1992 Toyota Pickup Review - The Most Reliable Truck EVER MADE??

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Drivetrain
2:52 - Interior
3:18 - BFB Test
3:26 - Interior
4:14 - Bed / Cargo Space
4:29 - Exterior
5:00 - Final Thoughts
7:04 - Outro

[@vado575]

Thanks for reviewing my truck ! 🤟🤟

[@marcberm]

Mr. Yuck is mean! Mr. Yuck is green!

[@vado575]

@@marcberm i am mean.. But not green.. Mostly black from melting iron

[@mybackhurts7020]

I learned how to drive in the truck and I’ve never gone back have a car I own is a Toyota

[@brendancross4016]

YO, love the truck! Honestly, one of my fav reviews so far on the channel.

[@karoltakisobie6638]

This is how environmentally friendly vehicles should be made. Simple works every time. Less resources used,even less to maintain it and it will work reliably until either rust eats it or road accident destroys it.

[@TassieLorenzo]

Even Toyota changed tack after this though. Instead of making electrical switches with contacts thick enough to last for 1,000,000 cycles like on this Hilux they started to think "why are we doing that when we could make contacts only thick enough to last for 50,000 cycles and save cost?" 🙁

[@Neojhun]

But when you have tens of thousands of This era in the same city. That's just horrible amount of toxic emissions. FYI VW DieselGate was not about GHG CO2. But yeah 30 year lifespan should be the goal for light vehicles.

[@TassieLorenzo]

@@Neojhun If it is the port-injected petrol engine, it's pretty clean in terms of particulates. Older port-injected petrol engines are typically far superior than direct-injected (yet more economical) petrol engines, in terms of the former producing less particulates. The former tend to be pretty good -- there is a study which compares the Japanese & Californian petrol-hybrid approach (i.e., Priuses for everybody) to the European diesel approach (i.e., Polo TDIs and Fiesta diesels for everybody) and finds the former far superior in terms of urban air quality. Obviously the diesel Hilux/pickup without any particulate filter, not so much.

[@Roddy_Zeh]

An old neighbor had one, 4x2, bare basic. 2.8 diesel (here in Brazil), no turbo, only 77 horsepower, but ran forever. He was an old mechanic, always carrying stuff everywhere. Back then (this was roughly 25 years ago) I didn't care much about them, so I never bat an eye. In 2021, long after I had moved outta the neighborhood, I went to pay him a visit and found out he had passed away some years before, 2019 I think. I felt pretty sad, he was a very good-hearted individual. I don't know what was of the truck, I think the family sold it. If he was still alive and I had the coin, I would've bought that truck from him.

[@hollybirge4087]

You are so right with the 22RE. Mine was leaking coolant, and I was still able to get it to my mechanic without overheating. Calling this engine reliable is a huge understatement

[@dieselpreetsingh9544]

Sponsored by Scotty Kilmer😂

[@Ej6daniel]

Zack should review Scottie's Celica 😂

[@pineir]

@@Ej6daniel94’ Celica 😂

[@graysonsgarage5157]

I will never forget my uncle used to own a 1994 Toyota Pickup that he had until 2018 when it got T-boned. Beautiful truck, and got the job done, and was super reliable.

[@rawhide1337]

I would not wanna get T-boned in a truck like this, did he make it out alright?

[@interstate80.]

@@rawhide1337they’re surprisingly safe due to the super strong box frame. Nowhere near todays standards of safety but they hold up better than you’d think

[@AngelaFarrer]

My mother bought this exact truck brand new from a dealership in 1992. 32 years later, that damn thing is STILL chugging along, no major mechanical problems so far…

[@wrightcodyj]

You sir are LIT in this video. Never seen the big friggen bottle fly so hard.

[@vado575]

I cracked up so hard at that

[@danmccarthy4700]

Part of me wants to find and import the badge-engineered Volkswagen version of this truck. Yes, Volkswagen sold a version of this truck called the "Taro" in Europe for much of the 80s and 90s. Also, you sound unhinged in this video and I'm totally here for it. :)

[@davidglad]

It was great the time about a year ago on the highway I passed either a _really old_ Toyota or Ford pickup (forget now), made curious who was driving such a thing. I became more captivated the old guy had his dog sitting in the passenger seat. Maybe the mental image is infinitely better than a real picture.

