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4Runner has been running like a champ. I took it out east of my house 60 miles one way yesterday afternoon to bike at a place I haven’t ridden in awhile. The ride ended up getting cut short due to a mechanical my brother had, but on the way home I suggested driving out to the Wichita Mountains...

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll definitely look into that and get it done.

Wow I had no idea. The PO had no clue either, but I saw today that the tag said Sunbrella. Are the cross bars specific to canback or are there some more generic ones out there? I would assume I would have to poke holes through the topper to be able to use them? Which after some googling...

Class was cancelled today so I set to work on a couple small tasks. I cleaned out the blower fan so I can use the heat when it’s cold. Once I put it all back together I failed to realize I was on recirculate. Once I moved it to outside air, it let in all sorts of crap so I took it apart and...

Spent an hour installing the 7” rounds with the help of the Dorman 42408 retaining rings. Old headlights at 12’ New Hellas at 12’ 3 out of 4. That’s a passing grade.

Yeah it’s such an improvement I can’t even really describe. The rear still rides like a leaf sprung truck so if I go with an different set up up front, I’ll definitely be keeping something in mind for the rear. After fixing my passenger seat slide, I went out yesterday evening and ripped...

It looks like you swapped in a newer molded headliner? How did that go and why did you do that? I’ve wished at times that I had the removable a pillar covers for a tweeter install.

There’s quite a bit of decent info out there. This is most of what I have saved in a file for future reference. There is certainly more information out there than a couple vague references of 2UZ swaps into FJ80s. It certainly isn’t an impossible swap, and with all the information out there and...

Thanks! I really just want round headlights for the aesthetics, and I actually have some nice 7” round headlights sitting around collecting dust so it’s cheaper than doing anything with new rectangular headlights. If you look closely, you might be able to see where the 79-81 grille actually...

Yeah they totally changed the entire vibe of the truck. I’ve been having a blast driving this thing around. Any excuse to drive is all I need Same...Although a 2UZ is a slightly different animal. I read through a thread where some guy swapped one into a 1st or 2nd gen Tacoma and it looked like...

Productive time working on the 4runner over Friday and Sunday. Fresh 5100s have it riding much better. I am super pleased. Marlin shifter seat and socket. Shifter now feels as it should. I don’t think I will pursue a short throw shifter as it’s not bad how it is right now. Time will tell...

Ironically, coming from my Land Cruiser, the 22RE is a rocket, but I haven’t had it above 50 mph and on any hills so I have no idea how it will do on the highway. As of right now I don’t have any plans to play in the rocks with this thing. I’d much rather have a quick and capable ride for trips...

Good to know you don’t recommend boosting the performance of the 22re. That would have been probably something I would have been doing, if and only if, I had to rebuild this motor in the immediate future. I’m not really interested in any LS swaps. If I were into that, I’d have probably already...

Thanks for all that info and that’s definitely a lot to consider. I definitely understand it all would be a lot of work, but I’m not afraid of putting in work and fabrication. I thought I mentioned above, but I would definitely be looking to mate an R150F to the 1UZ it as those seem to be good...

At this point I’m not dead set on anything, but I’m a big fan of the UZ motors and fairly familiar with them. A R2.8 certainly would be cool, but I can’t afford the price of entry for one of those. I’ve seen sc400s in the mid 100k mile range for sale locally for $1000-2000 which seems like a...

Which variant of 2UZ are you planning to use and from what? I don’t know if I have ever heard of an H55f mated to one, but that has me curious.

Looking good! That yellow is definitely an interesting choice by the PO. I’m not super familiar with motor swaps in these, but the 3rz and 5vz seem to be the go to swaps for what reason? I would think that for all the work involved, the Toyota 4.0L 1UZs would be just as popular but they don’t...

Thanks! I didn’t realize what was even sitting in front of me. Just looking at everything it needed I wasn’t too interested, but now that I’ve been researching a ton, I would have been a fool to pass it up. I definitely want to preserve and modernize it in ways. No sawzalls getting used on...

Here are some pics of what I started with and where I’m at currently. Yay. Wire nuts! Fought a trailer and lost at some point in its past

Hey everyone, I figured I would start documenting my 1st gen's progress on ExPo. (July ‘19) July ‘20 (Current) I’ve never really worked on any 4Runners, but I was born into a Land Cruiser family and have been working on Land Cruisers most of my life. From a young age, I remember helping my...