2rz swap into 90 ex cab

[Crunchy Taco]

im helpin my cousin work all the bugs out of his 90 ex cab, and theres quite a few things to address...he blew his 22re a few years ago and then decided to do a v8 swap...i tried to talk him out of it knowing he didnt have the money to do it properly but he did it anyway so i helped as best i could...long story short it never really worked out for him so i started gathering wiring off a 2wd taco i came across and i already had a 2rz i been hangin on to for a couple years....so now we do work so he can once again have a reliable wheeler

[Crunchy Taco]

what were guna get him started with is:

98 2rz motor
w-56 trans with stock duals he picked up for 500$
hes got a dana 44 front and a 14 bolt rear
Custom built heim joint high steer with assist
sittin on 35 boggers with 4.10 gears

just guna get him set up with a good power plant and decent trans and case then he can add more goodies to the axles he already has. 

[Crunchy Taco]

Pulled a bunch of heavy stuff out

[Crunchy Taco]

Pulled all the old wiring out and everything else that's not guna be used

[Crunchy Taco]

Started the interior wiring, more pics coming soon

[HogCanyonHopper]

 

[R.DesJardin]

I like pictures, 

[Tungsten Slayer]

Gunna be sweet!

[Crunchy Taco]

worked on my tacoma the last couple days, hopin to hammer a bunch of stuff out on the cousins truck tomara and this weekend... 

[Crunchy Taco]

Got some more done on the dash wiring. I cut the plate that holds the turn switches off the taco colum and used it on the 3rd gen column.  Plug and play

[Crunchy Taco]

I was able to use the taco ignition and turn switches on the 3rd gen column to keep the tilt column. The taco column was no tilt.

[Crunchy Taco]

Got the dash in and made the taco no tach cluster fit

[R.DesJardin]

Looks pretty much how I laid mine all out/in. It just seemed really easy since 99% of the connectors were the same, and everything works!

[Crunchy Taco]

i know i was surprised everything had the same plug..i had to extend i think the brake light sensor and the clutch sensor but that was it

[Crunchy Taco]

so whats the deal with the 2wd taco dash wiring having no clutch start cancel? this is the third 2wd inter harness ive messed with on a couple diff projects and im assuming they dont have it...some times i like to push it and start my truck without hopping up in the truck other than that i think its ok not to have it...

[R.DesJardin]

Didn't notice that.........cuz I run an auto! 

[Crunchy Taco]

Oh gotcha.

[Crunchy Taco]

Used the Tacoma column cover pieces made them fit around the tilt lever

[Crunchy Taco]

Ran the rear harness wiring

[Crunchy Taco]

Bellhousing with a bottom inspect. Plate I made. I made the same one for my Tacoma

[Crunchy Taco]

Got the fuse box mounted

[Crunchy Taco]

Fixed part of the core support that dude cut out to fit a radiator or somethin I'm not really sure but it's pretty ghetto

[Crunchy Taco]

Got rid of the old rusted battery mount and built a simple new one

[Crunchy Taco]

One of the things on this truck that needed attention was the steering.  Here's what I came up with. 3/4 heims, 3/4 misallign spacers, 3/4 bolts, 1 1/4 x .120 DOM

[Crunchy Taco]

Pics

[Crunchy Taco]

Should hold the battery until my cousin Aaron makes something a little more crawler worthy

[Tungsten Slayer]

That's right, just lay that nice newer harness in there ...eeexxccellent

[Crunchy Taco]

i walked off for a min and when i came back all the wires were right where they need to go, weird

[Tungsten Slayer]

  Shop elves, gotta be!

[Crunchy Taco]

Haha