its 3:13 am ....i have the old 81 parts truck running right now in the backyard,im thinking about swapping the engine into my camo 82.
the 81 runs alot better,has a weber carb.feels more powerful aswell.
the axel code also starts with g.

 

This may help you w/Toyota Differential Identification

http://www.off-road.com/trucks-4x4/t...ion-18588.html

 

thanx for that link,im trying to understand it.
sofar i g for 8 inch ring dia...trying to get the 082

the 08 in the next colum states 4:11 ....then the 2 is alone,in the other colum 2 and another number are paired.

 

i think i got it

go82

g = 8 inch ring
08= 4:11
2= 2 pinion diff

right?

 

heres the donor 81 engine running,i may do the engine swap!

 

That sound about right, always check it but 411 common in US Toyota

 

dont get your hopes up,but in 2-3 weeks ill be doing an engine swap.taking the nice running engine from my 81 parts truck,putting her in my 82.
in febuary im buying 4 like new 31 inch dc mud country tires with 1k miles.
getting the 33's off.
hopefully all this will give more power to drive the interstate with ease,maybe boost my mpg from 12-14 up too 15-18.
also gonna ghect out the gear ratio on the 81 axels.
the 81 has 31 inch buck shots and weber carb,its alot more powerfull and excellent acceleration.
i know the bigger the tires,the more power you lose.

 

pulling the 81's engine now,ill update soon.
just a routine clean up and tune up,no performance mods.
has a weber carb there already,new clutch,needs water pump though.

 

got the beast out,fought with a stuck pilot bearing for an hour.
took 2.5 hour to pull a running 22r.
looks like my 81 has the beefy cast iorn l45 tranny.
am i correct?

 

You can id your trans on the rag riveted to the firewall... looks good. A little decreasing and she will be good to go. Are you gonna put a new clutch/to bearing while its out?

 

clutch and bearing isnt old,disc is pretty thick,no bent fingers on the plate...im gonna chance it.
clutch felt great when i drove the 81.

 

pulled the 82 22r tonight,2-2.5 hours.

 

Must be warm down there?
Nice on the pull, it's better to be putting one in then out. Doing my 22R pull this weekend but it's snowing now and back to work Monday it going to be in the 40's.

 

crazy I hope you get it all running and all goes well.

 

I did a swap on a 84 long bed awhile ago
nice job on your swap and keep us tuned in

btw the beer on your bumper ....LABLE OUT LOL

 

thanx guys....temp is in the 70's,very humid....odd for this time of year.

swaps going good,swapping out water pump,fuel pump,adding power steering,taking away ac....ect.
heres the 81 22r strip down.
waiting to buy the water pump gasket before i go too far...some degreeser...ect.
and most importantly....label out per request!

 

degreesed quite abit,no pressure washer though.
flushed heater core for 30 mins,it was plugged up pretty bad...bunch of rusty/muddy crap came out.
ordered a new water pump and gasket.
nothing exciting.

making plans to come up with an adapter to install my mitsubishi 2.3 turbo diesel into the rig.
its a mitsu 4d55 td from my 87 ford ranger,the ranger put out a whopping 45-50 mpg,86 hp around 140-150 lbs torque.
revs to 7 k redline.
expensive to work on though....eats a $300 starter every 6-8 mths.
the 4d55 is going in the 82 or the 93 yota.

 

fuel pump,water pump,power steering all bolted on.
new cap,plugs,wires and rotor installed.

swapped alternators....thats when i found a problem.the last week i drove her,i had swapped the battery,and starter,only to still get jumped off everyday.
my volt meter showed 12-13 in idle,higher the rpm....the lower the meter read,down to 6 volts
someone put a different alt,and plug onto the stock harness,the white hot wire green connection was toast.
good thing i got a parts truck!
swapped the harness and alt,installed a good coolant tank ect.

all thats left is installing engine into truck,and fabbing up a throttle cable connection.
the weber's butterfly rotated the opposite dirrection as the stock carb.
probally figure this out before i drop the engine in.

 

shes in the bay....gotta step away for a few hours though.after midnight....back to work.
hanging in place,20 more bolts,a few plugs,starter,hoses....ready to fire up.

heres the alt plugs that were wrong/ burnt on the truck....hope it didnt cause more damage.
and my ghetto engine pulling system for 1 man with limited stuff.

 

i just fired her up,figured out the throttle linkage,had to swap over alot of plugs on the harness.
the 81 has plenty square plugs,the 82 has plenty round plugs....same amount of wires,just different shape plugs.

the throttle is tight to push,due to my setup.ill redo this later though.
all thats left is the radiator/fan/shroud,change the oil sending unit,tidy up a few things...ect....then a test run.
wish me luck.
if only this rain would let up....lol