issues, most people *don't know* it's an adjustable valvetrain, and that instead of getting loose, they go tight, and burn the valves. The 1ZZ EF and 2ZZ FE do the same thing. It's usually someone has already put a coil and a plug in it, and it still missfires. I need to set up shop in Colorado, their labor rate has got to be crowding $150/HR.

Great stuff! I'm so glad for the budget that y'all were able to work something out.

Darn, I wanted to see more of the Rocky

Thanks for keeping things honest with cost and such. :)

I’m going to miss the Rocky. But at least the engine problem is fixed

I bought the same truck new mine had the extended cab , put 140k on it in 13 years ,the longest time I've ever kept a vehicle . the only thing to go wrong on mine was the digital clock quit in the first couple of years , I noticed yours is still working . These are great trucks in my opinion .

That's the problem with a used Toyota. Previous owner was a Toyota person aka never change the oil, never service it on schedule.

My 2000 Taco 2.4 had the same thing at 198k. Rebuilt with Toyota parts. Still driving at @240k. love this truck.

Wow. You could have bought a 1998, Chevy Cheyenne 4wd 305ci V8 access cab truck with 200k miles for that.

Love the new decals! Great job guys!

That is a good looking truck I'm glad it came to you guys to save it from the junkyard.

3500$ for a valve job ??? Seems a lot to me !

Seeing those three wipers made me miss my fj.

Toyota has a reputation for reliability and everything I'm just curious why most the people I know that drives them have trouble with them? I don't have alot of experience with them personally but what I've seen from people that have them doesn't match what the internet and rumors say. A guy I know always talks about how reliable Toyota is and there the best thing ever. I asked him what all he had to go bad on his tundra that's 10 years old he names off a few thousand dollars worth of things. That doesn't seem so great

I love the Taco. My 2001 had 340k on it with all original and it still burned rubber. Sadly it was totalled after a head on into an embankment and rollover. But insurance still gave me $7,500 for the truck. Needless to say...I got a newer Taco.

Wait... WAIT!!! I thought Toyotas were super reliable and went like 500k miles with barely an oil change! Great episode, it shows that ALL vehicles have their issues... Even the all mighty yota.

I bought a 2.7 Pre runner new in 2002 and drove for 185000 miles and never had to do one repair, only front brakes and fluid changes . Get a Tacoma if you can.

I have a 1999 3.4l Tacoma with 285k miles. About two years ago I needed a new head. A new head was going to cost me $1,600 here in Seattle. If the 2nd head was to fail soon after I'd be out $3,200. I elected to put in a used 3.4 from Japan. Guaranteed to have under 50,000 miles. That cost me $3,600. I feel good about that decision.

Just got my 2002 manual back on the road, 140k miles. Had to patch the frame but she’s running great after sitting for 3 years.

Love the series. I could use the black plastic at the bottom of the front bumper after you pull it. My son punted our 2004 into a snow bank after passing into a blizzard on the west side of the Eisenhower Tunnel.

I cry a tear for the Rocky glad you went to a good home.

