No water or fluids in the oil

 

Does'nt always put coolant into the oil. Sometimes just puts combustion gasses into coolant.

 

So you don't think it could be the thermostat stuck closed, I hear also that there is a design flaw with the 85-95 22re that involves the thermostat requiring a hole being drilled through it. I haven't checked for circulation yet either.

 

Guess stuck thermo is possible.
Does it start bubbling right away, or wait until warm-up?

 

Does it after it warms up

 

Easy enought to remove the thermostat and examine it, or just change it out.

You'll know soon if that's the trouble.

 

I agree I am also going to let it run with the hood up and see what happens just to be sure. I don't have a drill with me right now so I think I will check into a two stage thermostat.

 

How do I check for combustion gases in the coolant, never mind found it. Not that hard to do.

 

Turned out to be a hose clamp issue on a brand new top end hose. Crazy truck.. Just as much love today as the first time I laid eyes on it.

 

I could use some advice on this. I have a 1980 4WD pickup which died 10 years ago with 385K miles on it. Since I couldn't bare to part with it, I decided to give it new life by way of a Mercedes OM617 conversion. Because I am not a mechanic, it took me 10 years and lots of help to get it done. But it's done, and it works, and I LOVE it! the most recent problem: I was driving on snow and ice covered pavement, going about 30-40mph. Several cars went off the road around me, so I decided to engage the 4WD for the first time since the rebuild. I locked the hubs, put it in 4HI, and drove off. It felt very good for about 5 minutes, and then there was a horrible sound and the front wheels locked up. I barely managed to pull off the road, unlocked the hubs, put it back in 2HI. It drives fine in 2. I put a solid axle from a low mileage 1985 4-Runner and 17" wheels on the truck when we did the engine swap. I'm starting to wonder about the increased wheel size and what that may have done to my transfer case. I saw smoke around the front differential at the time of the jam-up, so I'm wondering about that, too. And also about that birfield joint. Any advice will be hugely appreciated! Thank you!!

 

What oil are you running in your new front diff. Congrats on the motor swap BTW

 

Hi thefishguy! I went with synthetic- AMSOIL. can that create problems? and thank you for your response.

 

I don't know much about that oil. How does the oil smell? Burnt? But if it meets the FSM requirements then your probably good to go. I was just thinking that was an easy thing to check. Have you crawled under it and looked for bright metal as in fresh breakage? How do your wheel bearings look? Just throwing ideas out there.

 

hm... ok I'll check the oil. I'm pretty sure it's to Toyota spec. No breakage is obvious from the outside. Maybe I'll just start taking apart the front differential and see what happens.

 

Smell your oil before you take anything apart. If it smells burnt you have narrowed your problem.

 

G'day

Does anyone know where I can exactly find my 'DOOR CONTROL' relay module?
85980-89101

this is the part number. i am going to try to repair the circuit.

 

Sometimes when I turn my lights on, my drivers side rear running light doesn't come on, so I have to get out and hit the lens for it to light up, similar to the way Fonzie hits the jukebox to play music on Happy Days.

 

Bought the truck 1 month ago. Changed most of the front end, Front and rear brakes. Transmission service leading to probably rebuild or swap. Also need to change timing belt, water pump, idler pulleys, cam seals, crankshaft seal, oil pumpoil pan screen, remove egr and pair, New exhaust. Check valve clearence, 4 inch lift, bigger tires, new front bumper with winch, repair or replace torsion bars, rear bumper. fix high beam switch, Check out ac, repair clear seal on paint. Should be ready then.

 

power steering line leak!!! the metal line that goes from the gear to the pump. about 14 inch end to end. impossible to find at any auto wrecker or Toyota dealership. Anybody know a way I fix this? or even where the hell I can buy a new one? maybe steel braded line? Off of a 1982 Toyota pickup DLX

somebody tried to wire feed weld this lol

 

Try 22re performance. They have a lot of out of production parts for these motors.