PART 2! Will This DE-STROYED Toyota Land Cruiser Run? We've Got A Few Problems Here...

If you haven't seen part one, go here! • Will This DE-STROYED T...
My name is Eric and I own and run a niche market auto salvage business called Importapart. We have many different models but one of our core models is buying wrecked and problem vehicles from auctions and tow lots, dismantling them, selling the good parts, and recycling the rest. Many of the vehicles that come in do not run when they arrive.
I don't like to sell engines I can't hear run, so we typically go through some length to get cars to run before we tear them apart.
This is part 2. This is a pretty normal amount of work for us. Theres always some diagnosis, and trial and error when doing this. Of course, its never ideal, but if it works, it works!
As always I appreciate all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
If you'd like to buy parts from this Land Cruiser, it will be inventoried on 10-11-21. Email part requests to [e-mail].
Thanks for watching!
-Eric

[@spyderlogan4992]

It's amazing what heavy duty experience and a positive attitude can accomplish: A running engine inside a completely wrecked front end. Well Done~!

[@SicilianSVT]

Am i the only person who is addicted to these videos!?!😳😳😳 We NEED MORE engine teardowns and rebuilds! Your videos are great and very informative, please keep them coming! I learn something new every time i watch a teardown video and ive been working on cars since i was 15!😳😳👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@georgevargas2858]

"Sometimes I wish there was somebody here to stop me from my terrible ideas". Best guy quote ever. Definitely T-Shirt material

[@dennisgoans701]

I'd buy a t-shirt saying that. :--)

[@daytrypper]

Have to say I was amazed at how quickly that engine settled into a smooth idle. Cheers!

[@Alltakenbla]

Its a Toyota!

[@fitfogey]

We are all thankful that there is no one there to stop you from your terrible ideas.

[@shelby3822]

Us Toyota owners had no doubt she'd start. Love your approach to all this problem-solving 🛠️ I own an 08 4Runner v6 with about the same mileage as your LX and couldn't be any happier with it.

[@joeclarke9782]

This reminds me when Brit Top Gear tried many times to "kill" a Toyota Hillux in Series 3. After many other failed attempts to kill it, they finally placed it on the top of a 23 floor apartment building that crashed down during demolition. After clearing smoke and debris - the Hillux still started.

[@lesterparker1594]

Go watch whistling diesels hilux video. Only way he could kill it is by dropping it from a helicopter haha

[@darrylhaynes9208]

Whistling dummy

[@brandonsimunac]

"Samsonite! I was way off!" Funny without trying to be... a tip of the hat, sir.

[@MrYAMAHA32177]

In Tijuana this Land Cruiser would be classified as a light hit and would have been back on the road before the sun rose the next day.

[@rposton919]

Somehow, I don't doubt that.

[@pthom1508]

"No. It's not new oil." And here I was hoping that Tidy Cat had gotten into the oil business. That would have made for a great Project Farm test.

[@45AMT]

😂 😂 😂

[@rayjon237]

The the plastic bits are timing chain guide material, very common to replace them when doing the head gasket..

[@45AMT]

Awesome video Eric! Thanks for taking the time in recording this. I really enjoyed the video.

[@darrenvictoriathornhill1170]

Thanks mate. I just adore a “ will it start “ video. I was a Toyota workshops when these were current models. It’s like reliving childhood but way better. Cheers from Australia 👍🏻👍🏻🔧🔧🔧🎸

[@TnADoStuff]

Thanks for doing this, we enjoy seeing and learning how and why you do what you do. I'd love more like this as well as videos fully restoring some vehicles! Get your guys to record them too!

[@SKEptic-mg2dd]

It is fun watching someone doing something that you would never do because it is too daunting and it takes experience and patience you don't have. All of that and running a company at the same time! Bravo!

[@hydrocarbon8272]

The best broken bolt/stud removal from a head is welding a washer to it, then a nut to the washer. The deal is you can weld the washer on much easier, then the nut to washer is trivial. The bolt or stud also gets heated a lot more, which itself can help removal.

[@6806goats1]

Great job Eric, glad to see you doing your best to keep our 80's alive. I'm back to work overseas again but still plan on either going through the stock 4.5L that probably has a bad head gasket (freshen up the lump) or do the ultimate and go to the 5.3/6.0 w/6L80 or 90. Think i already mentioned that in your other video series. Happy New Year and chat later.

[@danielcgomez]

Great series Eric! Looking forward to more like this ...and the tear-downs as usual, ha! Take care !

[@daverunner3397]

I have a 2000 4runner with over 300,000 miles on it. 5 speed, 4wd with factory lockers. Most reliable vehicle I have ever owned.

[@Cristobal_Ygnacio_Arriaga]

In-line 6 engines are so smooth even that one with so many miles

[@justinnoel6273]

I would say this showed that you go to the lengths needed to make sure you have good parts.

[@mrjamesbonney]

this was really worth watching. THANKS!

[@Yankee7000]

On behalf of the sane viewers, I apologize to you for those who have compared you to Adam Sandler. Adam couldn’t polish your shoes. You do something _real_ and entertaining. He does neither.

