Chief_Yota

for the oil pan convertion;its a 2wd toyota pickup 91 ,3.0 v6 oil pan and strainer!
tryed to find one cheap from scrapyard but this stuff is like gold around here,after looking pretty much every place i could i finaly had no choice but to buy it from stealership.390$ for oil pan and strainer, ouch!!!

shinny new stuff from toyota stealership;



and you DONT have to buy baffle pan,just modify the old one,takes 5 min and a grinder! and with that old baffle pan setup you keep the same dipstick hole!!



ill get a clearer picture of that one for sure


overall pic again,and paint job is far from being done!

and YEA I FINALY DECIDED TO CUT THOSES USELESS STEP BARS AND PUT IN SOME REAL SLIDERS!!

Chief_Yota

little update ;sorry,i was slowed down by holidays ,you know the drill.

the front is almost finished,its a little shiny cause the paint is fresh;







and steering stab in place;



ill get few more shots of the whole front thing !

SR5

is this back to the future, i love that yota

Chief_Yota

little update;the front is almost finished just waiting for front axle to come in,as for the rear,i tacked in new spring hangers,and im gonna relocate the upper rear shock mounts in angle patern.

Chief_Yota

as for the exasut line;im going custom fit V8 catylizer to flowmaster 50 series out,
and if you didnt read previously,YEA IM GONNA CUT THOSE STEP BARS,and weld some new sliders fo sure!

Beaniam

Wow, did you weld the new rear spring hangers 5" from the old or 6"?

Chief_Yota

i have to mesure but im pretty sure its more about 5 inches from original position

Beaniam

I'm not sure which you have but with the trailgear springs you're supposed to weld the new hangers 5" center of hanger hole to center of new hanger hole on your year truck. 6" would put it too far forward and give you that wonky shackle angle.

Chief_Yota

there only tacked there,i can always move them back a little,but from your opinion what you think about my angle?
and if anybody have a personal opinion feel free to give me some feedback on the question!!

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

1. For 1979-1988 Pickup & 1984-1989 4Runners, the front spring hangers need to be moved forward 6". Place the provided front spring hangers on the frame, and slide the hanger forward from the stock mounts so that the new hanger hole is 6" from the stock mounting hole. Tack weld hanger in place. Repeat on other side. For 1989-1995 Pickups only. The 1989-1995 Pickups used longer spring than the earlier trucks. Follow the spring hanger mounting instructions above but change the dimensions from 6" to 5" so that the hanger is mounted 5" forward of the stock mount.

Put on the tires and check as you don't get a true sitting with the jack under the punkin.

This is how the rear shackle angle should look:

Beaniam

The angle looks like it is the wrong way Even if they do settle some the right way you still could have the problem of flipping them. Make sure the new hangers are positioned properly. ...though it looks like that may be a bit hard as it looks like your old hangers are already ground off?

Chief_Yota

i hate to start over when i encounter a problem ,but im like that i learn from my errors,now i just tacked the rear in place so its gonna be easy to move,,ill do my best,ill post some pics tomorow for sure,if i hadnt welding school tomorow i would pass the night on it for sure!

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Save the verdict on the front until you get an axle on tires under it.

Chief_Yota

roger that brian!

Chief_Yota

alright i repositioned the rear hangers ,and i know Brian is gonna get mad if i say this but the picture is with the weight on the springs,(whitout tires) lol!

i think thats much better !!






im doing a rear shocks realocation by adding a tube on the frame and set the shocks in an angle patern,just like so many others did!

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Wish I just had the time you do to work on my own truck.

Chief_Yota

Alright for the rear disc convertion i bought the folowing;

cadillac seville 85 calipers,i got them for 15 bux each 10 bux core charge
the bolts were about 10 bux a pair;



and as weird as it looks i already had an 1 inch bore MC,guy did it for me while back ago when i used to live in town,and had no place or time to do it! i figured that when i took it out! and its even written on it!










as for the rest i bought brakets and rotors,from sky-manufacturing
,illupdate some pics for sure!!

INFINITY

i will keep watching this build. OUR TG sas kit and rear went in ok. just keep your eyes on the rear springs our 4" springs settled about 4.5" and not the shocks are bottoming out with only 3" of travel upwards. still no response from TG about this problem........so we will find out and I WILL POST WHAT KIND OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY HAVE (we only spent $3200 on parts from them through wabfab).

Chief_Yota

and i finally found a T-fitting thats metric took me like 35 bux at toyota stealership,RIDICULUS!!,i was desesperate! ill be able to finish that whole brake line setup !

Chief_Yota

for a little update ,im making a rear shock hoop relocation thingy,out of some HSS tubing,1.5 inch wide,with two angle of 20 degrees on each sides,gonna post some pics tonight and tomorow when im done with it!

theres exacly 3 ft and 3/4 betwen left and right rear frame,it will have to go up a little for more travel,just like the ones you can buy from ORS,just gonna be a little beefier.