A friend bought this 4runner as parts, ended up not being that bad for a trail rig (mechanically good, rusty bad) . Best thing was that it came with a Marlin Crawler MC-07 10* clocked doubler, a spare top shift tcase, a few tacoma ( I think) drive shafts.
Pulled the w56 out of a parts truck so we could have a trans that doesnt pop out of first.
Right now it back on the stock cross member, but were either going to build a high clearance one, or get a FROR rear mount. the clocked case makes it difficult to use an off the shelf dual case skid.
Cut down the rear drive shaft and used the rear shaft from above mentioned parts truck to cut down for a front. Truck is still ifs, so does not need a long slip. Well address that if he ever goes solid axle, but this is a cheap, only replace it if we need to build.
Tacked the splined end on once it was cut down, and rolled it on the angle iron, tapped with a hammer till it was straight then welded it up.
Now hes crawlin. Stock diffs, with a doubler, hes at about 83:1.
Sawzall lift and some 35s and were off. Next on the list is to weld the front and rear diffs. We have more handrail and some pipe to make a rear bumper, and possibly some sliders. But for now, just more seat time.
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Pulled the w56 out of a parts truck so we could have a trans that doesnt pop out of first.
Right now it back on the stock cross member, but were either going to build a high clearance one, or get a FROR rear mount. the clocked case makes it difficult to use an off the shelf dual case skid.
Cut down the rear drive shaft and used the rear shaft from above mentioned parts truck to cut down for a front. Truck is still ifs, so does not need a long slip. Well address that if he ever goes solid axle, but this is a cheap, only replace it if we need to build.
Tacked the splined end on once it was cut down, and rolled it on the angle iron, tapped with a hammer till it was straight then welded it up.
Now hes crawlin. Stock diffs, with a doubler, hes at about 83:1.
Sawzall lift and some 35s and were off. Next on the list is to weld the front and rear diffs. We have more handrail and some pipe to make a rear bumper, and possibly some sliders. But for now, just more seat time.
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