IT LIVES AGAIN!!!!...88 runner

[85xtracab]

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Where did the engine go?
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only a couple of small rust spots
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The white part at the bottom of the pan ,is all the water that came out of the engine when i drained the oil..he said he was playing in some water and hydrolocked it ,but thats fine cause i have a nice turbo block that i can use for parts..lol
this gives a little better idea of how mch water is in the bottom of the pan as far as how big the pan is
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its alot..lol
seats are in decent shape
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pass side is a little better.

and i was checking t out last night ,and found a brand new craftsman 3/4 inch ratchetand 17mm socket..lmao
this is what it looked like before i got it home.
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it was acually worse than that ,it had been parked under a tree for 3 months.took a couple of washings with clorox and dawn dishwashing detergent to get it clean ,plus i spent 4-5 hours pressurewasing every nook and cranny under it .
i traded my $600 vw golf for it ..lmao

[cbabywolf02]

Nice looks like a good project truck, and if that's all you lost was a vw then your are def on the winning side of that deal. :)

[85xtracab]

well got the engine apart ,he wasn't lying when he said he sucked it full of water
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#1 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/ironroad9c1/88%204%20runner/P1010857.jpg
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cleaned em out and checked the bore ,it needs bored,but i got a good turbo short block ,so i'm gonna use everything from it and just swap in these pistons after i clean em up and do a quickie rebuild to get the truck running ,so i don't lose interest in it and bore this block and start a stroker build up .

this engine was on borrowd time anyway due to the timing chain haveing lunch with the timing cover so soon it would have watered down the oil anyway and had a bottom end failure ,this prolly saved the block from a horrible death.
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[85xtracab]

well got the short block torn down and found a cracked wrist pin ,was bent and had to press it out of the piston and rod assy .
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this isn't supose to be like this..
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[Ted]

lots of fun huh?

[Eric_N]

Oh god, i hope the engine in my 91 doesnt look like that when i tear it apart.

[88rnr86up]

any update on the runner lately

[85xtracab]

yea...as a matter of fact.

Well its just about done ,just gotta go into town ,pick up a throwout bearing and a couple of hoses and drop it in.I am useing the later model intake also and the engine has a engine builder 268 cam and new valve springs ,and timing set along with the turbo oil pump.
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Painted the exhaust manifold with some high heat por-15 ,figured i'd give it a shot , took almost 2 hours of bressure washing to get all the caked burt on mud off ,had to where googles and hold the wand right on top of it with the jet stream..lol
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i used my turbo block due to it being in better shape ,made a block off plate for the oil return port ,and a bellhouseing bolt has the same threads as the oil supply bango bolt i i just applied some lock tight and stuck it in the hole ...
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[cbabywolf02]

Looks good, it's almost looking just like the engine that I am building for the Runner. You'll have to let us know how it runs when it's all said and done. :)

[85xtracab]

Runs pretty good ,just sorting out the little things .when i got the truck the engine was already out ,so its just figureing out how little things go here and there ,need a shifter tip bushing ,thing shifts like your grabbing a loaf of bread i put about 10-15 miles on it yesterday on some backroads around here .has pretty good power for having 32's and stock 4.10 gears..lol and weighting almost as much as my 94 caprice

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Dont mind the battery hold down ..lol its temporary.
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