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The stalled front that went tropical and dumped 10+ inches of rain on us here, finally moved out. So I was up early this morning and I was getting my ass kicked by 8am. I never envisioned this shit taking a damn week, win some, lose some..... Completely forgot about getting a crank pulley wrench...

The rain has been relentless here. So to kill the time I bought a cheap storage tub and washed some parts. The grime being so bad on the valve covers and plenum, I opted for Purple Power, a brass wire brush, nylon scrub pad, an appliance brush for the runners, and of course CRC for the throttle...

Yea, it's got good bones, no rust and it ran pretty good before I started meddling with it. Hopefully She has some glory left in her.

This 5VZ has an inch of grime from top to bottom, not to mention a nice bed of Oak leaves under the plenum. So when I lifted the valve covers, I was pleasantly surprised to find no sludge.

The other day I peeled back the timing cover and found a cracked out piece of rubber, so this week I started the job. The old belt was a cheap aftermarket. So I'm going with a Timing belt kit and valve cover kit, both from Toyota.

I purchased this 97' 2wd w 240k miles back in July. It needs lots of things, so I been chipping away at it. It was a neglected central Florida hunting/garbage truck for decades, so it's been feeling it's age. MC seized and replaced, still need to do front pads and rotors. Put new tires on. The...

I've had a couple more people show interest, but no response from @allco. Can't see his page until he grants your follow request.

Put a mild kit in my A750F (150k miles), should've done the torque converter as well. It slips sometimes after it gets warmed up and I'm smacking 2nd.

I don't think he had enough interest back in 23'. I've heard he was doing other fabrication projects besides suspension. Supposedly has a sm page but I didn't look for it. This is all I have... Steve Fike socalmoto@gmail.com

Cool, Im gonna look into that switch. Partsouq is pretty good. They had an order shipped to me in 3 days.

^^ There is a guy with one of these swaps done and claims he has the butterfly valve controlled electronically like the VVTi does from the factory. He uses a Nitrous trigger and sets the rpm parameters. The theory is that the vacuum keeps the butterfly in long runner mode through out the rpm...

I never addressed the intake being exposed to water in the fender. The liners I installed were above the intake, so it was wide open. 13 inches of rain fell in a week right after the 4th, and after several good size puddles, I found water in the CAI. Close one..... Hopefully remedied that issue...

Just saw the story on the N Rim lodge, Sucks. Stay safe up there. Need to call my parents in Prescott, couple small flare ups in the valley.

Yea, my fab skills are severly lacking, so the cantilever would be outta my skill level, and I've heard that shock tuning on a cantilever is tough. Im still looking at more travel. Ive also been thinking about CaliFabs 3 link as I have his 4 link and Chance builds pretty good stuff. I got a...

Yea Im pissed I could never get my shit together on one of Steve's kits. Not sure if Im good enough to install it, but I can dream...