KDXSR5s Wyo DD Build: Starting To Come Together.............SLOWLY

[KDXSR5]

Well, i want it in the bed because I may do a dual battery set up eventually, and I am tired of worrying about my battery slipping out of its holder and hitting my fan (it has happened to me once). I think i will probably just run a ground to those three somehow and call it good. Maybe I will run a ground cable from my engine to my frame and from my engine to my body. I will then run a ground from my body to my frame so that both the engine and body are grounded two ways. I will then run one ground cable from my frame to my battery (or two ) Thoughts?

[Duffil]

definitely run those grounds...you can never have too many IMO.  Factory is one to the frame, then up to the block, and a strap off the back of the head to the firewall, and a small one over by/in the alt harness with an eyelet.

[KDXSR5]

Ok. I started switching the airbox sides. I turned the bottom around on accident and got confused and didn't realize it until after I got done reworking the mounts. That is ok though. Now the intake hole is pointed directly at the inner fender subframe deal. The plan is to run my intake as seen HERE under phase II.5


Pics of modified mounts and a pic of it in final position (I will not drill holes and bolt it down until the engine is installed so then i can move it around if need be to make my intake setup work from the sensor to the intake):








Here is my current problem. Toyota couldn't just use 4 of the same closing mechanisms... no way that would be too easy. Instead they used 3 of one kind and 1 of another. So now I need to modify the bottom half of the airbox by moving the one that closes up over to the empty space and by making a lip for the one that closes down where the one that closes up currently is:







I hope this all made sense, I am so tired, off to bed for me.

[KDXSR5]

[NorCalToy]

cool, thanks


so where does the filter actually run to then? inside the cab behind the glove box or what?


you should hard wire up one of those electric leaf blowers at the intake for max airflow...


that would be kinda cool...

[GJToyotabug]

the filter is going to be in the box. the box is just being moved

[KDXSR5]

Correct, Josh.

NCT, I believe you are asking were the intake starts? It goes up into the cowl area about an inch or two, just far enough to keep it in there. The only filter is the stock one in the airbox.


I am off tomorrow, but I feel like crap, so I probably wont get anything done.

[KDXSR5]

well I finished modding the airbox. Now i need to pull the wires out of the harness to swap them over to the passenger side. Tomorrow. Maybe.

[KDXSR5]

[KDXSR5]

Done with this:






Stupid soldering iron took crap while in the middle of wiring:




J-arm sent off to be flipped

[Yota87Truck]

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=40464.0;attach=100614

Make sure you don't try to go the easy route like me, I tried to do it without pulling the steering wheel cause i don't have a steering wheel puller, well it almost worked, but then it boke... still isn't fixed. 

Lookin good...

[KDXSR5]

Is Duffil doing the flip?

Make sure you don't try to go the easy route like me, I tried to do it without pulling the steering wheel cause i don't have a steering wheel puller, well it almost worked, but then it boke... still isn't fixed. 

Lookin good...

Thanks for the heads up, i appreciate it.

I have been told that a steering wheel puller is not needed before.

I will find out when i try to do it tomorrow.

[GJToyotabug]

What is that?

[KDXSR5]

new horn contact, I am tired of not having a horn. I have never owned a truck with a working horn and with the cost of gas going up i can't just rev the piss out of my engine to get peoples attention. plus I am babying my new engine for a while.

[KDXSR5]

Houston, i believe we have found the horn problem! (yup, super crappy pic)

[KDXSR5]

I started swapping stuff onto the new engine, but i can't do any more until I have the bench grinder set up with a wire wheel to clean stuff with. So the build is at a standstill until the wirewheel is in action.

[KDXSR5]

I used a 19mm and the wheel slid off easily. I torqued it back down to the 25 lf/lb specified in my FSM.

