Orion22rte

Got the skidplate and oil cooler mount almost done, gonna see if I can find a place to powder coat it for me.





Still waiting on ordered parts for the engine.

Thoryota

I really like that skid plate Orion. Looks like it should handle anything you throw at it.

Orion22rte

Thanks! And I sure hope so!! Haha

STR8AXLE84

Great progress!!! I'm keepin' an eye on this thread!

Orion22rte

Hmm wonder what could be going on here?



Surely there must be a reason for this



Some blueprints I came up with during lunch, by no means finished or complete, just an idea of what I'm thinkin about.



I don't have access to a pipe bender for the stinger, so I may have to get creative.

Crank finally came in.

Still waiting on wabfab clutch, I'm thinking they were back ordered or something. Not in any hurry so all is goo there.

Got some more DIY ideas for it, I want to vinyl wrap the hood, and maybe do some herculiner/bed liner on the interior floor , and also the rockers and maybe partial hood, I'll post some pics of the ideas I got In mind.

I drive an 82 Mercedes 300sd, has about 300k miles, still runs strong and is built to cruise, 25mpg city/hwy, 5000lb car, and a big auto trans. So I've been looking into the om617 swaps and I think it would be awesome. When I get another yota I will definitely look into this swap. I want this to be my little Turbo 4 banger since it came that way from the factory. Keep it semi-original.

bbrideau

my 6am imagination is working out your blueprints, looks like it will be a good looking bumper.

If you don't have a pipe bender, make a jig out of wood and use a propane torch to heat the steel and bend around the jig, it's not the prettiest setup and it takes some patience but it works all the same. that's how i made my mini bike in high school =p

Orion22rte

Lol! I drew the pic of what I wanted during lunch and did all the number crunching at 1am this morning, and I realize now that I'm awake how hard it is to read it and see how it's going to work. I'll try the wood idea if my instructors will let me, they'd probly worry about fires and such.

To keep the weight low-ish I'm using some 1/4" -3/8" steel that will be the base plate that runs the whole length, the winch will bolt to that, the front pieces will be about the same thickness, and there will be the two reinforcement trusses/winch box walls. Everything else(the cosmetic good looking and shape) will be 1/8" plate.. A stout bumper it'll be.

bbrideau

you do get some smoldering and the occasional flash but the jig never caught on fire, i think we used 5/8 treated ply cut to size and screwed/glued together. Keep a water can with you. I did grow up in a pretty ghetto area and went to a ghetto school but if the school board approved it should be alright. mind you this was almost 10 years ago now.

Orion22rte

Bumper is put on the back burner for now. I'm gonna get the truck going first and then build the bumper onto the truck, that way it'll be tailor fit to the truck and I can see exactly how it's gonna look.

I've been thinkin about things and I've decided I want to keep the AC on the truck. Well that means a front mount intercooler would be tricky, and I've even thought about incorporating it into the bumper, but I just don't see it working out. So my next plan is to look into an air/water system. Yeah it's overly complicated(specially the way I'm gonna make it) but it'll work really well and it'll be way different.

WATER-AIR INTERCOOLER SYSTEM: Rear reservoir(s),aluminum, with cooling fins about 5/10gallons, mounted under/on the side(s) of the tube bed



If I did something similar to this it would be tucked up under one or both sides Dimensions would be like 5'Lx7"Wx4"H I'd probly build these myself once I take tig class. Then run hoses out to the pump(s), all the way to the front mount heat exchanger, which will be in front of the ac condensor, it's about 1" thick, and I'll get a big one, that's about the same size as the radiator, then from there it'll go into the bullet style intercooler(s) (which will be behind the bumper, with airflow going over it) and then back to the reservoirs. Yes I know it'll be heavy and complicated, but I think it can be done well and actually be pretty efficient.

Just ideas, as they come to me.

If I could find small enough air to air intercoolers I'd mount them in the bumper and have openings that would give them fresh air. But I haven't been able to find any small enough

Orion22rte

Well, went to work on the ole yota, got the skid plate mounted, and the oil cooler fan relay waterproofed with dielectric and rtv on the bottom. Rtv still drying, haven't mounted yet, I got some cool waterproof plugs that I'm gonna probly use for all my connections in the future. They come in 1 prong to probly 6 or more.



The skid plate mock up:





Once painted and mounted







No progress on engine... Couldn't get the crank bolt loose. Will get my buddies impact later. It was just too hot to stay all day.

Off to the pool!

'85 Yota

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bbrideau

Two tricks to getting the crank bolt off,
1) take harmonic balancer off and stick a brass drift through the crank pulley agains the block (this will wreck the dust cover, either fix it replace it or don't put it back on)

2) not the safest method but, put a breaker bar on it brace it against the frame bunge it in place make sure your ignition coil is disconnected so the truck doesn't fire up and tap the starter it has a lot of torque to break it free, best to do that one with two people and stay the #$% away from that breaker bar just in case

Orion22rte

Thanks for the tips! I had heard of the 2nd one before, but unfortunately the engine isn't in the truck yet, the crank bolt so tight I had to put one foot on he engine stand and I gave it all I had(lifting the engine and stand) and it still didn't budge. My buddy will be bringing the impact over after work.

Also the clutch is on the way! Not much holdin it back now!

Orion22rte

Last night I got a lot done, went over, impacted that crank bolt right out, took the timing cover off, timing chain, rear main, disconnected connecting rods and put them in order, took off the mains, pulled the old crank, pushed the pistons all the way down, lubed all bearings, threw in the new crank, and got everything torqued. It spins nicely now!





Then got it all sealed up, and it's g2g!





So the engine is great, just need to adjust valves, and then I can tighten it down and bolt everything to it

bbrideau

you might have mentioned this before but where did u get your oil filter relocation kit?

Orion22rte

I actually got the kit off eBay, I can't really remember what I typed in, I think it was like 22r oil filter, and I browsed for a while, also the 22re shares filter threads with some ford filters so you could try that route. The dual filter setup (with block adapter, oil line, and fittings was about 90$, the singles are about 60$ I think. The dual filter kit is setup in parallel, rather than series.

I just searched for it on eBay to see if I could give you a link, and I couldn't find it. I'll try again when I get home to my computer

bbrideau

im in the office at work with nothing to do anyways i will have to browse fleabay, Are there any benefits to running the dual filters? seems to me that it would be just extra cost when doing oil change but correct me if I'm wrong

Orion22rte

Well, if I was just gonna rock a standard 22r or re there probly wouldn't be much of a point, but I'm going to have a little t3 turbo that is oil cooled only. The dual filters are nice for me, because I want ALOT of oil, so the oil won't break down as fast and it'll help keep the oil at a lower temp. I've got the oil cooler too which adds a lot of oil and will drastically cool the oil. I do have some ford filters on there now and they are about 2x the size of a little toyota filter. I'm not sure yet but the whole oil system should be around 7-8 quarts, plenty of oil to keep the engine and turbo happy, even on those really hot days. And yotatech is a nice perk of the job! Lol

Orion22rte

So I've been making headway and its starting to come together! Gonna be making some orders from rock auto. Lots of coolant lines and stuff, need to send off my injectors tomorrow. Clutch should arrive tomorrow also. It's crazy, I bagged and tagged EVERY nut and bolt that I took off and somehow some bags went AWOL.

From a few days ago




Today's progress

bbrideau

i just like the idea of remote filter, place it wherever you want and it's less mess when changing your oil, I can definitely see why you would have it on the 22ret, not so much on a stock NA 22r/re tho doubt it would make much of a difference. Motors looking nice and clean tho! I really need to stop slacking and pull my leaky motor out and clean it up