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UPDATED - Now with Twin cases and triple sticks "El Taco Diablo" 4x4 swap and B.S.

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by El Taco Diablo, Aug 7, 2018.

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  1. Dec 3, 2018 at 6:15 PM
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  3. Dec 3, 2018 at 7:13 PM
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    Not anything I haven't done before :thumbsup:
     
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  4. Dec 4, 2018 at 11:44 AM
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  5. Dec 4, 2018 at 11:48 AM
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    For the price, it should have come with a bottle of Jameson! lol
     
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  6. Dec 7, 2018 at 12:42 PM
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    Major progress in the parts collecting happened today... This is no longer a pipe dream :thumbsup:

     
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  7. Dec 7, 2018 at 12:44 PM
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    Wow. That was quick.

    That's cool how they delivered it to you, that's a long drive from Rancho Cordova.
     
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  8. Dec 7, 2018 at 12:49 PM
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    TOTALLY AWESOME EXPERIENCE with Toyauto Mart!

    Totally professional. Great sales guy on the phone. Delivery driver was pleasent and professional.

    Parts are better than what I expected. They left the shifter and boot on the Tcase, and the torque converter on the trans... I didn't expect to see either of those.
     
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  9. Dec 7, 2018 at 1:50 PM
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    If you knew how much trouble I went through to locate that freakin’ rubber transfer case boot...

    I had to buy a whole shifter trim out of a 4Runner to get the knob and boot. That boot is hard to find. $50 new from Toyota.

    I would trash the torque converter. Don’t do what I did.
     
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  10. Dec 7, 2018 at 3:54 PM
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    Yeah didn't realize I needed one. Not running one lol. Just poke a whole through the 2wd flat rubber one.
     
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  11. Dec 7, 2018 at 4:22 PM
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    There were a lot of things I didn’t realized I needed while I was doing the swap. Small things like that transfer case boot, the safety bolts for the CV axles, the snap rings for the CV axles, etc.
     
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  12. Dec 7, 2018 at 4:26 PM
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    Here’s the part number if you want it, I do suggest you get it since it does a decent job at sealing sound out of the cabin. Cheaper than I remembered, $37 from Camelback.

    36331-35010
     
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  13. Dec 31, 2018 at 2:28 PM
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    So... Some work is commencing on this thing.

    Started painting the spindles today.

    The Por15 sure doesn't dry quickly so I started looking for something else to do.

    Before

    After
     
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    Ended up pulling the CVs out to re-boot them.


    Fun times :puke:
     
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  15. Dec 31, 2018 at 6:39 PM
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    Well I got this far today...

    Positives = The Por15 finally dried. And at least the worst part on the CVs is over. Just have to reassemble when the (correct) outer boots arrive.
     
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    god what id give for a transmission casing that clean.. my trans is so oxidized. and the j shift i picked up to replace my original t-case isnt too much better
     
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  17. Jan 1, 2019 at 4:36 PM
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    Just 3 tons of fun!!!
    A little more progress was made today. Cleaned up the diff, replaced both out put seals, fill and drain plugs and fill and drain gaskets.
     
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  18. Jan 20, 2019 at 9:16 PM
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    CVs are rebuilt :thumbsup:



    And thanks to @Twizted for picking up the rear driveline that @foxrcing07 spotted on Craigslist for me.


    Now, when I do the swap, I don't have to worry about down time, while I wait for the shop to cut and balance my rear driveline.
     
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    Little bit more progress on the 4x convert tonight.

    The blue gasket maker has been bugging me. I've never seen blue gasket seal that is for diffs or for contact with gear oil.


    So I decided to crack her open. Good thing I did. I'm pretty sure, even if the blue RTV was ok for gear oil, this thing would have been a leaker. Almost no RTV on the mating surface. It appears it all got squished out.


    Took a while to clean everything up. But we used gear oil compatible gasket maker.


    Put everything back where it goes, and just bearly snugged the bolts. I'll let the gasket maker set up over night and torque the bolts tomorrow.
     
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    good shit, didn't know they made one specifically for oil. should be a good alt to toyotas fipg
     
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