Weird question - if labor were free, what would you replace?

You're in New Jersey and the 89 Hilux truck is faring well really wow that's pretty good I was up in that area and couldn't get vehicles to do that well the salt on the roads the long commutes etc kind of doesn't mean pretty good but your list looks pretty good I mean that's a generation too You should never need an engine It's pretty rare The one NZ is pretty stout they have rally versions of this engine that produce big horsepower of course they're higher maintenance items more finicky obviously so a detuned version stuffed in a Prius essentially should make $600,000 mi pretty easily now if you beat on it and try to run 80 miles an hour up and down the highway 6 days a week etc then your setup may last quite a bit shorter but even with that being said you can round up this engine and put it in the car in an afternoon if you really want to best thing to do here is just have two generation twos one set of tags You get stopped or have a wreck in either one they're both generation twos same value your insurance company's not going to really care the police might but insurance isn't going to really care they're going to pay out and do what they're supposed to do so you're in good shape mostly car stuff is financial responsibility that's 9/10 of the law if you want to look at it like that.

 

All that in your driveway is like an hour's worth of work

 

The Gen 2 does not have an EGR valve or in fact an EGR system at all.

 

One of the main reasons you want to stick with the generation 2 is because it's not regurgitating its own puke like the next generation Prius and the rest of the moving forward all the way to today do combine that with an Atkinson cycle valve train and you've got some pretty nasty crap you're trying to feed your beast. Had I known this when I first looked at a generation 3 that would have never made it to my house. Point blank. The minute after I bought my ex the Gen 3 I knew it was a mistake like the next day and then I got three generation twos a week later put them on the road and just waited for the generation 3's to croak never to be seen again here we hope.

 

If you're going to have the car done up to go that long, have him replace the paint, undercoating and (to the extent required) the sheet metal at the front edges of the rear wheel wells.

Get in there now and aggressively replace anything rusted. The entire reason people avoid this is the cost of labor.