So first things first I'll start off with the first modification I did when I got the 4runner. The 2wd to 4wd conversion. I was very lucky to find a 4runner of the same year and color to swap everything over, and my parents also had a totaled 4runner sitting in their backyard they were pulling parts off of and didnt need anything that I would be using .
This swap was pretty straight forward requiring a little bit of wiring, swaping of parts (duh), and a couple welds. I used phattyducks's awesome write-up "Phattyduck's '99 4WD swap" as a reference for my swap. I dont know if he ran into this issue when he swapped, but on mine I had to swap the abs controller in the passenger side kickpanel.

PART 1

First order of bussiness... Pull out this oily mess of an engine.



Too make it easy just disconnect everything that is attached to the chassis and pull engine with the entire harness still attached.






Pulled engine w/ trans. It wasn't too bad w/ the 2wd transmission.



Next up is disassembly, inspection, and cleanup.






Found a nice little jumper the po installed









Time to reassemble









Engine bay coated and ready for axles and front diff.



Front diff. installed with solenoids for 4wd activation! Sooo easy without engine



4wd Knuckle's, SPC upper arms, 13WL's, SS brake lines, axles installed.


END PART 1