fillsrunner4

In order to mount my transmission i had to build a custom crossmember. No one makes one for the mc10r10 and i didnt want to keep the stock crossmember or even try and use it with this setup. I wanted to raise tranny up as high as possible and make more of a skidplate design capable of resting the weight of my vehicle if i ever became high centered or incountered some big rocks. I used my engine crane to lift the tranny while i designed the skidplate heres a pic of the tow straps i used with my lift to raise the tranny I made some mounts to weld to the frame. I bought the actual tabs from Ballistic fab. you can see the tube with the bushings in it and thats how the crossmember will bolt to the mounts using a total of 4 With the Drivetrain raised i tached the mounts to the frame and built the front and back crossbars of the crossmember (notice the frame crossmember in the back will have to be cut out. It is right in the way of the driveline. Ill show my fix in a bit With the front and back mounts bolted in place i tacked some rails to conect the two. I also built the hoop for the front driveline but havent cut out the lower part yet until i fully weld everything Next adding some flatplate. Ive fully welded the crossbars and everything and added a flateplate piece to the oneside. To make the tranny mounts i want them to not have any bolts exposed so rasing the tranny up some and cutting out a piece to fit with the holes for the tranny mount was next

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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fillsrunner4

Heres some pics of it under the truck also the crossmember i cut out and replaced. The crossmember is very heavy but VERY VERY strong



Can you see anything???

Haha I didnt think so

Heres the new crossmember for the frame support




My Rigs

As it sits today

The mat under the 4runner is a jeep cargo mat perfect for catching the craps my 4runner takes hahahaha
(Just wanted to EDIT in another veiw)

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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KevinInSac

That thing is clean. Great fab work man. Do you know how many hours you've logged so far?

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Thanks and Enough time lol its my life and ive had it since Senior year in high School and im 22 now. As for hours its really unknown but ive been building it for the last 3 years and I work on it alot and do pretty much all the work on it I can. I rebuilt the whole underside, alxes, tranny, t/cases, motor, ect... I learned it without school and all theat stuff so im pretty impressed with what ive done so far and i only see it getting better

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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fillsrunner4

Ok so you may think that the exhaust has nowhere to go with it that skid plate?

Well i made it work

First off if you buy downey headers, dont get it with the egr for a 3.4 swap. Im sure youve read before about this issue (egr will interfer with steering) and i did know it was going to be a problem but i bought mine from performance products while they were on sale and didnt order the right year without it I took it to a shop cause i didnt have my welder yet so the plug looks like crap (youd think a pro exhaust welder could do better )
Oh well
Heres a pic of the mod to make it work

Heres the crossover being worked on

and bolted in

and another


Now i used a flex pipe right behind the y-pipe to help with engine movement
then i solidly mounted it to the crossmember in back of my tranny crossmember
Note in this pic that i have 2 more body mounts that help support the body from flexing after cutting out so much of my floor
Also the solid mount for the exhaust is a exhaust clamp also welded to the crossmember

Body and exhaust mounts

Flowmaster muffler

The exhaust runs close to the body so i double heat wrapped it to protect from the heat some

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I know axleike wanted to see some pics of the tank's sending unit area and space between body so heres a few pics of that for you

In order to mount it as high as i did you will need to pound the body suport a bit you can see it in the pic. Drivers side looking towards the front of the vehicle (alos notice the zip ties represent the back of the tank in this view)

Drivers side looking forward and across

Pass side looking back

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kylextrisler

that is... everything i want
awesome work my man

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fillsrunner4

It can all be yours if the price is right

HAHAHA no sale

Thanks man

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ocdropzone

Awesome work, looks great..I like the idea of people being able to see the driveshaft. If you got that route I would suggest using a piece of Lexan or Makrolon. In case something broke, plexi just would not have that much protection, plus if someone stepped on it, it would just crack..

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fillsrunner4

Thanks for the advice on that. My buddy could get me a piece of plexi from school but i may just have to go with the lexan idea.

The rest of the tunnel hopefully will be done this week ive got to get some sheet. I was working on it till it rained on me today . Ill post it up as soon as its done

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fillsrunner4

I know you also wanted to see the cut for the clutch pedal so here ya go.
When i did all my clutch work i had my dash completly apart. At this time i had my wiring at my freinds dads shop were i was working on it for my 3.4 swap.
Dash before


Dash apart with 3.4 block in the background

Almost all the wiring and everything else out

You can see the brake pedal connection

To cut this holes i mounted up the pedal braket and marked the holes to cut.
After the cut i used a hole saw to finish it off

outside pic

You can see the new master cyl. I bought from Marlin mounted and plumbed.

you can see the manual proportioning valve i bought from FROR as you can see its a summit unit but it came with everything needed to work with my toyota brake master. Also Check out were i change my oil makes life easy haha

Another shot

Doing the 5speed swap i think was the best thing i could have done. Hell i should have done it while i had the 3.0. the Auto really held me back. To do it is really not that hard at all and i would recomend anyone that doesnt want an auto to do this swap. You can find a r150f or r151f (lower stock gearing but youll need the r150f bellhousing for the 3.0) I recomend the r150f because of cost and avalability. Youll need a clutch and brake pedal assembly from a like year model vehicle, clutch master and slave and hard and soft lines to work with. Great part of my swap and again im glad i did it

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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ocdropzone

Forgot to mention: I want your truck!

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fillsrunner4

Like i said before not for sale

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yotasavg

sick build. i love the belly

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AxleIke

You've convinced me, this tank conversion is on the list now...

Thank you so much for detailing your build. This is SICK man. Simply awesome.

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fillsrunner4

Haha thats awesome Thanks again for the compliments. Ill be building the rear shock bars today I hope so ill post pics as soon as thats done to show you how im doing that portion.

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EWAYota

I think you need to move closer to me....

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fillsrunner4

I worked some on my rear shocks today but ended once it got dark out. Heres what i did to run 12" shocks.(ive only got the one side mocked up right now hopefully ill finish tomorrow)

I wanted the shocks on the axle to be as high as possible as to not hang up on rocks on the trail. keep in mind that my tank hangs over the axle some so I also had to mount them on the inner side. I didnt want my shocks like /\ because it doesnt really help if anything it gets rid of the entire purpose of the shocks. I did want them more verticle. They lean forward just a bit and are kinda / \ (nothing like i had before which is good)
I bought the tabs for the axle and upper mounts from a local shop

I did cut the floor in order to mount them more verticle. I wasnt wanting to but after thinking about it i decided to do it. Im happy i did because it makes the shocks more functional and looks alot cooler if you ask me.

Another nice part about this is that it will be easy to cover the shock tower because the back panels dont have that three layer crap like for the tranny tunnel and can easily be welded to.

My friend Eric haha. notice the bar goes allthe way across, this was only so i could weld the sides. I then cut and angled(so the shocks wont hit anywere) the bars going up into the body and then built a new cross bar onto that.


A little welding

Upper cross and mount (all is tacked so i can fully weld after I build upper and lower mounts for both sides)


So i still have to build the other side fully weld and box off the ends and build the cover in the bed. Ill get most of this done tomorrow if the weather holds again for me
One more note... If you buy shocks with the staps like the bilstiens come with its a great reference to build off because they are set midway

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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fillsrunner4

BTW my old 5150's are still for sale $125 plus shipping and they could be all yours

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fillsrunner4

So the rain felt like falling all day today so work on the 4runner was at a stand still until the weather desides to be nice to me the only positive is that its snowing up in the mountains

When i decided to do a 5speed swap i did alot of thinking and research about what yota tranny to use. It was actualy an easy decision because the two best are the r150f and r151f. The 151 has a lower first gear but since i also planned on using dual t/c's i didnt need it. Also using the 151 youll need a 150 bellhousing. I desided on the r150f because its simple, strong and a friend of mine was selling one so that made it easy.(only down side is it has a chain drive case but they are plenty stong even behind a V8 so like i said earlier ill try it ) I picked it up real cheap and with the money saved i decided to rebuild it. I was going to go with Marlins rebuit trannies and use this as a core but my friend Eric helped me and opend my eyes on how easy it is to rebuild your own. (so much was learned also by doing it myself which im so glad i did)
I said the hell with it and began tearing it down. Thanks Eric

