Starting to strip my Donor truck for my 3.0 swap.
03-16-2008, 12:20 PM
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Starting to strip my Donor truck for my 3.0 swap.
i started out today stripping the front end of the truck, im gonna keep adding pics of my swap throughout this thread.
heres the start of the process.
cleaned the engine bay with a pressure washer to begin.
took off front fenders, air intake assembly, radiator(from a 84 firebird lol..) and the "cowgate" that they welded on the front.
this is the "cowgate" im talking about. weighed like 100lbs lol..
all of this done in about an hour and a half. will post as i move along.
heres the start of the process.
cleaned the engine bay with a pressure washer to begin.
took off front fenders, air intake assembly, radiator(from a 84 firebird lol..) and the "cowgate" that they welded on the front.
this is the "cowgate" im talking about. weighed like 100lbs lol..
all of this done in about an hour and a half. will post as i move along.
... what an awesome grill. 
03-16-2008, 12:33 PM
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ya exactly, this 3.0 has less milage and also runs on 6 cylinders lol, my other one is running on 5 cylinders, and i dont have the time to figure out why, well pretty sure its a valve, but im gonna slowly rebuild it to completely new. then do another swap.
03-16-2008, 12:35 PM
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lol nope im cuttin it up and using the metal somewhere else lol. or ill sell it to the scrap yard with the rest of the heap when im done. actually, ur 4 runner would look GREAT with that cowgate, ill sell it to you cheap.... 150$, since ur a toyota driver.. lol
u pay shipping and ill give u 10 bucks for it
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03-21-2008, 01:35 PM
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well i got the motor pulled from the donor truck, havent uploaded pics yet, and i should be swapping motors this weekend, will let u know how it goes.
03-21-2008, 01:43 PM
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no sorry, this donor didnt come with mud flaps, but i have tons of other stuff off this truck and i dont need it all, so if maybe theres something specific people let me know maybe i can help before i send it to scrap.
I can still honestly say I've seen worse.
03-22-2008, 09:13 AM
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so we finished tearing the truck apart, removed the motor, heres the donor truck now.
and heres the start of pulling the motor thats running on 5 cylinders.
will post more as i move along.
and heres the start of pulling the motor thats running on 5 cylinders.
will post more as i move along.
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