My mini truck somehow ended up in Moab.
Where did you go with your Mini Truck or 4Runner this week? (3 Viewers)
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Been a few busy last weeks with getting my 84 pickup back on the road.
Finished rebuilding my 22R and installed it. Thankfully I had a spare motor that needed rebuilding since the one I pulled out was in real poor shape after I overheated it on the highway when the block heater failed and dumped all my coolant out. Gave the head a resurface as per the guidance of the machine shop.
After that it was time to diagnose why my e-locker wasn't working. Took the actuator all apart and didn't find a reason why it failed. Bench tested it with direct power to the leads, motor made some noise but no movement. Found an Aisin SAT-008 replacement on Amazon shipped to my door for $470 CAD, tossed it in and voila got a rear locker again! Ready for a spring wheeling trip in the Rockies next weekend.
Finished rebuilding my 22R and installed it. Thankfully I had a spare motor that needed rebuilding since the one I pulled out was in real poor shape after I overheated it on the highway when the block heater failed and dumped all my coolant out. Gave the head a resurface as per the guidance of the machine shop.
After that it was time to diagnose why my e-locker wasn't working. Took the actuator all apart and didn't find a reason why it failed. Bench tested it with direct power to the leads, motor made some noise but no movement. Found an Aisin SAT-008 replacement on Amazon shipped to my door for $470 CAD, tossed it in and voila got a rear locker again! Ready for a spring wheeling trip in the Rockies next weekend.
simply Bliss :
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This is just wrong to let the trucks die this way.
@ToyotaMatt have a link to that or any other engines? The detail in those cut aways is awesome. So jealous of the AC 
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Dropped the new engine in over the weekend, slowly picking away at reassembling it all now.
I took a nice round trip drive of about 800 miles up to Utah to run Lockhart Basin with some High Desert Cruiser boys in my 83’ mini that I’ve been fixin up over the last year and a half. She was rough at first but now she’s just Tough! Rebuilt de-smogged 22R is running great and no mechanical problems whatsoever besides a small tire puncture that I repaired in minutes as the group was stopped waiting for a full sized Tundra to clear the obstacles back up the canyon.
@pappy
chicken corners
Lockhart Basin
overlooking Castle Valley
@pappy
chicken corners
Lockhart Basin
overlooking Castle Valley
Our third night camping up on the mesa!
Sunrise
Back at home for a New Mexico sunset!
Sunrise
Back at home for a New Mexico sunset!
Beautiful shots! Looks like a fun trail
Had a great trip out to the Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mtns in AB.
Still a decent amount of snow out in the mountains.
I have a few pictures from the weekend to share.
Still a decent amount of snow out in the mountains.
I have a few pictures from the weekend to share.
Got it all back together and took it for a quick test drive around the neighborhood. Still a lot of fine tuning to do, but no bad noises from the engine and the only leaks are from the heater core and the clutch slave cylinder.
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montana to moab in my $500 pickup
I love that trail!
I drove out last night to a random trail to try and catch the northern lights. You can barely see them in the bottom left. Wish I went out on Friday, would have been able to see them pretty well for being in AZ.
BDSeff1fitty
1987 Toyota 4Runner
About finished building the front axle for the SAS.
well worth the drive. wish we could have stayed longer. other pics are 7 mile. first is top of the world.
1st time in Moab 2 years ago, we're going back next month. Top of the world is on my bucket list this year.
