Advice appreciated

[rckeat]

So I decided to buy a JDM motor and swap it into this truck. I found a nice clean engine and my mechanic is working to get it installed hopefully by the weekend. I have my fingers crossed.

I am curious if anyone knows how I can determine what vehicle the motor that I purchased came out of. There is a 7 digit number stamped into the block but I am not sure that is what I need. Does anyone know how I can tell?

Thanks inadvance for your help.

 

[spartacus]

Japanese. use manufacture code and then the frame number. toyota uses a code plus seven digits. this link should help
https://www.ts-export.com/page.php?page=about_vin_decoders

 

[kolelt]

I have a jdm in mine. For about 50k miles now. There are a lot of JDM places here in NJ. So I was able to drive and pick it out physically and visually.

 

[rckeat]

Happy to report that I finally have this 4Runner back on the road. When we first fired up the replacement JDM engine, it had a fairly loud lifter tick. But after running the motor for a while everything has quieted down nicely and now purring like a kitten. Looking forward to a long remaining life for this truck.

Here is a picture of the damaged engine we removed. Hard to understand what caused this engine to let go, but boy did it ever let go.

 

[Plastics guy]

Happy to report that I finally have this 4Runner back on the road. When we first fired up the replacement JDM engine, it had a fairly loud lifter tick. But after running the motor for a while everything has quieted down nicely and now purring like a kitten. Looking forward to a long remaining life for this truck.

Here is a picture of the damaged engine we removed. Hard to understand what caused this engine to let go, but boy did it ever let go.

:trophy: that block is toast :trophy:

 

[jgue467]

...Hard to understand what caused this engine to let go, but boy did it ever let go.

Poor metallurgy. The vertical crack is recent, the horizontal ones are long term. :cowboy: