Put the engine in on the old mounts for now. Get it all hooked up and running. Then swap out the mounts when they show up, it's easy.
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KLF said:
Man you're like a mind reader. I was literally just thinking that.
Anyway, I shuffled the motors around so now I have the 22RE ready to go in. I swapped the fuel filter, pulled the clutch from the 20R, and removed the Automatic trans cooler pipes. Yesterday I installed the gas pedal, bracket, and throttle cable from from the Runner. I also installed the air box in its final location.
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So on the docket for this evening:
Finish wiring up the ign switch (Anyone know what the brown, brown/white, and brown/red wires are for? None of the wiring diagrams I have show those colors. I do not have the correct year though.)
Install the rear main
Install the clutch
Install and wire the fuel pump
Set the motor in it's new home
Run wire harness to cab and hook up ECU
Finish wiring up the ign switch (Anyone know what the brown, brown/white, and brown/red wires are for? None of the wiring diagrams I have show those colors. I do not have the correct year though.)
Install the rear main
Install the clutch
Install and wire the fuel pump
Set the motor in it's new home
Run wire harness to cab and hook up ECU
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So I was just alerted to the fact that the wire colors on the switch side DO NOT match the colors on the actual harness. So basically I have to plug the ign connector to the harness and see which brown wire goes to which wire on the harness side to get the correct colors. So, at least I know how to fix it now. 
Well that seems odd. Why did they do that you reckon?
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Psh. I have no idea. I was telling one of the techs (master tech been working on them for like 30+ years) and he was like, "That's weird. Wait, are you looking at the harness side or the ign switch side? Cause the wires on the ignition switch never match the harness."
So I was just alerted to the fact that the wire colors on the switch side DO NOT match the colors on the actual harness. So basically I have to plug the ign connector to the harness and see which brown wire goes to which wire on the harness side to get the correct colors. So, at least I know how to fix it now.
This is what I found when I was looking at the wires for that post from Bryan. The colors in the column harness don't match the colors on the wiring diagram in the book either.
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I just poked my head back there a minute ago and it looks like the wire harness side colors do match the wiring diagram. I have an 88 Runner and Truck manual that I'm working with. The ignition switch colors do not match though. In Bryan's thread I think he had a solid black wire somewhere in there and I don't have a solid black on either side from the Runner. There's a solid black on the mini switch but it's totally different obviously. What I did was just plug the harness in to the pigtail I cut off the Runner switch and see what wires were across from what. The only 2 that ended up being used were the solid brown and one striped one. The other striped one doesn't have a wire on the harness side. I glanced at the wiring diagram and it looks like the corresponding wires on the harness side are power in. A solid white and a white with red stripe.
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Ok so the external fuel pump rated for enough psi to run the efi engine is a 5/16 in and out. The fuel line on the pickup (and the pickup in the tank) are 1/4. Baldersnacks!
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So I'm going to pull the tank from the runner, see if it will fit the mini (looks identical), and see if the original pump is any good. If it is I will just cut the harness where it goes to the pump and just run wires to the harness inside the truck. I will also have to splice the fuel line (hard line) back together. If all goes well I am going to try to have the engine in and be able to fire it up this weekend or early next week.
Side note: I'm picking up a 5 speed with transfer and an extra top shift case this weekend. Once I have some extra money saved up I'll go ahead and order the adapter kit and assemble the dual cases. It will probably be a little while before I actually put them in though. I want to do the suspension at the same time so I only have to do the driveshafts once.
Side note: I'm picking up a 5 speed with transfer and an extra top shift case this weekend. Once I have some extra money saved up I'll go ahead and order the adapter kit and assemble the dual cases. It will probably be a little while before I actually put them in though. I want to do the suspension at the same time so I only have to do the driveshafts once.
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OOoooooooo... shiny.
Anybody got an extra EFI emblem laying around? I have one but I want to put them on the fenders.
Anybody got an extra EFI emblem laying around? I have one but I want to put them on the fenders.
<Crocodile Dundee voice> Shiny? That's not shiny. THAT is shiny...
I think I have some EFI badges. Whatcha got to trade?
I think I have some EFI badges. Whatcha got to trade?
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A mostly stripped 87 4Runner... Whatcha need?
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It sure is a beautiful day to.. work inside all day...
