Old motor mounts removed



New motor mount vs. old








Bare rear main



Rear main retainer



FIPG



FIPG on rear main retainer



Oil strainer gasket



Oil baffle w/ FIPG



Oil pan w/ FIPG



Oil pan installed



Rear main installed



Pilot bearing installed



3.4 5VZ-FE flywheel installed, new bolts, loctite, 65ftlb



5VZ-FE bell housing brackets for R150F
Driver



Passenger



AISIN CKT-040 clutch, new pressure plate bolts, 15ftlb



Nachi throwout bearing



Throwout installed, clutch fork greased

Truck on stands



Transmission on jack, ready for install









Transmission installed with crossmember



New view of shifter hole inside



Shifters installed

Offerup score - front mudguards



Mudguard installed, driver, w/ cap nut



Passenger



View, side



View, front



Side mirror swap, Old (top) and new (bottom)



Front view



Mirrors and flaps

Door panel, passenger, armrest swap



Panel later



Replacement door handle



Finalized door panel



Passenger seat, recline handle before



New screw for recline handle



Recline handle, after



New side window latches, not yet installed



DEPO tail lamps







Rear view

Filled with oil - 5W-30 full synthetic



Refused to start. Test of fuel pump through diagnostic connector came up with nothing. No fuel pressure, no noise from pump.


Tank pulled



Pump removal



Rusty pump



Removed pump, cleaned hanger



Used 5VZ pump, had in storage for years




New fuel pump harness from Walbro kit



New pump in hanger



Soldering wires

Moog 285 Greaseable U-Joints



Used driveshaft from 93 Pickup regular cab short bed, perfect length but with the wrong flanges



Installing new joints



Slip yoke with joint removed, correct flange



Shaft complete with 1990 flanges from original auto shaft



Joint 1



Joint 2



Shaft installed




Front diff installed



New AISIN slave cylinder







IT’S ALIVE!

Quick wash



New 555 ball joints


Coated in POR 15 (some other parts for other projects shown as well)


New 555 outer tie rods, pitman arm, coated in POR 15


New power steering pump, coated in POR 15


New 555 outer tie rod ends, coated in POR 15


New 555 idler arm, coated in POR 15


Nice to have it semi-driving, still work left to be done before it’s completely ready to be a driver

Supra outside, painting the house















Hard parked, night time





Day time

Pressure wash suspension, engine bay, prepping for new ball joints and tie rod ends






Repaired side window latch. New aftermarket xtra-cab latch did not fit. I swapped the new plastic handle onto the original 2-door latch metal. It’s not an exact match, but at least now it works.







Daytime shots

Dashboard reinstalled



VSS harness, made from a VSS plug and sections of colored wire from an old 4Runner body harness


12V+ Pin 1 (black yellow)
Ground Pin 2 (pink blue)
Signal Pin 3 (gray blue)


Plugged into VSS




Run along old speedometer cable route




Pinned into OEM 1990 combination meter plugs
12V+ sourced from GAUGE fuse, connector A, pin #8
Speed sensor ground, connector B, pin #10
Speed meter signal (SIG-VAL), connector A, pin #1






Functional speedometer, TRIP, and ODO

Transfer case switch. Did not have other end to the plug, instead I removed the pins and swapped to another plug housing from a turn signal lamp.

Original female plug housing:


Replacement female plug housing sourced from turn signal:


Connected to opposing male plug housing with extra wire:


Transfer case switch connects to 3 total wires, located in automatic transmission blue 6-pin plug.



The following two wires must be connected to one transfer case switch wire (doesn’t matter which).
Pin #2, pink w/ blue stripe, automatic disconnecting differential detection switch
Pin #4, green w/ white stripe, transfer case detection switch

(Before soldering)


Second wire of transfer case switch connects to ground, which is the remaining white w/ black stripe wire cut previously from the blue plug.



Engaging 4HI from the transfer case shift lever will now result in automatic disconnecting differential system engaging the front differential to driveshaft, as well as 4WD light illuminating on combination meter/gauge cluster.

Reverse light switch connects to 2 total wires, located in automatic transmission large white plug (P1 connector). Doesn’t matter which side of the switch you connect them. It’ll work either way. Connect one of the following to each side of the reverse light switch:
Pin # 4 (black w/ orange stripe)
Pin # 8 (red w/ white stripe)


Connected:


I left the auto plugs hanging and zip tied the wires together to clean things up:


Reverse lights working with shifter in reverse position:


Further dash reassembly

Front driveshaft installed




Time to refresh steering and front suspension joints





Upper ball joint removed




Idler arm removed




Tie rods removed




Old units




New upper ball joint installed






New 555 idler installed




New tie rods installed




Lower ball joint comparison






New lower installed




Full shot




New shock stem bushings, energy suspension polyurethane




Pitman arm comparison




New pitman installed

New full body shots

Steering stop caps









Off to the Toyota dealer to get a new center link and alignment for free to due recall










Went back the next day and picked it up






Wheels aligned, steering wheel nice and straight




Got home and realized the front bumper valance had a big dent in it. Talked to the dealer and they’re going to review their cameras and see what happened. I had pics showing the truck at drop off so there’s no doubt that the dent wasn’t there before.