[@kiraleaf]

I love the details on this particular truck and its small homage to the Pizza Planet 'YO' tailgate. What's interesting is that you really don't see many of these on the roads in North America because this particular 'Toyota Pickup' (as it was actually called, rather than a Hilux) was in a transition zone between the late 80's Hiluxes with the claw-strap bed lips and the soon to be immensely popular Tacoma. Like many an old Nissan or Mazda truck, these too were beaten to hell and run into the ground.. good examples are a rarity.

[@henryanaya8459]

I have a 94 2wd bare bones like this one and I’m trying to take care of it and not have it beat up

[@cfc1001001cfc]

That's not an 8 ball on the shifter...it's an infinity ball on a Toyota pickup that's going to be out there forever. :)

[@kiraleaf]

bam. truth. someone's going to spot it poking out of a sand dune 250 years from now and dig it out, start it up.

[@marcberm]

Huh... A Toyota with an "Infiniti" shift knob. Neat. 🤔

[@rafterman02]

1991 owner here. Still works after some mechanical tuneup and I plan on cosmetically restoring the entire pickup.

[@uri.c93]

Watching this video in my 1989 toyota v6 manual 1 ton. Great review Zack! Couldn't have commented about the shifter any better myself.

[@maineiacman]

Former Uhaul box truck or RV chassis?

[@kwaza8574]

I can definitely say, as someone familiar with the T100 here, and the Hilux in Africa, that this is the strongest truck I’ve even seen or driven!

[@doug6191]

Learned to drive in one. '89 Pickup XTra Cab 4-cyl 4x2 5-speed. My favorite vehicle of my youth.

[@charlottemckedy5671]

I own a 92 toyota DLX cab v6 3.0 4x4. Ran GREAT until It blew the headgasket, so I had the engine rebuilt at 300,000 miles. Just got it back from the shop...I'm a HAPPY woman again now that i've got my truck back on the road for another 300,000 miles🤩😆!!

[@nathankim7664]

The back bumper was also an option. Super base model Toyotas did not come with a back bumper. My dad had to haggle with the dealership for quite a while to get one with a back bumper & AC. He bought the 1994. Although he sold it in '97, I see it every other day where an old-time mechanic dailies it. He won't sell it to me just yet though...

[@patricklinkous]

In 2003 I bought a 1990 Pickup for $700. It had spent its entire life as a pizza delivery truck at the restaurant i delivered for and i used it for a few more years. That thing was completely beat to crap, but the 22RE gave me no issues. No AC, but it had little vent windows to keep me cool.

[@kiraleaf]

We had an old Pizza Hut Ford Ranger, just a tiny white box with an engine in it, needed concrete slabs in the bed in the winter or it had zero traction.

[@robertdiehl9003]

Awesome review...

[@Cheezicows]

I've had my 92 for 11 years and the biggest issue I've had is the head gasket around 2016/7.

[@thedude8526]

I have this same truck in white and with only 164k miles on it. The inside and outside looks brand new. Definitely turns heads and I get offers on it pretty much every week. I love these trucks.

[@American_Voyager101]

according to ur macaoni styling, this is sort of my version to that, my grand uncle have a White one and and i grew up in a 4th gen Hiace which its interior looks very alike. and this is my favorite toyota era. in general i dont like toyotas (like the mid 2000s and some new ones) but this is my favorite because the shifter is nice and its simple to drive and CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA

[@ponchotran9004]

I had the same truck in Green. I even had the same after market steel bumper that is on your model. But mine was a 1993. I believe your truck is also a 1993 model since it has the two ovals badge. The 1992 had the "TOYOTA" badge. And 1994 had the rear brake light. And I had "YOT" on my tailgate. Unfortunately, the 22RE engine developed an idle surge at only 180K miles. And 3rd gear would pop out. So it drove it another 40K with those two problems. On the day I sold it, 3rd gear started to work again.

[@loganyang1207]

Love my 94! Exact same color! 135k miles, 5 speed, 22re!

[@craigroberts3982]

Great truck. Had an 81 toyota pickup. Basically the same thing with a carbureted engine. Here in the midwest rust got most of them.

[@interstate80.]

Out here in Idaho none of our vehicles rust so you can actually see what lasts and what doesn’t, I see these absolutely everywhere and mine is 30 years old and has 275k miles and still runs

[@Metalodeath]

Beautiful simply and reliable all In one package!

