Build 1984 Pickup Rebuild

[Mudder]

Finally finished the list I had of stuff to get done.

Ordered an O2 sensor harness extension from Ballenger Motorsports. Hard to beat it $20 for it. Got it installed and haven’t gotten a rear O2 code yet.

Installed new Dorman windshield washer nozzles (47232). They work way better than the old Toyota ones and are adjustable. If you need/want upgrades I’d grab them.

Installed a prefilter from AFE as well. Just want to try and keep the air coming in as clean as possible. I may revisit installing the stock air box to quiet the turbo down but that’s next years problem.

I also built a ghetto wooden “tailgate” for the flatbed. I wanted something for CTW to help hold gear in the bed on the way up without only using ratchet straps. I’ll have to get a photo of that later and I installed the 315 cc injectors. Those just got put in today but already seem promising. At idle STFT (while it’s still learning) is barely +10% which is similar to what I’ve observed from stock injectors and the truck being N/A. Once I get some drive cycles in and it can learn the fueling I’ll report back with more data. I did a nut and bolt check of the exhaust and it’s holding good. The only issues I found were from the exhaust shop not having a damn clue. I had watched them use a 13mm short socket on the O2 sensor nuts which are 12mm and genuine Toyota so I knew I’d be fixing that.

 

[gnob]

i didn't realize that o2 sensor extension was a thing. good to know
i got a screaming deal on that sensor ($30)

 

[Mudder]

i didn't realize that o2 sensor extension was a thing. good to know
i got a screaming deal on that sensor ($30)

Once I found out that it was an option and one would actually fit it made more sense than spending more on a new O2 sensor. I had just replaced it with a new Denso too. I meant to include a link to it, they offer 12”, 24”, and 36” ones.

Home » Shop » Connectors / Harnesses » Sumitomo » 4 Way Extension for Subaru & Toyota Oxygen Sensor

Ballenger Motorsports 4 Way Extension for Subaru & Toyota Oxygen Sensor (CONN-85837) for only $18.99!

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[Mudder]

Here’s also a photo dump of the exhaust. They did do it how I wanted and for the price of $370 I’m not gonna complain too much.

 

[aztoyman]

Looking good! I think the exhaust came out great.

I JUST got my item delivered from Ballenger for my speed sensor. Looks like the same Yazaki connector on one end of your extension. I going to put the connector on a 3 wire (22 AWG) shielded cable and run it from the T-case VSS to my dash. Going to do this right now.

When I found Ballenger, I saw there are several engine swap harness companies out there that sell stuff like this. Just the connectors or with pigtails on them.

 

[Mudder]

They did do a good job with the exhaust and routed it how I wanted. I can pull it in three sections if I ever need to or just pull out whatever section I need to remove for any work which is how I wanted it. Years ago they did an exhaust on an 86 F250 for me that was true duals and they welded everything up after the header so my only way to remove it is cutting it and I learned from that mistake.

Edited to add: they also let me supply my own muffler and catalytic converter which is a huge bonus for me. I like the truck quiet, it’s loud enough from road noise and 35’s.

I’m glad that there’s plenty of companies out there offering connectors with pigtails already made. I’m too cheap to buy the proper ones for all the different brands of connectors and with the cost of individual connectors, pins, wires, and shipping you end up breaking even maybe even costs more to do it yourself if you try to color match the wires.

 

[Mudder]

CTW was a fun time but also a great learning experience for me, I look forward to going again next year. It really was my first time wheeling in rocks and actually having to be careful on choosing the lines I took. I’m used to more mud and snow which are more forgiving imo. We left Thursday night to head to camp, about halfway there I realized I had no sweatshirt or jacket, just a rain jacket from work in the truck, decided not to turn around and waste time as we were already running into rain, made it to camp around 8 PM with it still raining. After getting the tent setup we went to cook dinner and realized we forgot to pack pans so we laughed about it and just decided to boiled water in the percolator and cooked our meals that way. Packing was more hectic than normal as I was working nights right up until we left and we had just reorganized all of our camping stuff.

We woke up Friday and it was still raining and didn’t stop until about 4 pm for maybe an hour before resuming. The run started at 9 am, first section we hit I was doing pretty good until I took a wrong line and got stuck on a rock. Going forward or reverse I was hitting my diffs and I couldn’t get any traction to turn onto the rock to get over it so I ended up getting winched out. After that I dropped the tires another 5 psi down to 10 all around and didn’t have many issues after that, i just had to get used to using the skinny pedal. I was worried about building boost and possibly breaking stuff.

Second day was the poker run, I originally planned to attend but ended up not going on it as I just wasn’t confident or comfortable with my abilities to navigate some of the trails so I went driving around with the fiancée looking for camp sites and exploring. Next year I’ll hopefully have more time in the summer to wheel and get more confident in picking lines and understanding the terrain better. I know the truck is more capable than I am.

Truck was pretty loaded down. Next year I think we’ll take the truck and car to give more space. The flatbed makes packing a PITA. This wasn’t the final securing of the load, just moving it from the garage to the apartment to finish loading the food up.

