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Whats up guys used to have an 89 single cab pickup with a 22re converted to carbed back in high school eventually had to sell it and regretted it ever since. Picked up a 1993 single cab 22re pickup 4wd the other day to fix up and have something to drive on the weekends keep the miles off my daily a 99 prerunner. Figured I would start a thread so you guys could check it out and possibly help with any questions.
Heres my 89. Loved that truck I beat the hell out of it and it never left me stranded.
Heres my 93 body is pretty solid but not perfect. Finding rust on the underside of the bed. Ive started the process of scraping it with a wire brush and spraying it with some rust-oleum rust inhibitor just try and help stop.
Interior is pretty shot out I'm trying to find some bucket seats out of a runner or pickup to replace the bench. Once im all done with the mechanical work on the truck I plan on redoing the whole inside and lining the interior with a dynamat type material to help insulate and quit it down inside. Any one bought an aftermarket vinyl carpet kit? who from ? how was it ?
As you see the truck had a sunroof at some point (dlx trim ) the owner fixed with it with metal screws and some silicone. Doesn't leak not to sure what im gonna do with it leave it? try and replace it better? cut the right size of metal out and have my welder weld it in then sand the welds?
Got the front diff out so I can pull the oil pan to do a timing chain and reseal the pan looks like the previous owner over tightened so it leaks a lot . Looks like the pinion seal is leaking on the front diff so im going ti take care of that while I have it out. Was going to go with the marlin crawler eco seal but it looks like they don't have one for the front clamshell. Any suggestions?
Currently pulling the the head off so I can do the timing chain, water pump, oil pump along with a couple small things while I have room to work with the head off.
I have just about everything off I need to crack the valve cover and start pulling the head. Only one things in my way and its the wire harness runs through the lower intake manifold back to o2 sensors, starter and maybe speedo on transfer case im assuming. Do I need to disconnect each sensor and pull them all the way through? or is there another easier way ? Any body splice the harness some where and make there own disconnect?
Last edited by 1989pickup; Sep 3, 2018 at 04:38 PM.
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I see no ones really interested. Either way I have another question I’ll try here before I make another thread somewhere else.
Im going to have the intake manifold hot tank cleaned while I have it off. I’m going to pull the sensors off of course before I take it to the cleaner is there any gaskets or anything I need when I put the sensors back in the manifold ? I have the 22re performance head gasket kit already just seeing if I need anything else. Also putting new injectors in when i put it back together. Should I live the iac on when I take it to get cleaned ? Or just pull it off and do that myself?
I have just about everything off I need to crack the valve cover and start pulling the head. Only one things in my way and its the wire harness runs through the lower intake manifold back to o2 sensors, starter and maybe speedo on transfer case im assuming. Do I need to disconnect each sensor and pull them all the way through? or is there another easier way ? Any body splice the harness some where and make there own disconnect?
The easiest way I guess is to disconnect each sensor and pull everything out of the way. I've done it so many time on my 87 22re that looking at the connector you basically know where they go. Once you remove the upper intake (plenum) everything should unravel pretty easy out of the way. It's a lot easier than it looks and way easier than these newer cars even though they have them wrapped up way more today than the older days because today there are a ton more wires for computers and a billion more sensors.
Originally Posted by 1989pickup
I see no ones really interested. Either way I have another question I’ll try here before I make another thread somewhere else.
Im going to have the intake manifold hot tank cleaned while I have it off. I’m going to pull the sensors off of course before I take it to the cleaner is there any gaskets or anything I need when I put the sensors back in the manifold ? I have the 22re performance head gasket kit already just seeing if I need anything else. Also putting new injectors in when i put it back together. Should I live the iac on when I take it to get cleaned ? Or just pull it off and do that myself?
I'm going to assume you mean the entire intake manifold upper and lower. On the lower intake manifold there are 3 sensors 2 on the front of it remove those and don't loose the washers usually copper and then there's the temp sensor just about in the middle off to the side where the intake bolts up. Those 3 should do it for the lower intake. On the upper intake manifold up a few unions which i guess you can leave on, but you have to remove the cold start injector, 3 port vacuum gas filter and the idle-up actuator on the same side. If you plan on sending the upper intake with the throttle body you have to remove the IAC, dash pot and TPS (basically anything plastic, rubber or electrical that may dissolve in the dip). I wouldn't send the throttle body to get dipped I would try and clean it myself. Hope this gives you an idea on this.
