1980 Longbed Pickup Build - Epically Slow Style (6 Viewers)

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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.

You're probably right. That was all I had at the time and I can change it pretty easily if I need to. At this point in the game I'm just going to see if it will pull enough fuel to run so I will know if I need to modify the pickup in the fuel tank or not. If I end up having to do that I won't even use this setup anyway. Duly noted, though. Thanks.
 
Not able to test fire the truck tonight. I forgot I have to trick the ecu into thinking the truck is in neutral since it was originally an auto. Should be able to test fire tomorrow.
 
Neutral Safety Switch??

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It works! The neutral safety switch tricker is a success! The truck turned over. Now I just need to figure out why my fuel pump didn't kick on... Blue wire off of the circuit open relay is what powers it according to the wiring diagram.
 
There's also a bypass in the wiring that turns on the fuel pump when cranking.

Try the +B to Fp jumper trick so see if the pump turns on with the key in the ON position.
 
KLF said:
There's also a bypass in the wiring that turns on the fuel pump when cranking.

Try the +B to Fp jumper trick so see if the pump turns on with the key in the ON position.

Nope. Well, I didn't check power but I jumped it and the pump still isn't running. If all else fails I'll just go back to my setup I had before (fused battery power through a relay activated by the key in the on position).
 
Lowe Toyota said:
Runs like a BOSS! :grinpimp:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmj_FsUSQtE">YouTube Link</a>

AWESOME!!! Ahhh...the sounds of victory!

-Daniel

Sent from deep in the mountains of Honduras using only sticks and rocks.
 
Heck yeah!

Some install notes:

I used the 1/4 fuel line from the gas tank to the metal line and then spliced in the adapter, a filter, and the electric fuel pump. It runs fine and has no issues with volume even when you crack the throttle wide open. I wired the fuel pump to get power from the BLUE wire (I think it was pin 1) off the circuit open relay. That way when the relay is energized the fuel pump is on, just like if I was using the factory pump. I searched all over the interwebs to see which wires I had to jump or splice to trick the NSW. There was really no clear answer. Basically, everyone said to connect the "2 black wires." Which ones you ask? There is a round connector with 3 wires in it in the bundle of wires coming off of the harness to where the automatic used to be. (I think there are 4 total connectors.) The connector has two heavy gauge wires, a solid black, and a black with white stripe, and one smaller gauge red wire. All you have to do is jump the two heavy gauge black wires together. The circuit is closed to allow the vehicle to start by the NSW when the vehicle is in park OR neutral. It doesn't actually know which you are in, all it sees is that the circuit is closed. Another thing to note is that I took ALL the harnesses out of the Runner, including the dash harness. So there was very little wiring that I had to do. In fact, the only thing I really had to wire was the fuel pump. Having the whole vehicle def made it easier. I would not say it was really an easy swap but it required minimal modification to install pretty much everything. The A/C stuff didn't really fit so well however. The condenser required some modification to the radiator support cross bar, the A/C lines didn't line up with the holes in the firewall, the A/C boxes are much larger than the ones for the mini, and don't mount the same way, etc.
 
Oh also make sure the grounds are in the correct place. When I first started it one of the grounds was on the inner fender (not really making a good ground) and it was supposed to be grounded to the intake manifold. Just so happens it was the ground for the ecu. So when I started the truck it would start and then immediately shut off.
 
WINNING! It is always nice to here one fire up after you've been monkeying around with it.

Now zip tie the gauge cluster to something and go burn some donuts...... OR I would accept seeing it move under it's own power.

Congrats
 
jynx said:
WINNING! It is always nice to here one fire up after you've been monkeying around with it.

Now zip tie the gauge cluster to something and go burn some donuts...... OR I would accept seeing it move under it's own power.

Congrats

Yeah I'm going to try to get it out tomorrow so I can clean up a bit. Can't really do donuts in the dealership parking lot though. They frown on that sort of thing. I am planning a little test run the last weekend of the month and I promise vids and pics.
 
Let the shaking out of teeth BEGIN!

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Also, took the truck for a little test drive around the parking lot. Runs great but the brakes (or something) is squealing like crazy. I'm thinking/hoping it's just bc it's been sitting for like 2 months. I am also going to have to get used to the new gas pedal position. The pedal used to be all the way on the floor and now it's pretty high. Much closer to the level of the other pedals. I just need to drive it around a bit. I was going to take it to lunch today but I remembered that I haven't wired in the tail lights and brake lights. Those are kind of importan for driving on road.
 
Got the A/C orings put in. A new drier will be in tomorrow. Just need to install the belt on the comp and charge it up. Then just cross my fingers and hope it works. The vents are going to be tricky. The vents are totally different shape and all of the ducts are different. I also got the dash put in. I will def not have a glove box any more. I think I can still fit my scion radio in there. I had to modify the opening for the gauge cluster. It fits... pretty well. It's good enough for now.
 
Can you use something like dryer ducting or similar to make the transitions from one to the other.

And for the record I vote AC over glovebox any day, especially in the Georgia heat.

I got my fan clutch today so my AC should be buttoned up. Did you have to convert to R134 or able to find some golden R12?
 
jynx said:
Can you use something like dryer ducting or similar to make the transitions from one to the other.

And for the record I vote AC over glovebox any day, especially in the Georgia heat.

I got my fan clutch today so my AC should be buttoned up. Did you have to convert to R134 or able to find some golden R12?

Yeah I don't know. The ducts all have unusual shapes so it's going to be hard to get it to seal. Also, there is no place for the vents in the middle because the mini had the vents below the dash and the runner had them right smack in the middle.
 
So I'm thinking maybe I could heat the ends of the ducts and mold them so they are close to the shape then just wrap them with some tape. Thoughts?
 
Got the tail lights, turns, and brake lights wired. Gonna run it down the road and put some gas in it at lunch. We tried to pull vacuum on the AC so it could be charged but it has a leak somewhere. :frown: It will pull a strong vacuum but then when you let it sit for a minute it starts to leak down. Might try to run a little freon in there today and see if I can spot the leak.
 

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