[@lavernedofelmier6496]

Watching this reminds me of 1967 high school nerd working on my first car 1956 Ford . Just getter done 🤷🏻‍♂️ enjoy your videos, amazing the internal combustion engine’s internal parts haven’t changed in over 100 years. Different metal and oils but still rods, pistons and crank.

[@rustlebruxz0013]

I'm impressed, I thought you were wasting your time. Good show!

[@scottchadbourne4759]

I needed something positive following this week's Cardinal loss . . . glad to see that engine start!

[@markkrug766]

Enjoyed the video. I am learning a lot.

[@richardj163]

Patience of a saint.

[@chosipian]

I enjoy these, Thank you!

[@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS]

Good job. Fellow land cruiser enthusiast here... mostly 60 series though...

[@richardwarfield7386]

Toyota Knows !😉

[@VMX1.]

Love this stuff...keep it coming Eric....:)

[@michaelmooney1474]

Please, Please ,Please ,Please someday do a teardown on a VW/Bently W12 engine. Such a crazy design. Prolly hard to get. Love Love what your doing. Thanks

[@markr478]

Good job--well worth the time it took 👍

[@markhalden3922]

Good result, at least you get a decent core out of it.

[@Hathy333]

Awesome video!!!! You can make things happen!!!

[@peterhelm6003]

Yes, one of the reasons that Toyota achieved high quality car manufacturing was by applying mistake proof "Poka Yoke" techniques to their "continuous improvement" manufacturing approach.

[@gregsierra414]

I came here to say the same thing.

[@rayshutsa6690]

That is great that the engine runs. Thank you for another great video this gave me a good insight on what it takes. 😀👍🇨🇦

[@RJon2006]

Well done sir!!

[@ningen1980]

Who'd have thought there'd be a double chassis. Unibody on frame. Like a Land Rover Discovery. That front clip and cabin unibody are toast.

[@cliffguthrie7530]

Enjoyed- thanks!

[@robertcarter4649]

You videos are educational and humorous with the ad libs I knew better then to do that plus putting the good used oil in the engine from a cat litter container that was classic

[@oinka720]

if the engine could survive that, it can survive anything... except neglect.

[@Alltakenbla]

Toyota makes the finest engines.

[@ShainAndrews]

Not great at welding? Weld a washer on first. ID just under the thread OD. You can get a rock solid weld on that. Then you can sand it smooth and weld a nut on or just weld a nut on.

[@31dknight]

Great video.

[@vincentrolfe1384]

Get some black 5 mil plastic in a roll at Lowes that is 10' X 20' and cut in half for 10 X 10 and spread that out on the floor and throw the windshield on that and clean up is fast and secure.

[@stevenborgogna]

Good thing you didn't let the magic smoke out.

[@michaelhorton3451]

Great videos, gone are the days of scraping grease from my finger nails and cleaning the driveway with tide before my parents got home. Two questions, when you timed the engine for a second time how did you know your tdc was compression or exhaust? Why did you not reconnect #1 plug, lay it on a grounded surface, turn the key on and wiggle the distributor to the position it sparked to double check your timing? Sorry if these are stupid questions from an old guy..:) Love your sense of humor......

[@lgonzalez1154]

Well built vehicle! The cabin stayed intact!

[@lgonzalez1154]

No other manufacturer comes close to Toyota! #1 in the world for a reason!

[@jtwobickful]

Timing chain guide mine did that as well

[@12345.......]

Make a tube caged rock crawler. You can't hurt it if you roll over

[@sitrucmit]

Normally can’t kill a 1fz - like most Toyota’s . Is that plastic the remnants of the oil float sensor - a common thing . Keep up the great content

[@jdfmfb03]

How did you know that this engine was going to run? A total front end collision and it works Great work and enjoyable to watch Only in the STL.

[@babaganoosh555]

Because Toyota 👍

[@MrCarGuy]

Well, for one, damage on engines from collisions like this is usually easy to see

[@treadhead1945]

I would love to see a Pentastar 3.6L teardown!!

[@austincjett]

If I remember correctly you said "I don't sell question marks" Back when I had to work for a living, that's the type of person I'd buy engines from.

[@matthewbanta3240]

For sale, used Toyota Land Cruiser. Engine starts right up! Has some front end damage. Needs new windshield. $10,000 OBO.

[@stevenborgogna]

No LOW BALL offers! I know what I got.

[@DL-ry3qg]

I’ve had good luck with broken bolts by using left hand drill bits, as you drill if you’re lucky the bolt will back out

[@darylmorse]

Way to go! Glad you got rewarded for your effort. Thanks for sharing.

[@daytrypper]

Woohoo! Part Too! :D

[@throttlewatch4614]

Good stuff

[@TheStiver]

Says a lot about how you run your business, how methodical and careful you were to get this engine in running condition. Most places I've been just hook a jump box and turn the key and either it starts and idles for a few seconds so they pull it and sell it, or it gets tossed

[@wilhelmschimko9]

Eric, great video ( as usual ), this is going to sound stupid, crazy, ??? but for me personally, i find your video's, educational, entertaining, calming ???, what ever your formula is ??? keep up the good work !!!

