What else has happened with the 4Runner>

 

nothing other than collect parts... she has been sitting for about 3 months waiting for a new heart since she blew a head gasket...

parts collected
3.4 V6
85 solid axle
E-locker
3rd gen 16" alloys
LC coil springs
few SAS parts

 

Awesome. I love collecting parts when getting ready for a build. Makes things go so much smoother when the time comes to dig in.

 

having a complete donor rig is very convenient but tear down is no picnic...

got it mostly stripped but now i am moving to a house with a garage so maybe the progress with speed up

 

started pulling apart the 3.0





amazing this thing was still running timing belt is trashed

 

3.4 ready to go

3.4 in

start of SAS

 

so I am looking into wiring up the engine and need some advice if it is simple enough to do myself or pay ORS to build me a harness I am very skeptical when it comes to electrics but I have wired winches and e-lockers before so how much harder is it to wire and engine?

 

hauled the rest of the 98 donor 4runner off for scrap and budgeted what I had into it...
bought it almost complete but running and wrecked for $300 parted some out for $150 and scraped the rest for $300 so I basicly got paid to take the 3.4 for my swap got to love a good deal

 

Nice build!!I dunno much about the 3.4swap wiring,but I'm sure there's tons of info on here.

 

after countless hours and tons of research I finally have my wiring mapped out and ready to proceed


but now I cant find my wire strippers

 

Ever find those strippers?

 

yes I did find them


started soldering the harness adapter tonight



about 90% complete need to lengthen a few wires and attach them to engine components but otherwise its done

 

Good luck with the wiring buddy! I know how that goes

 

Never had the patience to work on wiring harnesses! Good on you though, hope it works out well

 

Thanks I am hoping it works out as well I have to many hours into research and assembly...
was hoping to have her running by the end of the month but weather has kept me from being able to work in the garage since it is not insulated and the up coming holiday

 

Subscribed for this build.

 

Looking good. Your doing it like I am right now... SAS and motor swap at the same time. And Im doing a rear leaf conversion. Im actually looking forward to the wiring on my 4.3 swap, which I am hoping to start diving into this week.

 

got some more work done on the SAS



also cleaned up the oil pan/sump

found my thrust washers in the pan aswell

 

I really like the idea of trying to keep it low with the solid axle, I am looking foward to seeing how you make it work! Most of the swaps seem like they locate the steering above the springs, will that be an issue with doing it spring under clearance wise? I never looked much into what it takes so I apologize if there is an obvious solution.

 

I'm using stock 84 front springs and doing spring over but the steering will be below the springs because of oil pan clearance issues bit will do spring under with some allpro/TG 4" springs if the steering doesn't work out like I'm hoping