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  1. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Got the dead engine pulled out today. @mattressking convinced me that I needed to scrub down the engine bay or the new engine would look out of place. I can only imagine that this was payback for me convincing him that the faded paint on a free air compressor he got a couple of years ago...
  2. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Almost forgot, but while I was waiting for engine parts to show up I put on a set of slightly longer shackles and relocated the front axle forward by 3/4" to help accommodate the 35's I test fit on the truck previously. Once the engine is replaced, tires are next on the list.
  3. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Finished assembling the long block last night. Standard size bearings gave perfect clearances on everything, new rings, new dual-row timing chain, new oil pump, new oil pump drive gear, etc. Still need to paint the crank pulley and and a clean up a bunch of other small parts that I am going to...
  4. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    After going down a parts ordering rabbit hole, I ended up replacing the rockers, rocker shafts and adjuster screws. I also put a set of #65 valve springs from 22RE Performance in for no particular reason. Then got the block scrubbed down and pressure washed to get all of the honing grit and...
  5. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    All of the local machine shops were booked out at least three months so I decided to tear the short block down the rest of the way and see if I could get away without taking it in for work. Fortunately, the internals on this one seemed to be pretty clean and everything measured within spec so I...
  6. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Got the engine torn down to the short block, so now I just need to find some time to take it the a local engine machine shop. Thankfully didn't find any surprises in the bottom end, but the timing guides were broken and just barely hanging on. They cylinders were also pretty worn and glazed and...
  7. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    https://www.amazon.com/FZJDSD-Delivery-Sending-Compatible-83320-39176/dp/B0BP7NHY15/ref=pd_ci_mcx_di_int_sccai_cn_d_sccl_1_1/143-8388167-4509451?pd_rd_w=8PQle&content-id=amzn1.sym.751acc83-5c05-42d0-a15e-303622651e1e&pf_rd_p=751acc83-5c05-42d0-a15e-303622651e1e&pf_rd_r=608Q3B3QYFNDBGCW0WKK&pd_rd_...
  8. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    I also had a hard time finding one but eventually I ordered this one. The quality is pretty low; the windings on the sensor look horrible, but it does seem to work with the small amount of gas I put in the tank. Its showing out of stock, but you should be able to find a similar one on Amazon.
  9. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Rad! I snagged a set of FJ62 front seats over the summer that I am planning to use in this truck if everything fits decently. The bench seat that in it now is trashed and from a later generation pickup so it doesn't line up with the bolt holes in the floor.
  10. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    I also found a set of headers in the junkyard on an old Celica. They should clean up pretty nice and cant beat the $30 price tag!
  11. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    A friend back in California picked up a first gen 4runner that had a 22R sitting in the engine bay (not installed) and offered it to me for cheap, ended up picking it up on Thanksgiving. Slowly started tearing it down a few weeks ago to get it ready to take to a machine shop to get freshened up...
  12. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Now that the valves are functioning properly and the carb is freshened up, its running pretty decently and starts up quickly. The knock from the top end is still there when you give it some throttle, but it was good enough to take for a few laps around the neighborhood. Unfortunately, getting it...
  13. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Having come to the conclusion that at least the top end of this engine was completely trashed, I decided that there wasn't a whole lot to lose by just re-assembling everything to see if I could get it running and driving for a while before having to actually fix the problem. I replaced the...
  14. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Now that the fuel system was pretty much sorted and I was able to get it to run consistently, (albeit very poorly), the engine started to give some hints as to why it might have ended up sitting in a field for five plus years... There was a significant engine nock coming from the top end or...
  15. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    Next I started trying to get the fuel lines cleared with brake cleaner and compressed air. Once they were cleared out though, the pressure from the compressed air highlighted the next issue... rust holes in the fuel tank. The inside of the tank was a disaster! :lol: After searching all the...
  16. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    I got it cleaned up and started trying to get it to start, but was not able to get any fuel up to the carb. I was able to get it to run on brake cleaner or a splash of gas down the carb. The seller stated that the fuel lines needed to get replaced, so I temporally rigged up a gatoraid bottle...
  17. The Machinist

    Field Crust - Reviving an 1982 Pickup

    In October, I brought home a 1982 pickup that had been sitting in a field for about five years. The truck is virtually rust free and has not been seriously modified, which on my budget is not all that easy to find anymore. Now that I've spent some time working on it, I figured I'd make a thread...
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