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Post by Jon on Jan 7, 2010 18:01:41 GMT -8
No!!! Don't give up!!! ;D ;D I love these older 4 runners. Have never had one (ours where newer), but I've always wanted one. Someday... I believe the issue you are experiencing is that you are attaching the photo's to our forum instead of linking to them via Photobucket. You can do it either way, but if your attaching them you can only do them one at a time. I'd suggest creating a Photobucket account. They are free, easy to use and can then be easily used with any of the other forums you may be on as well. Once you get your photo's uploaded to photobucket this thread here will help explain how to post then include them in your posts. pistonswildforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=postingpicturesinstructions&action=display&thread=2Hope this helps...
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Post by flipflop on Jan 7, 2010 21:58:46 GMT -8
I second what Jon said about the Photo bucket account, that piece of software is just plane awesome and its free!!
In regards to needing a ECU guru, I'd be willing to take a look at it. Maybe I need to re-read your post but I don't recall what year your 4runner is? I have an 1985 Toy pickup 4x4 and your welcome to borrow my ECU for trouble shooting purposes, also I have a few others from different years as well...
BTW, if you don't have a Volt/Ohmmeter you need to buy one. It is next to impossible to really trouble shoot much of anything on those OBDI systems with out one. Their cheap and always a good idea to keep one in the glove box/center console for those priceless moments on the side of the road/trail...
Also if you do a google search for Toyota FSM or Factory Spec. Manual you can usually find a free download for the OEM Toyota Factory Specification Service Manual which is equally as important as the volt/ohmmeter
BTW, I wish my garage was that big ;D
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Post by Wyldman on Jan 8, 2010 21:56:32 GMT -8
Nice looking ride. I look forward to seeing it out on the trails. Just remember, "wheel what you must, but drive a Toyota" In your case Drive/Wheel a Toyota.
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Post by flipflop on Jan 24, 2010 18:15:56 GMT -8
just got my doubler together just waiting on a few little parts to get here according to marlin crawler FedEx should be dropping by anytime Yah Marlin Rocks, I've always had great customer service with them. Are you putting 4.7 gears in the rear case? From all the money and mods. I've thrown at mine I think the one mod that continues to make all the difference is the t-case gears. I exclusevly always use the rear case with the 4.7's and rarely maybe 3-4 times a year actually use the doubler...either way there both awesome upgrades on a Toy. flip.flop
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Post by racincowboy on Feb 13, 2010 16:35:32 GMT -8
Well its about time you got those parts. I want to see that t-case mount. You going to have it all done by the end of the weekend? I am in Shelton Washington at the moment with Pistonschick, Shortbus, Olyellr, and margo at winter convention. So I will give you a call to come look at that mount. I will be home tomorrow night sometime.
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Post by flipflop on Feb 19, 2010 8:06:11 GMT -8
Well i just got those parts I was talking about today. Yep thats right almost a month later, I have had good luck in the past with Marlin but they definitely dropped the ball this time. I must say that Brendon in the sales dept. really worked hard to make it right by me but I was pretty disappointed with the way the transaction went down. As for the 4.7 I'm am going to wait till my stage two next year, I was going to do it this year but I found some other mods I wanted to do so I decided to split the cost over two seasons so I could get out on the trail now. Sorry to hear about that, better late than never. You haven't missed much, the snow this year has been slim to none. You just going to run a single stock t-case, armor everything up and drive it like its a toyota? flip.flop
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Post by flipflop on Mar 6, 2010 23:19:06 GMT -8
Well i just got those parts I was talking about today. Yep thats right almost a month later, I have had good luck in the past with Marlin but they definitely dropped the ball this time. I must say that Brendon in the sales dept. really worked hard to make it right by me but I was pretty disappointed with the way the transaction went down. As for the 4.7 I'm am going to wait till my stage two next year, I was going to do it this year but I found some other mods I wanted to do so I decided to split the cost over two seasons so I could get out on the trail now. You get your Runner mobile yet or is it still under the knife? We're planning some snow runs in your area... flip.flop
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Post by flipflop on Mar 14, 2010 12:38:23 GMT -8
looks great & congrats. on the upgrade. I bet your jonesing to take that thing out!! Well if you can wait you should save your pennies and buy ARB's. Unless it's a trailer queen then you could buy a pair of Aussie Locker's for cheap. I've heard good things about the Aussie Locker's. Also you can get into a set of Lock Rights lockers for pretty cheap as well...
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Post by fivendime on Mar 16, 2010 10:32:40 GMT -8
Well my new issue to deal with is the neutral/park switch and reverse light switch. I am terrible with auto electric. So its still not road ready, I was so excited about getting my drive lines that I forgot about the electrical, not to mention that I can't put my front drive line in because I forgot to modify my stock cross member or buy a new one made for double t-case set ups. If anyone has delt with this before "the electrical / auto to manual tranny swap" throw me a freakin bone , or tell me a good place to tow it to ;D ha ha. I dont get it.....From an auto to a manual. If I got that right you dont need a neutral/park switch. You do however have a switch on the manual transmission for reverse lights, it will have 2 wires coming out of it. Possibly a black and a yellow. Now, I'm not familiar with Toyota's, that said you can sometimes have the reverse light switch up by the shifter and the shifter triggers it. Either way you no longer need that neutral/park switch. IF you are needing to by pass it that's pretty easy to, but Very hard to explain since I haven't see the part. I have no clue if I answered your question...LOL If I can help in any way let me know.
