Lysmachia - Blown head gasket?
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It does.
You just need the custom bell housing
Either wait for a while til superrunner on pirate4x4 markets his bellhousing.
Or have one shipped from austrailia today.
cmon, everyones doing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmh_...eature=related
You just need the custom bell housing
Either wait for a while til superrunner on pirate4x4 markets his bellhousing.
Or have one shipped from austrailia today.
cmon, everyones doing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmh_...eature=related
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Mine seems to be either blown slightly or running very rich. my MPG dropped drasticly and started smoking the way you describe and it sputters for about 5 minutes at start up.
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It does.
You just need the custom bell housing
Either wait for a while til superrunner on pirate4x4 markets his bellhousing.
Or have one shipped from austrailia today.
cmon, everyones doing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmh_...eature=related
You just need the custom bell housing
Either wait for a while til superrunner on pirate4x4 markets his bellhousing.
Or have one shipped from austrailia today.
cmon, everyones doing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmh_...eature=related
Thanks to guys like you, my bank account is always empty !!
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So I am not opposed to rebuilding the 3.0 per say but honestly with the strain that engine goes through with me on 35's and 5.71 gears I think I'd just blow a head gasket again in a few years. I mean the engine had JUST been rebuilt when the 5.71's and 35's went on. And it lasted 2 years....
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We don;t know what we are doing yet. LOL Just exploring all the options first! I will def let you know. Where in colorado are you located? We are at 119 and 1-25 (Longmont exit).
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Molly,
I've done my swap (although I have developed a couple of issues that need to be addressed). The difference is amazing, and it is a reasonably easy swap to do, as I'm sure that you are aware. I'd certainly be willing to offer whatever help I can, since I'm in the Metro area most weekends. Let me know if I can be of assistance, please!
Raj
I've done my swap (although I have developed a couple of issues that need to be addressed). The difference is amazing, and it is a reasonably easy swap to do, as I'm sure that you are aware. I'd certainly be willing to offer whatever help I can, since I'm in the Metro area most weekends. Let me know if I can be of assistance, please!
Raj
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Molly i dont know you and you dont know me--but i have everything for a 3.4 swap--I would be willing to trade this or that or.....trade the 3.4 and all the goods for a head job myself---I got my heads Weasied and will be swapping them onto my new rig. If you are slightly interested then pm me and we can talk details.
Good luck henry
Good luck henry
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I've done my swap (although I have developed a couple of issues that need to be addressed). The difference is amazing, and it is a reasonably easy swap to do, as I'm sure that you are aware. I'd certainly be willing to offer whatever help I can, since I'm in the Metro area most weekends. Let me know if I can be of assistance, please!
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molly met you at russles house in longmont (he has the 87 longbed)
i have the flat black 1st gen, i wheel with them alot, im in westminster off of i-25 and 104th
you might recognize this truck, i have since but bigger tires on it since the last time you saw it
heres russ's truck to refresh the memory
i have the flat black 1st gen, i wheel with them alot, im in westminster off of i-25 and 104th
you might recognize this truck, i have since but bigger tires on it since the last time you saw it
heres russ's truck to refresh the memory
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Oh I know russ.. way to well. LMAO. I remember now. Yes all the help I can get will be appreciated once we decide what to do!
We are going to go pick up our donor 4runner (goldmember) tonight. We bought her with a bad engine before my headgasket) so we could have donor parts for everything else. Too bad I didn;t know my HG was gonna go!
We are going to go pick up our donor 4runner (goldmember) tonight. We bought her with a bad engine before my headgasket) so we could have donor parts for everything else. Too bad I didn;t know my HG was gonna go!
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TC,
I'm into mine for about $4,000 to $4,500, but, as Elvota pointed out, there are ways to reduce the costs considerably. I did use a full ORS kit, plus their crossover pipe, so there's lots of room to save from that situation.
If you can find a good 3.4 with the ECU and other goodies for a decent price, then your biggest hurdle will be with making or buying a conversion harness. The rest of it is pretty easy, albeit a bit time consuming.
Let me know if I can help!
Raj
I'm into mine for about $4,000 to $4,500, but, as Elvota pointed out, there are ways to reduce the costs considerably. I did use a full ORS kit, plus their crossover pipe, so there's lots of room to save from that situation.
If you can find a good 3.4 with the ECU and other goodies for a decent price, then your biggest hurdle will be with making or buying a conversion harness. The rest of it is pretty easy, albeit a bit time consuming.
Let me know if I can help!
Raj
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So here is what we are now thinking:
Do the 3.4 swap but transfer Tippy to manual since, we have a manual transmission and crawl box. Then we will also put the crawler in. The money I save by going to manual (Automatic 3.4 swap is about $500-$700 more expensive) I will use to buy the crawler adapter I need. Then sell the auto tranny or whatever.
We are still just in the idea phase... but that's where it is at.
Do the 3.4 swap but transfer Tippy to manual since, we have a manual transmission and crawl box. Then we will also put the crawler in. The money I save by going to manual (Automatic 3.4 swap is about $500-$700 more expensive) I will use to buy the crawler adapter I need. Then sell the auto tranny or whatever.
We are still just in the idea phase... but that's where it is at.