Wall-E the 1991 Toyota Hilux

[Basil.]

(More photos coming soon)

WALL-E​

Wall-E is a 1991 Toyota Pickup that had a 2.4l 2L-TE turbo diesel swapped into it, making the truck nearly identical to the Toyota Hilux available outside of North America. After traveling North America for two years in “Bruce” the F-250, I was ready for something a bit smaller, especially with our plans of wanting to head South down the Pan American Highway. I found Wall-E for sale on Expedition Portal, the previous owner also had plans of taking it down the Pan American Highway but never started the journey. When I purchased the truck, he had already done a few modifications, some of which I kept, while others were removed or altered to make the truck what I wanted.

Engine

• Toyota 2L-TE 4cyl turbo diesel
• 2nd gen 2L-TE head (the original heads are prone to cracking)
• Evans Waterless coolant
• Tridon high flow 89°c thermostat
• Custom 3-row oversized radiator
• Rebuilt turbo
• Manual boost controller
• Airspeed controller to fool ECU boost readings
• Fuel screw adjusted up 1/4 turn
• Top mount intercooler, hood scoop, and 8” electric fan
• 2.5” turbo-back exhaust
• 70 amp alternator
• EGT, water temp, and boost gauges

Driveline

• R150 5 speed manual transmission
• Single mass 3L flywheel conversion
• VF1A chain-driven manual transfer case
• Factory independent front suspension
• AISIN manual front hubs
• Factory 8” rear axle
• Re-Geared to 4.88’s
• ARB Air lockers front and rear
• Yokohama 285/70R17 Geolandar F rated G015 AT tires
• 17x9 -12mm American Racing AR172 steel wheels

Suspension

• FOX 2.0 aluminum shocks with remote reservoirs and adjusters
• Old Man Emu HD torsion bars
• 1.5” ball joint spacers
• Old Man Emu Dakar HD leaf springs and hangers
• Hellwig Bigwig airbags
• Front and rear sway bars
• Old Man Emu steering stabilizer

Electrical

• Full Throttle batteries
• Switch-Pros 9100
• Kenwood TM-710 2M radio
• WeBoost drive reach cell phone booster
• Custom wiring by Off-Grid Engineering
• Upgraded Kenwood sound system with 10” sub
• Light Force Venom LED lights
• Light Force ROK9 underbody LED lights
• Light Force ROK20 ultra flood LED lights
• Wireless backup camera in place of OEM rearview mirror
• Garmin Overlander navigation system

Body

• XP Camper tray
• eBay Snorkel
• ARB front bumper
• Extended front fender flares and mud flaps
• Custom rock sliders

Recovery

• Warn M8000 winch
• Master Pull superline XD synthetic winch line
• Master Pull HD Recovery kit
• Maxtrax MKII + XTREME’s

Camper

• Four-Wheel Camper Fleet Flatbed (weighs 1,420lbs dry)
• Indoor/outdoor shower
• Dometic Flush mount sink/stove
• Dometic propane Furnace
• Dometic CFX55IM fridge
• Dometic 6 gallon water heater
• King Size bed upgrade
• 20-gallon fresh water tank
• Thermal pack
• Silver Spur exterior
• Custom surfboard roof racks
• Custom wiring by Off-Grid Engineering
• Full River 224ah 6v batteries
• REDARC Manager 30
• ACUVA UV LED water filtration system

 

[VTOLRN]

Looking forewared to seeing this thing travel surf spots.

 

[Deleted member 9101]

That's a pretty slick little rig!

 

[Basil.]

Build updated!

 

[760surfer]

Seeing how you've been in both a full sized truck with a hard sided camper and a mid sized truck with a pop up camper, can you talk about the pros and cons of the vehicles and campers. I'm a surfer too, so if any of your decisions were directly related to surfing, you can mention those too. Thanks!

 

[Fishenough]

Looking for an update also. I would be interested to hear what kind of mileage and egt temperatures you are getting? How many miles have you put on the 2nd gen heads?

Such a great rig. My luck wasn't as good with the L engine, i brought one in for myself in 2004 and though it was a sweet engine I was getting the milkshake in my oil pan in the first summer.

 

[SDDiver5]

If you follow him on IG you can see everything hes done to it. He's replaced all sorts of engine parts.

I've met Basil a few times and live up the street from where he is living/parked. Such an awesome rig! I miss seeing big ol bruce cruising around our small beach town tho.

 

[SDDiver5]

Saw on his IG that he took off for his long trip and he was in Denver and decided he does not want Wall-E anymore because oh hot little and under powered it is and he is selling it and looking for a Tundra.