4wd conversion. Need help please.

I bolted up the bell housing completely first, with the torque converter completely seated and filled with a quart of fluid, before bolting to the flex plate. Everything was tightened through the inspection plate 1 bolt at a time in a criss cross pattern.

Check out the pictures I have for it.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/toyryd04s-4x4-conversion.442349/#post-12869879

 

OUCH !! If you are running , you got incredibly lucky

 

113k on the swap, not a single issue.

If that torque converter is sitting truly flush, the only "high" spots will be where the flex plate and torque converter mount together. Same way you take it off, 1 bolt at a time in a criss cross pattern.

 

Gotta test fit the converter into the pilot hole first . The pilot hole almost always needs emery cloth and a light coat of grease for the converter to pull into the crankshaft
The hole in the crankshaft keeps the converter running true

 

That may be the difference, while i had it apart, wire wheeled the contact spots an dabs of antiseize for good measure. Good info

 

OK , thought they were studs on this application . He doesnt have to loosen the bellhousing , but he will need to gently draw the converter into the pilot hole by spinning the motor by hand

 

I did it the same way. I was able to push the bell housing all the way flush with the block before putting bolts in. So I didn’t need the bolts to pull it tight. I assume it’s fine since I’m about 50,000 miles since my conversion.

 

I hope I didn't damage anything but I got it in. It's windy as heck out here nd cold. Lol but it's in. Tmrw I send my drive shaft in to get shortened. I can't wait to test it out. It will be my first time ever driving a 4x4 car lol I'm excited.

 

Now that it's 4x4 it ain't no car anymore

You're out here in SoCal right? If you're free one of these weekends let me know, tons of 4x4 trails around us to try it out on. I try to make it out at least a couple times a month. Doing Pilot Rock trail up through Lake Arrowhead on Saturday.

 

Dam your right. Lol. My first real truck. But hell yea I'm down man. Maybe not this weekend tho. I don't think I'll have the drive shaft ready. DM your number tho. Looks like your in the next city over. Monrovia right.

 

Yessir. Rowher Flats and Drinkwater Flats are out near Santa Clarita, maybe an hour from here and are good trails to get familiar with 4wd on. I'll message you my # in a bit here

 

He'll yea man let's go out. I've been out to cleghorn and big bear but I always get stuck haha. No more of that.

 

Big Bear is one of my favorite places to wheel, White Mountain and Gold Mountain are a ton of fun (definitely want sliders/steel skids for Gold Mountain).

Pilot Rock actually starts out near Cleghorn and goes up to Lake Arrowhead which I'm doing Saturday, should be fun. We'll definitely have to head out soon

 

Sounds good man. It's always good to meet more taco drivers.

 

So my swap is complete but I'm having some issues with my shifter. It got stuck in 4 hi and I can't get it out of 4 hi like phisicly able to shit back I to 2hi. This ever happen to anyone?

 

Are you sure you have the shifter placed in the proper position ? There is a square hole that the shifter fits into that allows movement of both shifter forks . Sometimes , guys accidently put the shifter into the transfer case while the transfer case is already in gear . The transfer case needs to be in nuetral when placing the shifter back into position

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/transfer-case-transfer-cases-in-first-and-2nd-gen-trucks.345652/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wont-shift-to-4wd.525927/

 

My forks are stuck and won't move. I have the vacume line disconnected when I tried it. Could that be an issue?

 

Connecting the line wont help your issue . Did you get that case for a good deal ? It has mechanical issues .

 

Am I crazy or is that t-case missing the spring that keeps the shifter in correctly?

 

I took out the spring and yea I got it for 10 bucks lol