[@LiLgPnoy15]

I love the old school vehicles more than the current ones. Toyota has always been one of the most reliable car names out there.

[@patalexander3702]

Have a 1992 Toyota PU. Four cylinder 4 speed. Yard truck and solid as a rock. Always starts and runs and runs with 144 thousand miles. Couldn’t ask for a better work truck for 700 dollars.

[@crow-vz5lx]

I have a92 manual rwd . About to get the timing chain and pumps done. I may do it myself. But. Idku ordered all the parts even gonna replace the radiator

[@TheJimmyBuffalo]

I had one of these passed down to me from my grandpa. At 265k miles the rust got too bad underneath and I had to call victory.

[@lesklower7281]

Zack l have to thank you for this review of tge Toyota Pick Up l own one and in Australia these are known as the Toyota Hilux ute mine is very similar to this Toyota Pick up the cab is the same mine is white and l have an aluminum tray and was made in 1997 and of course the ute has the 22R motor with a carburetor but it drives very well the engine is an absolute gem it has good power and plenty of torque also it is the Australian model because it hss quarter windows air conditioning which dies work the radio cassette player works sort of and it was built in Japan and the steering wheel is on the right hand side been Australia and l am a retired courier and this is my rolling project ute what a ute to pick as a retirement project l just about fixed it up but l can enjoy it and drive it also it is manual 5 speed and such a joy to change gear you were spot on about the gearbox and the Toyota Hilux gas done 432000 kms aprox 250000 miles l have seen other Hiluxes sell with much much more kilometers on them than mine

[@Doctor_Robert]

Best big friggin bottle test of all time. 11/10 would test again

[@lettuce7378]

I have a 2000 tacoma base model (very similar to this truck), it's very simple and possibly the best first car i could have wished for

[@edbeals1793]

Ive been driving my 92 xcab toyota pickup since 04. I've driven it to places a two wheel drive truck probably shouldnt go. I have lived out of the back of the thing when times got hard for a little while. Best damn truck in the world. If it breaks, I just fix it and its back for more.

[@timothymiller7929]

That was a beautiful review. I always am curious about this year Toyota; and ealier now, actually. (A "forklift engine". Made near or at the original Tesla factory in Fremont, CA (NUMMI).

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

When it comes to Toyota trucks or any truck like that, I always say; there's champaign in a fancy glass, or beer in a red solo cup this is the second one & I love it!

[@kiraleaf]

I thought about this analogy and have to agree because the solo cup is rigid and resilient even when mass-produced using less and cheaper materials, and if you're happy with using a simple red solo cup as your beer vehicle then cheers to you! Fancy glasses are a liability if you can't afford to replace them, and champagne is for fancy occasions!

[@louismontenegro6846]

Picking up my tomorrow ✌️

[@danteeightsix9069]

I've got a modern version of it, the 2.7L Tacoma and plan on it being my daily for the next 20+ years.

[@josephbingham1255]

These are the small and practical vehicles that America needs. Even the old ones like this are in demand - just like the old Honda ct 70s. People just keep refurbishing them!

[@westcoastplinkin6559]

God what I would do for a brand new off the lot, 0 miles, Toyota pickup with the 22RE.

[@kiraleaf]

Funniest Big Friggin Bottle segment, didn't expect that.😆 must be Voiceover Zack's frustrated 2nd take

[@MrWortWort1]

3:20 Tacoma followed that tradition to this day 😅 My 2021 Tacoma can't fit big bottles, too 🤣

[@Crispychicken4u]

YO! Sponsored by Toy Story and pizza planet 🍕

[@cardiffchris]

I've had 3 of these Toyota Trucks 1987 22r 5 Speed Long Bed.....Great 1990 22RE Automatic Xtra cab....Better 1994 3.0 V6 Automatic Xtra cab....Best All Awesome Trucks with Great A/C Far Superior to 1987 Mitsubishi, 1990 Ranger, 1993 S-10

[@grimreaper5521]

Oh i always see a local farmer drive one around town a light blue paint on it

[@westcoastplinkin6559]

I fucking love mine! I got it from my uncle, it has 306k miles on it. So fun to drive. Mine is the long bed, so it has a 7.5 ft bed. Much longer than my Tacomas 5ft bed. The 93 pickup has come very handy for me.

