I painted the grill black. It's not the greatest paint job, but it looks better at least and now everyone can stop telling me about it, haha. I'll grab a picture tomorrow if I remember.
Came up awesome!
Yessss!
spotted!
looks good man
Ha! Took me a minute to remember where that was, hahaha.
Yep black grill makes such a difference
I'll be looking at about $700 in parts, but that is also partly because I need a new timing case, cause the coolant neck on the passenger side has holes in it and doesn't seal all too well. That won't be including things like new pistons/rings and bearings though. I'll judge how they are when I tear it down and see whether it's worth rebuilding the bottom end entirely. Seems like a bit of money to be spending on a 22R, but for the time being, I'd prefer to just have it running reliable. Worst case is that I sell it to some Hilux guys and get most of it back, haha.
Got a fun sized box this morning containing my 22R rebuild stuff. Wheeeeee.