AHHHH solid find bro! congrats! and here come the vultures, haha i am definently interested in the flares, if and when youre ready, can i call 2nd in line behind The97Runner?? schweet!!
The only fab required is a transmission mount. Gonna have to find someone to weld that.
The driveshafts will be correctly lengthened or shortened by a driveline place by my house.
Thats all really...
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Originally Posted by 02adventurer
AHHHH solid find bro! congrats! and here come the vultures, haha i am definently interested in the flares, if and when youre ready, can i call 2nd in line behind The97Runner?? schweet!!
Thanks dude, yeah, the vultures are good though, I need to cover costs. You'll be second in line. Please be aware that the front left bumper mounted piece is missing. The front left also has a little scuffing from whatever collision it was involved in.
I found out that the previous owner changed all of the green bulbs with white LEDs.
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bout time. When you get it all working hit me up and we can go get you some new dents
lol, I'm sure we will... I can't wait... I'm working as fast as I can on it!
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Originally Posted by Stick Figure
bout damn time! .... good luck with the project.
Bout damn time indeed. Thanks dude!
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Originally Posted by GottaBeTRD
wow i love my grammar on that last post lol. but yeah man good luck all this.
thank you sir... you can thank me while you're in English class :P
Swapped seats out. My 4Runner now has a matching set of SR5 seats. My old setup was 1997 SR5 front seats and 1999 base model rear seats.
I also switched over some door seals for the better ones on the donor.
As far as the donor goes, I removed the front bumper and straightened out the bent up brackets that were rubbing on the tire. The interior came apart next, including the seats (as shown earlier, installed in my 99), the carpet, panels, center console, and audio system. The guy who used to own this thing lined the floor with ROOFING SHINGLES as sound deadening. There was a lot of sweet audio stuff, a set of front Blaupunkt components, small infinity rears, RCA's, 5 tons of thick gauge wire, and some cool thick ground wires. I only wish he left the amps... I'm going to leave the rest of the disassembly until after the conversion is completed.
HOW THE CONVERSION IS GOING DOWN -
This is a huge job which far surpasses the experience I have. In order to make sure this job goes as planned, I've spent the last year researching exactly what I need to do. There's pages of wiring diagrams that still need to be figured out. Last, I've arranged a location for the work to take place because my garage is not equipped to handle it - I don't have an engine hoist or air tools to help with the slightly rusty undercarriage.
A few years ago, I met a local mechanic, John Najem, who is all about Toyota trucks. He's got some great projects of his own, including an 85 pickup with a 22R-TE swap, R151F, hi steer conversion, custom 28 gallon tank, the list goes on. Our relationship started when I visited him to fix things I wasn't able to do. He's since taught me countless things about working on cars, and has agreed to allow me to use his shop. I'm in for a lot of learning and can't express how grateful I am for this opportunity.
I got the donor truck from an auto auction called Copart. This 4Runner was shown as not running and driving. In the photographs, I could tell the front wheels were not pointed the same direction, leading me to believe there was a tie rod failure, and that the truck would run and drive other than that one issue. The truck showed up on the tow truck to my house, sure enough, the tie rod had just popped clean apart. I removed it and John, the shop owner, used his 30 ton hydraulic press to bend it back. He then pressed the ball back into its socket. After reinstalling the tie rod, I drove the manual transmission donor 4Runner down to his shop from my house. The clutch was slipping with light acceleration, original at 170k. A video is posted below.
Tie rod removal:
Back in place and ready to go:
On the road with tie rod installed.
First Day:
Driving the Donor for the first and last time:
The donor went up in the air. First call to duty is removing the engine and transmission.
The undercarriage is not badly rusted. There's some slight leaking from the shifter seals on both the transmission and transfer case. The rear axle seals are blown, one of the shocks broke from the top mount, and there's a bit of rust on the exhaust. The parts I need will be fine to use. The leaks will be simple to fix when the transmission is out.
The exhaust rust is bad enough that the bolts had become one with the cat. Angle grinder time.
8AM tomorrow morning, I'm starting on taking out the motor and transmission . I will update with lots of pics.
. I will update with lots of pics.
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