My new (old) 1992 Mitsubushi Mighty Max

[geezer101]

Me personally, I'd take the head off and give the engine a once over. The oil going into the cylinder is a bad valve stem seal and if you're doing one, you're doing them all. At this point you'll need a timing belt kit and to make your life easier, pull the engine. You can replace the bad seals and have a look at the engine bores. If they're not ripped up and you don't have a bad lip on the tops of the bores I'd drop the rods, give them a once over with a honing tool or do what I did and use a scotchbrite paint removing ball on an extension just enough to deglaze them. Leave the crank in place, clean up the pistons, install stock size rings and bang it back together. You'll get an easy 5-10 years out of it. If you find something more sinister in the engine while it's apart, you've caught it before the big kaboom and saved yourself some headaches.

[xboxrox]

Me personally, I'd take the head off and give the engine a once over. The oil going into the cylinder is a bad valve stem seal and if you're doing one, you're doing them all. At this point you'll need a timing belt kit and to make your life easier, pull the engine. You can replace the bad seals and have a look at the engine bores. If they're not ripped up and you don't have a bad lip on the tops of the bores I'd drop the rods, give them a once over with a honing tool or do what I did and use a scotchbrite paint removing ball on an extension just enough to deglaze them. Leave the crank in place, clean up the pistons, install stock size rings and bang it back together. You'll get an easy 5-10 years out of it. If you find something more sinister in the engine while it's apart, you've caught it before the big kaboom and saved yourself some headaches.

Ouch geezer, you really do love being a wrench head

My 2 pennies:

I liked Salteen's idea best, put fluids in it & go; free bumper included... Spend as little time & money on your daily driver as possible BUT keep saving your money for something newer eventually... Then, keep your truck as your toy to wrench on... Go shopping for another vehicle at government & state auctions NOT car dealers... Avoid buying a brand new vehicle at all costs, don't ever buy brand new... Lastly, don't be too concerned about buying a used vehicle with high miles on the clock UNLESS it has a high horsepower engine... Be more concerned with an ashtray that was never used & car with no animal or tabacco smell AND a brisk startup without gobs of oil or smoke coming out the tailpipe... Learn how to tell the date of manf on a tire AND look for matching sets of tires on all four corners.... Avoid vehicles needing new head lights tail lights or missing parts as these are expensive... Look for telltale leaks under the hood & on drivetrain avoid vehicles showing signs of coolant leaks & oil leaks... Paint & body work is super expensive, don't buy these beaters... Check the oil on the dipstick, place more concern on low or no oil than dirty oil (oil is supposed to get dirty)... Blah, Blah, I think you get the idea here... Buy a vehicle you need NOT something to modify or joy ride or hot rod... Blah, Blah
Hope we are still friends..? My big mouth sometimes cooks up A-Lot-Oh trouble...

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