MASTA SHAKE

I got a 1988 Toyota Pickup. We put the engine in with the tranny that came with the pickup. now the engine is about 4 inches farther up than it should be, so the fan on the engine hits the radiator.

MASTA SHAKE

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75k5toy

Hey; masta, by the first pic. That engine, it looks to me, like an 84 or older, n looks like that fan doesn't belong.

75k5toy

Yes, I'm almost sure, that combo looks like da one I pulled from my son's "83". but on his truck, we used the same old engine, and a 87 tranny/transfer, we had to relocate the cross member and re do the drive shafts, 4" give n take. Luis.

MASTA SHAKE

thanks but did cost a lot of money and was it easy? because i do have another tranny that is shorter than the one i have on it right now.

mt_goat

Never mind, I think I was mistaken.

75k5toy

Hey Shasta. You know what? i think you need some info. about your truck, before do anything, that space between the firewall/engine is to much, maybe your truck was originally V-6, so save yourself future headaches by doing some investigation first. because you can put your tranny on, and move the cross member fwd. re-do the shafts, but what about the radiator? and, if your engine or tranny are not that good? then what? +$+$+$?

JonnyBoy

In the first pic of the second post...is it just me or does it look like the motor mount has been cut away from the frame in the middle of the upper control arm?

fireman1559

yea why are the engine mounts so far up thats about a good 2 or 3 inches foward you might want to check that out i agree with jonnyboy the engine monts looked to have been moved

mt_goat

Well that was what I thought at first too, but after looking at Jasond's pics of his 22re motor mounts I decided the motor mount was about where it should be for a 22re.

Have a look at this pic, this is a pic of a stock 22re motor mount perch:



This is a pic after they were moved to accept a 3.4 motor, which is about the same place the 3.0 is also at:

fireman1559

ah ok i see i didnt know he had the 22re my bad they are about close to where they need to be afterall i had checked mine mounts and they were nowhere near where his were thats why i said it looked like they had been moved

MASTA SHAKE

its actualy a 22r and im just going to put in a 1985 trannsmision. i cut off the mounts because the guy that owned it before me welded mounts that didnt fit the 22r. i think he gave me everything for a 22re.

MASTA SHAKE

because it was actually a 22re truck

JonnyBoy

Yeah Mt Goat, I remembered 4 cyl mounts being further forward, but it looks like this WAS a v6 truck. There's metal that wasn't ground off when the mounts were removed from further back.

At least that's what it looks like to me. I could be crazy?!

mt_goat

I agree

75k5toy

Yea, Jonnyboy is right, those motor mounths r not on the original place. the p/o tried to adapt this old combo the wrong way, setted the transsmition on the cross member firts, and since the old tranny were like 4" longer, he moved the motor mounths frw. now masta boy has to cut the m/mounts, n welded them on their original place, n with the 85's tranny everything will fit Home. !Good luck!.

85TurboRunner

Now you know why they call it a "long block".

MASTA SHAKE

thanks for the help