Recent content by Casebite

Thanks for the compliments! Well unfortunately we wont be traveling to Colorado this summer like I had hoped but we will be going to Oklahoma to visit family around the 4th, compromising at its best. I do appreciate the meet up offer though!

150miles, 3rd oil change, and counting... still running great, has alot more torque/power than previous 22re engines I've had in the past.:ylsmoke: Took the family out to a park for fathers day.:)

My plan is to rebuild the 4:88 diffs and install them back for the ease of towing, for now the 4:10s are going to make due. The trailer is pretty light so I should be ok going up passes just not very fast at all.

UPDATES: -Got the w56 mounted up and filled with synthetic fluids -Had to repair part of the engine harness(looks like someone didn't disconnect the acv connector before they pulled the engine):( -Got everything on the engine buttoned up and finally started it up! Idles well! -Finished the...

Thanks again for the compliments! It's more or less plain inside, it's a work in progress.

Thanks for all of the complements!:) Hopefully I can get the 4runner finished before July 4th weekend so my wife, daughter and I can head up to Colorado with my off-road camper.:safari-rig::camping: The camper:

Yeah I've been reading about how the lock right can engage/disengage quite harshly. I plan on getting a twin stick shifter for the t-case in hopes of easing the steering if I get into a tight spot, only locking one hub is a good idea as well. Eventually I'd like to get arb air lockers front and...

"The engine and transmission were both in the back of the runner when I picked it up."

Finally got the engine almost finished up and installed :) Got the marlin crawler clutch kit installed along with a new flywheel I almost had the rebuilt W56 installed the same day as the clutch but I could only find one of the throw out bearing clips. So my progress came to a halt...

Started building the engine engine specs: -bored 40 over -engnbldr cylinder head w/ss valves -engnbldr front cover, timing components, and gaskets -RV camshaft -EGR block off plates -long-tube header -Marlin Crawler 1600 clutch kit w/flywheel -Marlin transmission mount Cylinder head...

I've had quite a few toyota rigs through the past and I've always wanted to build a first gen 4Runner. My searching turned up a 1989 blue 4runner that looked to be in great shape. That's when I learned that you NEVER buy a 4runner that has rhino liner on the rear fenders! I started poking and...