Nice work on that front axle. Ill be watching! About to drop that same drive train combo into my truck. Take lots of pictures!

Thanks. I plan to take a lot of pictures. Im looking forward to the drivetrain swap. Should be fun and a little challenging.

Sas an 4.3 swap, very cool.. Good luck on your build and look forward to progress and pics.

What'd you use on your knuckle balls? I was thinking about skimming mine with jb weld or something.

Thanks. Im tackling alot at one time, but the 3.0 wasnt doing too good and I didnt want to put any money into it knowing I wouldnt be happy with it. And I knew I wanted to SAS this thing, so i figured why not do it all at once lol.

I used JB weld. It looks good so far, but I have no idea of how it will hold up. Ive seen where other ppl have done it and I havent seen any negative reviews, so that has to count for something lol.

Well I'm almost done grinding the brackets off the frame. Plan is to finish that tomorrow and hopefully get the axle under it.

I did pick up something for the 4r today... TIRES!!! I picked up a set of like new 36x12.5x15 TSL Super Swampers. I wasn't looking to spend the money right now but it was a really good deal that a friend posted on Facebook this morning, so I jumped on them. The wheels aren't right bolt pattern but they should sell easy and for more than enough to buy some steel wheels. Here are a couple pics.





Hopefully I'll have something good to report.

Well finally made some progress. All unnecessary brackets are gone off the front of the frame rails. And then this happened...







The springs are hung! I used a piece of 1" EMT to square the two frame tubes up with one another and to get the distances set right.

I finally stopped being lazy and got this done...









Its finally sitting on all fours again. Its really tall in the front right now mainly cause there isnt any weight up there. After I get the drivetrain in, I will be able to set the front hanger to its correct position. Next is the gettin the new motor/trans out of the donor rig and prepping it to go in. Id like to get the drivetrain set, then finish welding the front spring hanger, then do the back suspension. After that will come the fun part of wiring the 4.3 lol.

I like this im subscribed for sure I'm going to be doing this with a 90 and 95 good work bud.

Thanks.

Not much of an update, but the donor and donee did meet yesterday.



I dont think I will get to pull the motor this evening, but if not it will definitly happen tomorrow. I also ordered some seals and gaskets for the 4.3 today.

My new wheels should be in today and I will get those mounted sometime this week.

Well the 4.3/4l60e is finally in the shop. Me and buddy pulled it yesterday.







I also dropped my tires and wheels off yesterday to be mounted. I went to pick them up afte work and he was closed already (after telling me he would still be open). And just because I like pics...



This is 8.75oz of BBs for each tire for balancing(Thats a 5000 pack split evenly between the 4)

Slowly but surely making progress. Pulled the harness off the motor. I labeled the majority of the connectors to help remember where they go.



I also got the tires back and mocked them up in front of the 4r. Can't wait until they are actually mounted on it.

pics are looking good! Those tires look brand new! The lugs are still square!

Thanks. And yea the tires are basically new. You can still see all the nipple spots and mold lines. Crazy thing is I only have $500 in the wheels and tires now lol.

Tomorrow's plan is to seperate the motor/trans and start cleaning up the motor to change the main seals and intake manifold gasket.

I got the motor/trans seperated Thursday evening but didnt have long enough bolts to mount the motor on the stand, so I picked up new bolts and done that Friday night. Saturday I pressured washed the motor and starting pulling more stuff off of it.

The motor looked like this when I quite Saturday


I pulled it down to change the intake manifold gasket and I have since picked up head gaskets. I figured I might as well change them while I have it this far apart lol. I should get that knocked out tomorrow evening. Then I will just have to change the main seals and the motor will be just about done. Plan is to change out the output shaft on the trans next week and pull the tcase from my parts frame. Hopefully I can get the motor/trans/tcase in the mocked up in the 4runner by the end of the month.