4wd conversion - Donor Truck?

Whatcha need?

I find stuff here cheap.

 

I'm done - just the transmission, last piece of the great part hunt and of course the one to be the most picky about.

 

ToyAuto Mart in Rancho Cordova

 

This, or he can go New given that they're still available!

 

Got my trans for 600 bucks from Toyauto Mart, and they dropped it off at my house.

That's a bit cheaper than a new one will cost.

 

That leaves money left over for an e locker

 

I need to give them a call. Their online listings show only 4cyl transmissions.

I grabbed the front diff from YotaAutoParts - also in Rancho Cordova.
https://yotaautoparts.com/

Fully expected it was going to arrive by UPS, showed up the same day - they sent it via courier.

 

This thread got 9/11’d like crazy. Read through but didn’t see where @tacoluke10 lived because he is off grid. Geez. There are 3 tacoluke variations on here! Lol

 

I was just here for the pizza and ice cold beverages

 

Pluses and minuses to both buying a donor or gathering parts as well as just selling your current vehicle and buying a new one.

Converting isn’t that difficult but it’s not cheap in its own right, but the benefit will be you know the 4wd drivetrain in and out.

Donar truck might get you other pieces, so in my case I wanted a donar body but found a 00 with 85k and a factory supercharger fir $5k, only downside it was in pieces as the guy I bought it from gave up halfway through a frame swap. I’ll use almost every piece because it’s in better shape than my 99 with 350k on it that’s beat to piss.

Honestly, if you want a 4wd and just that without the project aspect of it, just sell the prerunner. If you want to know every bolt get a donar truck. Something else is something in between