Great looking truck!! And what a great trade also!! Cant wait to see more of this build.

 

Thanks man! I can't wait to get it done.

Just waiting on parts right now. I ordered a 23 spline input gear for the 4.7 case from Marlin. Also having them update my V6 adapter for the gear drive case. Shouldn't be waiting much longer now

 

Finally!! A real update although not really much of one. I finally got it moved into the shop to pull the engine. Feels good to have some progress on this beasty again.


And out

Finally out and clear to make room for the 3.4



Now to what I wanted to show y'all... This is my guess as to why this terd never ran from the get go.
Someone decided that after they cracked the block that MIG welding it was the best way to fix it. They missed a crack though, clearly visible above the bird poop welds.



I haven't torn it down yet but I am curious to see what is on the inside.

 

Wow we painted our pickups the exact same ha

 

wow .. makes me shake my head
people with welders , who shouldn't have welders !!


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almost 5 gs in my motor there is a place little known for forged pistons and h beams name brand almost half the price of the other guys

 

Agreed! That is a fix that I wouldn't have even considered.

Dang! That is alot. But worth it in the end I would imagine?

 

it started as a head gasket then I got a little carried away

 

Looks like you are slacking on your antler collection
Are the early Bronco grills also results of hunting trips?

 

Loved my 69 bronco I was living on kauai and my mango tree broke in a storm and the bronco was flat 302 3 on the tree

 

Lol most of those are the old man's from over the last 30 years. And the EB grills are also the old man's. He's a fanatic.... He has 7 of em...

They're great rigs. I grew up in the passenger seat of dads 73. That's where I picked up all my wheelin experience.
The one in the pic with the antlers use to be mine.

 

Small update. Nothing much, stuff kinda moves slow around here with so much other things going on. (1 Bronco project, like 8 Toyota projects between 5 of us, and 3 Escorts to maintain...) But I have my small pile of parts. The 2wd rear sump pan and pick up, the updated Marlin V6 adapter, dropzone's old twin stick kit. I decided to not powdercoat the conversion mounts because I can't get the pos HF coater to work properly for me... It's dumb. So a couple of coats of rattle can flat black will have to suffice for now.
I did finally get the engine and trans pulled out of the 4Runner. I need to now put the oil pan on, move the oil dipstick, and pull the crossover exhaust. I think I will end up running both banks right out the back for ease and cheapness.

New pan and pickup

Engine out.

 

If you can do the 3.4 with out a BL that would be cool..
Now get to work my friend..

 

That is what I am shooting for. I REALLY don't want to run a body lift.

I am trying to get some work done but my old man seems to come up with something for me to do every time I go out to the shop to work on it... I think he's jealous

 

I used a 1" body lift on my Trekker , only because I didn't want to cut the hood ..

 

can we maybe come up with some mounts and crossmember that would allow the swap
I'll check on some things this weekend at my wheeling buds

 

That will be legit. I am using Chikat's conversion mounts. Not sure if they allow the engine swap to be with out cutting the hood or body lift. I will find out soon enough though. I am hoping to have it dropped in Monday since I have the day off.

 

Nice let us know what you come up with I would like to know for the future builds

 

Will do. Should have a good idea of how I am going to do it by next weekend.

 

I was finally able to get quite a bit of work done on this thing today

Took the 3.4 R150 tail shaft housing off

Replaced it with a 3.0 R150 tail shaft housing to accommodate my early Marlin V6 adapter

The adapter RTVd on and bolted in

The Chilkat conversion mounts on


Frame side


I relocated the oil dipstick tube to the proper spot. I just used the factory tube instead of looking for a T100 tube. Just as easy, only needed to drill out the hole to half inch to make it fit. No pic...
The 2wd rear sump pick up and pan installed.