My friend’s older brother once bought a fire truck on CL drunk late night shopping. 1950s. Not too cheap. Wife was livid. He managed to restore it and sell it for a profit though to a town for their parades, etc. The fallout wasn’t pretty though since divorce lawyers were taken on retainer, just in case.

Didn’t know E clips had a born on date.

Everything looks great, including the carpet.

This build is awesome. Thanks for the inspiration to keep going!

I have known I needed to do plug's,Wires,coils and injectors on this truck for a long time now... codes were popping up but not very often so I let it go.

I started getting lean codes/miss fires, I was like who is the Ms. Fires?

did not take any pictures but I picked up new wires/coils/plugs because people have seen that jazz.

3 @ 9091902212 COIL ASSY, IGNITION
1 @ 1903762050 CORD SET SPARK PLUG
2 @ 1717662040 GASKET, AIR SURGE TANK TO INTAKE MANIFOLD
6 @ 9091901192 PLUG, SPARK
3 @ 91511G0622 BOLT,FLANGE - these are the coil to valve cover bolts

I also grabbed

5VZ 3.4 LITER V6 EQUALIZED FUEL INJECTOR SET 1995-1998 from LCE

5VZ (V6) Equalized Fuel Injector Set (95-98)

after getting the plugs,coils,wires, injectors done this truck runs tighter than an otters a-hole.

I also finally got around to working on the rear links @DaMonkey dreamed up.



decided I would try this stuff out for smaller projects


all hanging around ready for blasting


ah there is nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning and fresh sandblasted links.


and everybody all dressed up and ready to rock, well almost everybody.


of course on #4 I ran into trouble and for some reason the insert just decided to go sideways on me and I rekt it. ordered a replacement from ballistic so I will have to wait on that until I have 2 complete sets of upper links.



I can start working on the lower links this weekend so I should have 2x sets of rear Ballistic joint based links.

Rad, yeah Ms. Fire can be a real witch sometimes lol. Those rear links look pretty fabulous! Looks like we both have tons of weekend work lol.

what were you working on this last weekend?

Rear gas tank skid plate and rear ss brake line and bleding the brakes again, and finding which rear hatch wires need repairs.

Did your weekend work go smoothly?

Smooth is not the word I was use. You know when you have those times when it’s one step forward and 3 steps backwards? Yea well that was like my entire weekend.

But back on track tomorrow I think. Rear links should be ready to role by this coming weekend.

Also thinking about making one of those drive up ramps so I can test suspension mods. Otherwise it’s not science.

Oh yes I have had plenty of those days, and they suck bad. But glade to hear you should be back on track. RTI ramp (I think that is what it is called) for flexing out? That would be a fun little project.

How were building those links?

i ws wondering if I could use a 20ton press to put on springs....looks like you did

As a general rule of thumb the more things you can stack up the better. I still had extra room so I could have maybe used a couple more layers of things.

I got some time to grind/cut/blast an old ATV trailer loading ramp enough to get a basic RTI ramp. it's only 32" at the high end but that should be enough for now. I need to add some bracing and ground connections so it does not dig into the driveway.

I wanted a way to measure suspension changes.

I also wanted to get some stock vs my mods down to see how much you gain for doing certain things. hopefully I can get enought time to test out swaybar on//off and wheel spacers. I have always been curious to know just how much of a difference things can make.

Toyota 4Runner Handling Modifications Addco Sway Roll Bars

Swaybar travel info...

-Charlie

thanks this is good info. I'm about to post on the first measurements I took here tonight. I need to complete a couple of other things and I will be posting a progression of mods on my other 2 trucks.

This is the first of hopefully a bunch of RTI scores I'm going to post.

Front

BILSTEIN 6112 Set @ 1"

OEM UCA / OEM bushings
OEM LCA / OEM bushing

No front swaybar

Rear
Toytech Boss shocks

OEM upper links / poly bushings
OEM lower links / poly bushings

OME 2″ Rear 2906 Coils

No Rear swaybar

has PCK (Panhard Correction Kit) and probably needs to be adjusted.

tires 265/75 R16

the numbers

Vertical Distance From Ground center of tire 24"
Wheelbase 105.3
RTI angle 21'

RTI score 636

The frame I used for the swap was off an 98, so that means it has the old frame horns. My 4X innovations bumper like the 99+ front.

got the toyota parts, way easier than me making some. yea they are only 1/8" and I probably should have made some 3/16" thick ones. maybe next time.



bumper needs to come off, shop crane has so much love to give.


clean off that paint so we get some nice clean welds


also need to clean this part off. Notice the hook? it was blasted and painted with rustoleum, everything else was epoxy. rustoleum in the salt belt sucks.


smoked them into place; also note the OEM toyota welds on these plates are really only top/bottom.


I should have probably tried to do this before I started cutting the frame up?
It does fit like a glove, and by like I glove I mean .005mm of clearance on the clutch handle. I could have clocked it but this fine.


and mounted back up. Now I need to take care of the wires and control box. not 100% sure exactly what I'm going to do about it. I would like to hide it inside so it out of the elements but... not sure yet. installment 2.



note: this really really makes the bumper solid. I'm not planning on pulling out tree stumps with this... hmmm wait that might work? NO NO dam it. anyways... back to work people!