picked up an 81 2wd diesel in december started building it a little then heard about this site. iv done a little bit since i got it so ill try and post pics in sequence.

heres when i bought it





much more to come...

 

wish i had that motor for mine would love to have a diesel in my yota cant wait to see more pics

 

a little more

good ol 1L 2.2l non turbo makes a wopping 45hp


stock L52 tranny took a **** so i put in what i thought was a good W56 5 speed, turns out to be a W45 4 speed, had to order a diesel bell housing out of canada for it too. i got a good W56 to put in now tho



a little TR3 does the trick


floor pans were all rusted out so i fixed them up and put some eagle talon seats in





flexyflexy




frame wasnt too happy having been from long beach ca to orono maine and back to idaho



so i got rid of it

 

chop chop









the coil shocks are temporary till i aquire everything for bags

















a little exhaust modification, necessary for the diesel...




took it through a car show






oops





and the fix

 

man i gotta find a diesel to stuff down in my yota now love the stack

 

Trucks looking great, good job! You said you're gonna bag it, plans for a body drop as well?

 

new wheels





new personalized plates




my next step is to bag the rear and slap a turbo on her





thats about all i got so far, let me know what you think and any ideas

i still need to do the newer control arm and ball joint flip, no plans for drop spindles, no plans for a body drop in the near future... maybe one day tho

 

Looking good bradda

 

Nice!

 

havin a little fun in the shop


aaf33ff6.mp4 video by russKinzer - Photobucket

 

love it man makes me want a coal roller now ,also why no panhard bar on the rear does the trianglation keep it centered?

 

yes triangulation is what keeps it straight it works amazing how ever i afterwards realized i built it wrong, the upper bars are supposed to be 70% of the lower bars. this keeps the pinion at the same angle when going up and down but for a low rider it works great i got the rear bag set up done this weekend ill post pics in a minute

 

rear baggin

got tired of the ****ty coil shocks and did some bag work


pre rear bags















after the bags but before i took out the rear fenders


some fancy shots after the fenders came out














FYI: everything you see i built myself by hand so yes those booger welds are all mine but i assure they will hold...ish

 

Lookin sweeeet!!! Love that you take pride in your skills. All being build by har is what it's about brah. How many hours did you have into frame work and the 4 link? Going to do mine but probably not for a year or so. Have to move in two weeks and it's my DD right now.

 

Right on man! Truck is looking cool. Where in ID are you?

 

looks sweet

 

Dont know how I didn't see this build before but damn I want a diesel yota. How big is ur stack

 

thanks im no fabricator but i hate buying pre built parts. the 4 link took a weekend to do no problem, same with the rear bag set up.

im up in coeur d alene, nampa is down south right?

the stack is 5" its a little excessive but its all i had. i like the chrome stack better than the shorty

 

5" seems perfect haha good job on the bagging looks better than lowered. Whenever I do a diesel swap I'm gonna run a 5" stack like tht but black