I betcha find out that the engine after your repair is still rough at idle with the transmission in drive. Remember that this is a 4 Cylinder 2.7 liter engine. While we don't think that 2.7 liters is large, for a 4 cylinder automotive engine, it is huge. With only two power pulses per crankshaft rotation, it is bound to vibrate. The 2.4 liter 4 cylinder version of this engine is far smoother with an automatic. When asked why he chose a 12 cylinder V12 2500 CC engine design for the 250 Testa Rosa ,the designer of Ferrari engines said that for maximum smoothness and power in a 4 cycle engine you should never exceed 400 CCs per cylinder. That said, any 4 Cylinder 4 cycle engine larger than 1600 CCs is a compromise. Think about what jewels 1600 CC 4 cylinder engines are. The 2.7 was a great engine hooked to a manual transmission. It had no load until you let out the clutch. Hooked to an Automatic transmission, not so great. As a customer relations manager, working in a Toyota dealership, I would try to steer purchasers into the V-6 if they had to have an automatic. I also trained our sales staff to do the same. We lost some sales to other dealers because of that. With 6 dealers in a 50 mile radius, I saw the results of this. People would want the 4 cylinder with an automatic in 2 wheel drive (2.4 liters) and they were great. But in 4 wheel drive 4 cylinder automatic customers were unhappy at how the engine felt sitting at a stoplight or stop sign in Drive. For a while, I would get customers who purchased a 4 Cylinder 4 X 4 automatic from another dealer and come into our dealership unhappy with their truck and I would have to try to handle them. All I could do was tell them; that was normal with this engine and the only answer was to shift into neutral or park when sitting at a stop light.. Needless to say they were not satisfied, but what could I say. I even had a customer that I spoke with when they were purchasing a 4 wheel drive and left our dealership as I would not sell them a 4 cylinder automatic. A month later they came into the dealership complaining that the 4 cylinder engine that they purchased from another dealer was really rough and demanded that we take care of it as the other dealer would not. Since I had spoken with them when they were purchasing it and would not sell them the 4 cylinder, it was easy to tell them that there was nothing we could do and I told them that when they were purchasing it. This was only customer complaint that I could not satisfy. Working with Toyota, we eventually solved it by taking his 4 Cylinder in trade for a v-6 3.4. We then wholesaled it to a used car lot in Wyoming. 2 years later Toyota solved the problem by only offering the automatic with the 3.4 V-6 in a 4x4 Mitsibushi tried to get around that by mounting 2 counter rotating balance shafts in the bottom of the engine on their 2.5 liter 4cylinder engine which caused other problems when the timing belt would skip a cog on the balance shafts which would then have the engine bouncing around under the hood like a crazed break dancer on acid. This could happen even though the timing belt was OK and the valve timing was not disturbed.

@TFLClassics... i think its about time you guys do a build and provide to a vet!

ran 100psi in cylinder 6 for over a year on my 350 vortec where the other cylinders were 150psi. Was still running strong where I did have a misfire every now and then, but still drove my truck all over the place and didn't fail a bit. $3500? WOW!

You guys should put LC Engineering header on that. It was the best thing I did for my toy when I had it. I kept cracking the stock exhaust manifold from heat off road. And it eliminates 2 of the connections in the down pipe. It goes from the engine to the cat as one peace.

Tommy, you're wrong. All Toyotas everywhere, are so reliable that they never have issues and never need work. Lol

Loving these, keep it up

thx for giving the numbers. some ppl won't say $

I love this truck. I can't wait for the auction to start. The bid will most likely go beyond what I want to pay but someone will be a very happy camper with this.

Rebuilt heads are 6-700.00...3500.00? That’s a crate engine...

I had a 2001 that I purchased new in Charleston, SC. Every year I would visit my family in upstate NY at Christmas and noticed how much valve clatter I would hear in the NY cold weather. It would sound like a diesel when it was cold. Go back to Charleston and I would forget about it until the following year. Kept that truck for 6 years and 130k without a single issue.

I've commented on this multiple times over the years but I really want to see TFL build up a 'cheap Jeep' 05-10 Grand Cherokee WK with the 5.7 Hemi and Quadra drive II. I've always believed that the toyota tax just isn't worth it. You started this tacoma series by saying these thing were bullet proof and then brought up the common frame rust issue and are now having engine issues. The WKs are depreciated to the point where you can get a very good condition one, with the full quadra drive offroad package (electronic locking F/C/R diffs and skid plates) and a Hemi V8, for well under $10k. I would even recommend a 'cheap Jeep' father son challenge with a WJ vs WK that could be very well built for under $10k each or compare it to your FJ cruiser. I'm biased since I own one, but I think the Hemi WK is an overlanding bargain and even with higher maintenance costs, overall cost of ownership is still less than a similar year toyota or wrangler. I love the offroad videos you produce and especially the cheaper off road builds, I been a TFL viewer for over 10 years now, keep up the great content!!

It’s a 19yr old Ute ( sorry Aussie here ) ‘Truck’ ... yes it sucks but just think how good it will be after it’s fixed 🇦🇺🤙🏼 I have a v8 twin turbo diesel 200 series Landcruiser here as well and love it 2 bits 365,000km (227,000miles) on it now and still going strong

Well worth restoring it with genuine Toyota parts. Nice job!

