J&Hfab

So this is my 1993 toyota pickup build up page.. I have had the truck for a few months and have been a bum so I am just now starting my build thread... First a little history on the truck... I bought it off the place I am working for because at the time i was driving my buddies 1988 4runner which was nice but it wasn't mine. I saw the pickup down at our automotive shop and decided to ask about it and they said it was going off to scrap because the auto trans went out. I couldn't let that happen so I asked to buy it and they ended up selling it to me for as much as they could get for it at scrap which is $400 bucks.

IMAG0143 by J&Hfab, on Flickr

IMAG0154 by J&Hfab, on Flickr
this is what the truck looked like when i got it home from work it was pretty rough but it was mine and I could see the potential in it... So my buddies came over to check it out and one of them said they would hate me if I got lucky enough to have one of the special edition G144 pickups with the 4.88 gears in it and turns out I did which was an added bonus. I got the truck home and started tearing it apart to put a new trans in it which i bought off craigslist for $200 bucks.. while we were at it we ripped out the interior to clean it up some then the truck looked like this

IMAG0144 by J&Hfab, on Flickr\
IMAG0147 by J&Hfab, on Flickr
like i said it was rough but it was mine lol. The trans swap was pretty easy once I had the parts and time for it. I bought the clutch and flywheel from marlin crawler which I am super happy with and i got a pedal assembly and clutch master cylinder form a junkyard by my house the nice thing was that the old automatic assembly had the holes for the clutch pedal and master cylinder mounts so i just drilled them out before i pulled the assembly out. before i put the new pedals in i decided to paint them and I got the idea to run to the local skate shop and have grip tape put on them because the rubber pads had fallen off

IMAG0136 by J&Hfab, on Flickr
this is how they looked i like them and even better he did them for free

john4wd

Got a sweet deal for $400 bucks, congrats :} And with 4.88 gears, Awesome!!!!

J&Hfab

yeah Im pretty amazed with it. I have a lot more to post but in the near future.. and ur truck is pretty sweet I was checking it out before i started my thread

2DoorJoRunner

Well I figure I'll subscribe since I may have had a hand or two with this rig. Lol

matt92yota

nice find man, whats your plans for this thing?

john4wd

I would like to find a set of factory 4.88 for mine, going to start looking soon. What does your build tag on door jam say, so I know what to look for, can you post a pic of your tag?

When your done it'll be sweet!!!!

You didn't say yet, do you have 3.0?

J&Hfab

Well i want it to be a prerunner/trail rig so short term its gonna get a locker in the rear and some other small mods and tweaks

J&Hfab

Yeah sorry i have a 3.0 and tomorrow i will post a pic of my door tag when i get a chance

john4wd

Awesome!!!! Already subscribed, so I'll keep checking at every email notifications :}

J&Hfab

here is a pic of the door tag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6350043221/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6350043221/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
the code is on the bottom right of the sticker

J&Hfab

So i had the pedals and the trans installed and was working on putting the starter and slave cylinder in. I installed the slave cylinder first then tried to install the starter i lined it up and put in the top bolt which went in super easy but i could not get the bottom bolt in no matter how long i tried.... so i got frustrated and took the slave cylinder off and the bottom bolt of the starter went in super easy thankfully. I put the slave cylinder back on and bled the system and it worked amazing. which brought up the next dilemma of finding a driveshaft for the truck because the automatic one was too short. I tired for days to find one at the junkyards around my place but with no luck so then i started calling driveshaft places and they wanted around 400 just to make it long enough to fit which i really didnt wanna pay that much so i kept looking. Thats when we found an amazing website. Its http://car-part.com/ I love it. What it does if u havent used it is that it searches a ton of junkyards around the country and lets u know if they have it. It turns out a junkyard in ridgecrest had a driveshaft for a 100 bucks so i bought it and had it shipped to me for 34 bucks which was pretty sweet. while i was waiting for the driveshaft to come in i decided to install my new headlights and clean up the front end
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6342379993/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6342379993/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
this is what it looked like when i bought it so i pulled all the chrome, the bumper and lower valience off to clean and repaint them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6350123231/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6350123231/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
this was with everything off
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6343621835/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6343621835/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
this is the truck with the grille and lights back on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6344368186/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6344368186/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
these are the painted parts about to go back on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6350862732/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6350862732/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
all done

john4wd

Hey there, thanks for the pic of the build tag, much appriciated :}

Sweet score on the drive shaft, got my fingers crossed that it's the one you need and that it works :}

J&Hfab

yeah it was thankfully i actually have the truck further along and am just catching up on my build thread. speaking of which im gonna post this in the classified section also but i have the auto trans and the driveshaft that i would rather sell than scrap so if anyone is interested pm me

J&Hfab

then after that was all done I was still waiting for the diveshaft i decided to put the interior back in... the seats were pretty ghetto but i didnt have anything else...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6349459056/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6349459056/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
this is what it looked like with the old interior... question for everyone what do u think should i put bedliner down for the floor or buy a carpet kit for the interior?

yotasavg

My favorite generation of trucks! I will own an extra cab next, i've had one of everything else... cool build cant wait to see where it goes!

J&Hfab

@yotasavg thanks so since my seats were pretty crappy i found a guy selling a new set for 50 bucks so i had to buy them and install them right away lol heres the new interior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6342607225/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6342607225/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
I got the driveshaft in and it turns out that the output shafts on the t-case were different from the ones on the driveshaft I looked around for my t-case online but was at a loss.... Luckly someone on YT helped me out and i found the new flanges i needed on marlin crawler so i ordered them. When they arrived the installed no sweat then it was just an issue of spinning the driveshaft until it lined up with the right pattern
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6349459414/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6349459414/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
I got the driveshaft in and drove the truck around and it drove like a dream no problems at all....

2DoorJoRunner

I still hate you a little bit inside over how nice those seats are, they are seriously mint.

RMP8080

nice find, you guys out west got it made, here on the east coast they are buying up toyota pickups and 4runners and parts then shipping them to south America.

best of luck with the build

J&Hfab

@RMP8080 really?? that sucks but I got like 6 junkyards within 40 miles of my place so if u need any little odds and ends for ur pickup just lemme know and I will keep my eye out for them

J&Hfab

So after i got my new seats in I went to the junkyard and stumbled across some manual hubs on a 1992 pickup like mine so I bought them for 40 bucks to replace my ADD hubs. The change was super easy just unbolt the old stuff and put the new ones on, but while i had the hubs off i pulled the wheel bearings and regreased them. I cant seem to find the pics of the hub conversion but i have a pic of the finished product
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6353222449/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69769561@N02/6353222449/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/69769561@N02/, on Flickr
They work great im happy i found them