The Engine Is A Goner, Warped Head And Long Block!!

[the_josh]

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if you notice the oil sump is all brown cause my old engine had some serious baked on mud and the rest of the engine is clean, we also reused the motor mounts from my old engine

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empty space soon to be occupied

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[the_josh]

and its in...

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i forgot to get some pics before ths cause were so involved

but as we were lowering the engine we bolted up the ac compressor and it took some time to line up the mounts correctly, it was fairly easy to put the engine in with the manifolds, the tricky part was getting the tranny lined up just right with the engine, it was fairly easy to put it all back, just slow and steady, there were a few hangups with the rusted exhaust studs but all got fixed in time, i feel so comfortable with this engine now, i mean i know every inch of the engine bay now and where everything is and what everything does, its truly a great feeling

the fan installed
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the plernum is now on and were just hooking up the wiring harness and making sure we used every last bolt we took off

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airbox install next, and the last thing on the list is fill the radiator

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the moment of truth...

will it start?

will it run rough?

my heart was pounding a million miles a hour, i didnt want to crank it over i was so nervous!!

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and the results are in........

 

[the_josh]

its getting late....


ill have to post tomorrow what happened when i turned the key!!!

 

[riverider]

I sure thank you for taking time to get the pictures. I am hoping all go's well when you hit the starter.

 

[the_josh]

the baby started right up and purrrrred just beautifly!!!


there was no knock which is usually common with no oil on start up. the engine came right to temperature and drove perfect, ive logged about 60 miles so far and its running better than ever, its like i have a brand new truck!!

so here are the results

engine $2300
water pump $116
Serpentine Belt $80
Toyota OEM Spark Plugs $10
Toyota OEM Oil $free
Toyota OEM Synthetic Tranny Fluid $free
Toyota OEM Radiator fluid $free

AND A TOTAL OF 28 HOURS OF WORK, WOULD HAVE BEEN ALOT LESS IF WE DIDNT HAVE THE WRONG ENGINE IN THE FIRST PLACE

 

[rook]

the baby started right up and purrrrred just beautifly!!!


there was no knock which is usually common with no oil on start up. the engine came right to temperature and drove perfect, ive logged about 60 miles so far and its running better than ever, its like i have a brand new truck!!

so here are the results

engine $2300
water pump $116
Serpentine Belt $80
Toyota OEM Spark Plugs $10
Toyota OEM Oil $free
Toyota OEM Synthetic Tranny Fluid $free
Toyota OEM Radiator fluid $free

AND A TOTAL OF 28 HOURS OF WORK, WOULD HAVE BEEN ALOT LESS IF WE DIDNT HAVE THE WRONG ENGINE IN THE FIRST PLACE

Nice work Josh. Good luck!

 

[the_josh]

Nice work Josh. Good luck!

thanks!!!

now that ive taken this whole engine apart im kinda craving to do other big projects like this soooo anyone needs any help doing some mods or anything give me a shout!

 

[Kmvreter]

Glad to see you won over the beast.

Are you going to tear into the old engine to see what went wrong? Save any leftover good pieces "just in case".

 

[the_josh]

Glad to see you won over the beast.

Are you going to tear into the old engine to see what went wrong? Save any leftover good pieces "just in case".

thanks!!!

i plan on it, but im having some issues with the place i got the engine from wanting the core back, when i got the new engine they requested the core becuase of the price they gave me, but they also misqouted the correct mileage, they told me it had only 15k, but after pulling a carfax i found out it has 40k, which is still not that much but im negotiating keeping the core and getting some money back


i have tons of extra parts that im throwing on ebay and ill be keeping the parts i think i may need as extras...

 

[gm350reratliff]

Good work! Having done a few motor swaps myself (never on a toyota yet) I still say its amazing to see how much OEMs can change things in just a matter of a year or two. Its also funny when buying a used engine the miles just keep going up. 2 months ago I bought a used motor for my mom's buick. When I first found it they said 70k. When I paid they said 80k. When it arrived it had 96k! Anyway good job!

 

[4$$Runner]

Better you than me. Glad to see that it all went well.

 

[the_josh]

well ive racked up almost 10k since the engine swap back in june and the truck is running great, i still have my old engine sitting in my parents garage that maybe some day soon ill start taking it apart and making it into that coffee table haha!!

 

[yooGT42Revo45]

Why dont you get the V8 instead?

^^ V8 ftw.

 

[yooGT42Revo45]

nice work bud!

 

[ysrsquid]

Been there --- Done that

Too bad I didn't run across your thread earlier. I actually performed the same swap in 2007. You can read the fun here http://www.toyota-4runner.org/problems-warranty-issues/25254-has-anyone-pulled-v6-engine-4th-gen-4runner.html. I also could have warned you about the difference in the cam position sensor and that it changed between '04 and '05. I ended up with a '05 engine in my '04 4Runner. Rather than going for a different engine, I ended up swapping the cam position sensors and the timing gears off of the fronts of all of the cams. Congratulations on the successful swap.

 

[RPC]

Man, what an amazing thread.

I, like the other 99% of us, would have gotten raped with $5K in dealer costs to have changed that engine in addition to the parts, but totally rad that one of us was able to pull this off. Albeit with a Toyota pro as a side-kick, but on a 2004 4Runner in dude's driveway? Super cool.

 

[4RunnerStunner]

This is one of the reasons why I love Trucks, the engine swaps are so much easier than a car. The one thing that impressed me about the 4Runner is how much room you have to work with in the engine compartment versus a car that has everything jammed packed in there. I love the simplicity and design of the 4Runner all the way around.

Congrats on the wonderful swap Josh!

 

[the_josh]

This is one of the reasons why I love Trucks, the engine swaps are so much easier than a car. The one thing that impressed me about the 4Runner is how much room you have to work with in the engine compartment versus a car that has everything jammed packed in there. I love the simplicity and design of the 4Runner all the way around.

Congrats on the wonderful swap Josh!

thanks!!!

Yeah for the most part it was easy- with the exception of unbolting the flywheel and undoing a few bolts on the headers

 

[camit34]

Nice work! Thanks for taking the time to post this up!

 

[truckmike26]

Add another $500/20 hrs. labour if one were to do something like this in upstate NY or southern Ontario by having to battle salt-rusted everything. I'm not kidding. One crusty bolt/sensor/fitting can take hours to free. If is doesn't, it's gotta be heated/torched off, taking out other things along the way, causing more problems in a domino effect.