FIRTH4X4

Well I am finally back on the forum, after years of being idle. Living in a whole nother' state now and finally decided to get another toy, after having to sell my previous first gen during the move. I found an 80 pickup, its the SR5 with sunroof, buckets, fancy dash. $300 drove it home, barely made it, but what do you expect for $300 right? Anyways the interior is filthy, full of trash, reeks like cigarettes. Body is, well, very rusty. Pretty much hammered. Has the 4 speed L43, totally wore out. Manual steering, no power. The transfer case lever isnt working right, 4WD light on dash stays on, cant get lever to neutral position. Engine is dumping oil all over my shop floor. Trans is so sloppy its a total guess which gear your going for. And the list goes on.

Plans: Return to original condition as much as possible. Frame off, clean everything up, paint & body work, interior, mild suspension mods. Maybe custom flatbed or fiberglass bed. As much new sheetmetal as possible or good used stuff. Swap in drivetrain from an 82 truck. So on and so forth.

FIRTH4X4

Few more pics......

83Toyota88

iTrader: (1)

Look forward to seeing progress on the truck. Also just an fyi if you need it I have a thread to download A FSM for an 83 if you want. Mechanical should mostly be the same but the wiring will probably be different.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f114...wnload-261385/

FIRTH4X4

Thanks 83, appreciate that.

slacker

iTrader: (1)

love the first gens ...
if ya need FRP ( fiberglass) let me know , I can help ya out



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FIRTH4X4

slacker, I have been considering a fiberglass bed from you guys. what the cost for a short bed shipped to Idaho?

slacker

iTrader: (1)

best to shoot me an email and I can get you some pricing .. cj@toyotafiberglass.com We are currently booking into July .. so there is a bit of a wait


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FIRTH4X4

Got my engine tore down and ready for the machine shop, its an 82 dual row block! Finally figured out what trans I have, the input bearing is the 032-2, so its an L50.

FIRTH4X4

Engine will be mildly built with RV cam from ENGNBLDR, Trail-Gear header, and Weber 32/36 carburetor. Going with a new head also.

FIRTH4X4

Got trans tore down and proper overhaul kit ordered.

Got engine tore down and ready to go to machine shop.

Need to rip out my 80 drivetrain and get the 20R cylinder head off and to the machine shop.

Ordered front axle rebuild kit with backing plate eliminators and wheel bearings.

Steamed off the entire truck.

Picked up some 15x7 TRD wheels off a 4Runner. Looking for some good used 31x10.5R15 tires.

slacker

iTrader: (1)

those wheels are for an IFS truck .. wrong offset for this gen. not sure of your plans though ...


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FIRTH4X4

I know they are off of a 90 something runner, thought all 6x5.5 would work?

slacker

iTrader: (1)

bolt pattern is the same , so they will bolt up , But the offset or center section where the wheel bolts to the hub is in a different location then what you need . Take them back right now and get your money back .. they wont work on this gen truck



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FIRTH4X4

Well I cant take them back, bought them from a local guy for $100, if they wont fit hopefully I can turn them for profit.

FIRTH4X4

He is running them?

slacker

iTrader: (1)

you can pretty much find any picture of anything on the internet , dosnt mean it's right .. I'm just givin' you the facts , if you want to do something else , thats fine . YOUR build is not up to me ! .. it's what you want to do ..


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STR8AXLE84

If you want to run those wheels you have to use wheel spacers. Great project btw!

Killgore Trout

Firth, im completing my L43 to L50 swap tomorrow, so far i see no need to clearance the tunnel and I have a pretty solid plan on making the new shifter hole and re-using the original boots/frame. I will try and take some pictures as i go and post em up tomorrow night in case its any help to ya since we have the same truck and are doing the same project

FIRTH4X4

Thanks bro! Much appreciated!

FIRTH4X4

Thanks for clearin that up. And thanks truck is coming along nicely.