Hey im doing a 3RZ swap from a 95 toyo taco into my 80 pickup. I was reading that all I needed to do was buy a W59 bell housing and it would marry my transmission to the 3RZ motor. I got the bell housing. The trany and bellhousing arent even close. I started to look into it and I belive my truck has the L43 transmission. So obviously they wouldnt fit. Now im almost positive that I will need a "W" series transmission out of like an 85 toyota pickup. Now if i got a "W" series tranny, would that tranny marry up to my transfer cases? This swap is getting more extensive/expensive. But I need to continue. So is my reasoning correct with all of this? Will my transfer cases mount to a W56 tranny? Then mount a W59 bellhousing on it and then marry up to the motor? Please give me your imput/answers cause im pulling out my hair on what to do next!

Thanks

 

You are correct. The W59 Bellhousing will mate directly to the W56 Transmission. The W56 Transmission will bolt directly to your 21-Spline R1FA Transfercase.

 

start a build thread. or keep in it in this one, I've been wanting to see someone put a 3rz into a first gen for a while now.

 

ya i was thinking about doing a thread on it. some just arnt as in detail as I would like. But I will try to do a good job documenting it.

 

xxxtreme22r, My build thread is starting to showcase my 3RZ swap into my '83.

 

on my way. lol. thx.

 

correct me if im wrong but i though the 3rz,22re,22r,20r all share the same bell pattern. if im wrong tell me please.

 

no they are different

 

The new motor

The guy sold me the motor cause he couldn't get the spark plug from cyl 3. He just didnt know it was filled with dirt! Little parts blaster and air. Came right out.

what a mess

my new bible

got the old motor pulled


my dad and I stripping the wiring harnesses so we can better figure out what we need to splice later.

 

yup im picking up a w series bell, tranny, t-case tonight. Hopefully i can get him down a little. wants 200 for it. no shifter tho but i can get one from 410 auto wrecking for about 50 bucks