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    Locked up engine swap

    Well here is a 6000 mile update. Build a bed platform and took a trip to Wyoming and Montana. Still has a check engine light if you spin it over 3000 rpm, I figure it has to be a wiring impedance issue or something. Did really well in the thin air, got over 20 mpg on one tank driving around...
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    I forgot about the antenna. I purchased a fixed Rubber Duckie style unit from some place in Wisconsin. Plug and play. Doesn't look OEM but works great and thats fine by me.
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    Locked up engine swap

    3000 mile update. All the repairs I made have turned out well. Oil pressure is low at idle which is unsettling but a manual gauge shows that it has about 8 psi at heat soaked idle which is within Toyota spec and clearly would have blown up by now if it was an issue, so I just have to learn to...
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    After driving the vehicle all week I am quite pleased. I don't seem to have any items related to the engine swing that need attention. Pat myself on the back for a job well done on that. Other things I have noticed living with this for a week; -Climate buttons seem to need a hard or multiple...
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    Yeah I hit the button and I can hear relays clicking down in the passenger foot well but nothing ever moved. That was before the car wash and it was already bent a little. Thanks for the info on the hood flutter. I'll try adjusting the stops.
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    Locked up engine swap

    Not too often you get to try out a new vehicle in adverse conditions but we got about 2" of Cascade Concrete snow today. This thing is a tank! My Chevy Colorado 4x4 was sliding around some (on HT tires) but the AWD + KO2 were awesome. I was hoping to gauge if the limited slip was in good shape...
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    Well today was the big day, lots of driving and testing. After initially having a crank no start issue because my stupid self was trying to use the key with the remote disassembled which must contain the chip too, I got it to start after dousing myself in gasoline. Lots of cruising around town...
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    Truck sat outside for 3 days in the snow waiting to go in to the alignment shop this morning. Damn battery (brand new) was run down so I have some chasing to do to see where my amps are dissapearing to. Alignment shop verified the lower ball joints were effed, which I suspected and I had them...
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    Well it's all back together. Couple trips around the block on its terrible alignment but everything seems skookum so far. Alignment on Friday and lots of driving this weekend to see what breaks or doesn't work. Right now the only issue seems to be the passenger seat heater is inop, and I broke...
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    No way to get that nut inside the air snorkel though.
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    It's been a while, lots of home improvement projects and many small increments of reassembly but today was ready for a full startup. I tried fixing the air intake where the evap line fits but it snapped right off again. I can't figure out the vacuum line routing for the power steering switch so...
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    Locked up engine swap

    It runs! Well, only for a second because I don't have the AFM hooked up to the intake, but after hooking up all my wires, filling with oil, cranking until I got oil pressure and installing the fuel lines it fired right off. Very pleased. Now time to finish installing the exhaust and all the...
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    Locked up engine swap

    I did rear main. The seller says the timing belt was 6,000 miles and one year ago. Inspecting the components I believe it to be true. Everything under the covers was shiny and new. They did not do the fan hub, however the hub on the dead engine was in good shape so I used it. SKF is the OEM on...
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    Locked up engine swap

    Engine went back in today with little drama. Unlike when I pulled it and could let the hoist tug the engine forward, I needed more clearance to get the engine further aft so I removed the lower headlight support. Unfortunately I broke another piece of trim removing the lights. The barbed...
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    Locked up engine swap

    Nothing French. Mostly Italian and American.
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    Productive day today. Cleaned up a bunch of stuff and got the harness and accessories on the engine. It's ready to drop back in tomorrow!
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    Locked up engine swap

    Interesting. I found a couple other posts that mentioned that the 4 speed doesn't actually use a filter and that it is just a debris screen? If there's the case I might just drain and refill at this time and deal with the screen later on sometime.
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    Locked up engine swap

    Today I worked on buttoning up some engine bay items and some things easier with the engine out. I drained and refilled the front diff, cleaned its breather cap, changed the coolant tees and heater hoses and reinstalled the torque converter after cleaning up a couple burrs on the pump spline...
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    Locked up engine swap

    After some downtime I got back after it with the goal of getting the engine to rotate so I could get the converter and flex plate off. I got the engine onto it's side and pulled two rod caps. They actually looked not bad at all. I was hoping for smoking gun evidence of a spun bearing but I...
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    Locked up engine swap

    No, they are Mahle I believe.
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