[KDXSR5]

Ok, I started taking stuff off the 88 engine to be swapped back onto the 85 engine. I got the upper intake off, and I am going to do this in steps. I will take a major part off, clean it, paint it, then set it aside. I am also going to get all new hoses for everything since all of mine are cracked. Maybe that had something to do with why my engine would idle at 1400 rpm all the time and not 700ish rpm like it should. NAPA here I come!

Once i got the upper intake off, I could tell something was wrong. I saw pools of oil in the lower intake (see pics). I looked up into the upper intake and all of the carbon which is usually rock solid was loose and oily. The oil smells like gas, so I think my cold start injector is leaking. I think I will send my cold start injector to HERE to get refurbished. What would cause that much oil to accumulate in my intake? Any ideas?

[KDXSR5]

After doing some talking with WHITETRASH we have decided it is just blowby from this old worn out engine. It is normal for a 200,000 mile engine that has never been rebuilt.

[KDXSR5]

I talked to my dad last night and he told me I can have these 31x10.50 BFG A/T tires if I can find 4 matching tires to put on thef-150. I have 3 Goodyear Wrangler GSA tires previously mentioned in this build that will work, but I need a 4th one.

[NorCalToy]

why not put the GSA wranglers on your truck then? or do they suck?


also does that mean youll be gettin some LTBs since youll have siped winter tires now?

[KDXSR5]

GSA wranglers are only 235/75r15 which is about a 29x9.5r15 tire. The BFGs are larger. Either would work fine, but even though the BFGs might have a little less tread on them, I believe they are the better choice.

[Cheesemaker]

Witchhunter very cool business to deal with!  Here's my link to getting my injectors cleaned, fast turnaround.  I think it was like $125+ for all of them and shipping.                                                                http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=32961.msg428942#msg428942

As for siping your tires, I did mine with just a utility knife.  I just did a couple lines across each tread block, to give me some wet/icy weather traction, since I don't have a second set of tires, like I did for the nissan!  But the ice and snow out here on the coast is nasty slick.  You got to have siping done!

[KDXSR5]

Witchhunter very cool business to deal with!  Here's my link to getting my injectors cleaned, fast turnaround.  I think it was like $125+ for all of them and shipping.                                                                http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=32961.msg428942#msg428942

Thanks for the witchhunter info cheesemaker! I believe I heard about them from one of your posts a long time ago. I have all new injectors besides the cold start injector, so I think I will send just it out to be refurbished.

[Duffil]

 

[KDXSR5]

Hmm... that looks oddly familiar... Thanks Duffil!

[Redbeard1]

[KDXSR5]

ok some news: I ordered a 20 gallon solvent tank from HF yesturday, so the engine install is on hold until i get that put together and running. In the mean time i decided I might as well build my front packs. As you can see in my list above I did get my new rear springs on (thanks crawlerdan). I am also going to add a few more things to my list.


As you can see, the new springs are slightly longer than the old ones, but since they are a tighter coil with a thinner material they should out perform the old springs. Also notice that the new ones are progressive.




Front axle on the ground




Truck's current state




And my other helper, B

[KDXSR5]

Ok, a little product info on stuff I have bought/am going to buy:

The solvent tank I bought: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98332




The stuff I am going to paint my built leaf packs with (reduce friction, improve ride smoothness/flexability): http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1WVL3




I am also going to get 2 inch longer shackles for my front suspension because my old stock ones have trashed pins and such. I am going to use Marlin shackle plates with Marlin (daystar) poly bushings and All-Pro greasable shackle bolts.

[Redbeard1]

Ok, a little product info on stuff I have bought/am going to buy:

The solvent tank I bought: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98332



Make sure you use solvent and not diesel buddy of mine put diesel in the exact same HF parts washer and the pump went out with in a week..



The stuff I am going to paint my built leaf packs with (reduce friction, improve ride smoothness/flexability): http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1WVL3




I am also going to get 2 inch longer shackles for my front suspension because my old stock ones have trashed pins and such. I am going to use Marlin shackle plates with Marlin (daystar) poly bushings and All-Pro greasable shackle bolts.