I drive a 92 civic SI,put a new timing belt in a couple of years ago and at the time they checked compression, one cylinder was 100,2 were at 110 and last one was at 180. Did the work anyway because the car still ran great even with the 429 thousand kms on it. Drove it almost two more years and to 462 thousand until finally it was running on only 3 cylinders because compression got so low,drove it home 1100 kms from where I was working in northern British Columbia and it’s now sitting in driveway 🚗

Great on Charley (Charlie?) Taking the trade! Glad it worked out for you folks!

Toyotas last forever...except this one has a new frame, oh and a new valve train. If it were human it would have osteopetrosis and need open heart surgery. Glad it's fixed!

Great video guys!

I was wondering about the Rocky the other day. I guess that answers my question.

I have the same exact truck with 270 k and it runs perfect

I owned a 2000 4Runner 3.4 2wd with 185k miles on it. Truck was never abused meticulously maintained and never overheated! Misfire symptoms slowly started to appear out of nowhere. Long story short it turned out I had a small fracture on one of the cylinder heads. Pulled them both out and replaced with rebuilt ones from a machine shop out of Texas after doing this job twice for trying to have the heads just rebuilt. Lesson learned! Total spent on job even after me listening to local shop to have them rebuilt was around $1700 with be Asin timing belt kit, idler, tensioner, thermostat, water pump etc. But all that labor was done by me in my home garage so I did not feel too bad and learned the engine inside out! These engines can be intimidating but are not that bad after you go over some videos or manual and buy one or two special tools that you will eventually reuse.

I am confused why you need a new head for a valve job......

Clearly charity doesn't start at Charlie's repair shop If he burned you for $3500. 😀

Charlie and the Car Wizard should start a band. Thanks for all the good videos.

I’m at 260 on my 95 taco with a oil pump leak and it’s still running strong lol, I also got a starter problem with the connection plastic broken off got me stranded for like 3 hours till we figured it out lol A mechanic quoted me 900 for the oil pump fix I said I might as well get a engine rebuild I want my taco to go all the way up to 1000000

Great job fellas.

I'm confused. He rebuilt the head? I would figure the head would be brought to a machine shop for seats and guides ect. 🤔

We had the same truck new and after the second head was replaced under warranty we got rid of it ,

05+ Tacoma’s have hydronic last adjustment for those valves!

That's all I want is a 4 door 4X4 manuel.with that's lift and canvas top😍

Moral to the story you always do a PPI !! I had to learn the hard way 20 yrs ago. lol

I recommend Engine Tune Ups every 30,000 -40,000 I have over 200,000 Miles On MY Tacoma Noticed Engine Tune Up, including a few upgrades The Truck will last a long time !!!

I thought Toyotas didn't even need an oil change until one million miles. Someone must have deliberately done this.

Seems on par with the leaking valve cover job on my 2017 Tundra. Both valve covers were leaking, thankfully I have the extended warranty or I'd be paying out of pocket for 21 hours plus parts 😬

TOYOTA QUALITY!!! That truck must have **1 Million*187,000 miles** on it! It's not possible that a TOYOTA engine could fail at a measly 187,000 miles. Even LADA's last longer then that!

I have a 2002 Tacoma with the v six with just over 307,000 miles. I just had the same issue and had my head rebuilt just got it back on the road and it runs like it did when it was new.

So...why do people say Tacomas are so great? You payed $7700 for an 18-year-old truck. This one has had the frame replaced and now the head replaced in 180,000 miles. I had a Chevy Tahoe that was the same age with the same number of miles and all that was ever replaced on it was the starter.🤣

3500 is a burn.

I do think the 3500 is a bit steep - but I'm certain it depends on where you live and if you have full confidence in that mechanic, then it is worth it. However as the owner of 2 Tacomas (2019 TRD Off Road with 91K miles and 2002 TRD Off Road with 240K miles), I have to say the $3500 is a small price to pay considering (other than basic maintenance) you will probably go another 200K miles with no issues. Our trucks see plenty of off road time (we own a horse farm) and the reliability of these little trucks is far better than the GMC/Ford trucks we have/had. BTW I love the topper on that little truck - very functional.

