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Fix for frame rust - replace it!

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Just to follow up on my original post...

I brought the truck to the dealer in late March. It took 4+ months to get the frame. I got the truck back last Friday, 8/21. They replaced the frame, rear springs, and a few other things. As far as I can tell, all fasteners and minor hardware items are new. They also transferred my trailer hitch to the new frame. The aftermarket trailer wiring harness was badly corroded and they replaced it. They apparently aligned everything properly & the truck drives like it always has, so no complaints on that front. My cost was for the labor involved in replacing the trailer harness which was just a few dollars.

I had use of a new pickup while mine was in the shop.

Total cost to Toyota was $17300 and change, including the truck rental for 5 months.

I'm not sure it made financial sense for them - the truck is 10 years old with a Blue Book value of $13500. I paid a little over $20K to buy it new.

So - there's no question but that the thing shouldn't have rusted that badly in the first place and 5 months wait is too long, but I must admit that Toyota stood behind their product.
 
Amazing. Glad it wrked out though!
 
While in Bermuda one time, I asked a couple guys why their vehicles last so long due to the salt air environment and was told when they are new and before driving them, they have the whole under side coated, the interior panels removed and the sheet metal coated, then put everything back together. I saw 10 year old cars there that looked like new. Lota work and extra expense, but it pays them in the long run. PJ
 
It must be something in the new steel. I had a '59 Ford pickup at one time (ugliest truck you ever saw). When I got it, it had no paint in the bed, and when I sold it years later, it still had no paint in the bed. It only has surface rust with no apparent loss of integrity.

I bought a '82 Toyota Supra brand new. Got a ding in the door paint and it rusted through in no time.
 
I imagine the earlier Toyota trucks from the 70s (and the other imports, too) bodies rusted out so fast that people got rid of them before the frames were consumed. I remember seeing some late 70s Toyota pickups after a couple of years....yikes!
 
I have an old 86 Ford Ranger on the place that we for farm chores, it doesn't go off the place anymore and the bed in the back gets abused all the time. Rust on the sheet metal in various places, but the bed has no rust at all. I bought this truck new in 86 and it has around 225,000 miles on it. 4 cylinder engine that had a timing belt put on it at around 100,000 miles and nothing since. My wife wants me to buy a new Chevy truck to replace my 93. I can work on the 93, I can't on the new ones, plus the reports on the new trucks are not the best. PJ
 
Plus the old steel was American made and the new steel is Chinese. For the price of the new trucks, you can buy 4-5 older trucks and will last just as long.
 
I agree Larry, My Chevy has a 350 in it and has never had any work done on it other than a heater pipe which goes into the intake manifold. If that engine ever goes bad, I'll get a new crate engine and switch them. The body, paint and chrome on it looks like new as it has never sat outside since I bought it in 93. It was customized by Choo Choo Customs. A local upholstery shop is going to redo the interior as it's looking a little worst for wear. I have a half dozen people who want to buy it, but that's not going to happen. PJ

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