Those swampers have a ton of tread on them! Nice score! Keep the pics comin!

 

Did you arch the frame?

 

Thanks. I like having pictures but I seem to get caught up in the moment and forget to take some lol

Sorry but I'm not sure what your talking about. Only thing I've done to the frame so far is cut off the ifs brackets and cut holes for the shackle tubes.

 

Looks great!! That's what I did with the tubes. Used the 1"emt fit perfect.

 

Thanks. Yea I'm glad I used the emt. Mine would have been way off if not lol. I can also see how setting the tubes in the correct spot side to side would have been a little tricky. Nothing a little math and some marks on the emt couldnt handle tho lol

 

I need to finish weld them in with the 220v I have at the shop this week. And them finalize the front hanger.

Did you weld in the front hanger already?

 

The front hanger is just tacked until I get the drivetrain in and I can put weight on it to check the shackle angle. I put the hanger 3/4" forward per the instructions.

The shackle tubes are a pain to weld, especially the outside. The inside was only bad for me because of the height of the yota.

 

Well I finally stopped being lazy and this happened...









Its finally sitting on all fours again. Its really tall in the front right now mainly cause there isnt any weight up there. After I get the drivetrain in, I will be able to set the front hanger to its correct position. Next is the gettin the new motor/trans out of the donor rig and prepping it to go in. Id like to get the drivetrain set, then finish welding the front spring hanger, then do the back suspension. After that will come the fun part of wiring the 4.3 lol.

 

Nice job!

I am going to try and burn in the tubes today and start getting ready to set the body on it.

Its going to be nice when you are tearing it up with the 4.3L

 

Thanks. Yea I cant wait to be able to drive this thing. Ive had it for a year now and havent really drove it much because of the dieing 3.0.

 

Sorry it looks like an arch like a live axle truck already has. Is this a 2WD 4Runner?

Maybe my eyes are playing up.

 

Nope. Its a 4wd 4Runner. Thats just how the frame is.

Other good news, I just found out the aluminum wheels from the 36" swampers just sold, so now I can buy some wheels that will fit the yota.

 

Well the 4.3/4l60e is finally in the shop. Me and buddy pulled it yesterday.









I also dropped my tires and wheels off yesterday to be mounted. I went to pick them up afte work and he was closed already (after telling me he would still be open). And just because I like pics...



This is 8.75oz of BBs for each tire for balancing(Thats a 5000 pack split evenly between the 4)

 

Pulled the harness off the motor and trans yesterday evening.



Motor looks a little less cluttered



Got my wheels and tires back from being mounted and I mocked one of them up in front of the 4runner

 

Tires look awesome! and Huge!!!!!

I am very intrigued by the balancing bb's How well does that work? How do you know how many/much you need?

 

Thanks.

This will be my first experience with balancing tires like this. I've seen it done a lot over on pirate. Most use the chart on this link to figure out how much to use.

http://innovativebalancing.com/mobile/chart_spec.php?4x4=1

The beads I got are just airsoft BBs from Walmart. I'm hoping it works out good but I won't know for a couple more months lol

 

I got the motor cleaned up pretty good and I tore the intake manifold and heads off of it. I hadnt planned on doing head gaskets but I figured I might as well since I was that close. Heres a pic of the motor before I pulled the heads off.



Decided not to work on the motor yesterday since Im waiting for a little tool to help with head gasket removal (that stuff is on there). I did decide to break out the grinder and work on the rear axle. I got all the welds from the several link brackets off. Now I just need to patch up a couple spots where I hit the housing with the torch and it will be ready.

 

Well the heads and intake are back on. Just have to install push rods and rocker arms now. Then I can move on to the main seals.



Progress is slow, but Im still moving forward lol

 

I installed the push rods, rocker arms, valve covers, egr delete, and new front main seal on Saturday.

EGR block plate and plug


Yesterday I decided to tear into the transmission finally to change the output shaft. I got the new output shaft installed and then realized my clutches were no good. So hopefully picking up a rebuild kit today from a guy at work and I can finish the trans up tomorrow.

Trans work station


Bad Clutch Teeth

 

Well I've got a small update. I got the trans rebuilt and both trans/tcase adapters installed. Now I just gotta work on getting it all installed in the 4runner. I sold one of my dirt bikes so I have some extra money to help finish this thing. Now my hold up is time, not time and money lol

Here are some pics of progress