[@sheldonlamey7010]

I like the Tasmanian Devil floor mats.....very 90s

[@winstonmiu]

Old Toyota + manual transmission = double layers of reliability security

[@Troph2]

I had a 92 4x4 with a 22re and a 3inch body lift with 33s I picked up for $1500 that got hit so i decided I wouldn't put any money into it, It threw every code from thottle body to 02 sensor and drove down the road just fine when i sold it 7 years later for $1000. Had the full BTTF smithy set with the 2x1 lightbar. Just a shame the front drivers side was crushed in.

[@davinp]

Toyota built these trucks so solid that they last a very long time. They keep going on and on like the energizer battery. You might say Toyota overbuilt them.

[@glengerdes4158]

Bought mine new in 94 208 k miles. Most reliable truck I’ve ever owned. Never selling it. I get offers all the time for it.

[@agingmillennialmainer]

Seasoned. What a terrible thing to say to a seat. - Will Riker

[@samwrld]

i learned stick on one and still drive it to this day with +250,000 miles probably one of the best first cars for anyone EVER

[@Trance88]

Easily the best looking pickup of the 90's. My dad had one, brand new in 1994. 6 months after he bought it, It got hit in the rear with me in it when he forgot to set the parking break and it rolled into traffic. Totaled it. I fortunately came out unscathed.

[@doug6191]

6:46 - also interesting to note that it was sold as a VW in Europe. 🤯

[@FTRVDenny]

You should check with Guinness book of records to see if you drove the most different vehicles

[@abdulaziiiz8420]

In the middle east toyota but the 22r in the cressida with 5 speed manual as 4 cylinder option What a great car it drives better than pick up

[@maineiacman]

I have an RV built on the Toyota Truck chassis. They are fantastic.

[@zeusapollo8688]

My buddy cut the rv off and put a sectioned dually bed on it

[@no-damn-alias]

Perfect vehicle. A/C because lets face it. It's getting more and more essential for survival. No frills other than that. Perfect runabout

[@chepesantacruz777]

Fix the ac (optional) and put a decent sound system in it and this is all the car you need for the rest of your life.

[@CJWriter0925]

I miss simplistic small trucks like this.

[@mybackhurts7020]

They’re getting rare because they’re being taken down to Mexico a lot. I have two of them currently using one for parts fixing the other one up And I get offers for them all the time

[@westcoastplinkin6559]

I got mine from my uncle for $500 bucks since he knows how bad i've always wanted one. I don't think i'm ever selling it.

[@henryanaya8459]

I got 2 but I’m selling one and it’ll most likely be taken to Mexico

[@bigweedonly]

Manual transmission with no tac?

[@derkommissar4986]

Its a truck bro you dont really need that, it's supposed to be cheap too so why add a tachometer system

[@xtremegamer2218]

Pretty common actually

[@bwofficial1776]

You get a feel for the engine and speeds pretty quickly. My manual car doesn't have a tach and I'm so used to shifting it by ear that looking at a tach to know when to shift just doesn't make sense.

[@danteeightsix9069]

I had always found it odd that cheaper manuals of the 90s didn't have tachs when they would benefit from them, meanwhile the more expensive automatics did, that weren't necessary.

[@derkommissar4986]

@danteeightsix9069 the world often times males no sense At least here it does since its to save materials, also automatics were seen more "luxurious" so they added the tac as bells and whistles, my theory at least.

[@mrdave777]

Wtf reviews an old Toyota pickup?!? Oh, that’s why your channel is on point!!!

[@RawTophat]

Can someone tell me the reliability difference between the 22RE and the current Tacoma 2.7 L engine? I just bought a 2023 Tacoma SR with the 2.7L as an extra vehicle and I am hoping to keep it forever.

[@henryanaya8459]

The 2.7 is a great engine actually. Very well built, don’t think it stacks up to the 22re just because of extra electrical stuff added

[@MultiTelan]

This is one of the trucks to have ever existed that I would shoot myself in the face to get.

[@bwofficial1776]

The very definition of a pickup truck. It's built to do one thing: carry stuff with an adequate amount of comfort and speed. This is what made Toyota legendary. The only things that can kill these are rust and crashes.

[@jeretso]

Low ride means easy to load heavy stuff. Don't lift it.

[@bebop_557]

Several billion years into the future, we will experience the heat death of the entire universe and all life as we know it will cease forever in the empty, starless void. You turn the keys on this Toyota. It still runs.

