Finally venturing into my 3.4 swap (dial up warning) - Page 3

mt_goat · 09-22-2006, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by breknraj

I could have sworn that I cleaned this stuff up yesterday!!

I think it's about time to start waxing up the skis dude.

breknraj · 09-26-2006, 06:49 PM

I got home yesterday, and spent the afternoon clearing snow from the work area (and others), in anticipation of a few warm days this week.

I got back to it today, and removed the exhaust from the Taco, since, at this point, I'm planning to slice and dice it for the truck. I then spent a couple of hours swapping the positions of the trucks, so that the '90 is now on the work platform. It involved a lot of hand pushing over uneven ground, so, when I got that done, I spent the rest of the afternoon doing some cleaning on the Taco engine.

I plan on going after the engine in the '90 tomorrow.

thefallman · 09-28-2006, 07:13 PM

Well man if you need some help let me know im now officially a resident of CO.

and my truck is here too.

RobD · 09-28-2006, 08:59 PM

Jeez...wouldn't have been easier to swap the body from your '90 onto the Taco frame?

breknraj · 10-03-2006, 05:36 PM

After a good fight and any number of curse words, I finally got the 400 pound paper weight out of the truck on Saturday. The bell housing bolts were on there to stay, and I had to use a Rube Goldberg of extensions and a U-joint to get to the top ones. The impact wouldn't budge them, so I had to use a 20" ratchet to break the bolts loose. I was afraid that I was going to run out of room for the top bolts, since I had to take up so much slack in the system, but I did convince them to see things my way!

I used my trusty floor jack and chunk of firewood to hold up the front of the transmission, and the back was still bolted to the crossmember, so, after a little jockeying of the floor jack, the hoist, and the engine, I got them separated.

That was as far as I got, since I was going down to Denver to see my fiancee.

Rob - don't think that I didn't give the body swap idea a pretty good go-around, but the lift on the Taco is tweaked, and I believe that the frame may be, as well. Not to mention that there is no way I would get that involved without a garage and workshop space to do it in!

breknraj · 10-03-2006, 07:22 PM

Oops! Here's the pics!

breknraj · 10-03-2006, 07:27 PM

So I came home yesterday, and recieved the ORS kit!

I woke up to gray, rainy skies this morning - gave it a while to clear, but when it didn't, I decided to go ahead and start cleaning the engine bay on the truck. I still have some more work to do on the cleaning, but it looks a lot better, already.

I also got a couple of coats of high temp flat black paint on the new crossover pipe.

FOCUSHERE · 10-03-2006, 07:29 PM

WTF snow?
i live in arizona so.......... sunny 365 lol
nice work

thefallman · 10-03-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by breknraj

I also got a couple of coats of high temp flat black paint on the new crossover pipe.

i have a bunch of header wrap leftover if you need some.

mt_goat · 10-04-2006, 04:23 AM

Looking great! Is that your steering damper in the engine bay?

breknraj · 10-04-2006, 07:40 AM

Yep! I just removed the passenger side to drop it out of the way when I took the engine out. That thing was so filthy that I had almost forgotten that it was white!

breknraj · 10-04-2006, 08:54 PM

I had a very productive afternoon. The weather was pretty decent, so I started to move parts from the 3V to the 5V.

I swapped and rewired the oil pressure sensor (including the original rubber cover over the whole thing). I removed the 5V motor mounts, and replaced them with the 3V, including the new isolators from ORS. I did have to do some grinding on the passenger side motor mount, to clear the engine block drain valve. I was cleaning parts all along the way.

I then had to grind on one bolt mount for the A/C compressor, as the cast 3.0 mounts were about 3 times as thick as the pressed 3.4 ones were.

I also added the flywheel cover brackets from the 3.0.

If tomorrow's weather is as good as today's, I hope to pull the oil pan, and change the oil pickup. I will also install the oil filter adaptor plate, seal the original dipstick hole, drill and install the new dipstick hardware. Then I'll replace the oil pan with the new one.

thefallman · 10-04-2006, 09:04 PM

why are you useing the 3.0 A/C mounts??

breknraj · 10-05-2006, 06:16 AM

Fallman - I'm using the Taco A/C mount (as well as the compressor - will have some hurdles to cross there). I had to grind down the thickness of the top rear mounting hole, since the engine mount sandwiches between that and the block (and the cast engine mount is so much thicker than the Taco one)

thefallman · 10-05-2006, 12:42 PM

Hmmm i didnt have that issue wonder whats up. did you have A/C before hand??

anyway we'll check it out this weekend

mt_goat · 10-05-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by thefallman

Hmmm i didnt have that issue wonder whats up.

