Ever see a Long Travel 1st gen 4Runner?
12-30-2006, 09:07 AM
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Here's the newest update.
I blew a headgasket in August I think? We drove to Utah and back in July during the hottest part of the year. It had to be damn near 130 as we were coming back through Nevada. My GPS on the dash shut off, but right before it did it's thermometer said 162! Sheesh! My tired old motor was overheating like crazy.
I made it back, went to Big Bear with no problems a few weeks later. Then as I was driving around town on a normal day, it popped.
While it was apart, we remachined the block, got a brand new head, installed a Downey clutch (3.4 V6 adapter), and straightened everything else out.
It blew again? So we did the new headgasket and figured my 17 year old Radiator was the culprit the whole time. Sure enough it was the reason. SO in went a 3 core V6 radiator.
We kept finding coolant in the oil and oil in the coolant. The only thing we could think of was a cracked block. As a last minute attempt, one of the mechanics changed my front cover. He had remembered the grooves buzzed into it form the cheap timing chain that was put on before I got my truck. Bingo, that seems to have solved the problem.
In hindight, if I had checked my radiator, all this could have probably been avoided! Sheesh!
I blew a headgasket in August I think? We drove to Utah and back in July during the hottest part of the year. It had to be damn near 130 as we were coming back through Nevada. My GPS on the dash shut off, but right before it did it's thermometer said 162! Sheesh! My tired old motor was overheating like crazy.
I made it back, went to Big Bear with no problems a few weeks later. Then as I was driving around town on a normal day, it popped.
While it was apart, we remachined the block, got a brand new head, installed a Downey clutch (3.4 V6 adapter), and straightened everything else out.
It blew again? So we did the new headgasket and figured my 17 year old Radiator was the culprit the whole time. Sure enough it was the reason. SO in went a 3 core V6 radiator.
We kept finding coolant in the oil and oil in the coolant. The only thing we could think of was a cracked block. As a last minute attempt, one of the mechanics changed my front cover. He had remembered the grooves buzzed into it form the cheap timing chain that was put on before I got my truck. Bingo, that seems to have solved the problem.
In hindight, if I had checked my radiator, all this could have probably been avoided! Sheesh!
01-03-2007, 10:06 AM
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I like how you use your truck for everything, whats your drivetrain? gears lockers? im thinking about getting a lt kit this summer i really dont feel like going sas, plus i like going fast.
01-03-2007, 10:33 AM
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I want my truck to be just like the DeathRunner when it grows up 
Seriously, you've done almost everything to your truck that I plan for mine.
Seriously, you've done almost everything to your truck that I plan for mine.
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01-03-2007, 11:10 AM
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Aussie locker in the back
33x10.50 BFG AT's
15x7 taco rims
stock axles and driveshafts (T-100 axles in front of course)
Should have 4.7 transfer case gears in a month or so.
Stock Trans
Downey Clucth and flywheel (Uses a V6 3.4 liter clutch)
And A Dodge Magnum V10
10-20-2010, 04:43 PM
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Hey, I am doing a long travel on my first gen. I am an RX7 guy and all of this 4x4 and Toyota stuff is new. I am wading through information like mad.
I am wondering if you had to do this again would you do anything different?
I am wondering if you had to do this again would you do anything different?
You go to big bear?
07-04-2012, 01:51 PM
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