This was Friday at the camp site. Saturday was nice and sunny which was welcomed.

Overall the truck did great, and the turbo makes it a dream to drive. It feels more like a modern car driving, always having power when I need it. MPG from wheeling and driving home was 8.48 mpg, I’ve been averaging 13-15 with daily driving it. I do need more suspension travel as I was slamming into my front wheel wells a lot and I need some protection on the diff drain plugs as I already noticed the factory ring doesn’t take much damage to wear down. Having dual cases is amazing, I used 4.7 a lot but then on the muddy trails that needed more speed I slipped it back into 2.28.

I’ll probably look into a backup air source for my tires too, I normally rely on my M18 inflator but the 12 amp hour battery died on me for some reason (it was fully charged before I left) and I got lucky that I had two 3 amp hour batteries which did get me back to 35 psi from 10 psi. I’m thinking of getting a portable air compressor that hooks to the battery with alligator clips to have as a spare in case I have the same issue again. I have no interest in an OBA setup as under the hood is full of enough crap currently.

 

[aztoyman]

Having stuff go wrong or forgetting stuff is part of camping. Sounds like a successful trip overall. You made it there and back under your own power too.

Nothing wrong with getting a portable compressor. Years ago I bought a cheap high volume (back then) portable compressor from Checker Auto Parts. Now it's O'Reilly's so that's how old that sucker is. The ones with alligator clips are the ones you want. I use the heck out of that thing. I throw it in my tow vehicle when we pull the travel trailer and it's saved me numerous times. I carry it and all my "tire stuff" in a large ammo can.

Thanks for the update.

 

[gnob]

it's pretty rare CTW doesn't get rained on. in 2013 the fs came and kicked us out because the weather was so bad

 

[gnob]

imo co2 is the only way for oba. strong, FAST and doesn't have to live on the vehicle

 

[CreeperSleeper]

CTW was a fun time but also a great learning experience for me, I look forward to going again next year. It really was my first time wheeling in rocks and actually having to be careful on choosing the lines I took. I’m used to more mud and snow which are more forgiving imo. We left Thursday night to head to camp, about halfway there I realized I had no sweatshirt or jacket, just a rain jacket from work in the truck, decided not to turn around and waste time as we were already running into rain, made it to camp around 8 PM with it still raining. After getting the tent setup we went to cook dinner and realized we forgot to pack pans so we laughed about it and just decided to boiled water in the percolator and cooked our meals that way. Packing was more hectic than normal as I was working nights right up until we left and we had just reorganized all of our camping stuff.

We woke up Friday and it was still raining and didn’t stop until about 4 pm for maybe an hour before resuming. The run started at 9 am, first section we hit I was doing pretty good until I took a wrong line and got stuck on a rock. Going forward or reverse I was hitting my diffs and I couldn’t get any traction to turn onto the rock to get over it so I ended up getting winched out. After that I dropped the tires another 5 psi down to 10 all around and didn’t have many issues after that, i just had to get used to using the skinny pedal. I was worried about building boost and possibly breaking stuff.

Second day was the poker run, I originally planned to attend but ended up not going on it as I just wasn’t confident or comfortable with my abilities to navigate some of the trails so I went driving around with the fiancée looking for camp sites and exploring. Next year I’ll hopefully have more time in the summer to wheel and get more confident in picking lines and understanding the terrain better. I know the truck is more capable than I am.

Truck was pretty loaded down. Next year I think we’ll take the truck and car to give more space. The flatbed makes packing a PITA. This wasn’t the final securing of the load, just moving it from the garage to the apartment to finish loading the food up.
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This was Friday at the camp site. Saturday was nice and sunny which was welcomed.
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Overall the truck did great, and the turbo makes it a dream to drive. It feels more like a modern car driving, always having power when I need it. MPG from wheeling and driving home was 8.48 mpg, I’ve been averaging 13-15 with daily driving it. I do need more suspension travel as I was slamming into my front wheel wells a lot and I need some protection on the diff drain plugs as I already noticed the factory ring doesn’t take much damage to wear down. Having dual cases is amazing, I used 4.7 a lot but then on the muddy trails that needed more speed I slipped it back into 2.28.

I’ll probably look into a backup air source for my tires too, I normally rely on my M18 inflator but the 12 amp hour battery died on me for some reason (it was fully charged before I left) and I got lucky that I had two 3 amp hour batteries which did get me back to 35 psi from 10 psi. I’m thinking of getting a portable air compressor that hooks to the battery with alligator clips to have as a spare in case I have the same issue again. I have no interest in an OBA setup as under the hood is full of enough crap currently.

I thought that was you! I was camped next to you in #4... I didn't see you come through my checkpoint Saturday, but now I know why.

