Topic: 87 22r in 83

[madmanwelder]

OK so i bought a 83 pickup with a 87 22r motor in it. well nothing is really hooked up. so now i need to plug it all in but not everything matches up so i want to know if other people have done this i have been going over wire diagrams for a while now and i think i can make it work but any advice would be appreciated.. i want to get rid of smog crap too so...   picks are best... what wires go where on alternator two are bolted on an then plug goes in . but where do they both bolt in on ?

[jimbo74]

one alternator wire is a ground, one goes to the battery

can you use the computer from an 87 truck?

the 87 and 83 22rs were quite different, still similar, but still different too

[madmanwelder [OP]]

well what are the differences ... might be able to get comp. not sure...   is this going to work or am i screwed ??  i thought i had it figured but now I'm nervous about it ....

[jimbo74]

the 87 probably wont need much... and i think it iwll run without the emissions computer.... not quite sure how to do it....

if you are running the alternator from the 87 though, you will need to do some footwork, the 87 uses an interal reg alt, the 83 used an external... one of the harness plugs comes off the 87 as a power wire, but the same one was a ground wire for the 83.... i found this out after some magic smoke... i put a 22r from an 85 into a 84 22r truck

[brainlessfool]

it's an 87 22R? not a 22RE?

[madmanwelder [OP]]

hmm so i need to...    whats the fix for this     ? 

[madmanwelder [OP]]

its 22r

[brainlessfool]

ok, not sure if you had a EFI  swap some one started. you should be able to get it working then with out the trauble of a EFI swap. I don't have any ppics to gaide ya,  but you could get a book from kragens.

should not be to tuff.

[jimbo74]

22rs (carbed, were used in 4x4s even after 85, but it was rare) the 22rs were used in the 2wd toyotas until about 93

[madmanwelder [OP]]

so how do you do the alternator fix... ?

[jimbo74]

i odnt remember what i did, i jsut traced the wires and spliced... to get my int reg alt in, i had to run an extra power wire from the alt to the battery

[madmanwelder [OP]]

well i got the motor running good now but still working on the alternator. should be able to get it soon tho.n e body else done this

[yotadork83]

i would just but get an early celica alt only two wire's, more amps and cheap. i got all the info if you are interested. it

[madmanwelder [OP]]

well i am still having trublle with this... will a celica one bolt on

[toyotanner]

i have a 79 toyota with an 86 motor. all i did was use the distributor out of mine and the alternator and i just had to do some fancy wiring for the carb

[yotadork83]

yeah the celica one bolts on. it worth it for sure, helps alot if you are running a big stereo and extra lights

[madmanwelder [OP]]

can you give me the info on it? what year celica .motor ... and how to hook it up

[yotadork83]

two wires to hook it up one says battery and the other says ignition. thats it.i will find the years for you.

[yotadork83]

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=28358.msg311292#msg311292 read this thread that used to fix my truck.