oh man that sucks dude. Could be worse.
Truck is looking great! Your SA looks so good. The setup looks perfect. Welding and fabrication are great. I hope mine comes out even a fraction of how good yours looks.
Thanks for you help on the Head Gasket. It looks like the motor needs to be rebuilt. I had it up and running today and it is burning serious oil.

 

Yep. Could've been worse. That part should only be about 20-30 bucks.

Thanks for the compliments but most of the props go to Steve Schaefer at Sonoran Steel. That's where the brains are on this project. I'm just the muscle.

I hope you mean that you started the truck up and checked out the symptoms, because if you did a HG in a day I have to bow down.

 

hahahah no. I got the thing torn apart today and the motor is toast. Burned rings, valves seals are history. I have to pull it and rebuild it.
The truck has been in trouble for a while and needs some attention. I did put a new door and fender on it while all this was going on. I was the JY and found an 85 2wd with a perfect door! I paid $75 for the door and $20 for the fender and a few other goodies. I sanded and primered the door and fender, put them on and it looks and fits great!
On to a new "22r rebuild thread."

 

See the tube is not bent, it was just not put together right.

 

Put the correct SA hard brake lines on those calipers while they are off. They were on the floor of the passenger side.

 

So, I guess it's done. I have it all back together and while it still shudders a fair bit locked into 4WD it seems to be working OK. At least this time I didn't rip up my ARB when I went into 4WD. (thanks ZUK)

A little pic comparo

At the start:


And at the end:


Start:


And end:


Not too sure about this drive shaft angle, but it will have to do for now.

Time to work out the kinks. Yay!!

 

That front drive shaft is pretty steep, this is a cookie cutter TrailGear/Marlin/All Pro swap so your truck is the same as everyone elses.

Is Tall Brian's like that? I don't remember. You got a winch.

Now you just need a 4.7 gear.

 

Also test the 4WD in the dirt not on the street. Mine binds on the street too.

 

Yeah, I can't remember what anyone else's look like but figure the same as you, in that they all have to be pretty similar. Doesn't Brian have duals? That would help the angle.

The damn fairlead that came with the winch doesn't fit the Marlin bumper so I guess I'm getting a Hawse and syn line sooner rather than "some day".

That's what I'm hoping for too.

 

nice. looks really good.


bring it up to the rez and lets wheel!

 

Dude, that's a pretty steep angle. I do have duel cases, so it moves the upper mount back 6-8" or so, but I think your main issue is your truck is so f'in huge. I think those springs should settle quite a bit after you use them. You stand a good chance of a u-joint binding at that angle, especially at droop.

I'll post a pic of my front d-shaft tomorrow for reference.

 

Thats steep but it might be ok...only way to find out! I'm sure once you break in those springs it will only help. Just carry extra u-joints and don't worry about it unless the situation arises.

I put those same springs on my truck and mine sits lower, but I think my shackles are shorter and I've got some more weight too.

 

The 4runner looks good.

 

Found some dirt to putter around in today. Nothing fancy, just looking for problems.

Looks twisted up nicely




Hmm. Tweak #1 to deal with.

the bumpstop at that point

The relative position of the truck

The front view

And the amount of up travel still available in the front

Tried to do the same on the other side but couldn't get it stuffed enough

Another view. Still a couple of inches before contact at this point and the truck leaning enough to make me nervous. The truck seemed pretty stable though as I foolishly wiggled it a bit.


The front locker seems OK, though I didn't really find a worthy test out there. I took it up a little climb with and without the locker on and it seemed smoother and easier with it on so...

 

Not exactly the "tomorrow", but here it is none the less.

 

Since I have those same springs, I will get a photo posted to compare the driveshaft angle as well, keep in mind of course I have dual cases as well.

Mike, at least you wont have to worry about dragging it through and over the rocks as much as Brian has been doing lately! It will stay nice and shiny with all that clearance!

 

Tis merely a flesh wound. Maybe someday you'll bring your truck out again to drag over the rocks?

 

Maybe someday everyone will come wheeling again.

 

/dream sequence on

". . . hey Reynolds, how ya doing? Good seeing you out again. Hey Westfall, truck looks good. Hey Jon, you gonna show us what that IFS can do today? etc...etc...etc."

/dream sequence off

 

Yay! Finally got to bounce it around a bit today. All seems well except for the one rub area I already knew about. I didn't have a good feel for the truck like how much tippiness is too much etc. Looks like there will be a decent sized learning curve. And I really need to do the 4.7 gear...

I don't have action shots, maybe later after some e mail from the other participants. For now, here is the brochure photo.