Tommy did great!

Toyota makes a good truck as long as you don't try to use it like real truck!

My 86 22re pickup runs flawlessly with 346k only problems were an alternator and a starter about 10k miles ago

Weird. That 3RZ is widely considered to be one of the most reliable engines that Toyota ever made. Guess it goes to show anything can break. My V6 4Runner with the 3.4 5VZ was running strong at 305k miles when I sold it. Good on you guys for fixing it though!

Love the jacket man !!!!!!!!!!

Bold of him to own a Toyota repair shop

Just did one of these. Piece of cake.

So what was the labor rate? $500 an hour?! A rebuilt head job shouldn't be but $1500.

For viewers who are saying TFL got ripped off, remember they are located in the People's Republic of Boulder CO. The average home in the Boulder housing market costs around $750,000 dollars. Outside of some East and Left Coast regions, it's one of the higher cost of living areas in the U.S.

That is a pretty sweet truck Whoever gets it We'll be lucky . I picked up a four-wheel 95 Toyota Tacoma 6 months ago . She seems to be pretty sound, Garage kept For many years. She only has 86000 MI On her . I'm going to definitely Baby yet!

I recently had to sell my 01 because the cab rotted out and didnt pass inspection. Sad times😔 even worse cause one of my best friends is buying it so I gotta watch him have fun with it lol

$3500? 🤣📢HAHAHAHAHA

can you do a video on Charles shop and his story you never really see shop dedicated to Toyotas lol

That legendary Toyota quality 😂😂😂😂

No one should be worried about a 2500 dollar repair on an engine, that will run forever. The engine will need nothing else.

Well shoot, I was waiting for the Rocky to get TFL Bids so I could have a shot at buying it.

Actually the rest of the truck is nice enough that getting the cylinder head done is okay.

I got a 98', extra cab, 2.7L with a Supercharger. Now it has guts going uphill.

from Fraser, husband of Leslie And there I was reading all these KZfaq videos where everybody says "buy a Toyota, they go for ever".Or maybe not !

A head job huh? I understand. Sometimes I need one of those as well

The Tacoma I had ten years ago had the same low compression problem. I found a cylinder head at a salvage yard for $100, took it to a retired Toyota mechanic, he rebuilt and machined the cylinder head for $450. A month later, I had him install the new cylinder head for $900. It was that cheap because I didn't need the repair right away... and I installed the water pump and thermostat myself. It's always a good idea to replace the thermostat and water pump if you're replacing the head gasket or removing the cylinder head. An overheating engine is a bitch!

Did you all not consider getting a JDM 2.7 or 3.4 swap into the truck? As I have several engine swapped JDM engine cars and they run like Tops and handle the added S/C’r without issues. You would only need a bridge harness from Toyonlyswaps, an ECU, and a harness from the recycler.

Morning 🌞 Tommy and Kase!!

Yep mine went at 175k 245 now and still purring

My silver02 single cab has 365000 miles on it lol my dad bought it new and I bought it from him with 230000 for 3 grand lol great trucks

You people don’t even have ... .. an OBD scanner when you are buying these cars! If you are not going to bother with a PPI the LEAST you can do is plug-in an OBD scanner. Those misfires were sending some codes about cylinder #3. You should be testing scanners and making videos on cost, u.i. and quality information garnered from different products. You’re laymen and could give an important point of view on using different OBD scanners.

And I still want Baby Yota! If anything it’s because I trust TFL and Toyota. I’m sure I won’t be the highest bid though...

Hmm thats interesting cus I literally have the same truck and after the truck warms up the idle drops and the truck does have a rough idle at a stop light, it also does it when I put it in reverse. Might have to check my valves, thanks for the vid Kase and Tommy.

Top is black is the thumbnail, looks so much better.

Should have sent that head to Viecomer in Portugal and got beryllium seats put in with Titanium valves and a full CNC port job with dimpling.

I'm sad that the rockys gon, I'm trying to fix one up one right now and was looking forward to some videos on daihatsus they are so Rare