It's been a while.

Haven't made a thread since 2014 and haven't posted since 2018. Traded the taco for a 4runner and then got into the crawler scene. Just picked up this gem for a steal to give the 360k mile 4runner a break from daily duties. Bought it needing a transmission. Happened to have a 340F from a 5VZ I bought to swap out the 3VZ in my Crawler. Slapped that in along with a set of 63's and been enjoying the heck out of being back in an xtra cab.

3" Body Lift
OME Shocks and 881 or 883s up front.
Chevy 63s and some junk rancho shocks in the back.
Custom rear bumper, sliders, and front winch plate.
OG Corner light blinker mod
33x12.5r15 KM1s (need to pull the date codes for fun)
Slapped my badlands winch off the crawler on it while it's down for an engine swap

 

that thing is literally perfection. I wanna create it on my white 3rd gen AC. where'd ya get the wheels

 

Thanks!

No Telling. But Agreed! Big fan of the wheels.

 

Dang! Even got the kid on pressure washer duty.
Sweet truck!

 

Any pics of how you mounted the winch? I have a 98 and would be interested to see the bumper integration!

 

I'm wondering about the black lower trim. Decal or aftermarket

 

Nice ride. What part of La are you. SWLA here.

 

Wowza. That is a good
Looking rig.

 

Beautiful truck ! Do them front tires rub on turns ?

I wanna see how that winch is mounted also and what its mounted too ? Looks fantastic

Please send some pics

 

Was the transmission toasted or did it just not shift properly or was it a manual (aka toasted)?

 

No Issues with the tires rubbing.

Thank you sir!

Auto. Pretty sure it was done for.

Thanks! I'm SELA.

 

If it was auto try to replace the solenoids. Unless there is grinding gears, replace them because they tend to go out around 250k.

 

It was slipping pretty bad. It could probably be fixed I'm sure. I wrapped up the old trans and set it aside for a maybe someday rebuild.

 

Nice truck, any plans to SAS?

 

It actually came as a package deal with a Trail-Gear SAS kit, but I will probably leave it IFS for the time being. I've got an SAS P/U and plans for a buggy, so an SAS tacoma is a couple rungs down on that list.

 

I been wondering where you was....

 

That is what I am doing when my current engine and trans eat it after I put my second ones in.