Pink camo, #dadbodhunter, and a whole lotta stupid!

[Dsnow9]

Could it be any other way?

What the heck is wrong with that Toy and did you have to pay that mechanic for all the failed work?

Not sure, threw new codes when it blew. Still a coil code but a different coil and code altogether. Almost seems like it could be an ecm or something. No clue. Gonna have my mechanic look at it. The issue is that it isn’t consistent and could be a larger electrical problem. Best case scenario we can save it but it will likely be retired to a hunting truck. My mechanic thinks it might be possible but hasn’t seen it yet.

If it needs a new engine I’m out though. Looks like it would be $15k-20k for an engine replacement. 7-10 for the engine and the rest for labor

 

[BrentD]

DO NOT make it a hunting truck. These stories of truck disasters in the middle of a hunt story are hard to take. Think of us, your readers. We want to hear a good clean hunting story, not a mechanic's nightmare story. Priorities, priorities!!!

Kick it on down the road ASAP.

My one Toyo locked up in reverse one day between Christmas and New Years up along the South Coast of Lake Superior. Ended up driving it 20-30 miles backwards to get to a town where I learned a lot of really unique sociology that eventually got my car back in forward, but it was a very nonlinear path getting there. Sold it as soon as I got back to Kansas and bought a Ford (the one that burned up in the Smokeys). Been a Ford guy ever since

 

[Dsnow9]

DO NOT make it a hunting truck. These stories of truck disasters in the middle of a hunt story are hard to take. Think of us, your readers. We want to hear a good clean hunting story, not a mechanic's nightmare story. Priorities, priorities!!!

Kick it on down the road ASAP.

My one Toyo locked up in reverse one day between Christmas and New Years up along the South Coast of Lake Superior. Ended up driving it 20-30 miles backwards to get to a town where I learned a lot of really unique sociology that eventually got my car back in forward, but it was a very nonlinear path getting there. Sold it as soon as I got back to Kansas and bought a Ford (the one that burned up in the Smokeys). Been a Ford guy ever since

Yeah that’s the direction I’m leaning for sure. I just finally had it just how I wanted it… no reason to keep dumping more money into it

 

[MTLabrador]

Damnit, if this happened in Billings I could have pirated those rock warrior wheels off of it… They have just a touch more space for chains up front than the stock wheels on my Tundra, but people are pretty proud of them on the used market.

 

[FI460]

I did see a guy with a 5.7 on the Tundra forum with similar symptoms to you swap in an ecm and solve the problem.

But I vote 3rd gen. TRD Off-road comes with a rear locker. Get the PVM and ventilated seats. You'll thank me later.

 

[MTLabrador]

I don’t know if you’re looking new new, but if I had to buy something other than my 18 Tundra I really like the 2010-19ish Chevy/GMC 2500s with the old 6.0 gas V8. I used a few of those hard and I liked them a lot. Kind of like the 2nd gen tundras, they were pretty technologically old fashioned compared to a lot of the new stuff out there now but they just worked. I still prefer my Tundra though. I don’t know anything about the new GM 6.6 gas.

 

[Dsnow9]

Well, I finally had a chance to dig in and see what I could find. Coil 8 is gone for the most part and Explains the explosion and I’m sure the spark plug is too. There was never a fault in cylinder 8 when the mechanic in billings was assessing. Oil level is higher than it was and clear for a 240k truck 500 miles past the oil change due date. Mechanic thinks a bearing must have gone out and fuel leaked into the oil.