Faults:

Replaced timing belts (about every 80-90K)

Water pump at 170K.

Clutch at 180K.

Carb at ~200K (could have rebuilt)

Timing belt pulley bearing at ~300K (cheap)

Clutch cable rod broke at ~325K (re-welded for about $30)

Used quite a bit of oil on down the road.

For the most part this truck was not very well maintained, my brother and I put thousands and thousands of miles on it and only took action when something went wrong.

General Comments:

Unbelievably reliable, worth every penny plus many more.

Took it to the beach last summer and broke 330,000 miles...didn't bat a lash about driving 4 hours one way.

At 334,000 the head gasket went...

I mistakenly put a synthetic blend oil in and think it loosened some stuff up. Would replace it, but truck is worn out (mostly due to neglect).

Faults:

Very few problems with this truck. At 250,000 miles, every light, every switch, every accessory still works. The air conditioner still blows very cold. The seat has a very minor tear, but the foam has held up well.

The transmission is starting to growl a bit in first gear.

There is an unknown problem with the carb going VERY rich under certain conditions, causing black smoke. The replacement cost for this carb is about $500.00!

It now has low compression in one cylinder, but still runs reasonably well, but won't pass smog. At a quarter million miles, it could use a rebuild.

General Comments:

This is a great little economy truck, as long as you realize it wasn't a high performance truck in the first place. I think it's 2.0 litre 4 only made 90 or so hp when new.

Faults:

The exhaust manifold cracked.

The Brake light comes on whenever I accelerate and it only turns off when I get into 5th gear or stop accelerating.

General Comments:

This car gets superb gas mileage if you drive it like a normal driver.

The ride isn't very smooth, but decent.

Slow acceleration, but it can get up to 115 if you want it to.

It can easily haul things without a problem.

There are absolutly NO performance parts for this truck. no one makes any.

This truck has an appearance like none other.

There are very few rims that work well with this truck and no one modifies these trucks, you can bet that if you do soup one of these babies up you are in a class of your own.