Did we have the same truck? Mine was an '86.
My dad had an '84 Toyota Camry that was a total lemon. It wouldn't go uphill. The problem was unfixable, despite many months in the shop.
Mine was ‘84 I think, a big piece of crap.
I had an ‘85. I couldn’t complain a bit about it. Bought it for $4800 new off the lot. Ran like crazy and in seven years never burned a drop of oil until I gave it to my mother. My sister took the truck and totaled it within two months.