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My truck blew a headgasket about a month ago and I swapped this engine out for a low miles one. This motor came out of a 97 4runner that was totaled in 2016 and I bought it and dropped it in my '86. It blew a headgasket last month with about 200k miles on the clock. It had 175 psi compression on...

I am guessing it would work but here are a couple things to try first. One is just google the model of tach and see if there is a wiring diagram available for it. The factory techs are based on the number of times the engine fires per revolution is my understanding, so 4 for the 4 cylinder and 3...

The connectors are all the same, and all years interchange for second gen pickups and first gen 4runners. but the tach is different in the V6. You should get a reading on the tach but it wouldn't be accurate. My 86 SR5 tach did not have a potentiometer but my V6 tach (unknown year) does. Because...

Glad you got it going! There are two temp senders, one at the front of the intake and one at the rear. The one at the rear is for the gauge and the one at the front is for the computer if I remember right. It won't run right without the one for the computer hooked up because it uses this one to...

Ran a compression test this afternoon. 5 - 221 6 - 218 3 - 225 4 - 218 1 - 219 2 - 217 Pretty happy with those numbers. Got the power steering working and am going to take her in to town now and see how she does.

Someone mentioned it earlier, but double check the coolant and air hoses that go to the Idle Air Control valve, you can run coolant into the motor through the intake that way. Be careful because this can hydrolock your motor. If this is the case, you can pull the plugs and crank the motor over...

Awesome! Glad it worked for you!

Agreed. And since each coil pack fires two cylinders if they are switched 4 will be firing at the wrong time. Only likely to happen if the wiring harness is pulled apart. The wire for the middle pack goes all the way to the front of the factory plastic loom and exits at the same place as the...

I will check my wiring colors for you today but I can't be sure they are the same as your 2002. But I am guessing the harness length will be the same, longest wires to middle coil pack. Good luck, hope it works!

According to Marlin the RF1A cases should not be flat towed either. A twin stick wouldn't fix this as the output shaft still turns when it is in neutral and the input has to turn for proper oiling. Whether you have an early or late R150 You want to use a 3.4 flywheel and clutch because they...

Another thing to think about, did you take apart the engine harness wiring at all? I had a harness part when doing a 5vz swap and mixed up coil pack connectors, the longest wire in the loom goes to the middle coil pack, not the front as seemed logical to me at the time, one has a red and one...

I have started mine with the MAF unplugged and it ran for about 1-2 seconds and would immediately die, but it ran normal for that brief period. Sounds like some may not start at all though.

Well I spent the weekend getting her all resealed and dressed up. I replaced: Knock sensor harness. Front and rear mains resealed the pan New lower intake gaskets, the factory ones had a small coolant leak on this new motor. Was surprised to see that. New timing belt but reused my tensioner...

Thanks for checking that out. I went back after dinner and looked up the bolts, two dashes meaning they are 5t, both my 97 and 99 motors have the same bolts. That equates to 13 ft lbs. I forgot to look up the other bolt but I bet it is a 6t like you said, it is much longer and goes through the...

Anyone ever run into the torque specs for the oil pump being wrong in the FSM for these trucks? My manual is for a 97 and this motor is a 99, but I can't imaging they are different. I pulled the pump to change the front crank seal and when putting the bolts back in I checked the torque specs and...