85 4 runner truggy rebuild

Well I figured it was about time I started a build thread on my yoda, since if had it awhile and done quite a bit to it when I got it it looked like this

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Well was missing on cylinder 2 figured it was a combat of bad gas and clogged injector drained tank cleaned injectors and still missed and then done compression check no compression pulled head took to machine and #2 valve was bent and the rest weren't seated right figured I check the rest of the motor out and timing chain ( which caused valve problems) had eaten the cover and put aluminum shavings in the bottom end and ate the bottom end up so full rebuild

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More rebuild pis

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And some more

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Well got the motor together and ran good then sensors started failing so instead of chasing electronic gremlins I went propane and got my kit from got propane .com great product and customer service and stripped the interior

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More pics of installed kit and put 86 4 runner front and rear seats in it, the last pic is the seats that were in it when I got it outta god knows what

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Then I treated the rear to a Yukon spool and trussed the front axle and started tube work it needed and added and really expensive overflow can

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Tube work progress from masking tape to tube

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Got my master craft harnesses in the front an oh **** handle bar for the passenger and plan on painting it black don't really like the smurf blue and may go darker blue bomb proof mounts for motor and t case in and I'll pics of that up tomorrow so what think keep I'm mind only using a grinder the cut and notch and thanks for checking out my build and suggestions are welcomed

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Looking forward to watching progress

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Yesterday's progress was trail gear motor and 4 x 4 innovation t case mounts and passenger grab handle or whatever u call it

And a pic of the boss she said I need to bust ass cus she's ready to drive and do some wheeling

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OK so I painted the runner satin black 1st off today so now it looks good i.m.o. what y'all think

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Well after that I decide I didn't like the way the previous owner done the bed no room with a propane tank and battery,and u could barely open the tank straps,so it looked like this, and in last 2 pics had all ready take the mesh out

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So I changed it now yall think I should mesh it or sheet metal it here's some pics of what I done today

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Hello, opinions, suggestions, s anybody got nothing to say ? Thanks LaMedic . Does any one think I need more tube on the sides I do but wanted some other people thoughts

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It's cool watching old stuff become new again

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85buggy said:

It's cool watching old stuff become new again

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Thanks man I'm trying my best

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Made some progress today gotta get me a notcher doing it with a grinder is time consuming as hell and slows progress to a snails pace but here are some pics but the last pics is probably my favorite so for easy and looks awesome and to all the people that look at my thread don't be scared to post :****: I wanna here people's opinion and thoughts on how I'm doing and what they'd do kinda stumped on the rear seats roof I'll get some pics a show y'all but I'm 6 foot and if I sit back there my head is outside the roof by 2 or three inches so needing ideas there

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Looks like you're making good progress, I can appreciate what you are doing with adding bracing and all. But I would recommend turn up the heat on them welds. Keep up the good work.

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The first three pics are me like I said 6' tall and the last is my cousin 6'2'' I'd like to be able to have an adult ride in the back but I don't have a bender to bend tubing and can't see any other way of doing it without bending. Anyone else have any ideas besides getting a bender,saving for one but aways away, or just fill it in and put a sign that says you must be this Short to ride but there are other pics in the post that you can see the area I'm talking about I just can't decide which way to go on this