>Luka's Build<

what is this?

 

stayed a couple hours late and TIG welded it up.

started with 3/16 electrode and wire, but switched up to 1/8 and the weld came out better with twice the heat I started with.

I also competed the bead from the factory stitch welding.

Now its ready for powdercoating

 

and let the faping begin.



Did not enjoy laying in a puddle all morning. You're my hero Ratha!

Gonna have to chop up my custom crossmember again...needs even more adjusting than originally planned for.

Getting the exhaust routing fixed tomorrow.

One step closer..

 

w00tdang!

 

Fj tcase?

 

Easier switch, you don't have to mess with the electronics and switching ECU's. Manual shift into 4hi/lo.

 

i know it easier to swap, i just thought the FJ cases were blue? it looked like he was putting a taco case in, which has all the wiring and electro-garbage to go with it.

 

My FJ case is silver also, haven't seen a blue one.

 

interesting. i think homers is blue, and my taco case is black. it might be that we live in a salt state, so they coated the cases up here to protect from rust.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...history-homertaco-s-build-35.html#post7769323

 

derp. just did a search, realized that i was thinking of a marlin crawl-box, not the actual transfer case

 

both of you are close. it's the stock t-case with an inchworm 2wd trans adapter.

also had to shorten the output shaft by about 3.5" via cut-off wheel, angle grinding and lots of measuring gaps and test fitting. Swapping the trans out for a 4wd would have been about the same amount of work plus the cost..

 

aaaand the conversion is done.

this is the wiring. I just followed the FSM one by one, figured out where each one goes.



the 2wd harness and 4wd harness are different. the nice part was the 4wd wires plugged into the blank spots in the 2wd harness.



this is how it looks with all of the wiring installed. I had to add around 10 wires into the existing mess of wires on the ECU and relay junction panel.



I de-pinned the wires for the rear locker since I maintained the original 2wd locker wiring...saves me the hassle of doing the anytime-locker mod.



this is the custom trans support. I used the oem 4wd support and machined out the center of it and made a new mounting plate. welded it up and painted.



lights are included on all dash clusters, just needed to add the signal wires in the back.



the inchworm trans adapter.



had to measure and cut about this much off of the trans output shaft. It would have been easier to install a 4wd transmission.



the y-pipe now.

 

Finally!!!

 

Congrats! Now all that's left is a Celica..

 

Installed some ATO shackle flips a little while back, lots of droop with the RCD 5100's



Cut the exhaust to clear just a little, I'll eventually cut the exhaust a little more and put the TRD tip back on.



downhill crawl at Kaena Pt.



some rocks at Kaena Pt.



SRQ- Hyperspots mounted via Relentless hood mounts with homemade aluminum lift spacers.



wiring new OTRATTW switches, slight pain in the ass, planning for front locker later this year.



finished install looks like oem

 

Hi Mike

 

No... This switch that I just got looks OEM

Drops right in too

 

Iven got you there.

 

does your illuminate off the dimmer and when it's activated?