[@mysteriousghost4852]

If i could've, i would've loved to see what my moms 2GR-FE looked like inside after the oil line blew and starved it on the interstate. It was a pretty neglected highlander cosmetically but new engine now lol

[@justincase3880]

Distributor cap on that one: dirty side up …

[@dawnpoint]

The man used a Denso oil filter on his old 1FZ. The universe needs more heroes like him.

[@12345.......]

17:30 reduce reuse recycle baby

[@GK-gr2mx]

Impressive!

[@roscothefirst4712]

Incredible 👍

[@winstonsmith313]

“…Stop me from my great ideas…” Please, continue with your current “let’s just git ‘er done” attitude. Just wading into a problem and trusting your knowledge and experience to haul you through is the hallmark of people who actually accomplish things. I had already figured two or three ways to get rid of the windshield - each of which would have strung out the task at least 20 minutes. Sometimes F*** It is the best answer! Bent sheet metal? Why not pull out the diesel loader!? Amazed at your bravery just launching into these jobs.

[@chrischiampo7647]

I Love What You Do For Me TOYOTA 😀😊👍🏼

[@ossysprog2]

lets take it for a drive

[@BigLisaFan]

It's alive! It's alive!

[@michaelhofer9149]

Doesn’t sound to bad!

[@Ankeneering]

I was always more of a manual trans Land Rover discovery person. BUT, I spent a bunch of time in rural Bolivia at 14k feet and the only trucks those cats trust are these mid 90s land cruisers, all of them having 300k plus and probably imported from the states. There are fleets of these things taking people to Bizarreo places where breaking down is simply not an option. While I think they are unattractive inside and out, it would be my Armageddon vehicle. It made sense when I read they were manufactured by Toyota for a 20 year lifespan rather than the normal 10 years. I’d love to find a nato spec, no option version with a manual transmission. (That’s of course impossible now with their current explosion of price and popularity).

[@Renville80]

I’m pretty sure the two cylinder relays were actually for the blinkers.

[@barefootmechanicz7105]

I just had a demented idea! 4500 with a fleebay turbo in my c10🤪🤪🤪adaptor plate search now

[@capt.graybeard]

Wait, stop, think about it, don't do that, You can print that out and post it above your toolbox if you like. That was an enjoyable video...

[@ndimaioii]

dig ur videos!

[@stevem268]

that car would be a great project for vehcor!!

[@ShainAndrews]

See that is why you leave the plug out for three years. That would have been a third of a quart contaminating your fresh oil.

[@johnmoore8599]

Yeah, well done getting that wreck running! Will you just sell that engine or replace the engine of the land cruiser with the destroyed engine? Is it worth it making one of those land cruisers whole again?

[@I_Do_Cars]

I am constantly looking to build another land cruiser. That being said, I have three trucks here and all of them are either too rusty, too wrecked, or too poor of condition to put together. I’ll find one to fix up eventually!

[@johnmoore8599]

@@I_Do_Cars Prices for used ones are insane. This was the cheapest one I could find in my area: 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser 4WD - $9,500 Dallas, TX. I couldn't put in a link. This must be a great time for your business.

[@stevewest9759]

Are you selling the mass flow air sensor on that 94 fzj80? I need one for my 94

[@tobiasstaermose]

Awu man, i feel sad, this looked like a truck that someone actually cared about, look at how little rust it's present apart from all the fresh metal from the crash..

[@m.b8257]

Good old Toyota

[@pjford1118]

For the broken bolt, have you ever tried the drill bits the are left twisted? I've had very good luck with them

[@I_Do_Cars]

Definitely have! That’s a good solution as well.

[@garrypritchard1658]

I could see you were wrong when you put dizzy in dint line up which mark you made

[@robbiesantos7677]

Adam Sandler be doing everything

[@almp1979]

Everytime I watch your video... it's like I'm looking at Adam Sandler in his younger days.

[@matt.604]

Safety glasses are your friend. 👓

[@nickbea3443]

That engine is in much better condition than I expect the driver to be. BTW what is that liquid dripping @ 30:25

[@I_Do_Cars]

It’s probably power steering

[@curtisnstacey]

"i smell hot stuff" IM DEAD!!!!!!!

[@alexdistefano7665]

Do a 5vz 3.4 tear down?

[@iaam117]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Minemac69]

20:02 Mercedes speaker? :D

[@xnewguyx2738]

Like the ratchet laying on the battery terminal, who do you think you are, me?

[@Cartier_specialist]

I'm surprised it didn't have an inertia switch that triggered no fuel flow but I guess that was an older year model before they started requiring inertia cut-off switches to the fuel pump. Toyota does ridiculously over engineer their vehicles -- or at least they did in the 1990s.

[@victormendoza871]

Awesomen video

[@extracrazyguy]

A bent shaft is better for reaching the G (ear) spot. And thats what she would say if she knew anything about it.

[@afhostie]

Ran when last parked

[@Alltakenbla]

Toyota makes the best engines.