justescape Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) My wife and I just picked up a 1986 Toyota Escaper. It's got 32k miles on it. Lots of water on the inside of it but the bones seem very good. It moves forward, backward, and stops. All the outside lights work. Very little rust on the body. I think we did pretty good for $2500 (Canadian). Here's some photos of it. We plan on gutting the inside, rebuilding it, and then living full time in it for a while in western Canada. I'm glad this community exists and I'm sure I'll have lots of questions. For now, I just thought I'd say hi. Edited June 19, 2019 by justescape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred heath Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, justescape said: My wife and I just picked up a 1986 Toyota Escaper. It's got 32k miles on it. Lots of water on the inside of it but the bones seem very good. It moves forward, backward, and stops. All the outside lights work. Very little rust on the body. I think we did pretty good for $2500 (Canadian). Here's some photos of it. We plan on gutting the inside, rebuilding it, and then living full time in it for a while in western Canada. I'm glad this community exists and I'm sure I'll have lots of questions. For now, I just thought I'd say hi. Welcome to our forum. Hopefully, you’ve got the 6 lug rear axle (hard to tell from the picture). These old Toys are great little vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justescape Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 this is what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Yes, that's the 'correct' Full Floating rear axle. Be warned that in 1986 (only) the driver's side REAR has wheel studs and nuts that are 'left hand thread', so they undo clockwise, unlike all the other 3 corners. Not knowing, it's happened more than once that a garage will shear them off with their impact gun set to MAXIMUM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justescape Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 great. that's a relief. thanks for the heads up on the driver's side wheel studs and nuts. so that's only the front driver side wheel? or the rear as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Sorry, I just edited my original post. Rear only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justescape Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 So what part of Ontario are you in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justescape Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 kawartha lakes area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonfresh Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Looks great for 2500! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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