Author Topic: Mojave tribute truck - 3.4L twin turbo - 5VZTTFE (Read 76441 times)

slacker · « **on:** Dec 09, 2014, 06:59:20 PM »

so I picked up a truck this fall , past customer whom had purchased a fiberglass bed from us about 10 years ago .
Older fella just used his truck for gardening and yard work ran the engine out of oil . paint is a "body shop" total Fk up as you can see ...

truck is in GREAT shape , but does need a little frame work on the passenger side

.... and of course , the PERFECT color match needs to be addressed

~ 240k kilometres on the clock .

so with the crap brown color , I had to think hard on what to do to this truck to make it have some eye candy ...
and this is when the tribute came to mind ...

The original Mojave was a brass # plated , 1983 truck from Japan . Canada had 2WD and 4WD models while the USA only had 2WD models ...

I'm going to build this one ----- like that .. sort of

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Cheesemaker · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 09, 2014, 09:53:38 PM »

Clean truck. The frame is bad by the tank isn't it? That is a common place.

slacker · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 10, 2014, 06:45:30 PM »

it is that side , but surprising to me , it is not the inside plate of the rail , but the lower frame , right where the front spring mount is .
drivers side still has factory paint and is almost perfect .. I have not seen this before

slacker · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 24, 2015, 04:41:04 PM »

so out with the old 22re

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slacker · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 07, 2015, 05:41:29 PM »

did some powder coating today for the new 3.4L

dosnt have to be "brite" but why not ?

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slacker · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 28, 2015, 05:06:52 PM »

started the tear down this morning .. pulled the truck in my shop and got to work .

canopy was the first thing to go

and then removed the bed
I was actually excited to see the out come of this , as I have only done this once before on one of my old beds . as I mentioned earlier , this bed was installed at my shop ~ 10 / 11 years ago , so I was anxious to see what it actually looked like after so many years . my personal DD has had it's bed on it's truck now for 15 years , but someone else's truck is always good "gauge" as well .

so heres what we got

other then the inner paint , and under side paint , everything is GREAT , I'm super happy with what I have to work with , and It should last at least another 15 years ... easily !!

anyway .....

also , got the tranny out

and the fenders off

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Zs Confederate Toy · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 07:44:35 AM »

You've got my attention. I would like to see where this one goes

slacker · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 12, 2015, 06:03:16 PM »

I was able to get some more shiny done

just about ready to build the engine now

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chim · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 13, 2015, 08:36:02 AM »

slacker · « **Reply #9 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 07:30:31 PM »

CAB OFF

and now I can get to work on the frame

also .. "blasted" the bellhousing and painted ... I just needed to see some color . I think the gold is going to go well with the accent in the original tribal decals that are going on the outside .. this is also going to be the engine block color

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slacker · « **Reply #10 on:** Apr 09, 2015, 06:31:46 PM »

some color on the block today ...

now I can start striping and building

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81 shortbed · « **Reply #11 on:** Apr 10, 2015, 03:25:00 AM »

^pimpin!

Jason E. · « **Reply #12 on:** Apr 10, 2015, 03:22:04 PM »

Gold block? Hmm... Thats a new one.

slacker · « **Reply #13 on:** Apr 17, 2015, 06:46:47 PM »

frame back into the shop for the weekend ...

pulled the fuel tank,brake lines,torsion bars .. and other pieces , getting ready for the POR 15 treatment

cut off the 22re motor mounts as well, and now just building some new ones for the 3.4L

sorry for the crappy pic

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slacker · « **Reply #14 on:** Apr 20, 2015, 08:04:29 PM »

little more work in the last couple of days ..
my buddy Joel .. yep , supercharger 4Runner Joel ,( owner of a build I did for him a few years back ) wanted to help .. so put him to work cleanin the frame up ..

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slacker · « **Reply #15 on:** Apr 24, 2015, 05:37:31 PM »

C-3PO's cousin

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84 yota dude · « **Reply #16 on:** Apr 24, 2015, 11:41:54 PM »

This is gonna be pimping... haha

slacker · « **Reply #17 on:** Apr 29, 2015, 05:41:54 PM »

Joel still workin' on the frame ... almost ready !!

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slacker · « **Reply #18 on:** Apr 30, 2015, 05:37:57 PM »

Joel has been a huge help on this .. and to keep up with him today we had to mount the tranny and engine to get the positioning for the new mounts .
I used some round tube I had , worked out great ...

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slacker · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2015, 04:33:01 PM »

engine and tranny back out .. time to finish up the frame .

and front end reduced to just a pile of parts

and with a little more work we're almost ready for the POR15 treatment

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slacker · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2015, 06:04:55 PM »

ok , so now we're done with the fitting of the engine .. time to make it perdy

first I started with removing the pan .. for those whom don't know , the original oil pan and pick up on the 5Vzfe wont fit this application . so as you saw in the previous pictures , I already powder coated the pan I need ..
With the pan off , I can now drill the new dipstick location .. and install the new holder
installed with a little red LOCKTITE just for "piece of mind"

also removed the "front end" to replace with all new parts
new oil pump , water pump , timing belt , bearings ect .......

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slacker · « **Reply #21 on:** May 04, 2015, 06:26:16 PM »

frame is all "prepped" now ... acid etched and washed

wheeled it into the shop , and all prepped for tomorrow

should be black tomorrow

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slacker · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2015, 06:34:43 PM »

done and curing overnight

Joel spraying , and I used the pressure pot to do the inside of the frame

and the "machine" cleaning the front diff ..

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zippo · « **Reply #23 on:** May 05, 2015, 07:09:19 PM »

Dude I love your level of detail!

slacker · « **Reply #24 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:08:44 PM »

Quote from: zippo on May 05, 2015, 07:09:19 PM

Dude I love your level of detail!

Thanks .. it will , be better then new

zippo · « **Reply #25 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:18:19 PM »

I am also doing a 5vz swap. I think im going to get a hood scope from you after I cut the hood open!

slacker · « **Reply #26 on:** May 06, 2015, 04:32:35 PM »

sounds good .. definitely busy , so make sure you allow some "ordering" time
shoot me an email when you want to get going with it

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Bananaclip · « **Reply #27 on:** May 06, 2015, 05:25:20 PM »

as mentioned the detail work is

. What paint did you use on the block,tranny,case?

slacker · « **Reply #28 on:** May 06, 2015, 06:40:02 PM »

paint is an engine "heat" paint .. don't have the name brand off hand
meticulous cleaning , and first primed (engine temp primer)

84 yota dude · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2015, 10:28:07 PM »

Is that POR on the frame?

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