its all good man, sorry about that.

Here ya go if yall want to read...https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...runner-113250/

DIRTCO sorry to clog the thread with our BS. i swear im done now

 

Yea, I'm sure that they will be fine. I'm going to be adding some 90 degree gussets to the top of each support to keep the frame from deforming.

 

I've been working on the details of the wiring and switches. My last truck was a wiring nightmare (my fault, six years of adding and moving stuff will do that), so this time I want it done right and clean.

I want to use as many factory Toyota switches as possible, I will not be able to use them for everything but it would be nice to have the main stuff on factory switches.

I have always wanted to find a use for the decklight switches that never seem to work. After collecting a few I figured this would be a good time to use them. The factory one will stay and that will control the rocklights, I will leave all the wiring the way it is and tap into the wiring close to the factory decklight.

I also thought it would be cool to mount one in another area to control the back up light. To do this I had to figure how to make the switch work. I spent some time looking at my 86 Electrical FSM book and this is what I came up with. (Note: The book did not have color codes for the switches themselves, so I had to trace each wire through pin location on the plug. I have not tested it yet, but I'm pretty sure it should work. Also the decklight switch is double throw, I wanted to have it work in the normal way, but a couple wires could have to be switched around.)

I also plan on running relays for everything, so that into consideration.

Wire colors on the 86 switch

white w/ black - Ground
Green w/ red - Power to switch light, from light when on - connect to 12 volt wire going to light
Green - 12 volts
Green w/ white - to light
Red - not used, unless switch works backwards, then to light

 

This other switch I found in a junkyard inside a mid 80's Toyota van. As sonn as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for off road lights. I didn't have any tools with me so I had to cut the wires with a rusty piece of metal I found (that's why the wires are cut so short), I plan on finding some other terminals to replace these.

I noticed that while the colors on the wires were not the same, they were close to the decklight, so I tested them. Two of the colors were wrong, but after switching them around it worked.

White w/ green - Ground
Green w/ orange - 12 volt power
Red w/ yellow - To light
Green - Power to switch light bulb, connect to Red w/ yellow

 

That is gonna be awesome! It might sucks trying to remeber what switch does what for a little while lol.

I'm truly impressed with how good your build looks and how much effort you are putting into it. It's going to be an awesome rig. Tons of good info too. When I start tearing apart the '89 depending on what route we go, I might need some of that wiring information .

 

Thanks! There will only be two of the decklight switches, one in the normal location and one above the stereo. If someone else is driving the truck they won't know what they do, but it will be easy for me to remember.

 

any progress from this weekend?

 

I got the rocklights installed and the rock sliders braced up.

The rocklights are from Wal-mart and were under $20. I replaced the bulbs with some PIAA Super Plasma GTX bulbs. I bought them a while ago for my main off road lights, but I didn't like them. I figured that I should use them for something, so I put them in the rocklights. They have a softer light than the normal bulbs, which is good for rocklights.

The bulbs look pretty cool in the light, normally they are clear with no color.











I also welded up some bracing for the rocksliders

 

I also did some more wheeling! I figured I might as well take advantage of the low snow level. I started to go up one trail that I know of, but a tree had fallen and blocked the entire trail.

 

I decided to head up another trail that I have always wanted to check out but never have. Luckly it gets a lot of sun so there was not that much snow, I was able to get above tree line before having to turn back around.

 

nice... I wish I had some wheeling that close to me.


BTW, couldn't you have just crawled over the tree?

 

This is as far I ended up making it, the snow started to get too deep and I started to slide off the trail. I'm sure I could have made it further but it was not worth risking it.

 

Heading back down the trail I couldn't help but flex the thing out. Since I'm kind of working backwards, I could not belive the lack of flex. It's a good thing I had my studded snow tires to get me through the trail

 

That is impressive work. I love all the lighting ideas and emergency equipment. Outstanding...but don't dent up that 4Runner like your last one its too nice! That turbo dash cluster is awesome by the way. Some day when I get some excess money I would love to get a Yota built just like that. For now I'm sticking with my DD Truck. Best of luck on the rest of the build.

 

That tree is a lot bigger than you think, in the last truck maybe but not this one. Look at how tall it is to the 4Runner.

 

Whatca talking about bro, that's sick

Thanks for the email, I'll get back with you. I've been slow to reply to everyone after my surgery.

 

Thanks, I really feel that the details are what makes a rig.

The Turbo cluster is awesome, especially at night!

 

beautiful country out up there... your lucky you are able to go places like that... i only get as far as the mud down by the railroad tracks about 1/4th mile from my house...

beautiful truck, beautiful scenery...
if you have a beautiful wife too, im gonna hang myself...

 

I hope the the surgery went okay (that's awesome by the way ).

Your right, before and after

Before





And after

 

Hey nice 4runner i like your many smart ideas, but i was wondering if you have a vacuum diagram for the turbo, i swapped a turbo into my 4runner and am having trouble gettin it running