ok so ive been eyeballing this cressida near my aunts house for a while..finally stopped by n axd the owner what the deal was..told me 400.. that was before we found:spark plug wires chewed up..maybe the harness is facked already from the rats..hasnt ran in a year n a half because auto tranny gave out.. has good tires and the body still looks str8. im thinking i can grab this for half his price.. heres the choices... 1. fix her up and go drifting!!! 2. forget bout the poor car and rebuild my 22r for a truck... OR?!?!? 3. take the car and transfer as much parts as i can to a truck and have one bad hilux! to do #3, i will have to sell most of my 22r parts for funds for this project(need a better base truck, harness for the swap, mounts, rebuild kit, supplies and tools, etc...) i may know a person thats willing to give up a supra with a shot body..should still be complete! was thinking of taking the seats, rear drivetrain, tires n wheels, motor, tranny... then either sell or junk the rest.. how different are the trucks and the cressidas on weight, balance??? i wouldnt mind a cressida.. hardly see these cars on the streets here on guam. but it would be even sweeter to kill some of these full blown 4 banger trucks with a sleeper!!! opinions and suggestions welcome!
update: still interested in the cressida...for parts! might swap my cherokee sport for a 1988 supra maybe ill drop the spare 7m into a truck!!! hope the deal goes through!
What year is the cressida? I bought a 1990 last feb. 7M's suck if the previous owner neglected it. They can be strong/ reliable if properly maintained. I bought my cressida for $500 with 115K and a blown headgasket. She is really clean so I paid $1000 for a shop to repair it in Feb. Four weeks after the repair the oil pressure would drop near zero at idle. I believe the previous owner kept driving the car with water/oil in the crankcase. She just topped the coolant off when in ran dry. That destroyed the bearings. I have been driving it like this since march (2 bottles of Lucas each oil change) and the knocking has gotten worse but I love this car. Already have the parts for my motor swap. Keep in mind that if you have more than one open ended project at a time, chances are that you will never finish any of them.
its prolly the same as yours.. this one has been sitting for almost 2 years..i think the rats got to the harness already so its badd.. going to checxk the supra on the weekend! i know that these head gaskets are the major problem with this motor, but is there anything else i should look for?
A poorly maintained 7m is it's only weekness. The trannies are really strong/reliable just keep the fluid clean. I havent had any other problems with the car. I have put 15k on the motor with bad bearing and it's still reliable. OH yeah. It's sucks to change the starter on the 7m supra and cressida.
thanks for all the info! update on the swap.. test drove the supra...aaaaaaaaaawesooooooome but the guy told me he blew his motor..timing chain broke and the block has a hole in it...said its from the electrical getting wet when it rained..i call bs. anyways.... i just found a guy with 2 supras, a 7mge and a 2jz missing crank n turbos..for 800!gonna check how these look!
