Today I only got around to degreasing and pressure washing the engine and engine compartment, and made progress on stripping the wiring harnesses out of the 4runner. Most of my time on the last item came from labling connectors, disassembling the dashboard brackets,supports and ducting, removing the seats, and pulling out the steering column to get more elbow room. The dashboard part of the harness is similar to the '84 pickup that will receive the 4runner parts except for the extra A/C bits, the ECT (auto transmission) branch and the 4runner specific controls for the power tailgate window. I'm going to be able to cut most of that stuff right out except for some stuff the engine ECU looks for from the transmission. I forget exactly what that is right now, but I have discussed it with another guy who has used a 22RE auto ECU and harness to do what I am doing. I remember it was pretty simple though, something to do with showing a neutral signal to the computer to allow a normal starting mode to occur when cranking the motor over with the key.

All the blue bits you see in the picture are masking tape labels for the wiring connectors. It looks bad but I've been kind of half studying this deal for years, so it all makes fairly good sense to me. -- Matt