I did, if you use the 3.0 motor brackets in combo with the 3.4 AC bracket the spacing is wrong. That's because the 3.4 motor brackets are thinner than the 3.0. And since the motor bracket goes between the AC bracket and the block it changes the spacing for one bolt hole when you put in the 3.0 motor bracket.

thefallman · 10-05-2006, 02:33 PM

hmm like i said i didnt have that issue only thing i can think of is the engine was out of a 95 tacoma so it might have been differnt then your guys. but ill check it out again.

breknraj · 10-11-2006, 04:41 PM

After a long weekend of my birthday, and some pretty nasty weather, I got back after the truck today. All I did today was to start re-painting the engine bay. I'm going to gloss white under the hood, to make any leaks easier to spot, and to brighten the area up in low light situations. I got about a third of the bay done with primer and two coats of gloss white.

Not the best painting environment, being outside, but I think it will be a nice improvement when I'm done.

breknraj · 10-13-2006, 08:24 PM

Last couple of days have been too windy for painting, or chaging the oil pan. I did make a trip to Yotayard, and picked up all of the factory pieces to install A/C. I plan to take Fallman's lead, and swap the side plate on the Taco compressor to make the system work. I'll just plan on re-selling the Airzona Air kit.

I did get my speedometer cable replaced, and I can definitely say that I hope that there is a special place in hell for the folks that designed that set-up. There is no reason in the world that a speedo cable should be that complex (and a PIT* to replace). Anyway, it's done, so I shouldn't have a screaming cluster in the cold, for a while, at least.

I started to put the A/C core in the dash, tonight, but it was getting too dark to see well, so I'll get back to it tomorrow.

09-28-2006, 07:13 PM	#53 (permalink)
thefallman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 482	Well man if you need some help let me know im now officially a resident of CO. and my truck is here too. __________________ ~Brian 89 Ex-Cab 3.4 Conv. T100 Tranny Yep i Changed it. Soon to be Supercharged. 90 4runner 3.0 Auto (Wifes Toy) I sold the HEEP I Havent finished my writeup but till i do heres a link to Mt_Goats write up http://www.yotatech.com/f116/3-4-swap-started-82145/ between him and i and a few others on here we should beable to answer most questions.

10-03-2006, 05:36 PM	#55 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	After a good fight and any number of curse words, I finally got the 400 pound paper weight out of the truck on Saturday. The bell housing bolts were on there to stay, and I had to use a Rube Goldberg of extensions and a U-joint to get to the top ones. The impact wouldn't budge them, so I had to use a 20" ratchet to break the bolts loose. I was afraid that I was going to run out of room for the top bolts, since I had to take up so much slack in the system, but I did convince them to see things my way! I used my trusty floor jack and chunk of firewood to hold up the front of the transmission, and the back was still bolted to the crossmember, so, after a little jockeying of the floor jack, the hoist, and the engine, I got them separated. That was as far as I got, since I was going down to Denver to see my fiancee. Rob - don't think that I didn't give the body swap idea a pretty good go-around, but the lift on the Taco is tweaked, and I believe that the frame may be, as well. Not to mention that there is no way I would get that involved without a garage and workshop space to do it in! Last edited by breknraj : 10-03-2006 at 05:45 PM.

10-03-2006, 07:22 PM	#56 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	Oops! Here's the pics! Attached Thumbnails

10-03-2006, 07:27 PM	#57 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	So I came home yesterday, and recieved the ORS kit! I woke up to gray, rainy skies this morning - gave it a while to clear, but when it didn't, I decided to go ahead and start cleaning the engine bay on the truck. I still have some more work to do on the cleaning, but it looks a lot better, already. I also got a couple of coats of high temp flat black paint on the new crossover pipe. Attached Thumbnails

10-04-2006, 04:23 AM	#60 (permalink)
mt_goat Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oklahoma State Posts: 7,427	Looking great! Is that your steering damper in the engine bay? __________________ Dale "America is in a hole and it's getting deeper every day. We import 70% of our oil at a cost of $700 billion a year - four times the annual cost of the Iraq war." T. Boone Pickens Check out the plan: http://www.pickensplan.com/index.php and http://www.cngnow.com/EN-US/Pages/default.aspx

09-26-2006, 06:49 PM	#52 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	I got home yesterday, and spent the afternoon clearing snow from the work area (and others), in anticipation of a few warm days this week. I got back to it today, and removed the exhaust from the Taco, since, at this point, I'm planning to slice and dice it for the truck. I then spent a couple of hours swapping the positions of the trucks, so that the '90 is now on the work platform. It involved a lot of hand pushing over uneven ground, so, when I got that done, I spent the rest of the afternoon doing some cleaning on the Taco engine. I plan on going after the engine in the '90 tomorrow.