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Post by fivendime on Mar 17, 2010 7:50:27 GMT -8
The auto trans plugged into a ECU module, so I have to figure out the wiring so I can by-pass module to eliminate the neutral/park kill switch and wire in the reverse light. I'm just not good with electrical. Can you post up a picture of the harness plug and the neutral/park switch itself for me? Its basically a switch that is on when your in park or neutral so that you can start your car. You have to jump one of the two wires and hook up your back up light wires to the current transmission reverse switch. Complicated as all heck to explain but if I have a picture of it I can better determine what to tell you.
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Post by iceman on Mar 17, 2010 13:47:37 GMT -8
You still can use the Neutral safety switch if you want. This will keep you from starting the truck in gear. Almost all newer tranys Auto and Manual have a Neutral safety switch. Some times on manuals it is on the clutch pedal. All it does is when the clutch pedal is depressed it grounds out and when its not it is not grounded so if you put a jumper in where the connection is it will make it think that the pedal is always depressed, or that the pedal is always in neutral or park. I hope this helps. The problem will be finding the two wires to connect together.
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Post by flipflop on Mar 27, 2010 20:54:18 GMT -8
So its been a busy week, I went and found an axle with the parking brake assembly and swapped it over to mine now I've got some spare axles. Also bought some third members with 571 gears and a spool in the rear to tie me over for now until I can afford some ARB's. Installed the drag link and new skid plate. I backed down to the end of my driveway "150-170 ft" put it in low low and crawled back to the shop. It took a minute and forty seconds. It's pretty cool, I have never had anything that I could really call a crawler. Once I swap my front springs it should gain some more flex, but I'll wait till this summer for that. For now its time to play! Congrats. I love reading about people that are actually working on their rigs and getting stuff done. It's a nice motivator for me, thank you for that Yah the dual cases is great really shines on the technical trails and in the snow. So when are we going to TSF to try out the new setup? I'd prefer to go snow wheeling but, I think we would have to summit Mt. Hood to find any... BTW, I have a shift boot if you need one... flip.flop
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Post by flipflop on Mar 30, 2010 18:13:06 GMT -8
I'm good on the boot but I may have an ignition/ fuel gremlin surfacing, hopefully I can figure it out this week, but I may have to pick your brain. As far as trying it out, I went to Flat Broke's work party today at TSF and when we got done we hit a few trails. And the old Yota performed great I need to adjust the clutch and steering linkage and maybe put my old rear springs on the front to see if I can get a little more tire clearance (You wouldn't know anything about the spring swap would you). But all in all it worked sweet, it was so nice to get out and enjoy a little payoff. Can't wait to get out again. Cool, glad to hear it worked well and you had fun. Sorry to hear about the gremlins, I'm a pretty good gremlin sniper ,at least to the extend of a 22re and a 6cyl. land cruiser motor. Outside of that its all greek to me, if you need a hand or need some specs. Yah, I looked into doing the rear IFS spring swap to the front, but I would have to move my stearing box forward, or buy a shorter pitman & stearing arms, to accomodate the springs, or drill new center pin location into the springs. I know on a stock 1985 toyota moving the rear springs/IFS rear springs to the front pushes the front axle forward 2.5". Doesn't sound like a allot but there really is allot to think about: bump stear, stearing bind, susp. cycling at full droop and compression, relocate shock mounts, brakes lines mounts possibly, lengthening driveline, bunch of little things that start to nickel and dime you. I measured the bolts and I'm pretty sure the rear stock springs still use something like a 3/4" bolt, utilizing the factory OEM spring bushings. What lift springs are you using now on the front? I just had my front spring packs apart like two weeks ago fixing a broken leaf, and lowering the front susp. of the truck 1.33". Truck looks better and rides much nicer now. If you can get away with it I would opt to keep the truck as low as possible, a low center of gravity is really nice with a 4x4, espcially a 4runner. The bottom of the frame on my Toy. is 22&1/8" from the ground, measured inline with the door handle, that's on 35" tires @ street air pressure.
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Post by flipflop on Mar 31, 2010 21:58:39 GMT -8
Did you cut on your fire wall at all to clear those 35's. I've got three inch pro comp springs on the front with All Pro 2 3/4 shackles for a total of five inches give or take a 1/2 inch, with a pro comp adjustable drag link and stock box. Ill take some frame measurements tomorrow when I get home but I think Its got to be at least 22inches. Uhh, well I don't know anything about ProComp Lift leaf Springs. Did they give you any specs. like springs rate or center pin location? Yes, my inner fender wells closest to the front of the doors are cut back and patched to aid in clearing the tires only at full compression and only during full stearing wheel lock-to-lock. Also I'm running a prerunner type fiberglass fender, but you could easily modify the stock 4x4 front fenders if need be. I can take pics tomorrow if needed...
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Post by flipflop on Apr 7, 2010 16:56:33 GMT -8
Yeah Take a picture and post please. I measured frame to ground at the door seeem and I have 22" of clearance. What front srings are you running. I think my front springs are either early 4" Marlin Crawler or All ProSpings, their a 5 leaf pack, and I pulled the second smallest leaf out and the shackles are 5" eye to eye. flip.flop
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