Pic for Jdbragg, sorry about the delayed response


Currently the bumps are cut in half and the truck just sits on them anyway. When I first did the spring flip i had about an 1 to 1 1/2 gap but they settled in. I know im not running any shocks, just getting ready to notch it hopefully here in about a week

Some guys clean frontier in my apt complex, id def drive it!

 

Truck looks good man! I cannot even wait to be low again. I'm jealous of your bench seat. That's next on my list!

 

Thx HOSH! I really dug your 83' truck, it was so clean it was ridiculous! after this i need to check out this fordyota in your signature haha. Yeah, I dig my bench, but plan on going to buckets at some point but that'll be way down the road.

 

Did some tinkering yesterday. Truck would start and idle great, but it just felt like it had no low end and I couldnt hold 70 on a slope for the life of me. Got a bit curious and found that some ppl had the same issue after a timing chain replacement. Came up with "truck will start, idle fine. but feels like its trying to pull another truck behind it the whole time." That guys prob was he had his cam timing off a tooth. The thread also stated that when using an aftermarket and not toyota timing kit to set cam timing off the key where the worm gear bolts onto the cam gear as most timing dots on the gear aren't actually at 12 o clock but more 1130-1145ish. I remember timing it specifically to the dot on the cam gear....
@TDC

Cam Timing a tooth off, The key you should always check your timing dot on the cam gear against is the stud/key just behind the worm drive gear in the pic. its sitting around 1ish in the photo

Set my timing with key at 12 o clock and timing dot around 1145. Starts and idles just as before. But now it GOES! I was pullin 80 at the end of my local on ramp where as before id be lucky to get 55-60. BTW if anyone is having 4 wire o2 sensor issues like i was, maybe this is all you need to help!
88 o2 sensor wiring help - YotaTech Forums

 

nice find on the timing situation.

 

Put a new aisin waterpump on the truck like I wanted to when putting the timing kit on it. Put 4 new oem Toyota sparkplugs in it too. She purrs like a kitty still have a slight rattle when driving that isn't there when accelerating but when cruising. Thinking it may be the cat or muffler, may have fallen apart inside.

 

adapted a lip off a volve brick wagon today from the yard, Picked up a tin lip off a 720 datsun im gonna play with too.

 

Calling it quits for now.

No progress lately. Lifes been happening. Spliting up with the old lady. Moving. Skateboarding. Trip to Alabama coming up. And my trip to Venice with a good friend has me in love with the Triumph more than ever. Been debating on selling the truck, thinking i may hold onto it till i have enough $ saved to buy a late 90's/early 2000's tacoma.




Def keep up on the good work guys, i should be lurking on the site ever now and than

 

if you do sell the 83, what do you want for it?