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Patience and a selection of plastic trim tools. Judicious application of Goof off.

Here you go: Steering shaft seal- keeps noise, smell, and water out

Looks great. That's a really nice rig and project.

The cruise control stalk is more complicated than that. I believe it uses a resistor ladder.

Brother you are a swapping machine. I started reading this thread said what nut would swap the diesel OUT of an 80. Saw the v8 and thought ok fair enough. LM2 shows up and now I'm over here subscribing. LM2 is a pretty cool platform IMO.

I did a few other little things along the way to make sure it's a reliable and comfortable daily driver- New OEM Toyota battery and reman alternator Added @landtank 2" seat bracket extensions. Game changer! Replaced the glass runs and door...

Of course, I had to turn the exterior from its existing Mom-car to something with a potential for offroad use. I kept the OEM wheels but went up a size to 285 75 16 Goodyear Wranglers at a nice discount thanks to @Flatlanderfj40 ! To make room...

Like most of them at this point, this old cruiser had the typical trashed leather and the wood veneer on the dash was crumbling/flaking. I pulled all the old veneer off and installed a leather Loncky steering wheel cover. I added a little bit...

Of course, the truck needed a lot of the typical 80 issued addressed: I replaced the washer diverter valve, thermostat, the trashed steering column seal on the firewall, fixed the shaky mirrors and put Gamiviti seat gears in the passenger seat. I...

First steps: I pulled service records from Toyota and Carfax. Found records of 79 oil changes, usually every 3000 miles. Tons of dealer services. I knew the valve cover gasket was recently replaced. The only leaks were a seeping PS hose, a tiny...

Background: I love Land Cruisers. I drive a 2015 200 daily that has been to Moab, Ouray, and many road trips and I love it. I also have a 77 FJ40 that I did a frame-off restomod, including LS swap and H55F/split case upgrade. It's been a lot of...

I have to disagree. With enough torque you pick the a gear low range first gear or whatever and let it idle over the obstacle.

Very helpful thread! Which exact CC lever did you use? Do you have a part number? Also curious to see if you figured out your Tow/Haul and Tap shift buttons.

Here is the adjusted tach installed in the dash, and SwapTime Muscle Car Module. The latter is connected to the GM OBDII wires and outputs a 12V pulse signal and sends the tach signal to the Toyota harness. I can get more specific with the wiring...

Nothing is impossible, someone just has to figure things out, Mitch at swaptime is a genius, I’m just the mechanical side of things

Amazing work. I'm headed to Mitch's shop today to check out his work. Kinda mad at myself for letting your old LT1 combo get away.

The sound is amazing.

Amazing. How does the engine fit in the frame compared to the LT1? Is the clearance any better? This thread really needs a video with it starting and running. Very curious to see how it sounds.

Thanks! Yes, the only way to get the motor to work is have some sort of ECU either Holley or the GM one. That silver box off on the side is the GM ECU. That's the stock GM wiring harness also. You still need the Toyota wires to run the transfer...

I would leave the GM ECM under the hood. I have found it’s not worth the headache of trying to mount under the dash IMO

If you look at the trucks the donor engine came from, most of them have much higher axle ratios (numerically lower) than the 80. So, for instance, an early 00's Silverado might have 3.23 gears or 3.42 gears. I think in some cases 3.73. So in...

This looks like the beginning of a lot of research for me. Thanks for the help!

My kit getting installed with a brand new short block.

I’m registered, extra T-shirt, tent camping reserved 🤙🏼