Twisted.. You have that engine looking great. Getting it running means you got alot accomplished. Great job. Who doesnt have a small setback after getting one running.

I dont think I ever got one going without some kind of leak. I learned to just fill the radiator with water on the first start up. Antifreeze is just to expensive to have leaking all over the place.

Once again, Great job. Looking forward to the pics.

 

I seen you said your computer froze up and lost alot of info. I have a problem of writing in the thread and when I go to post, my time runs out and I have lost a lot things when I go to post and have to start over.

One thing I do is write it in Wordpad and when I get it finished, I copy and paste it to the thread and then go advanced to preview it. I know your computer froze but maybe this trick will help out if you run into it.

 

on powerblocktv.com in the trucks section they bought a 2000 taco, anbd put it to the test and dang it did pretty good from what they showed. just thought i posted thtr if any1 wanted to look.

 

just relized, its time to change my sig. my truck has an engine and runs

 

engine looks awesome twisted nice work

 

all i have left to do on the truck is get an alternator and radiator, bolte the exhaust to the manifold, put the das back together and smog it

 

I seen that episode of the Tacoma on Powerblock. It did really good. I hope they keep that build up to date. Sometimes they show reruns or jump on other projects.

How do you think Smog will go??

I did a 68 Mustang when there and I passed the sniff test with flying colors. But I removed the broken heat shield and a few other things and they failed me. I just rebuilt the motor. The guy said he would of passed me without rebuilding the motor as long as I had the smog equipment on. It would of failed the sniff test at that time. Put the broken parts on and passed. That was in 94.

I miss California, but not Smog test.

 

great job glad to hear it is running again now you can take it a little easier on berry and just drive it

 

smogging a 68? things have changed anything older then 75 doesnt have to be smogged anymore. good thing to my 70chevy c10 has a 383 with 2 600cfm carbs gets about 5-6miles to the gal.

if i can get the scav smogged i know a few people tht want to by the berry so i may only have 1 runner soon.

 

If you sell berry, what are going to be the new plans for Scav? Is it going to be your daily driver or daily driver / weekend offroader?

 

it will be my daily driver / weekend warrior. i like having a daily driver tht i can wheel. tht way when im driving down a street and see some mud i can go play for a bit then go back on my way.

id like to keep both, but times are tough and i need some money. so you do what you gotta do.

 

i hate when that happens any way yes what are the future plans for the scav

 

i either need to get a front housing or try to bend my axle.
gather some medal for the SAS

i have to make the cage for my soft top
and then cut/trim/sew my mesh together to make it fit.

also i want to build a bumber to get rid of the one tht is on it.

 

finshed putting my dash back together.



and then started playing around with a hand throttle sorry no pics yet.

i may have to take the gauge cluster out and install my old one though. i dont thing the gas gauge works in this one

 

how good are your welding skills you could just replace the axle tube on the side that is bent but that depends on you or if you know someone you trust that much

 

my welding skills sux, im just learning to weld. but my uncle is awsome at welding. and we have talked about heating it up and bending it or even cutting it half way with a sawzal and bending it then welding it.
like the way c0ugar69 did his.

 

i know its not regarding a toyota, but im so happy. i thought my cam went flat in me and my dads chevy but thankfully it was really a wire burnt through by touching the header, a couple plugs fouled out from this wire and previous wires being burnt on the header and small gaps on a few with them all being uneven. im so freaking happy

 

Dont know about welding, it would be a nice skill to have. Someone with the skills and ability Im sure would be able to straighten it out.

I have dealt with the burnt plug wires twice. New plug wires are just as expensive as anything else. When you are at the bone yard is a good time to get new wire holders. These are so old and brittle, you can never have enogh.

 

x2^^ always good to have those

 

my dad bought new holders so its all good now