09-28-2006, 08:59 PM	#54 (permalink)
RobD Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 1,068	Jeez...wouldn't have been easier to swap the body from your '90 onto the Taco frame?

10-03-2006, 07:29 PM	#58 (permalink)
FOCUSHERE Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 205	WTF snow? i live in arizona so.......... sunny 365 lol nice work

10-04-2006, 07:40 AM	#61 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	Yep! I just removed the passenger side to drop it out of the way when I took the engine out. That thing was so filthy that I had almost forgotten that it was white!

10-04-2006, 08:54 PM	#62 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	I had a very productive afternoon. The weather was pretty decent, so I started to move parts from the 3V to the 5V. I swapped and rewired the oil pressure sensor (including the original rubber cover over the whole thing). I removed the 5V motor mounts, and replaced them with the 3V, including the new isolators from ORS. I did have to do some grinding on the passenger side motor mount, to clear the engine block drain valve. I was cleaning parts all along the way. I then had to grind on one bolt mount for the A/C compressor, as the cast 3.0 mounts were about 3 times as thick as the pressed 3.4 ones were. I also added the flywheel cover brackets from the 3.0. If tomorrow's weather is as good as today's, I hope to pull the oil pan, and change the oil pickup. I will also install the oil filter adaptor plate, seal the original dipstick hole, drill and install the new dipstick hardware. Then I'll replace the oil pan with the new one. Attached Thumbnails

10-04-2006, 09:04 PM	#63 (permalink)
thefallman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 482	why are you useing the 3.0 A/C mounts?? __________________ ~Brian 89 Ex-Cab 3.4 Conv. T100 Tranny Yep i Changed it. Soon to be Supercharged. 90 4runner 3.0 Auto (Wifes Toy) I sold the HEEP I Havent finished my writeup but till i do heres a link to Mt_Goats write up http://www.yotatech.com/f116/3-4-swap-started-82145/ between him and i and a few others on here we should beable to answer most questions.

10-05-2006, 06:16 AM	#64 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	Fallman - I'm using the Taco A/C mount (as well as the compressor - will have some hurdles to cross there). I had to grind down the thickness of the top rear mounting hole, since the engine mount sandwiches between that and the block (and the cast engine mount is so much thicker than the Taco one)

10-05-2006, 12:42 PM	#65 (permalink)
thefallman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 482	Hmmm i didnt have that issue wonder whats up. did you have A/C before hand?? anyway we'll check it out this weekend __________________ ~Brian 89 Ex-Cab 3.4 Conv. T100 Tranny Yep i Changed it. Soon to be Supercharged. 90 4runner 3.0 Auto (Wifes Toy) I sold the HEEP I Havent finished my writeup but till i do heres a link to Mt_Goats write up http://www.yotatech.com/f116/3-4-swap-started-82145/ between him and i and a few others on here we should beable to answer most questions.

10-05-2006, 02:33 PM	#67 (permalink)
thefallman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 482	hmm like i said i didnt have that issue only thing i can think of is the engine was out of a 95 tacoma so it might have been differnt then your guys. but ill check it out again. __________________ ~Brian 89 Ex-Cab 3.4 Conv. T100 Tranny Yep i Changed it. Soon to be Supercharged. 90 4runner 3.0 Auto (Wifes Toy) I sold the HEEP I Havent finished my writeup but till i do heres a link to Mt_Goats write up http://www.yotatech.com/f116/3-4-swap-started-82145/ between him and i and a few others on here we should beable to answer most questions.

10-11-2006, 04:41 PM	#68 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	After a long weekend of my birthday, and some pretty nasty weather, I got back after the truck today. All I did today was to start re-painting the engine bay. I'm going to gloss white under the hood, to make any leaks easier to spot, and to brighten the area up in low light situations. I got about a third of the bay done with primer and two coats of gloss white. Not the best painting environment, being outside, but I think it will be a nice improvement when I'm done.

10-13-2006, 08:24 PM	#69 (permalink)
breknraj Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Summit County, Colorado Posts: 862	Last couple of days have been too windy for painting, or chaging the oil pan. I did make a trip to Yotayard, and picked up all of the factory pieces to install A/C. I plan to take Fallman's lead, and swap the side plate on the Taco compressor to make the system work. I'll just plan on re-selling the Airzona Air kit. I did get my speedometer cable replaced, and I can definitely say that I hope that there is a special place in hell for the folks that designed that set-up. There is no reason in the world that a speedo cable should be that complex (and a PIT* to replace). Anyway, it's done, so I shouldn't have a screaming cluster in the cold, for a while, at least. I started to put the A/C core in the dash, tonight, but it was getting too dark to see well, so I'll get back to it tomorrow.