It's awesome how you can go from not sure about the 1st gen to dumping loads of money in it. If I had a good place to work on one i'd have one right now

 

Whats your definition of a good place to work on one?? Sounds like a unicorn stance excuse.lol

 

I know but being 17, just bought a new 3rd gen runner. In debt to the bank of mom and dad 900$, only because of tires. Maybe when I'm older my dream will come true!

 

Nothing wrong with a 3rd gen runner

 

Did you rebuild your from axles? And did you get any rear springs yet, i too will eventually do the 63 chevy springs conversion and take out the stupid 4" blocks.

 

I have really grown to like the 1at gen runner and 2nd gen pickups quite a bit as a result of owning this rig. I would not say loads of money into it. I have only really put into it about 1800$$, which is nothing. Some guys on here put that much just into their front end.

HAHA

You have to start somewhere. I was 17 once and working two part time jobs while in school just to afford the little mods and gas for my cars.

I like them alot. 3.4L!!!!!!

I have yet to do the axles. I really need to though. My drivers side is leaking pretty bad, and I just keep adding fluid too it. I have not had the chance to pick any up yet. I need to go see my buddy.

I agree blocks suck.

 

Yeah, when i start loosetraction in the rear i get bad axle wrap. I called a guy on CL today selling chevy springs, he had just sold the rear 63's yesterday......and he sold them cheap, $75 front, $150 rear off a newer truck too. Ill have to just keep looking.

Good luck with the axle, i did the same thing with my Samurai for like 8 months, leak leak add, leak leak add, lol.

 

So quick Build Update.

I now have just over 500 miles on the new engine, and have noticed a few things that are going on.

Rear coolant plate on the back of the head it seeping a little oil down the back of the block. This is more of a pain in the A$$ than anything else, as it drips a few spots in my driveway.

Probably going to pull the pan again on the next oil change just to do another once over and reseal the pan even better this time to ensure a lifetime of no leaks.


As it started getting colder I noticed that my AAV was not kicking up the idle upon start up in the mornings or after work. I took a closer look at the Valve and noticed that I had the coolant lines backwards on the valve. Not that I think this matters, simply because they both feed to the same element that detects the coolant temp. So I switched them back and still no luck, Tried tapping on the side and no luck. I figured that the valve was stuck closed.

Anyhow, I decided to take my borescope and take a little peeky peek at the inside with the front vacuum tube from the TB removed. And sure enough it was closed shut completely!! Found my problem. Also, before I did this I even Ohmed it out and it was within spec.

So me, being the Hoarder of toyota parts, I knew I had a spare valve at the house. I dug it out of my ever growing Yota pile, and took a look at the valve at room temp. It was as it should be, just slightly opened. (was about 58-60 degrees in there) So I decided to test it out before I just went balls deep and swapped it out. Tossed in in the freezer for roughly 15 minutes and the valve was completely opened up!!!!!! Let her warm back up to room temp and closed to just partially open!!! WIN

Got everything swapped out yesterday and had a nice warmup and idle kickup in the driveway this morning when it was in the 20's!!!

Heres a crappy cell pic I tried to take of the bad AAV. You can see that it is totally closed.

 

Dang dude sorry to hear about the problems. With the newly built engine. Hope u het that fixed soon.

 

Thanks rich. I got the AAV swapped out yesterday and all squared away.

The oil leak, Im hoping that its the new VC gasket or the Half moon in the rear. It just started leaking but not terribly bad. So we will see.

 

On man lets hope that is all it is. I have a CEL that came up this past weekend and I'm hoping it is something simple too.

 

You have to do the oil pan gasket again!!??

 

Hey buddy. Im pretty sure my rear main is leaking. or something screwy is going on with my VC.
I replaced the VC gasket and I still see oil on the rear plate on the back of the head?? which has me puzzled. And oil is covering the driveshaft and rear cross member. Which also has me puzzled. Its like oil is coming out under pressure when I am driving.

I am about to mount a GoPro camera underneath just to see whats going on.

 

Well I now have close to 700 miles on the rebuild and "knock on wood" everything seems to be going as it should. Runs great and actually does have a noticeable power increase. Especially 3-3600 rpm.

I still need to mount the homemade sliders that I built last year, and I also want to take out the interior and lay down some raptor liner inside.

 

Im glad everything is running good, and more power is never a bad thing!!!

 

Yay no problems! I wanna see those sliders.

 

X2!! Maybe well get enough snow to play around. I hate scooping off my sidewalk but i love to go drive the runner in it.

 

I really hate snow all over the vehicles and dirty floor mats all winter long......But, I really really love driving my runner in it also. I want to drive up a nasty snow pile!!

 

You might get to do that this weekend!!

 

My wife has NEVER even seen snow, isnt that funny?