My IACV did the same thing, idle was crappy for months. The by chance i saw it dangling there. Nice rig sir.

 

yeah i must have snagged it on something either wheeling or working on something under there

 

I suspect the smog shop had unplugged it and had forgotten to clip it back in.

 

oh you poor Californians my tabs are $58 a year registered as a 1 ton so its allowed to be this tall and no emissions required for vehicles 25+ yrs old not to mention there are only 5 counties in Washington that require emissions for vehicles that are newer so you just register in a different county if for some reason you wont pass or your cheap like me lol

 

I am a N.H. native so this stalinist smog BS is new to me. But it passes so I am happy. And my truck does not miss the salt, snow, and slush.

 

Any updates? Cool build!

 

no real updates aside from plastidiping the sunroof to get rid of some sun its been running great i was going to buy a lightbar but now my rear axle broke and broke the housing so theres goes my money lol

 

Okay guys back from the dead its been quite some time but its time to start working on my rig again 2 novembers ago i rolled the old girl pretty bad So ive just been mobbin the 4runner and being very bust but saturday i am going to go pick up this blue truck to do a body swap.

Blue truck is an 85 on an 88 frame not sure why didnt ask. 5 speed 3.no with a bad HG 6 in lift and some smittys. not bad for $700 right?

Heres a pic of the carnage it was a sad day

 

Sorry to hear about the rollover, glad you didn't give up on her! Nice score on the blue truck, look forward to seeing the body swap progress!

 

ouch! so $700 for that truck is great. you could easily get what you need, and sell a few things to recoup your money. Is that a smittybuilt bumper ont he blue one? I see that bumper a lot and want one but I don't think they make it anymore

 

I will definitely recoup my money and yes smitty built front and rear

 

Better than the Raiders :-)

 

Well I went and picked up the blue truck on Saturday it was in rougher shape than I thought but not to bad so I bought it. Well I found out the hard way that a Uhaul car trailer doesn't have straps big enough to secure a truck with 35in tires we had to deflate them to get the truck home.

So with the truck home and air back in the tires this is how it looked. If it looks like it was drug out of a field after sitting for 9 years It is because it was

 

So this is what I am working with now lets step back and take a look at what I have just purchased I've got a good amount of work ahead of me but my truck and wallet will be better off after this project.

When I showed up I was greeted by the pleasant surprise of a set of 35x12.50 Kelly Safari MSR tires with nearly all the tread left just 9 years old




Now time for the bad here is the 3.blow which has done its job well she popped with 280k on her not too shabby



Custom aftermarket mouse nest



Custom vented Smitty Built Front bumper



Suspiciously missing vin plate the registration only matches the dash and come back as an 85 standard cab... lol



The pressure washer revealed the extent of the rust and the poor prep for the blue paint. she was originally silver





Missing bed mounts



Dent in passenger door I'll take care of that

 

This is part three of an update please read the above two posts.

Now the fun part began This this was a bio hazard inside I found everything but the kitchen sink. The previous owner was ready to party Found items include; an unopened 9 year old pack of Kamel Reds, tampons, condoms, rolling papers, ibuprofen, A possession of marijuana ticket, baby powder, some personal notes, and tons of marlboro miles. lots of other junk as well.

Here we go








Making some progress and found a lot less rust than I was expecting





Almost filled the garbage can with just junk from the cab



This is the worst rust spot on the cab not bad at all



More cleaning and a mystery dent in the floor





More jenky stuff in the bed not sure why they did this but i pulled it off the rust under was minor so i assume it happened because of this stupid liner. I forgot to snap a pic of what was under



Here is a bonus shot of the awesome sleeves made out of sockets and some more nasty garbage lol

 

Wow, (Bio-Hazzard) you weren't kidding, I thought the interior on my 87' 4runner was the worst I had ever seen until I saw pics of yours, lol. But when I was cleaning out mine, I found a folded up $10 dollar bill, so at least I got paid for part of my labor, (I work for cheap) lol.

Looks pretty solid, how much of the blue truck are you going to swap over? From your pics of the rollover it looked like your cab and driver side door and fender took most of the impact, couldn't really tell if your bed or passenger side got any damage.

 

Passenger side of cab got flattened it hit first. The bed didnt take much damage im gonna see if i cant make one perfect bed out of the two i have if i screw it up ill just buy another bed since they are cheap and plentiful in around here or i might go with a flat bed im not fully decided yet. I will be using the entire blue cab though

 

got a whole bunch of junk done to my junk tonight pics in morning phone died today

 

I took a 91 2wd in on trade once and the entire floorboard was covered in NEEDLES. I didn't touch the inside

 

Sorry for the slow progress havent had as much time for the truck as I would like however I have made some progress all i have left to pull the cab off is brake lines, fuel lines, the rear cab bolts, and the ebrake. Here are some pics

Things are starting to get serious here we go stripping everything off so i can do a full restore







Wiring harness was a pain but i got it out intact



more progress







shes getting skinnier lol



Sure is a big pile...



Found a bit of rust nothing i cant handle though