Recent content by Rustinator

I would like one as well. Please add me to the list. Thank you very much.

As I said earlier, @cruisermatt was extremely helpful. He makes a really nice bracket that is straight bolt on to the 4L60e that locates the pivot point for the T-case shifter. Easy as pie.

Here’s a couple of pics after engine installation

Here’s a Pic of the 4L60e mated to the T-case via the AA adapter And here’s it installed waiting for the 5.3 We used a spare aluminum LS block to use for fitment and to confirm engine mount location

Obviously I haven’t maintained this build thread like I had hoped. I meant to post updates as we went through the swap. The swap has been completed for the most part for several months. There are a few things left to do, but I’ve been driving it without issues. I’m going to try and post a...

I have a good friend who helped, so if you're doing it by yourself it might take a little longer. Those two threads pretty much cover everything. There are two things that stand out from when we did it: 1. Like the original thread points out, the lock washers used on the spindle bolts that come...

It wasn't cheap. To save time I just bought the kit from FROR that is based on the 5th gen 4Runner rotors and calipers. https://frontrangeoffroadfab.com/full-tacoma-brake-mounting-kit/ The thread I referenced in the previous post lays out everything you need to source all the parts yourself...

Have you considered this? Brake Upgrade - The Tundra Mod I recently did the front brake upgrade on mine and it is definitely everything it's cracked up to be.

One of the first things I had to do when I bought my 62 a few years ago was to replace the water pump to stop a coolant leak. It was a nightmare. Broke the same pulley tensioner bolt you did and had to wait a week or so to get a replacement bolt. I later realized the tensioner bolt on the AC...

It is some version of bedliner. It was that way when I bought it. I suspect Herculiner but not sure.

They were soft enough to get a bite on them with channel locks. One of them spun out pretty easily. We had to use a small pry bar to put outward pressure on the other as we spun it. It eventually came out. We tried to clean it up with a file as best we could. Stuck that end into the adapter.

We reused the dowel pins out of the Toyota transmission. One of them came out easily. The other one was a fight. We didn’t have a puller, so it kind got boogered up a little.

Here’s a couple of pics of the AA adapter and spud shaft after it was mounted onto the 4L60e.

Another anxiety provoking moment was cutting the output shaft of the 4L60E

My truck is 045 white. Duplicolor version is BYT1578