Recent content by Red October

Super glad to see this thread is still alive! I need some FSMs! Currently swapping a 99 3.4 into an 87 and would love to get the FSMs for both trucks. [email protected]

Since I'm super close to having the front suspension ready to rock, but waiting for some parts. I started working on a couple other things. I'm going to be completely bypassing the in-radiator transmission cooler, and running a larger external one. Personally it makes the most sense and...

Here you can see the way I modified the core support to clear the winch and hopefully make it a bit stronger than it was. You can also see what I did in place of inner fenders. I made some small changes to the winch tray, and got it permanent. Still need to figure out what I'm gonna do with...

Some holiday progresses Figured out my shock towers and bracing. Packaging on this thing has been pretty tough, because of my desired low ride height. Everything has to move up, so shock tops start getting really close to things like the master cylinder, and the hood. The radiator fill cap and...

Thanks, just don't look too closely at everything, lol, some days I'm a decent welder, others not so much. I'm no pro, but my stuff should stay together at least. For sure will include some wiring details as things progress. Be warned tho, my plan might not work for other applications.

Some more slow progress. Motor mounts... Transfer case crossmember/ skid plate. I need to remove the horse-collar style mount plate, it just wasn't going to work. With the way the link mounts are attached to the frame it was really tough to find a place to put this crossmember that wouldn't...

Its a 3.4 from a 99 4Runner, with the matching automatic trans. I'm using a Marlin MC31 adapter. There is definitely a dearth of information available from Marlin as far as instructions, their site pretty much just says "bolt 'er on up." Don't get me wrong, its a dang nice piece, but this is...

If you cant tell this build is a slow process. I work on it when I have a few spare minutes, and/or dollars for parts. So I have been doing more things, slowly. Got me a drivetrain, wooo! My brother wrecked his 3rd gen a while ago, and I ended up buying a bunch of stuff from the wrecked truck...

I have also been able to achieve a significantly lower ride height, and I may even be able to get it another inch or so lower. It's about 23 inches to the frame currently. I was shooting for 21, and I still might be able to get it a little closer to that. We will see how it shakes out.

It took me a bit of puzzling to figure out what I wanted to do with the front end. The more I looked at it the more work I saw. The frame was tweaked, the passenger side of the bumper was about 3/4 of an inch lower than the driver. the bumper had been tied into the shock towers, but one side was...

Then I put it in my tiny new garage. And then after about a month of moving shenanigans I turned it around so I can get down to business on this thing. And that should get me pretty close to up to the minute, with more exciting things going on every time I have a spare minute to do something...

One possibly questionable thing that came to me on this truck is the front suspension setup. I found when I went to get it that it had a Trail Gear 3 link front setup installed. I was a little disappointed honestly, but not enough to stop. It came with the links and joints, and the frame side...

...Then I bought a house. Wow, what a time to be alive! It was crazy. Also I had to move this thing, so I got my front axle under way. Its kinda temporary, because there are problems in this front end which will end up being remedied later. But for now its gotta hold itself up and roll onto a...

Somewhere along the way I found a $25 top. I want to run a canvas topper, but it was hard to say no.

I have always wheeled my daily up to this point, so I am really excited to finally have a dedicated trail rig. One of the most attractive parts of this thing for me was the fact that it has some body damage, and a little rust. Its perfect to get beat on and cut up. And I wont have to worry about...