Author Topic: 79 build "Energizer Bunny" (Read 6836 times)

krawler79 · « **on:** Aug 28, 2009, 07:59:11 PM »

This is what i have been doing with my spare time and money. I am doing all the work in my garage with me, myself, and I, and occasionally my friends and family. I love rockcrawling and have been addicted to it for as long as i can remember so i figured it is time to build my own truck. The truck is a 79 Toyota 4x4 hilux longbed, jeeps are overrated, and the goal is to make a capable, reliable, and street legal crawler. Right now my truck is just a lawn ornament but soon it will be a mall crawler then someday soon after that I can go play on the rocks.
Specs so far:
20r(only 100,000 original miles!) with 32/36 Weber
5" all pro, marlin, sky lift
high steer
89 rearend with 5.29's and a Detroit
trussed front with stock gears open
35" bfg mt with steel wheels off a new fj (wrong offset)

Soon to come:
bed bob

dual cases and 5 speed
sliders, bumpers, cage
high pinion front diff with 5.29's and arb
37" mtr's
bobby long 30 spline super axles
chromoly rear axles
rebuild front axle
and more I just can't remember

And pics:
Stock

Front

Front done

Rear springs on

"Energizer bunny"

Parts laying around

Thats it for now. Updates soon.

95toyrunner · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 28, 2009, 08:52:16 PM »

oh man! this looks like it's going to be good!

CrazyYota · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 28, 2009, 08:58:03 PM »

Nice truck!

real clean for a 79.

THK Matt · « **Reply #3 on:** Aug 28, 2009, 09:08:33 PM »

sick dude.....

SJyota · « **Reply #4 on:** Aug 28, 2009, 09:23:58 PM »

Nice work

46&2 · « **Reply #5 on:** Aug 28, 2009, 09:32:25 PM »

Nice, clean rig! Love the color. I like where this is going, keep us updated.

krawler79 · « **Reply #6 on:** Aug 29, 2009, 02:50:17 PM »

Just got back from the tire store. I have four 37x12.50x15 mtr's coming in a week!

It took the guy about twenty minutes to trac some down! He said they are getting hard to find because the new kevlar edition is going to replace the older version!

boggerunner · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 29, 2009, 03:31:26 PM »

i like the old mtr's, and now they are gone, time for bfg krawlers

locked 4x4 · « **Reply #8 on:** Aug 29, 2009, 04:09:19 PM »

That truck is immaculate. Real nice

CrazyYota · « **Reply #9 on:** Aug 30, 2009, 11:30:13 AM »

Quote from: krawler79 on Aug 29, 2009, 02:50:17 PM

He said they are getting hard to find because the new kevlar edition is going to replace the older version!

That sucks the new ones are ugly. $I\'m Down$

the_white_shadow · « **Reply #10 on:** Aug 30, 2009, 01:11:45 PM »

Damn, That is so sexy. I wish mine looked that straight and clean. Whats next list?

83 Crawler · « **Reply #11 on:** Aug 30, 2009, 02:10:52 PM »

i love it!

krawler79 · « **Reply #12 on:** Aug 30, 2009, 06:53:58 PM »

Thanks for all the compliments. Whats next on the list? I am tearing the 4 speed out and putting in the 5 speed, duals

, and the Sky Manufacturing crossmember. Then get a drive shaft built and it will be out on the street again! Mall crawler status baby!

95toyrunner · « **Reply #13 on:** Aug 30, 2009, 09:04:23 PM »

i am truely excited to see it with the 37's

krawler79 · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 02, 2009, 09:48:22 PM »

Picked up my 37's today

! Here are some crappy pics of the new shoes. Just need to order my clutch and flywheel then my 5 speed and duals are going in.

95toyrunner · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 02, 2009, 09:56:42 PM »

that's it!!! i'm getting 37's

Steve_925 · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 01:52:29 AM »

where did you get the mtr's from. i have been told the old style was discontinued

95toyrunner · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 07:22:04 AM »

they are discontinued but there's still some floating around out there

krawler79 · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 07:36:24 AM »

I got my tires from Discount Tire. Like 95toyrunner said they are discontinued but there are some left. You should have seen the guys face when i said i wanted the older version of the mtr

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4Runtoy · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 10:15:22 AM »

Are they cheaper because they are discontinued? nice truck by the way.

krawler79 · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 02:02:04 PM »

As far as I know the price is the same they just aren't making them anymore. I payed $249 a tire plus tax.

krawler79 · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 07:39:06 PM »

Here are some more pics of my new mtr's. They are a little better than the ones in my garage. I noticed that my front end is noticably taller than the rear and i'm thinkin that if my bumpers and cage don't even things out I might swap the front 5" springs out for some 4" lift springs. I am going to buy longer rear shackles and move the shackle mount foward because I don't like the angle it is at and I would like to gain a little more down(droop) travel, but I don't think it is going to effect the height of the rear much.
Anyway I'm really diggin my new tires so here are the pics.
with flash:

without flash:

83yota · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 03, 2009, 07:42:29 PM »

lookin good

krawler79 · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 08, 2009, 06:59:38 PM »

OK I'm about to do my transmition swap but i have a couple of questions since i have never done this before, yes I have a service manual. First will my clutch for my 20r 4 speed work for my 5 speed (i was told all clutches are the same for the different 4 bangers and transmitions)? Second will the clutch fork assemble(what ever goes in in the square hole on the side of the transmition) from my 4 speed work with my 5 speed or do i need to find one for my 5 speed transmition? Third would be is this pretty straight forward or am I missing something? Thanks in advance.

krawler79 · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 10, 2009, 08:07:44 AM »

OK I have been searching and this is what i have found. I need an 81 or newer slave cylinder, fork, release bearing and collar for my 5 speed. All I need to know is do I need to replace my clutch and flywheel with a later model version or can I use the one for my 79 and is there anything else I'm missing?

dune_it86 · « **Reply #25 on:** Apr 05, 2010, 02:40:55 AM »

hey i saw in one of ur pics u had factory center caps... curious if u still have them, and are u interested in selling them?

zippo · « **Reply #26 on:** Apr 05, 2010, 10:57:35 PM »

Very nice!

Travis H · « **Reply #27 on:** Apr 05, 2010, 11:14:54 PM »

Quote from: dune_it86 on Apr 05, 2010, 02:40:55 AM

hey i saw in one of ur pics u had factory center caps... curious if u still have them, and are u interested in selling them?

he hasn't logged in to this forum since November of 09.

one of the nicest lookin 1st gens ive seen.

krawler79 · « **Reply #28 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 05:53:24 PM »

Well......I'm back. I've had this truck just parked for a couple of months now and I really haven't been motivated to do anything...I'm buying a dedicated DD here soon and I've decided to get this beast on the rocks ASAP!! So I'm holding off on another project I was just getting ready to start and putting in the time to finish this piece...unfortunantly I'm headed back to college so money is going to be tight but I'll have plenty of time to work on her now that I'm quitting my full time job and getting a part time one so I can focus on school. Anyway thanks to a friend getting a truck and wanting to go wheelin I'm back at it so here is the recent progress: In goes the 5-speed and duals