The last couple of Toyotas that have been through here aren’t touched except for the routine service. My new one is the same.
I still like to turn a wrench on the old stuff if for no other reason that I can do other things than support technology. At least the oldies are mine so if I break something, no one else needs to be involved.
Yesterday I ordered a wheel/harmonic balancer puller kit and am going to try my hand at a Willys steering box. I have all the rest of the parts in.
Today I will go where my CJ7 project and the off and on again K5 live and see what I can do. They are in a fairly secure building a hop,skip, and jump away from the local PD. They ride by frequently. I’m glad they do.
The big job for K5 is the cooling system but I have been doing little things to suit me, mostly TLC stuff. I also plan to strip the dead AC system too.
I remember my first trip across the desert, in a car, 35 years ago pulled into Needles and couldn't shut the car off it was so hot. 15 years later all my cars could idle all day in 125 degree temperatures and never overheat. My last five cars have been Toyotas as well.