[@gertstolk]

Once again this truck reminds us how good cars used to be 😢

[@HondaRider137]

does it pass the BFB TEST? OF COURSE NOT!!! WHY WOULD IT?!?! 😭😭😭😂😂

[@Bleachanna]

timing chain

[@angrybadger8136]

The engine will outlive the body & frame

[@TassieLorenzo]

Fluid film?

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool 😀

[@flyprincess69]

My daily driver is a 93 Toyota pickup 🛻

[@Fernandom3]

Mine does not shift smooth at all

[@shaanrakhra5483]

replace shifter seat

[@toyotaprius79]

Toyota is blindsighted and dumb for not making a decent, light, Ute/pickup hybrid; but Ford manages to beat Toyota with the Maverick?

[@user-mm8yt7pn3m]

bnswa konbe li

[@Kevin-qo6jw]

They stoped building trucks like this because they lasted to long and were to cheap

[@bldontmatter5319]

Theyre only reliable because they literally cant rev, and cant make over 80 hp. Id never want one of these. 0-60 in 20 seconds. Barely driveable on modern roads. The manual is the only redeeming factor.

[@TassieLorenzo]

Yes and no. That does help with the engine side of things, but the Corolla of the era is also one of the most reliable cars ever made and even in 4AFE economy engine form it was more powerful than the Golf GTI Mk3 at the time as Jeremy Clarkson demonstrated on Top Gear: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJqWnot4f7OVZtUsi=dDRAvHW_3C-suVlW&t=30 [The Mk3 Golf GTI still had 8-valve and non-crossflow engines compared to the 16-valve DOHC 4A-FE.]

[@bldontmatter5319]

​@@TassieLorenzook, one dangerously slow post emissions era cars is slightly faster than another...

[@zeusapollo8688]

Why hurry? I got 35 mpg out of mine sometimes

[@lilriggs]

You haven't driven one then, its 125hp and light. with the manual it actually gets up to speed effortlessly. I have a stock one like this with power steering and ac and blast down the interstate at 100 with ease.

[@westcoastplinkin6559]

@@bldontmatter5319 Who cares about going fast lol. Mine has 1900 lbs of payload and I don't need a ladder to reach inside the bed. It has been so useful for me. That's even more than most modern double cab trucks that can't even fit a full sheet of plywood in the back.

[@BenyKorenberg]

I really dislike those bareboned manual cheap cars... Like really dislike... Its not beautiful, its not romantic...Is it a reliable car? YES... But reliability alone cannot make a good work vehicle... A work vehicle has to be a comfortable vehicle for the driver... It has to make the driver to like his job, and not making him want to burn it after every half hour of work, but doing it for millions of miles... And all of you macho "oh a truck only needs some wheels and maybe a steering and the more basic it is the more it compliments my manhood" creatures... Go away... Not talking to you, don't care about you, because you just represent a very niche part of a car "culture"... BTW? We had and have those rolling around here, horrible, loud, dirty and just... Ughhh...

[@bwofficial1776]

And yet, the plentiful existence of barebones old trucks says that plenty of people do like them. This truck is comfortable enough. I don't think I've ever been in a vehicle that's actually uncomfortable.

[@BenyKorenberg]

@@bwofficial1776No... That just means that there are way too many cheapos and technophobes out there... And btw... Unfortunately for me, i got to spend in one of those (a 1995 2.4 diesel one) quite a few days... That was not fun... Its a horrible truck when its barebones... The ones that are more equipped, arent bad actually (just not the underpowered 2.4 diesel ones, ughhh)...

[@new2000car]

@@BenyKorenbergyes it’s miserable to be in one of these in stop and go traffic with no AC.

[@MrWortWort1]

Ok, fancy pants 😅 Simplicity is better Over engineering for comfort and "class" never last long unless you dump a lot of cash to keep it alive compared to just buying a new one

[@BenyKorenberg]

@@MrWortWort1 Yes, because a sweaty, miserable and tired driver is worth a few bucks to save here and there... Enough already of this stupidity... Meanwhile in the real world, a vehicle which is equipped with safety features and comfort ones, has much less possibility of fatal accidents and such and it's driver will probably be much more productive than the driver of any of those metal sheet on wheels jalopies... That's before we get to regular non-Comercial vehicles... You want simplicity and cheapness? Go ride a horse or a donkey...

[@trentonwilson4885]

And somehow my dad managed to blow his up in 2004 🫠