 

[Mudder]

@aztoyman getting there and back on my own power was definitely one of the goals and the memories from forgetting stuff will get a good laugh out of us. We’d been planning on getting stackable pots and pans for a few years and never pulled the trigger but this definitely made us get them finally. Our camping stuff is old and cheap so it’s slowly being replaced. This year we upgraded from a Coleman stove to a Camp Chef and it has been amazing. It has way better burner control than what I could get with the Coleman. I had tried cleaning everything and replacing a few of the parts and finally said screw it.

@gnob they mentioned the year yall got kicked out at the drivers meeting on Friday. I know years ago I was looking at CO2 tanks for tires, is the homemade kit still the way to go or are there cheaper alternatives? I’m hoping to keep it under $150 since it’ll just be a back up for the tire inflator I already have incase the battery randomly craps put on me again.

@CreeperSleeper That was us in campsite 6! I hope the noise from the inflator wasn’t too bad on Saturday afternoon. I was filling the tires up in stages since I only had two small batteries and didn’t want to burn through them and only get two tires aired up. I was jealous of the trailers over in your campsite. Were you out on the Friday run? Saturday we did run into a few people out doing the poker run at checkpoints 1 and 2 when we were driving around and stopped to look at some of the double black diamond trails. It amazes me how many roads and trails there are out there and dispersed camping sites.

 

[gnob]

iirc you can buy fixed regulators pretty cheap and the tank is however much you can find one for. fills on my 20lb were like 45$ last time and i don't remember the cost for the tank recert, if necessary.

 

[CreeperSleeper]

@CreeperSleeper That was us in campsite 6! I hope the noise from the inflator wasn’t too bad on Saturday afternoon. I was filling the tires up in stages since I only had two small batteries and didn’t want to burn through them and only get two tires aired up. I was jealous of the trailers over in your campsite. Were you out on the Friday run? Saturday we did run into a few people out doing the poker run at checkpoints 1 and 2 when we were driving around and stopped to look at some of the double black diamond trails. It amazes me how many roads and trails there are out there and dispersed camping sites.

Not at all! Browns Camp is a noisy campground with all the bikes, so stuff like that is never a big deal... Hopefully, my generator wasn't too noisy for you!

Having a trailer is really nice. Especially when it's raining like Thursday night and Friday! ODF told us that we got over three inches in less than 24 hours.

My girlfriend and I were cruising around on Friday, but since I now have a Jeep, I wasn't officially part of the run. We did meet up with Cody's run for a bit. Saturday, I was co-running checkpoint 3.

Browns Camp OHV is an impressive area. The trails are very diverse in difficulty and the area is expansive. I hope you get to make it out again!

 

[Mudder]

Not at all! Browns Camp is a noisy campground with all the bikes, so stuff like that is never a big deal... Hopefully, my generator wasn't too noisy for you!

Having a trailer is really nice. Especially when it's raining like Thursday night and Friday! ODF told us that we got over three inches in less than 24 hours.

My girlfriend and I were cruising around on Friday, but since I now have a Jeep, I wasn't officially part of the run. We did meet up with Cody's run for a bit. Saturday, I was co-running checkpoint 3.

Browns Camp OHV is an impressive area. The trails are very diverse in difficulty and the area is expansive. I hope you get to make it out again!

That’s good to hear about the inflator. It just seemed really loud to me. That generator of yours was extremely quiet, what brand is it?

That explains why I didn’t see you Friday, I was in the second group that went to firebreak. I’ll definitely be going back again next year with some of the issues on the truck fixed.

 

[CreeperSleeper]

That’s good to hear about the inflator. It just seemed really loud to me. That generator of yours was extremely quiet, what brand is it?

That explains why I didn’t see you Friday, I was in the second group that went to firebreak. I’ll definitely be going back again next year with some of the issues on the truck fixed.

This is the generator that I have: https://www.amazon.com/WEN-Lightweight-4800-Watt-Generator-DF480iX/dp/B0D3WW1CSQ/?tag=ihco-20

It is really quiet and does a great job. Jeremy (the guy I was camping with) had the more noisy generator. LOL

 

[pappy]

imo co2 is the only way for oba. strong, FAST and doesn't have to live on the vehicle

Well, I use both CO2 and a compressor. I have CO2 in the 4Runner, with an old Viair as backup. In the Tacoma I started out with both as well, but settled on just a compressor. It's a newer Viair and does just fine. Slower than the CO2, but acceptable.

 

[Mudder]

This is the generator that I have: https://www.amazon.com/WEN-Lightweight-4800-Watt-Generator-DF480iX/dp/B0D3WW1CSQ/?tag=ihco-20

It is really quiet and does a great job. Jeremy (the guy I was camping with) had the more noisy generator. LOL

That's definitely going on the buy list. way more affordable than the Honda generators!

@pappy, which Viair did you end up getting? Those are the ones I've been eyeballing if I don't go with a CO2 setup as a backup

 

[pappy]

@pappy, which Viair did you end up getting? Those are the ones I've been eyeballing if I don't go with a CO2 setup as a backup

I have the Viair 400P-A. I like it because it doesn't run all the time. It will shut down as I move from tire to tire. The only thing I didn't like was their air chuck. I use something else.