1996 Toyota Tacoma

Pickup Truck

2.7L I4

Manual

4TAPM62N1TZ134090

Clear

Gasoline

We are selling our 1996 Tacoma. Here is it's story. We purchased this truck at auction about two years ago. It was owned by a public entity (can't remember which one) in Roanoke, VA. Thus, a southern truck and no rust. It was advertised as needing a clutch. We put in the clutch and put it on the road. The tach works but the speedometer reads 3-4 times faster than you are actually driving, and odometer adds up miles accordingly. So the 195,000 miles may be accurate, or may be inflated by the speedometer issue, we don't know. I have searched and searched and can't find an instrument cluster to replace the existing one. The truck has a cable from the tranny to the instruments, but nearly all I see advertised for this year are from the 4Runner, which appears to NOT have the attachment for the cable. I asked at my local salvage yard, they looked it up in their book, and said the 95, and 96 were the same for the Tacoma, but finding one is not easy. So I am selling it as is, and you get to do the hunting for the cluster. Overall the truck is in pretty good shape. Like I said earlier, it's 18 years old. There are dings and dents and scratches you can see in the picts. It will make a great runner with a little fixing. No rust which is a killer, and a Toyota, which is a winner. Not many frills on it. Manual doors and windows. Split rear window. Bed liner. Standard bumpers which are a little bent here and there. Tires are fair. They don't need to be replaced now, but they are not new. There was no interior carpet, and the seat was trashed, so we went to the local salvage yard and bought the seat and carpet out of a 94. It looks pretty good, but there are some stains. I will get picts of the interior up soon. A couple of other issues. We don't have a key to lock the doors. The key we were given works on the ignition, but not on the doors. Beware locking yourself out! . . . A guy bumped me last January at the polling place. We fixed the cracked valence and corner light with new ones, but the windshield washer resevore will need to be repaired or replaced. All in all it is a good truck. I wouldn't mind keeping it, but circumstances find me with 3 trucks and a car right now, and I need to move a few on to new owners. I did some research and the other '96 Tacomas I found went for over $5000. At this point, I have about that in it, but like I said, need to move some extra vehicles. Starting the auction at $3000. No Reserve. Bid like you mean it. Email with questions. Thanks for looking.On Jul-25-14 at 20:41:35 PDT, seller added the following information: Update on a few things. Interior is in. Replaced the seat with ratty tears with one that is solid and nice. See picts. On the washer reservoir, I checked it out and all I think I needs is a small plastic connector. I will try to replace that if I can fin done. Nice truck. Easy fix up and/or custom.On Jul-26-14 at 16:27:32 PDT, seller added the following information: Additional Update: We had purchased some parts for this, along with the interior stuff, and when we got the entire interior, including the dash, back together, the speedometer works correctly . . . . go figure. I don't know if it was improperly installed previously, a wire was not attached, the cable was loose, or whatever, but when I got everything back in, and took it for a spin, it reads as it should. So I don't know if it is fixed or it is a temp fix and the problem will re-occur, but at the moment, that issue is resolved. Glad I was never able to FIND a replacement instrument cluster . . . :-)