Well I have had a couple of crazy days..We got the valves adjusted and got everything put back on the engine. went to time it and it would not go past 0 degrees to the 5, we moved the distributor and nothing, worse, I started thinking maybe I had it a tooth off on the lower gear. I decided to wait till the next day to figure it out this was on monday. so that night i got on YotaTech and did a search and I found some others with the same issue and found out there was supposed to be a washer behind the distro gear between the cam gear, wth, I guess when the guys i bought it from had it apart they didnt put it in, went to the local junk yard and found the washer, installed it and walaa I luv Yota Tech, If I hadnt found that on here i would probably have still been trying to figure it out Here is a shot of the engine in place all good to go.

I am going to drive it around for a bit Before I go get her smogged. It has been frunning good, I have about 50 miles on her as of tonight. still need to do alot to her. I cleaned up the interior a bit and put some seat covers on, looks a whole lot better. need to get a new bumper and brackets, anyone have one that they took off to put on aftermarket bumper. also want to get some nicer wheels and tires later down the road. I will get some more shots of the inside later and put them on here. thanks for the encouragement from everyone.

 

Looking good, glad to see that its running again. I'm liking the orange theme.

 

I like how you make it sound so simple taking the engine out and putting it back in. For me it was a B! hahaha

 

it actually wasnt all that bad, I have done worse like a honda civic, I think it was harder because the mounts and there is less room in the engine bay. Great news....PASSED SMOG today. now I can officially get all my dmv papers in order. The only other thing is the clutch it grabbing way at the top, not sure if its an adjustment issue or not. the only high numbers were on the NO readings, thinking maybe the cat is bad or going bad. what do you guys think??

 

Haha its quiet the opposite for me. Hondas can do those all day. So simple compared to these. Atleast I think so haha.

 

Yea maybe it was just that it was 100 degrees out when I did the honda, I didnt even rebuild that one, just put a used japanese engine in it, and had to swap everything over to the used engine from the old one, plus put new timing belt and all the other stuff on the front. it sucked but i got it done. I cant figure anything out on the clutch yet, its not grabbing till way at the top, the clutch is new, flywheel has been surfaced, does anyone know what the step down measurement is on the flywheel??

 

Did a little more work on the runner, trying to get her all cleaned up, it is very dirty, I have been using a green scrub pad with some rubbing compound to get the grime off, its actually working quite well, just hurts my arm and shoulder because it takes lots of elbow grease.

I only managed to get the door and front fender done today and my arm is killing me


Here is a couple of interior shots, new seat covers i put on yesterday, and cleaned up everything. I need to get a stereo in here.

here is another shot of the door, can you tell the difference??

 

Very nice work, but why would you go to a Star wars forum for advice on a Toyota



[quote=c0ugar69;51414691] Got on YodaTech and did a search

 

you got me, i better edit that its late!! ya thats it!!!

 

havent had time to do much work to the runner lately. I did go get some new brake pads and shoes and hope to do the brakes in the next couple of days. may get new rotors too since they are only around 21 each, probably cost that much to get them turned!! also still having issues with the clutch. it is engaging way at the top, i dont like the way it feels when i am driving it, i think i may end up getting a new flywheel.

 

Toda I decided to do the brakes since they were a little worn and I want peace of mind. ActuallyI started yesterday but found my calipers were leaking and couldnt get replacements till this morning, I put the new rotors on yesterday.

here is the new rotor installed read to put the new calipers and pads on.

Here is the new caliper, pads and lube, I use copper anit-sieze on all the metal to metal contact points on the pads and calipers to prevent sqeeky brakes.



here is one ready with the pads loaded.

installed and ready for bleeding, but first time to put new shoes in the rear and change out leaky wheel cylinders.

Here is the before shot, it was pretty dirty and full of brake dust.

Cleaned and lube added to contact points.

After shot, all the new parts installed.
Well there it is. I then proceeded to bleed the lines, I had my son help with this. I think there is still some air in the lines cause it still goes to far down, will have to bleed them again tommorrow. I am spending way too much on this truck, but i guess it should last a long time. I hope

 

Well there has been a lot going on lately, My clutch master cylinder went out on tuesday I barely made it home, Got that replaced. I got my a/c working. My compressor was locked up so i went to a foriegn salvage yard and they had one and wanted 75$ for it but after they pulled it and brought it to the counter it looked like the coil was burnt so he said if I still wanted it i could have it for 10$ because this is what he gets for the cores. I said sure figuring i could use my coil. Well I get it off and find that what looked like burnt clutch coil was actually just some of the belt had gotten stuck in the clutch when it came apart i guess So i took it home and cleaned it

Here is the coil after I cleaned it.

Got the pulley on and then put the clutch plate on

I put it back in the runner and then i couldnt get the fill line connected so i went down to pepboys and picked up a 90 deg. adapter to get it pointed to where i could get to it. This worked and it is now operational. I think it may be leaking so i will add some dye to it next time and a friend has the light and glasses to look for the leak. but anyways the money i saved on the compressor went to a new clutch master cylinder.

 

Score! I wish my ac compressor in my 4runner worked lol

 

Today i got the great Idea of building a back bumper. I has some steel laying around that i got from some equipment at work when they shipped it, Ive had it for a while so decided maybe i could use it.

So i pulled out the welder and the plasma and went to work, first i mad the part that will go across the back. took my measurements and did my cutting.



here is my plasma cutter and behind it is my miller challenger 172 welder. both work pretty good.


Here it is with the sides on. I will probably add some tubing up the side a little bit like some of the ones are that you can buy. but this will work for now.



Well there it is complete, it was getting dark. I attachet it to the reciever so it is removable with the tow bar. not bad for 30$ that was for a piece of ange to brace the sides with and the paint. so what do you guys think.

 

Toyota is never a bad choice. :up:
Lookin' good!

 

x2!

 

nice motor build...
nice build in general welcome to the toyota family :BIG GROUP HUG: lol jk . you may have to spend money now, but i look at it like this how many car companies have a one million mile club? exactly lol. gotta love them def subscribing

 

thanks, I have learned alot already from this site. My next investment is some tires, I am thinking of getting some 30x9.5x15 since i have stock gearing and ride hight. either that or the 31x10.5x15 not sure yet as i dont have the funds yet but I am hoping to soon. what do you guys think is better for a stock ride??

 

what gearing. 4.10s and id go with the 31s itll fill the wheel well nicely and that one inch wont make that big of a difference.

 

ya i hhave stock gearing, 4:10s so 31s is the way to go, I am trying to sell my ford 9inch taction lock diff to get money for tires.