Overhaul Update

[SP!N4L T4P]

just incase you all were wondering how my swap was goin', here's some pics, fresh off the press...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1938.jpg

the enemy...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1940.jpg

the re-animator...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1957.jpg

the engine is free from everthing minus tranny...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1944.jpg

dont act like youre not impressed...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1947.jpg

mmmm.....cheese burgerrrr......
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1949.jpg

the 3-oh gets its david blaine on...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1966.jpg

cant wait to fill this...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1970.jpg

with this...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1962.jpg

now just gotta swap some old parts on the new engine, and pop it back in. hopefully this will be done b4 spring break. and again, anyone who has nothing to do or needs an excuse is more than welcome come get their hands dirdy...:xpimp:

[RedRunnertc]

Nice shop! Where is that at?

[Don_G]

Looks like thing's'll be moving soon.

Good luck with the new motor!

[SP!N4L T4P]

Nice shop! Where is that at?
its a shop inside Ft. Carson Army Base, down in colo springs. huge place with about 20+ bays with everything u need. costs $2-3 per hour. really good for peeps like me who got no place/tools to work at/with.

[Taco_Man]

Um I need a place like that by me.

[DriftinCO]

its a shop inside Ft. Carson Army Base, down in colo springs. huge place with about 20+ bays with everything u need. costs $2-3 per hour. really good for peeps like me who got no place/tools to work at/with.

Can I come by and check out the project one day after work?

[SP!N4L T4P]

ya sure. we'll be down there thursday till about 8. you'll need ur registration/insurance to get in the base, unless you got a government ID. PM ur number and ill give you mine to guide u to the shop

[Don_G]

So anybody with a Fed ID can get use the shop at those rates?

Seems like a bargain to me.

There is no shop on Buckley, that I have found. I used them a lot while in the USMC.

[SP!N4L T4P]

ya, if you got a Fed ID you can use it. you can get on the base without a Fed ID as a visitor, but i dont know if you could use the shop.

[SP!N4L T4P]

here are some more pics...

we had to remove the top to get the 3.4 out...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1979.jpg

the 3.4 finally free...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1984.jpg

gotta drill a new hole in the block for the dip stick..
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1987.jpg

i tried to free hand it...bad idea. glad i stopped while i was ahead
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1988.jpg

in case you were wondering, what i drive when the runner's down and out...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/DSCN1953.jpg
or when gas is driving moths out of my wallet...

[Lysmachia]

Looking really good! Yes you'll have yours done before me! LOL - But I don't have a sic garaGE LIKE YOU DO!

[SP!N4L T4P]

ya, and it would be even sickER if the damn place didnt close at 4:30 on the weekends:mad: , which is the only time i CAN work on it, not to mention that i gotta drive all the way from ft. collins to colosprings to work on my truck :xcrybaby: ...BESIDES sounds like you got an army of peeps helping you that know wtf theyre doin!!!

[Lysmachia]

ya, and it would be even sickER if the damn place didnt close at 4:30 on the weekends:mad: , which is the only time i CAN work on it, not to mention that i gotta drive all the way from ft. collins to colosprings to work on my truck :xcrybaby: ...BESIDES sounds like you got an army of peeps helping you that know wtf theyre doin!!!

Army of peeps yes. Know WTF we are doing? Kind of. Not really... LOL Unless you count Brian - and he's just coaching from the sidelines... LOL!

[00regcab]

its a shop inside Ft. Carson Army Base, down in colo springs. huge place with about 20+ bays with everything u need. costs $2-3 per hour. really good for peeps like me who got no place/tools to work at/with.

ive been there, did the transmission in my old car at that shop.

[SP!N4L T4P]

i finally got the motor in the truck, and its all bolted up to the tranny and the frame...now for the fun part of choking myself with the wiring harness. also the trucks back up in ft collins since i dont really need a shop anymore, which means that i dont have to only work on weekends anymore.:woot: 86yota's letting my use his garage to finish up, and i think that him having a 3.4 swapped 1st gen is gonna come in real handy...

[poorboyota26]

NICE good to hear an update on this beast.

[SP!N4L T4P]

should be finished in a couple days...
muhhuhahhahahahhhhahheheheheeeee..........:xdevil:

[SP!N4L T4P]

we got the engine fired up :xpimp: and nothing gets me aroused like a roaring engine thats not hooked up to an exhaust system. sounded like i had a v8 in there (i wish)
and if it wasnt for the lack of shrink wrap, the swap would have been complete. all thats left to do is to extend the wiring on the 1st o2 sensor. then all thats really left is to take the truck to an exhaust shop to have them install a whole new exhaust system with the final o2 sensor. till then i can drive it and see whether or not the engines a dud, in which case i will proceed to slam my nuts in a door

[SP!N4L T4P]

thanks to Brain helping me with the last technical details (which would have taken me the whole summer to figure out) the swap is COMPLETE!!!
:bhump: :bhump: :bhump: :bhump: :bhump: :bhump: :bhump: :bhump: :bhump:

and thanks to murphy having a hard on for me, my drive shaft is BUSTED!!!
:suicide: :suicide: :suicide: :suicide: :suicide: :suicide:

so now im taking it to Englewood Drive Shafts to have them rebuild it.
they better not take longer than wednsday to get it back to me...
ill get some pics of the engine in the truck soon as i can drive it home

[SP!N4L T4P]

here's some pics of the runner when i finally was able to drive it home
from Brians house after picking up a rebuilt drive shaft, which they beefed
up from 65 to 90 (and the guy said that toyota's u-joints are the best :cool:)

i will eventually get a scoop to cover this up, and to make it go faster...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary001.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary002.jpg

and im gonna find some tubing to replace that retarded intake muffler or whatever the hell it is

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary003.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary004.jpg

also, im gonna get the smaller fan that doesnt have the ring. its already rubbing against the shroud a bit

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary006.jpg

i also got those military style battery terminals, same kind we use on humvees

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary005.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii33/BL4XD0G/Carp/cary008.jpg

thanks again to Brian for helping me out with the plumbing and the wiring!
god only knows how long that would have taken me to figure out. now pretty much just gotta get a new exhaust system and hook up that second o2 sensor. cant believe what a difference the 3.4 is from the 3.0. on hills that
i had to climb in 3rd i can now cruise through in 5th.

[mrdoug]

Where did you source those battery terminals? or do you want to avoid commenting on that?

[ike]

Looks great! glad everything came together for you.

[SP!N4L T4P]

Where did you source those battery terminals? or do you want to avoid commenting on that?

i got them from ORS, $8 each