well, with work and the holiday and what not i have not been very good about updating...so here it goes in reverse order:
after adding a direct wire from ignition (run & start) direct to the coil (something i had called painless tech support about and was told i didn't need) AND removing and re installing the injectors on the TBI (i must have put them in screwy when i rebuilt the unit long ago) it started right up!!!
that rumble was music to my ears...
anyways, the wiring has been, as you might guess, the biggest ongoing issue. when i originally called tech support at painless the guy told me that the pink wire coming from the computer & harness was the only wire i needed to hook up to ignition (run and start). after consulting the painless instruction manual and the chilton's wiring diagram for the chevy motor i realized that i needed power direct to the coil in addition to the other pink/black wire going to the ecm.
besides that, the other major issues i ran into were:
1) wiring up the brake switch correctly so that the TCC will function properly...painless has a diagram in the back of their manual which is pretty easy to follow and involves adding in a relay or you can try to adapt a chevy brake switch which i didn't think could work on the toyota pedal assembly:
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2) the new harness did not come with any park/neutral safety switch wiring or instructions (and neither did the Lokar shift kit) and also did not mention that you need to purchase Painless part # 60122 for about $70 if you want the EGR to function properly and tells the computer when the vehicle is in park or neutral.
currently i am trying to get it back together enough to get it down to the exhaust shop...i put the clutch fan back on it with no shroud to provide some cooling until i get the electric fan mounted and wired...i figure it's cool enough here right now and am hoping i have the temp sensor hooked up correctly to show me if it's getting warm.
wish my swap was like this already
just got to ask
been on my mind lately that i should try finishing this thread up... not so much because you all need the information, but more so out of my own guilt for leaving it hanging for so long, not that i'm big on completing projects or anything, as you will soon see from unfinished engine swap. but maybe tidying up some details here will help motivate me to tidy up some details on the truck itself! in the last two years we've moved across two states, started a new job and had a kid...hopefully that will suffice for an excuse! so here't goes...
