My 1983 Toyota pickup resurrection.

[Cab4you26]

I may as well live at school and work, but I've slowly been picking away at this thing. I've ordered a bunch of parts - clutch kit and flywheel for the 3rz, e-locker motor guards, triple sticks, I got all my adapters in for the drivetrain and both 23 spline inputs. I'm probably going to send my 2nd bad e-locker to ECGS and they'll send me a fresh one.

I'm currently disassembling the rear case and getting the sections sandblasted before I install the 23 spline input, and then I can bolt it up the range box. Aside from that, the range box is ready to go.





On a side note, wouldn't it be awesome if Toyotas had birfields this big?

[willhf1011]

Are those rock birfs?

[Cab4you26]

I'm not sure if they're rockwell birfields or not. These shafts came out of a galion. We use it to shuffle around locomotives. They may or may not be the same axles in 2.5 tons.

[willhf1011]

Cool, was just curious. They look like 16 spline rock shafts. If the axles are top loader diffs, I imagine they are the same.

[Cab4you26]

I finished up my drivetrain for the most part today. Bolted up the range box to the trans, cleaned up the rear case, installed the 23 spline input and resealed it.

Here is what it's like to build a truck in your house:



Resealing the case with the new 23 spline input:



The rear case and triple sticks are only mocked up in this picture. I need to get a torque wrench that takes the replaceable inserts before I can bolt it up and torque it.

[BadAssEddie]

Badass.

I'm digging the mudroom wrenching.