Author Topic: My 99 Tacoma (Read 30151 times)

<MIKE> · « **Reply #92 on:** May 22, 2010, 11:18:32 AM »

and here is the next morning.

We had a pretty fun time wheeling on the lake bed all night. unfortunatly we had a little too much fun and i flopped my truck. the motor knocks and i have to replace a windshield and pull the dent out to get the door back on. owell time for an internal cage now.

fade · « **Reply #93 on:** May 22, 2010, 11:51:14 AM »

owch that sucks every one ok? was it a 3.4?

<MIKE> · « **Reply #94 on:** May 22, 2010, 12:20:12 PM »

ya we were fine. no its a 2.7

fade · « **Reply #95 on:** May 22, 2010, 12:26:26 PM »

well then just time for a 3.4 swap j/k. At least it will be a lil cheaper to rebuild or replace.

<MIKE> · « **Reply #96 on:** May 22, 2010, 01:53:17 PM »

ya hopefully its not too F'ed. i'm gonna pull the oil pan tomorrow and check the bearings.

GONZO97 · « **Reply #97 on:** May 22, 2010, 10:19:05 PM »

looked like a good time man too bad about the flop but it happens

<MIKE> · « **Reply #98 on:** May 23, 2010, 05:33:34 AM »

ya it was awesome!! i'm gonna pull the oil pan today and see if any of the rods are loose. hopefully if so the crank aint F'ed

<MIKE> · « **Reply #99 on:** May 24, 2010, 10:27:30 AM »

So i pulled the oil pan yesterday and checked all the rod and main bearings. they all looked fine except for the one on cylinder 3 i noticed when i was trying to turn the crank with a wrench it got binded up. i loosened up the number 3 cap and it free'd it up. so i tightened it back to 33 ftlbs and it binded back up. so i took the bearing out and on the bottom side there is a rub mark with a little bit of scouring. the crank looks fine. What do you guys think get new bearings and see if thats the problem? anyone ever have this happen to them? what would cause that? thanks

<MIKE> · « **Reply #100 on:** Jun 09, 2010, 11:47:59 PM »

so it looks like i'm in need of a new motor. i'm pretty sure i have a bent rod or something like that. anyone have a 3rz?

thegoofster21 · « **Reply #101 on:** Jun 10, 2010, 08:20:21 PM »

Quote from: Tacosupreme on Jun 09, 2010, 11:47:59 PM

so it looks like i'm in need of a new motor. i'm pretty sure i have a bent rod or something like that. anyone have a 3rz?

i may know of a guy that as one. i live in nor cal Grass Valley, ca were you at?

<MIKE> · « **Reply #102 on:** Jun 11, 2010, 01:37:01 AM »

roseville.. pretty close. just drunk right now

thegoofster21 · « **Reply #103 on:** Jun 22, 2010, 09:48:02 PM »

$1000 for the motor in a running tacoma

86bobbedtoy · « **Reply #104 on:** Jun 22, 2010, 11:17:39 PM »

so what was wrong with the motor?

<MIKE> · « **Reply #105 on:** Jul 02, 2010, 03:15:14 PM »

sorry been busy lately havent been able to work on the rig in a while. just got married so its been hectic with all the family in and what not. basically it looks like i need to get a rebuilt or salvaged motor to swap in.

GONZO97 · « **Reply #106 on:** Jul 02, 2010, 03:40:23 PM »

Well congrats on the marriage man, and i would say get a reman engine thats what i did

<MIKE> · « **Reply #107 on:** Jul 07, 2010, 12:03:08 PM »

ya how much was your reman 3.0?

GONZO97 · « **Reply #108 on:** Jul 07, 2010, 01:22:38 PM »

i got a pretty good deal i think my reman cost me 1500 i priced out getting mine rebuilt and buying other engines and the cheapest i could find was 2200 so 1500 was a no brainer for me

<MIKE> · « **Reply #109 on:** Jul 08, 2010, 11:07:39 AM »

oh ya thats way better. prob what i'll do we have a pretty good selection over in Rancho cordova.

GONZO97 · « **Reply #110 on:** Jul 08, 2010, 12:15:31 PM »

yeah i went through a mechanic that i know and he has a guy who he uses all the time for toyota engines.... he has already put two in for us and mine will be his third so the guy we have been using is pretty reliable

<MIKE> · « **Reply #111 on:** Sep 04, 2010, 09:00:46 PM »

Well I finally got the new motor put in. I had a friends dad put it in for me. I'm planning on going up to the rubicon tomorrow for the second half of the cantina. If you see me come say hi I'd like to check out all your guys rigs. $Beer Chug\'n$

<MIKE> · « **Reply #112 on:** Sep 07, 2010, 10:30:52 PM »

Truck ran great up at the Cantina. i didn't break anything so thats good. i have a list of things i need to fix to make it better but nothing major. one being i have longer front springs than when i originally built the front so my shackle angle is horrible. Two i really need to save up for some Duals. Other than that we had a great time. i went with my wife jess and my friend jake and his 84. here's some pics of us. we kept it real easy goin this trip because i really didn't want to have to fix anything the first day back in my rig.

<MIKE> · « **Reply #113 on:** Sep 07, 2010, 10:35:57 PM »

<MIKE> · « **Reply #114 on:** Sep 07, 2010, 10:41:05 PM »

And I had to let the Wifey drive back from Spider. she drove Jakes truck since he has 4.7s. She did really well. And best of all she is convinced i need dual cases so i can "go slower like Jakes Truck." so it was a win win

. Last one is us doing our final check off but jake didn't see his 3 sheared knuckle studs. We limped it back to Georgetown with some roadside engineering so all was well.

81yotalove · « **Reply #115 on:** Sep 08, 2010, 12:01:24 AM »

great build up on your taco. i wish i could afford to buy one lol. and how does your friend like just having a single 4.7 case? thats what im planning to run.

<MIKE> · « **Reply #116 on:** Sep 08, 2010, 12:12:09 AM »

redrocket93 · « **Reply #117 on:** Sep 08, 2010, 08:02:05 AM »

Nice Tacoma! You did a good job fixing the roof after the flop. It's hardly noticeable in the pics. Does the door still fit? Can't wait to build up my 97' extra cab DD someday.

<MIKE> · « **Reply #118 on:** Sep 08, 2010, 09:47:09 AM »

Ya I just pulled the headliner and usd a high lift jack to pop it back out.. And a BFH of course. Ya the door fits fine there is just a 1" gap at the top. Thinking I might just bend the door into the cab haha .

Boonie Buster · « **Reply #119 on:** Sep 09, 2010, 09:56:39 AM »

Nice pics!

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