Oldskewl

Hello to all,
I am new to yota tech, not new to toyota's this thread will be updated as I go , I cannot promise that will be every day or every week. I have done all of the swaps listed in the title of this thread countless times. I will point out some things that tend to cause trouble and show you how I handle them. I have seen many questions about converting a 22r into a 22re , and countless IFS to S/A questions, I will answer as much as i can in this thread. I may not have the best of guidance , please do not flame me. I am open to constructive criticism. This is going to be a very long and somewhat spread out thread, as i have most of the parts i will need, and some i do not. Some of my pictures and references may not help you or may not explain this project well enough, though i am sorry for that.


Here is a picture of the starting vehicle: 1988 dlx 22re 4x4 pickup , blown head gasket. As well as the donor truck 86' 4x4 pickup 22r .


Sorry for the messy area, i am doing the first part of this build at my grandfathers house. I will transport the truck to my house after the engine swap , due to the frame being broken on the donor truck . Picked it up for 450$ from the original owner, 163,XXX miles . minimal bed rust . decent interior , with rebuilt transmission. motor is locked up due to water sitting in the bottom end to long from blown head gasket




Both motors are out, i have put the new oil pan gasket on , waiting for clutch kit to come in , and a couple of various items. This motor has recent timing chain / head gasket . I have also swapped over the valve cover from the 22re to the 22r , You will need this as there are extra threaded holes in the valve covers, for attachments including vaccum lines .


I will assemble the motor , well most of it outside of the chassis , so i can give somewhat of a good vocational reference. There are some things in this conversion that can be very tricky , and hard to understand . I am not a professional and nor do i claim to be . More pics to come tomrrow .

rustED

iTrader: (2)

Welcome to YotaTech, you have a nice looking truck to start out with, sounds like you have a good plan for the project in the works, and a well rounded mechanical background and experience for us to draw from, look forward to seeing your progress! Oh, and no worries about getting flamed on this forum, you might get a difference of opinion, or constructive critisim, but everyone is civil about it, lol.

Terrys87

iTrader: (1)

Welcome to Yotatech. I just got done converting a 22r to 22re and tried to make a thread to help others. Sounds like you have it down as well. If you post some pictures or add any info I might add it to the thread I created to help others. It is something there really isn't any good information on. Both trucks are great looking. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Oldskewl

Well i can honestly say that yesterday was a total joy, i spent 4 hours trying to remove the pilot bearing . Never had so much trouble in my entire life with one. Considering I put that one in that motor 2 years ago when i had the motor apart . Anyways after that stressful 4 hours i made some good head way on the project with the help of my dad. I got the motor set in , and alot of the stuff on the bottom of the motor bolted on.

Some great advice that i can give to anyone with any vehicle is that , if you have your motor out, replace everything that you possibly can, if you do not you will eventually be in the same position you are at this current moment . I had the motor out and the clutch looked great and i just put a rear main in this motor 2 years ago " the donor motor has been sitting for over a year " I replaced both anyways . I have it out and its easy to do why not.



This swap is a pretty much switch this and switch that, on to the new motor, is pretty self explanatory for the hardware part of the motor, autozone as well as LCEngineering , CHILTON all offer diagrams for egr, vacuum , and electrical routing . that i will not get into, i will just state some key points that you should consider while doing this conversion. its pretty simple.

This is the mystery bolt everyone speaks of in the 22r - 22re conversion, because of the motors im using to swap this bolt will be used for me . I removed it properly with a 3/8s drive 6mm hex driver. be sure not to strip this out. toyota only bolt, it is acquirable but from toyota mfg only, or a junk yard. it is directly under the thermostat housing u have to go in between the fuel rail you also have to take off the top part of the intake in order to see it .
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The motor is in , and there is one thing I want to stress to anyone working on a 22re, DO NOT EVER REPAIR THE WIRING HARNESS HALF ASS, you will end up repairing it again, or when someone else decides to fix it . they will have they're hands full. I have a butchered wiring harness, anyone who has gone through one knows the hassle and patience it requires.

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Theres no much to reference from what i have done so far, besides lots of labor . i plan to try and get an hour or 2 each day to try and get this wiring harness sorted out. I have a couple wires i need to solder. If you have any questions . I can answer within my knowledge . I will have some more pics within the next week , as i go back on shift tomorrow 4-12 . The best parts with the conversion/swap are still to come, so stay tuned!

Yota

tuned!

Oldskewl

Well i don't have to much progress that I can post today , sorry guys . It has been raining here in Virginia for 3 days straight and I do not have access to a garage , sad face to that as well. But i purchased some new to me tires today for 125$ and I think anyone who will see's this post will be like wtf how?

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More progress to come soon , I promise guys !!!! as soon as the weather clears.

julsruls

Well since you already know "wtf how?"

rattlewagon

125 looks like a good deal for the tires!

Welcome to yotatech!

Oldskewl

Thanks guys, Anyways havent had much time to commit to the truck this week, been working alot. And also had to hunt down a vsv valve and some other electronics since someone decided to butcher this truck, as well as use and earlier model intake with the wrong cold start injector. So i hunted the things down over the weekend. I should be able to make some progress this week twords the end of the week. In the process of order all of my stuff thruogh Marlin / All-Pro for the SAS just deciding on what springs and shocks I want, Any suggestions would be nice . Picking Picking up the front axle on thursday 175$ ill post a pic later on

Oldskewl

Axle !! 175$



Another shot of it !

julsruls

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