92 4runner build

[ricsrx]

Great news!! Thats gota feel good.

 

[Beeya]

dude it feels great. I have it almost all taped back up now. Im gonna do a real clean route and then plug it all back in and see if Im still good. Then I just gotta make the conections for everything to be turn key. Starter and fuel and Im all set. If I can get all that dont tonight Im going to put on the front lift and TG power steering tomorrow. Im also going to make sure I have all the fluid levels in the right place too. Im trying to make sure that I go slow and focused, but its going to be hard not to try to get everything done so I can test it all out.

 

[turbohaulic]

I hate electrical problems, I'm glad you got yours figured out Can't wait to see more...

 

[Beeya]

this one is last night. I still have to get the radiator in there, and hook up the a/c. I also still have to cut a hole for the clutch pedal so I didnt bolt the coil/o2 wires all the way in yet.
all of that will be done today tho.

 

[Silly Willy]

Congrats, What ended up being the problem in the electrical?

 

[iamsparticus]

It is looking good, so i under stand if u like the stiffer ride for with leafs but i load up mine with three people and gear and it wheels the same i think the bad experiences come from the procomp coils that are way to soft i use the FJ80 coils and they are stiffer, perfect for a lifted rig, glad u got the electrical problem fixed can't wait to see it wheel!

 

[Beeya]

the clutch cylender is in too. In this picture its laying accross the engine. Remember this truck used to be an automatic. I put the clutch all the way in last night and all i have left to do in the engine bay is wire the electic fan into the cab.

 

[Beeya]

the pictures that I have been waiting to post for a while!!! here it is kwith the front lift and the axle in. The back tires are off the ground about 6" and its still 2 or so in. low in the rear. its bigger than I thought it was going to be. I love it.

 

[Beeya]

about ready to put the rear lift in!tabs are all off. the frame is almost ready. heres a couple more pictures. It should be drivable today!

 

[Beeya]

got the lift done today. I think Im gonna re-mount the rear shackles, they had a little more droop than the front shackles did. then I just have a lot of little stuff to get ironed out. Put the inside back together, mount a few odds and ends inside and out. I have 2 sets of fog lights for evening wheeling. Soon Ill have the wires for the lockers... Im just going to buy the stuff I need from allpro unless there is someone out there that knows exactly how to wire up the e-lockers easily. I also still have to get all of the shocks and the steering stabalizer on. oh and I also still have to make the front drive shaft and get the gm alternator bracket from trail-gear. Right now the 22re dies when I turn on the headlights and heater fan, and the radiator fan on at the same time. I hope to find a good rear shaft at the junk yard when I go to drop aff all the scrap I have laying around. pictures tomorrow when its lite out. I know Im excited...! first wheeling trip should be after I get back from texas next thursday.

 

[Beeya]

p.s. IM SAS'esd now !!! It has been seriously one of the funnest and most frustrating things I have done in my whole life. SO bad ass.

 

[Beeya]

well here it is with no shocks, and I still have to move the rear shackles back about half inch or so.

 

[ricsrx]

Nice work, I located the stock elocker ecm and switch off ebay, i liked keeping it stock, there are many wiring prints on the internet.

 

[Beeya]

didnt get anything done today... gotta leave to texas tomorrow. Im planning on buttoning everything up on thursday and taking it to bountiful to see how it does, and see if there is anything major that I need to fix before I can get it really wheelable. I ordered the GM alternator bracket today. Ill have that to do when I get back. I didnt get any of the shocks on today or the shackles moved back... either way all of that stuff goes pretty quick.

 

[ChestonScout]

Looks SWEET! How did that motor feel?

 

[Beeya]

feels pretty good. it feels like a torquey 4 cyl... not a lot of horses under there but it will have plenty of torque to get up obstacles. turns out I thought today was the 2nd... I dont leave until the third. Ill be able to get a bunch of work done tomorrow. I leave on thursday. Ill have more pictures tomorrow

 

[Beeya]

well... I got the shocks on the front, re-placed the rear shackle position. Im much happier with the rear. So I took it for a test drive. heard a tick. pulled the valve cover to find 2 broken rocker-arm adjustment screws. My guess is that the head broke from the first one and then caused a mechanical failure, breaking the second one clean off. wither way the parts are on order and I have a lot of work left to get done anyway. Oh btw I thought my texas trip was supposed to leave today... I thought yesterday was the second for some reason. Any way I leave tomorrow morning. heres some pictures.

 

[TJDukit]

Good catch on the the rocker arms, that could have been bad news. So I guess I'll see you next week sometime.

 

[Beeya]

back up and running now. getting the rear shocks on tonight...

 

[Beeya]

so its been a bit since I posted. I got everything pretty much squared up. I gotta re-build the front drive shaft tonight. The first one that I built was a cv style and it didnt quite match up the way it needed to. Plus its a little shorter than I would like. Either way, I dont have the lockers all wired up yet but I want to make sure that everything works for offroad use. Im going to take it out to american fork either saterday or sunday. Gonna see how it does up there and start getting ready for a moab trip sometime this summer.