When i bought it

Bellhousing

T/C off and Input pic

Transfer Case Its even got the original marks from after being torqued. That or its been rebuilt before

More info and pics in a moment

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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fillsrunner4

Front bearing retainer off

Front Transmission Case off

Gears look good

Side view

At this step I took it to Redmond Transmission to have them check the Syncros.(Erics dad owns a cabinet shop right next door so they checked it for me
Everything was good yet the syncros could be replaced. I went with Marlins rebuild kit with heavy duty retaining bearing cover.
Back side of transmission / 5th gear

Note Use of a bearing puller, press and snap ring plieres are required to rebuild a tranny. Output shaft rear Bearing and sleeve removed

This is the step were rebuilding gets tricky. Not to scare you but this is why anyone would say a rebuild is hard

This is why its hard because you must keep track of the springs and roller balls or youll be screwed if you lose them. Be sure you take lost of pics or have a good set of diagrams to remember how to place apon reasembly. Also the syncro Keys are important to not loose (sorry no pics of them)

Shift rails all removed

Input and output shaft removed with gears

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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fillsrunner4

The input and output shaft come right apart form each other.

Pic of the press puller

Zip locks, labeling and numbering helps greatly oh yeah and pics

Output shaft

At this point i replaced all syncros and bearings and then pressed it all back together. Sorry i didnt tank to many more pics of the install but its basicaly just like dissesembly.
Check out this site. It has tons of info for the r150f rebuild and some pics of all the pieces
http://www.deserted1.com/FSM/Repair_...1/mta/comp.pdf
I hot tanked the tranny cases and they turned out pretty clean Pic is of the tranny and t/cases cleaned and in order to were they will be apon reasembly


Picked up my reduction box with gears for $25 I replaced the bearings in it and kept stock gears but upgraded to 23 spline input shaft for the new power

Full drivtrain with MC10R10 and V6 adapter is Built and ready to Crawl
With the 3.4 swap i used Marlins HD clutch kit and used all 3.0 parts for it. I did get a 3.4 throwout bearing but with the use of an older r150f requires the use of a shorter bearing(my tranny was from an 88' use the bearing for your tranny not motor like i did I have since replaced it and am good to go there As for the flywheel i used LCE's heavy flywheel which weighs over 40lbs which also didnt help when i had the 3.4 bearing since the flywheel is about 2.5" or so Very wide but awesome. Its gonna be hard to stop this thing

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

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idayota

thanks for tearing into that tranny...that takes some serious courage and definitely makes me think twice about tearing into my own. good work!

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fillsrunner4

Ya i had researched alot about it and was dead set on using this tranny as a core for a rebuilt Marlin tranny. I saved so much money that went towards other things by doing it myself. This and like the wiring I did for my 3.4 swap instead of buying ORS's kit also saved me $$$. I figure if this is going to be my hobby i might aswell spend some time and money to do as much of it as I can myself. So far so good plus ive got some new skills and knowlegde I never thought possible.

As for the rebuild its actualy really easy. Step by step i took pics of the entire tear down that and labeled the ziplocks very well. This helped alot when it came time to rebuild also that site i posted has helped with it aswell. I was scared at first but my friend is really good at doing this stuff and he helped me the entire process. This was his first time with a tranny also so i was scepticle but i trust him. I could do a rebuild in a day easy now, maybe even in a few hours.

I say if you can (have the time/money/want to) you can do anything Also reaserch, read and learn as much as you can aspecialy with your hobbies. This will save money in the long run and give you loads of knowlegde which is as good as gold

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94' toyota 4runner (Many a change!) purchased bone stock, NOW... SAS, 39" Iroks, Rear Leafswap, 5.29's , Air locked front, Welded rear, Chevy 4.3L V6, 5spd swap, dual T/C's MC10R10, flatbelly with custom skids, sliders, Chopped, Bobbed and so much more.

Might as well start reading this if ya want know more
Fillsrunner4 3.4crawler Build Thread
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