How difficult is it to totally lift the body off of one truck and drop it onto the chasis of another. I've been reading about body lifts and it doesn't seem to be more then 10-12 bolts holding it on there, what other obstacles are there? I have a soon to be dead 2WD 95 4Runner and have located a 91 4WD that is pretty rusted out and I'm thinking that maybe I could just lift the body off mine, cut the floor pan to house the 4 DRIVE shift and drop my rustless 95 body on it. It sound quite easy, I know there's more but what?

 

all body ground wires, fuel tank, steering and similar linkage, brake lines, clutch lines (if you have a 5 speed), im sure theres more

 

Just returned from looking at what would be the donor chassis truck and it's a pile of junk, frame is really rough, won't stay in 4 low, has rear sag to the point where the 31"'s are rubbing on the gas tank spout, leaking tranny or t-case oil. I don't have any extra cash right now to fix these things, so it seems it was just another Toyota dream!!!

 

you might need to bob the 95 to make it a proper fit

 

Well I looked at purchased a 91 4WD 87,000 on the motor for $1000. The body has over 400,000 on it and shows. So now I'm going to attemp to drop my pertfect 95 2WD body onto it. Before I begin though I'll need to do a little research but honestly I've been unable to find anything pertaining to this. Aside from the obvious, bolts, tank stem, gear shifts, etc.... I have to find out what I'm getting myself into. Steering mechanism and post etc... are of a concern as well as many other things..does anyome have any advice or links to other threads detailing this.

Thanx

 

A friend has suggested it might be easier to swap over the motor, tranny and t-case to my 2wd and change out the front end. Any thoughts on this?

 

well this isnt going to help you on what al there is to put it on another frame.. but i was looking on marlincrawler.com and they make new frames on there.. i think it said there bout $1500. i dont know if that helps any but just thought id let you know. good luck.

 

Well

This might give you some positive motivation? I rebuilt my truck last August, frame swap. Restored a frame which was free after i parted what was left on i out, (woot) ... All in all, i finished the rebuild/swap in 4 days flat, but it was hardcore and loooong days n nights =) Worth it tho, my truck is like new (to me) hehe

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...arning-122175/

 

That's fraking amazing, fantastic job.... After resaerching I didn't feel I could pull the swap off, so I've opted to swap body parts and panels over to the 91. The rust free front fenders are now on it, I'll be cutting out the solid rocker panels and rear fenders this week end hopefully. My skills and tools available are limited so I'm going to have to do what I can.