Thanks for the reply. I ended up unplugging all the sensors and pulling the rest of the wiring harnesses through the lower intake manifold like you suggested and was definitely was easier then I was expecting. I definitely wanted to get the upper manifold dipped along with the lower it’s pretty full of carbon buildup. I think I can handle cleaning the the throttle body myself like you suggested it looks like it shouldn’t be to bad once I pull it off the upper manifold. So basically just pull all the sensors which I was planning along with throttle body and iac before taking it to get dipped. Do any of those sensors,throttle body or iac have any kinda of seals or gasket I should look into replacing before I put them back into the clean manifolds?
also this is probably a stupid question but just to be clear when you say throttle body you mean the section of the upper manifold that I can separate that houses that butterfly valve correct ?
The part circled in red correct ?
Last edited by 1989pickup; Sep 7, 2018 at 09:59 AM.
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Thanks for the reply. I ended up unplugging all the sensors and pulling the rest of the wiring harnesses through the lower intake manifold like you suggested and was definitely was easier then I was expecting. I definitely wanted to get the upper manifold dipped along with the lower it’s pretty full of carbon buildup. I think I can handle cleaning the the throttle body myself like you suggested it looks like it shouldn’t be to bad once I pull it off the upper manifold. So basically just pull all the sensors which I was planning along with throttle body and iac before taking it to get dipped. Do any of those sensors,throttle body or iac have any kinda of seals or gasket I should look into replacing before I put them back into the clean manifolds?
As far as i can remember the lower intake sensors and actually there are 4 not 3 like I originally said that you should remove. On the front when you take off the temperature sender for the ECU (time switch) Smaller of the 2 sensors there should be a copper gasket (crush washer) or aluminum. The other which is a bigger head usually brown turns the cold start injector of and on has the same. Don't loose them you can reuse them. The other is just above those sensor is the vacuum switching valve, be careful with this you can snap off the hose connection port very easily which is usually purple in color. And lastly the actual gauge temperature sensor in the middle of the lower intake should have also a crush washer. I haven't had the need to buy any of those new just reused the old ones, though it is recommended to buy new ones.
Originally Posted by 1989pickup
also this is probably a stupid question but just to be clear when you say throttle body you mean the section of the upper manifold that I can separate that houses that butterfly valve correct ?
The part circled in red correct ?
Yes that's the part the one you have circled in RED. There is a gasket between that and the plenum some kits do have them. Also there is a rubber gasket you will need for the IAC if you take that off. I really haven't messed with those, but have read up on them as my 22re is an 86 and 87 so i have a different IAC and slightly different throttle body.
Well worked on the truck all Saturday morning before heading out on the boat made some good progress found some good things and some bad ha
popped my valve cover off finally and found this nice surprise. Previous owner did a dual tow timing chain conversion and it looks to have been done pretty recently. I’m thinking I’m going to leave the dual row chain that’s on there alone since it looks pretty new and return the single tow kit back to 22re performance. I’m hoping the gaskets I have for the timing chain cover still work since I’m pretty sure to run a dual row chain you have to have a different cover or a modified one.
Got the head all of the way off cyclinder walls seem to be good along with the Piston surfaces. I’m really thinking this motor has been rebuilt before maybe somewhat recently which leads me to my next problem. The head measures 3.756 overall thickness which is much smaller then what I’ve been told is stock 3.780. I’ve been told I should run a head shim to make up for that difference and prevent slack in the timing chain and maxing out the tensioner. Anybody have any input or experience with this ? I have read the lce page about head thickness that says I need to measure from the cam seat to the bottom so I’ll probably bring the head into my shop within the next couple days and check that measurement on a height gauge along with checking for flatness of the head.
Also managed to pickup two front seats outta a 93 runner for 100$ and let me just say there about perfect and seem to be even comfier then the seats in my 99 sr5 Tacoma daily. Pretty happy with this pickup even though any kinda interior work is waaaaaay down the road for me
Sep 3, 2018 | 04:10 PM
