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[J-money$$$]

I sure have been. Tomorrow is NEW LOWER LINK DAY!!! ill post up some pics. Hopefully this weekend we will get them on your truck brian. Im goin wheeling at bullfrog tomorrow night and its a perfect test on the new links. PRAY FOR A QUITE RIDE

 

[brian2sun]

Seriously, haha! Are you gonna have the uppers on for Bullfrog too?

 

[J-money$$$]

Seriously, haha! Are you gonna have the uppers on for Bullfrog too?

yep, i already have them pressed together and painted. i just have to install em tomorrow. I have to build the lowers still. They are going to be sooo beefy! the bushings have 2" .250 wall dom sleeves, and the tubing is 1.5" .250 wall dom, and those bungs are super thick, plus my welding has vastly improved. I plan on running a triple pass weld on the bung, and double pass on the bushing end

 

[vthokie]

Quick question: What made you choose to rebuild your engine vs buying a used engine with lower miles. I can understand if you've had the 4Runner for a long time, you would know how it was driven, and what kind of conditions it has been exposed to. Is there a big price difference?

 

[brian2sun]

Well part of it, is that I've owned it and maintained it well for the last 10 years/115K and I didn't want to but a used engine that I didn't know anything about. It cost $2200 OTD P&L w/ a 1 year warranty so I went for it. I figured I have more than that in my diffs alone and I figure I should get another 200K+ out of it as long as I treat it well (as opposed to who knows how many miles are left in a used engine), so it was worth it to me to just rebuild.

 

[Mr. Leary]

Well part of it, is that I've owned it and maintained it well for the last 10 years/115K and I didn't want to but a used engine that I didn't know anything about. It cost $2200 OTD P&L w/ a 1 year warranty so I went for it. I figured I have more than that in my diffs alone and I figure I should get another 200K+ out of it as long as I treat it well (as opposed to who knows how many miles are left in a used engine), so it was worth it to me to just rebuild.

Thats the same boat I will be in. Better to go for the long block, as well as a rebuilt tranny when the time comes.

 

[jksmyers]

I'm a few days late on my question - don't get on here as much as
I'd like. As much I try to stay away from $ questions, I'm curious how much your rebuild cost? My 2000 is making some serious knocking/clanking noises when accelerating so I'm afraid I'll be doing the same soon.

 

[Limited2K]

It cost $2200 OTD P&L w/ a 1 year warranty so I went for it.

There you go.

 

[jksmyers]

There you go.

Doh!!!!!!:bash:

Thanks

 

[brian2sun]

Thats the same boat I will be in. Better to go for the long block, as well as a rebuilt tranny when the time comes.

Yeah, I think I'll go with a rebuilt tranny too when the time comes. For now it seems to be good, I've never felt any slipping or weird shifting with it so I'm hoping to get to 300K with it. You just never know, but these A340s are good trannies.

I'm glad you chimed in because you reminded me of the other reason I wanted to rebuilt and start fresh. I really want to be able to do long overlanding trips and camp out of state with this thing again. I've been sticking to CA pretty much the last 2 1/2 years because it's too sketchy doing long trips in a high mileage engine that's had a intermittent miss. Back in July/Aug. '01, I took my '95 4runner up through CA, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alberta, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in 1 single month long trip! I wanna be able to do trips like that again! Well.. that is if I can get off work for a month straight again.. or at least a couple weeks.

I'm going to put my front sway bar back on and get some discos for it too so it'll handle better on the highway for road trips. Then I want to get a winch, and see if I need to lift the front anymore, get a rebuilt steering rack, and align it. I should be ready to do an expedition by Spring! I may just pay a visit to all you CO and Moab guys!

 

[brian2sun]

BTW Mr. Leary, your trailer build is inspiring. My neighbor just got an old Army trailer too so it's really making me want one now! Here's a pic of my neighbor's..

 

[driffter33]

Yeah, I think I'll go with a rebuilt tranny too when the time comes. For now it seems to be good, I've never felt any slipping or weird shifting with it so I'm hoping to get to 300K with it. You just never know, but these A340s are good trannies.

I'm glad you chimed in because you reminded me of the other reason I wanted to rebuilt and start fresh. I really want to be able to do long overlanding trips and camp out of state with this thing again. I've been sticking to CA pretty much the last 2 1/2 years because it's too sketchy doing long trips in a high mileage engine that's had a intermittent miss. Back in July/Aug. '01, I took my '95 4runner up through CA, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alberta, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in 1 single month long trip! I wanna be able to do trips like that again! Well.. that is if I can get off work for a month straight again.. or at least a couple weeks.

I'm going to put my front sway bar back on and get some discos for it too so it'll handle better on the highway for road trips. Then I want to get a winch, and see if I need to lift the front anymore, get a rebuilt steering rack, and align it. I should be ready to do an expedition by Spring! I may just pay a visit to all you CO and Moab guys!

Socal runner train to moab???

 

[brian2sun]

Hell yeah! Let's start planning!!

 

[J-money$$$]

Im already going sometime in June (family trip), I would rather go wheeling! Im down for whenever

 

[driffter33]

Im already going sometime in June (family trip), I would rather go wheeling! Im down for whenever

We are all extended family No?:biggrin2:

 

[J-money$$$]

We are all extended family No?:biggrin2:

Well when your 20 friends are your family. We HAVE TO GO OUT THERE THIS SUMMER. im sure its like bullfrog, but way bigger

 

[brian2sun]

Update on the engine rebuild...

Well, no wonder it was running so crappy lately. The shop just called and said not one, but BOTH my heads are cracked! He sourced some used heads to rebuild and he's doing it at no extra charge since the rebuild is taking about a week 1/2 longer than he quoted. That's cool, even used heads aren't cheap and mine are junk so he definitely had to eat a little $$ on it. So I thought that was cool of him to not charge me.

I guess that explains my 8 mpgs! It's gonna have alot more power too, haha!

 

[RHeld24]

Port and polish while heads are off anyway?:biggrin2:

 

[brian2sun]

That would be sweet, but I have no more $ to spend at the moment.

 

[buievonbozo]

Not sure if everyone knows about this but, if you have the time an money, I think this is a little better than a junk yard find.
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