nice yota man! looks good!

 

thanks guys. i hope to start working on her soon. its suppose to rain this week and being a little sick isnt helping.

sc81yota: if u dont mind, got a link to your page or pix of your custom OME set up?

 

first suggestion -- those mirrors are ugly .. get rid of them !!



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they not stock?? wtf, ok they are off now. i didnt know, i got this truck used. which mirrors are stock on this truck, i can pick up a set off ebay

 

yea, not stock. you could go with the first gen stock- which look kinda like this, couldnt find a pic on a first gen.



oooorrr, you could go with second gen mirrors, which personally, i think they look way better. oh yea the other mirrors also came on the second gens as well

 

thanks, just ordered a pair for $30 shipped.

 

wopps

 

two days ago i adjusted the valves, replaced both half moons.valve cover garments, and valve cover gasket. replaced the oil pump o ring. gonna do water pump and drive belts during or after i finished replacing the oil pan gasket, rear main seal and gasket, clutch kit, input shaft seal and gasket.

cast iron trans. this is after i pressured washed it. used to be all one color BLACK

 

was busy today at work so i only got a few things done, reinstalled the rear main cover, gasket and seal. also got a new pilot bearing. wire wheeled the pan and flatten it back out due to alot of chiseling and prying to get it out. got to wait till monday and see how busy work is and work on the truck on the side

 

Nice work!

 

thanks still have alot of work to go. glad im able to do this at work with a lift and a few very well experienced toyota techs that have worked on these. im gonna try to do the knuckles at work once im done with all this engine and trans stuff

 

I have a possibly stupid question. I am new to toyota my granddad left me an 83 4x4 when he passed away. Right now it has stock 235s and I was thinking of swapping them out for 31"s. A buddy told me I would have to swap out my gearing for the bigger tires. Not sure why but this doesn't seem right to me. I'm new to the site so I apologize if this is off topic.

 

i have 31s on there now, didnt change out any gearing. before i had 33s from the po but i didnt like the look. reason for the gear change your friend is suggesting is to get the power back that you loose from bigger tires. another note to remember is larger tires will throw your speedo off. with the 31s, my speedo reads 5mph slower than actual speed

oh congrats on the truck.

 

My spedo is already 5 off maybe this will make it spot on. Like your truck...Don't suppose you want to sell me your tailgate. Ill trade you mine, Ill even throw in the bailing wire latch for free.

 

your speedo reads 5mph faster than actual speed?

lol you havent even seen my tailgate but its great condition tho haha

 

If im going over 50 the spedo is 5 over if im going under 50 it is 5 under.

 

oh, well u need to talk to the gear heads here, im still learning bout gearing and what not lol

 

didnt do much today, just cleaned up the starter contacts and installed the flywheel, disc and pressure plate. waiting on gasket and seal for the input shaft before i put the trans back in. next i need to hit up marlin or tg for a knuckle kit. anyone know their hours cuz they are local to me

 

hey man awsome truck!!!!! I have an 83 lifted but much rust.

 

thanks, west coast truck here. no rust, maybe a little surface rust that a wire wheel cant fix