RobD

Double check. Some of them apparently didn't drive out and were a cast part of the block. Mine did, but mine's a '97.

dntsdad

hmmmm....if that the case, time to drill I guess.

hamish_18

weird how these are different so much. my 97's dipstick was in the block from the factory. It never was through the oil pump. Guess I was just lucky.

wii_tarded

Mine's a '96, would have thought that it's a bung instead of being part of the block. Will be trying heat soon though. Also, while the truck is down, I'm looking at making my own LED front turn signals to be housed in the original casing. Could somebody with a working system give me a voltage and current reading on the signals?

wii_tarded

Got the bung out today! Small victory.. I had initially planned on pulling the old 3.0 and dropping in the 3.4 in a day...it's starting to look like that won't happen. I'm needing more and more parts from the 3.0 that I really don't have the funds to go buy (i.e. oil pick up tube, dipstick guide) and the cleaning of the bay will be a long job. It's nasty. (the 3.4 didn't have a bezel or whatever for the end of the dipstick tube to sit in??? odd. ) Which dip stick did you guys use?

wii_tarded

dntsdad, did that guide come off of the 3.0 block? and did you use a gasket on the oil pick up tube?

dntsdad

No, I took it off the front of the 3.4 and yes i i used a gasket.

wii_tarded

My 3.4 didn"t have a guide. The tube was just stuck in the block....hmm

dntsdad

how did the stock dipstick go in?

wii_tarded

It was just stuck into the oil pump housing. The end of the tube had a rubber bushing that sealed it. Good news is that I went and bought myself a tap and die set today. Love my wife, she let me go to a tools store on our anniversary get-a-way. Love that woman!!!

wii_tarded

This is taking longer than I had anticipated. And it's not the work, it's the money...and school. Having to put a lot more time towards school than I had planned, and I'm still broke

Got the oil pan painted and ready to bolt on, just need the pick-up tube off the old engine. Was going to do some disassembly on the Runner, but rain has set in for the weekend. Next weekend is an outta town trip, and the weekend after that is a camping trip with whitewater involved (been too long since I've been on the rapids, maybe I need the break from everything). I've got my cross over boxed up and ready to ship to toyonlyswaps.com, now just need the money.

just call me smithy

hay wii let me know how you are planing on doing the wiring we have the same years and im stuck

wii_tarded

I am doing the wiring. My ECU is for an auto, going into a manual. And the 3.4 is out of a '96 4Runner. Don't know if that's the same as yours.....

wii_tarded

Wow. Took this weekend to go whitewater, and I work for the next few weekends in a row, and surgery in 3 weeks. Somewhere in there, I'm gonna unbolt everything and have it ready for a one day pick and swap. Anybody wanna bring an engine hoist?

wii_tarded

Still a little confused about the dipstick guide. I don't have any kind of bung or what not to put in there. The one that came out, I've drilled a hole through it in the process of taking it out, and the end of the guide sort of fits in it....I'd just be afraid of an oil leak there. Any help would be great.

wii_tarded

Will the flywheel off the auto 3.4 work with the manual trans.?

hamish_18

um auto's have flexplates, not flywheels. So no.

wii_tarded

So what will I need to convert to a manual? Flywheel, and clutch parts?

vital22re

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search 5 speed swap bro. several write ups on it. Haven't done one myself though.

NIGHTCRAWLER541

Use the clutch and flywheel set up off your old 3.0

Or did your rig start out life as a auto?