bluetoy's '86 4runner buildup

As far as I know, nobody has ever done a rig buildup thread on our site. So I thought I would start one. Hope ya'll enjoy.

The next victim :

A wrecked '86 4runner, thanks to some lady who turned in front of Doc's daughter on the interstate. Somehow it ended up at my house with the intentions of parting it out, but the more I looked at it the more I felt sorry for parting out such a clean 4runner.  I was needing something with a backseat so I can take my son wheeling anyways, so I decided I would bring it back from the dead.

 

Here's what it looked like after the wreck.

 

He was being sarcastic. You'd be surprised how many people we've heard say that. 

Just a tip, the advance auto parts on Jordan has the ultra black in big caulk gun cartridges for $9.99.  That'll make bolting up your new oil pan much easier.

May be of some use unless you already have a plan.

I've torn apart several birfs and when theres just grease (in my opinion) it get pushed away from the surface that needs the lubication and really has no way of returning to that point, so then the birfs are only lubed by a very small amounts of grease. With the oil added I believe it fills the voids left by the grease to provide better lubrication. But like I said my seals have been holding without 1 drop leaking and I checked both knuckles the last saturday and they were both still full. So I know for a fact they dont leak.

Wow, mine looks stock?  I'll take that as a compliment.  It still seems out of place every time I look at it.  I haven't had problems with it hitting the stock 4cyl booster, but it can rock that way when you're compression braking so I can imagine it's possible. 

Lookin good! What is the benefit of runing the y type of stearing?

Hey Nick I was wondering if you use a rod oven for those 7018's? I always liked welding with 7018 sticks but they are such a pain to store and preheat.

No head work or cam in the new motor?  Traded your bobbed bed and bumper for a rolling 85 4 runner chassis minus motor.  Did I do OK?  Frame is in excellent shape. W56 and a decent set of tires.  I've been working on the rental house so not much progress for me.  Should have the rear all the way back together tommorrow with the new springs.

First thing I did was pull it in the shop and start stripping it down. I removed the bed, fenders, grille, bumper, and gutted the interior. The truc was WAY too tall as it was. It had 3" downey springs on the front and 3" trail gear springs on the rear, but the rear springs were at LEAST 3" taller than the front. It also had a 3" body lift.

I removed the body lift and replaced the trail gear springs with a set of 2wd mazda springs. and built a traction bar on the rear to control axle wrap. I also traded the 36" SX's for a set of 35" MTZ's that will be going on the 4runner. I found a good deal on a set of 37" R buckshots, so I put these on the '84.

 

Here's how it sits now. Probably 5" lower than it was, and this is on taller tires.

 

 

 

 

New tires:

I have already fixed a lot of mechanical problems it had also. I pulled the brake drums off just to look and pieces fell out in the floor so I replaced the whole rear axle and brake assemblys with new components.

The truck already had 5.29's with a welded rear and a lock right in front. While I had the axles out I pulled the chunk to inspect the rear gears . I was not the one who built  the diffs, so I wasn't sure what they looked like. Well, the gears looked great but whoever welded it only welded the spiders together and it was cracked and about to grenade itself. I had to tear it down and weld it back right.

 

The motor sounds pretty good but the carb was shot so I tore it down and rebuilt it. It had lots of junk in the bottom of the float bowl.

 

Looked like a mixture of rust and bad gas:

 

 

Got the carb built and back on and it purrs like a sewing machine. Well....maybe an old, tired sewing machine, but it's much better than before.