New manifold and new studs and it’s driving again! Now I just need a radiator and a transfer case
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Haha good luck on your radiator! mine was tuff!
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Haha good luck on your radiator! mine was tuff!
It's been replaced with a brass unit, I am hoping the local radiator shop can repair it.
Thats what I put in mine. I think my old 1991 (made in march of 1990) had the original radiator in it. Wish I could have found an OEM one. No longer available
. Whats wrong with your transfer case?
Rear hubs and brakes
It’s growling at me, i believe the PO ran it out of fluid. It’ll probably go a while longer but I am going to pick up a used unit and throw it in and then rebuild this one and put reduction gears in there.Thats what I put in mine. I think my old 1991 (made in march of 1990) had the original radiator in it. Wish I could have found an OEM one. No longer available
Before the "work from home" instruction was ordered I started to make a list of everything on my rig that causes even the slightest ripple of annoyance. The plan is work through the list when I am grounded so as to reduce the boredom.
Top of the list was stopping my camping gear rattling like mad so I made a set of drawers. Each drawer has a separate compartment for each piece of camping gear.
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All nicely laid out for ease of access.
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Ball bearing slides with soft close and a built in lock mechanism of sorts.
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Covered them with same cheapo carpet stuff from Home Depot as I used on my KISS drawers. Pretty happy with the end result..
What did you make the compartments out of? Thin wood?
The little compartments are made out some craft wood (I think Poplar) i picked up at Lowes. Pretty cheap and very light..
george.arnold
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I finally finished up my water pump, thermostat, coolant hose, and charcoal filter replacement on the old 3fe. Haha I went ahead and started it up first thing this morning and of course I had a couple leaks from a few of the sensors on the thermostat housing. So I proceeded to try and remove the sensors and add teflon along with a good torque to stop the leaks. I didn't want to pull the entire housing and belts again so I got creative. I was able to find a socket and cut part out of the middle and weld it back up = water temp sensor socket that fits just right into the tiny little space inbetween the sensor and air pump (green sensor).
In the process of working on the leaks I also managed to break the old brittle wire going into the back of the water temperature switch. Being a broke college student with canceled classes and lots of time to kill I decided to try and save a few bucks and salvage the plug. A quick Google search brought up this picture from an old Mud thread posted by NLXTACY, thanks bro. I think it is so cool that Toyota gives blue prints for making your own tool to fix your rig.
I went ahead a grabbed an old nail and went to town with some files and diamond sharpening stones and this was my finished product.
I stuck it in the groove inside the plug and it worked perfect. The pin popped right out!!!! It probably would have been easier to just buy a new part but it was fun filing down the nail and having it work so well. Here is the repaired plug, it is sealed with neutral silicone and heat shrink under the electrical tape.
Anywase, lessons learned.
1. Be careful with 30 year old wires and sensors
2. Toyota and the major aftermarket parts houses all wanted $200 - $250 for a cold start injector timer switch. They were new on ebay for $100 but shipping was a month from Dubai, Japan, or partsouq. This switch/sensor was used in 22re's and 3.0 toyota motors from the early nineties (pre 95) along with celia's and mr2's. I was able to find one for $30 at the local junkyard and it tested good.
3. And last but not least a good set of radiator hose picks are a must for this job.
In the process of working on the leaks I also managed to break the old brittle wire going into the back of the water temperature switch. Being a broke college student with canceled classes and lots of time to kill I decided to try and save a few bucks and salvage the plug. A quick Google search brought up this picture from an old Mud thread posted by NLXTACY, thanks bro. I think it is so cool that Toyota gives blue prints for making your own tool to fix your rig.
I went ahead a grabbed an old nail and went to town with some files and diamond sharpening stones and this was my finished product.
I stuck it in the groove inside the plug and it worked perfect. The pin popped right out!!!! It probably would have been easier to just buy a new part but it was fun filing down the nail and having it work so well. Here is the repaired plug, it is sealed with neutral silicone and heat shrink under the electrical tape.
Anywase, lessons learned.
1. Be careful with 30 year old wires and sensors
2. Toyota and the major aftermarket parts houses all wanted $200 - $250 for a cold start injector timer switch. They were new on ebay for $100 but shipping was a month from Dubai, Japan, or partsouq. This switch/sensor was used in 22re's and 3.0 toyota motors from the early nineties (pre 95) along with celia's and mr2's. I was able to find one for $30 at the local junkyard and it tested good.
3. And last but not least a good set of radiator hose picks are a must for this job.
What radiator did you go with? Ocracoke is one of my favorite places on the east coast. Always took the swam quarter ferry.
Fuel pump filter
Installed an orange Boxx PSD and found some CDs from the P.O. I’ve had this truck for over 5 years... I guess I’ve never listened to a CD? Anyone know what language this is? Vietnamese?
Started on my back bumper from coastal offroad. Fit up pretty good so far. Im going to make my own tire carrier for it, probably work on that tomorrow.
Finally got the drawers installed that had been cluttering up my garage!
Well. We went down to Big Bend and had ourselves a good old fashioned adventure. Got caught in a huge storm 20 miles from pavement which brought big hail and flash floods. I put the Cruisers pass into the storm to minimize broken glass. We lost both tailights(where can I find those?), one mirror, and the hood took a beating. Teamed up with a couple other rigs and self rescued and rescued 2 guys that were on motorcycles that got bruised up by the hail. Pushed through some pretty rough spots of deep flooding nearly hood deep and we are on a Slee 6" with 35's. Jeep in front got pushed sideways at one point but our heavy Cruiser stayed planted. Survived all that to only have the right wheel studs sheer off at about 45 mph sending the wheel out into the desert which took a good hour to find. Tire took the flare off real quick. Tow Bill to nearest shop was huge. We learned a lot over 5 days. Some things we knew but forgot and somethings were new lessons. Gotta love getting out there! At least we have some stories to add to our list and it created some great family dynamics where we needed to work together and rely on each to get problems solved.
Picked up a spare transmission and transfer case from a 97. I'll rebuild them eventually. Yes that's an extension cord. When I took my tool boxes out to make room, I forgot to grab my rachet straps out. 
Fitted a Toyota auxiliary electric fan. All the fixtures are already there so it is more or less plug and play.
I installed mine with a switch in the cab so I have some control when off road.
This thing can move a serious amount of air.
I installed mine with a switch in the cab so I have some control when off road.
This thing can move a serious amount of air.
Anza Borrego!
Tried to talk the Missus into taking the kids out there today. I figured this is the perfect time to take a vacation and, it’s about as socially distant as you can get around these parts.
