The diffs have a breather at the top just like the tranny & transfer case. That nipple is different from the breather--the breather is right next to the shifter.

 

Is it possible that you have the drivers side engine hook on backwards? I've seen this where they rub on the hard brake/clutch lines when they are reversed.

 

Close, it is the hose/nipple that the t-case vents through because it doesnt have it's own breather. It vents through the transmission.

 

Thanks! I'll check it out tomorrow.

 

This will probably be my last post in this thread. I drove the truck from southern MD to near Harrisburg, PA, this morning to pick up a lawn tractor and came back with 1000 lbs of tractor in the back end! It ran great. I even shot a short video of hitting 90 mph on level ground with the tractor in the back. I could've done more, but didn't want to push my luck. Here's pics/video:







Squattin' a little, eh?







I managed to rub a little bit with the load! Where are those helper coilovers?!?



And here's the load:



Here's the VIDEO:

Click here to watch Hitting-90-mph-in-the-Yota-w1000-lb-load

 

wow fast ehh, wonder why it still been call a 3.SLOW.

 

Grats on getting your truck up and running well!

 

damn you know you missed something when you have two bolts left and some body-armor you have no idea how it goes on.

 

Well, I went thru a LOT of parts during all this...those were some of the first that came off.

 

I just wanted to say a great big Thank You to everyone who helped me out on this project. At times I thought it would never end, but now it's done & lil' red is running great again! I hope folks will be able to use my trials & tribulations to their advantage should they ever decide to dig into their Yota. if nothing else, it has been an entertaining story!

Special thanks to Kat (justinking060310), Bumpin' Yota, thook, MarlinCrawler, engnbldr, and WabFab!!

 

good work, Rabbit. reading this thread has given me hope in my top-end rebuild.

 

Follow thread on this: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...perate-123651/

 

Oops, there goes that hope

So what are you driving while you wait Rabbit?

 

Bought a '95 Ford Probe with 225k miles for $1000. Runs great. Feels like I'm driving a damn formula one next to the truck!

 

Sounds good, I still have the 95 Taurus I bought to drive during my swap. It has a little coolant leak again though. I'm always fixing something on it but at least the headgaskets are holding. It has cast iron heads (a good match for a cast iron block IMHO) and a timing chain so it may go for a long time. It gets 30 mpg on the highway with a tailwind LOL. Plus it may be a classic in 50 years

 

That's funny! I always wanted one of the Taurus SHOs with the Yamaha 5 valve/cylinder engine. Kickass engine.

FYI to all: I've found an engine to replace the one currently in my truck; refer to the followup thread:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...perate-123651/

 

I have indications of water in the oil, but little, if any loss of coolant, or oil in radiator. I sent my oil to Blackstone Labs for analysis and they confirmed glycol in the oil and metals associated with bearing wear. Given that the motor has close to 180K mi. on it and the history of bearing wear with the motor, I decided to do a rebuild on the motor. I can't see going to this level of work and not taking care of old main seal or having premature failure because I didn't mill the block. While I can't afford to swap to another motor, I want to rebuild it prior to crankshaft or other damage.

I was very pleased with the service that Blackstone provided and the insight the test gave me. For a little over 20 bucks, I feel fairly confident that now is a good time to pull my motor...

IMHO

Chris

 

Damn; deal with the engine fell through. I guess I'm just going to have to break down & install that HG I bought!

 

Your name seems really familiar...are you also on TN?

 

Yep; for at least 3 years now...!