ECU is in and wired. (Looks like a lot of wires, well, because it is)
Engine is finally in! It's just got one bolt in each motor mount and a couple of bell housing bolts holding it in right now.
Everything fits great!
Like it was meant to be...
Test fitting the intake hose. I had to shorten it by about an inch to get it to line up with the way I mounted the air box.
Thanks to a fellow MUDder, I was able to get the missing piece to my A/C! (Thanks KLF!) This will make those times when you're just sitting on the trail much more bearable!
So my plan to remedy the fuel delivery issue was to pull, and hopefully use the tank, pump, lines, etc from the Runner... I pulled the tank and then pulled the pump to check it out...
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/380765_10151027711599291_205431301_n.jpg
So.... looks like it's on to plan.. C? I'll have to make the external pump work somehow.
So since I was at a standstill on the fuel for now I turned back to the ignition issue. I couldn't really work out a good way to hook up the ignition switch from the mini because it only has one power input and the Runner has two. They feed two separate circuits so I thought of an alternative.
Yeah, that's the Runner steering wheel.
And the Runner switches...
So, I pulled the base from the Runner and after a couple of modifications with the drill I was able to mount it to the mini bracket. So I got the ignition switch mounted in it's original location in the Runner bracket, and as a bonus I will have a working horn, light switch, and turn signals without having to rewire everything to the mini switches.
Getting closer to
ECU is in and wired. (Looks like a lot of wires, well, because it is)
Engine is finally in! It's just got one bolt in each motor mount and a couple of bell housing bolts holding it in right now.
Everything fits great!
Like it was meant to be...
Test fitting the intake hose. I had to shorten it by about an inch to get it to line up with the way I mounted the air box.
Thanks to a fellow MUDder, I was able to get the missing piece to my A/C! (Thanks KLF!) This will make those times when you're just sitting on the trail much more bearable!
So my plan to remedy the fuel delivery issue was to pull, and hopefully use the tank, pump, lines, etc from the Runner... I pulled the tank and then pulled the pump to check it out...
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/380765_10151027711599291_205431301_n.jpg
So.... looks like it's on to plan.. C? I'll have to make the external pump work somehow.
So since I was at a standstill on the fuel for now I turned back to the ignition issue. I couldn't really work out a good way to hook up the ignition switch from the mini because it only has one power input and the Runner has two. They feed two separate circuits so I thought of an alternative.
Yeah, that's the Runner steering wheel.
And the Runner switches...
So, I pulled the base from the Runner and after a couple of modifications with the drill I was able to mount it to the mini bracket. So I got the ignition switch mounted in it's original location in the Runner bracket, and as a bonus I will have a working horn, light switch, and turn signals without having to rewire everything to the mini switches.
Getting closer to
So at this rate you might as well just swap the dash in there too. I may know a guy who has a good dash pad you could use. 
Can't wait to hear it running.
Can't wait to hear it running.
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jynx said:So at this rate you might as well just swap the dash in there too. I may know a guy who has a good dash pad you could use.
Can't wait to hear it running.
I though about that but I think it would require a lot more fab work. I'm pretty sure the dash is wider and I know it's taller. With the A/C shoved in there I don't think it would fit. Besides, I already delivered your parts to ACC.
Man, I can't believe how trashed that tank & pump was, that's too bad. Good to see the old AC parts installed, hope they work out!
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I gotta admit. I didn't have high hopes for the tank and the pump. From what I understand this truck sat for a fairly long time. Even with that I was pretty shocked at just how bad it was. I have to assume that some water got in there at some point. I don't think I have ever seen one that bad.
The plan at this point is to use the external pump and I'm going to attempt to run an adapter from the 1/4 line out of the tank to the 5/16 line into the pump. I think it will probably run that way but I'm more worried about whether it will have enough volume under load. The alternative is to pull the tank on the mini, drill a new hole next to the current pick up tube and run a 5/16 metal line into the tank. Then I will have to splice together the pieces of the original fuel line from the Runner using some rubber line rated for EFI pressure. I'm pretty confident that method 2 will work but it will take a lot of time and it's easy to try method 1.
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Looks a little shady if you ask me... 
Is that for your fuel line? I don't think you're supposed to use plain ol' teflon tape on gasoline applications. Something about it dissolves over time. Not sure where I read it.
