[What's your rig and where's it at?]

82 keystone not a motorhome anymore but it was at one time lol located in marshallville ohio

[82 Chinook 4x4 conversion]

Okay so I found out today when I got the title that my truck was actually a keystone not a chinook. But still the same thing. Pretty excited about starting on this thing. Just wondering what wheels are the same as these since it's only 5 lug. And was figuring I may be able to put a jeep axle under the front and get me a set of matching gears for the rear or just run a jeep axle on the rear and fabricate everything I need to. Didn't figure it would be that hard.

[82 Chinook 4x4 conversion]

19 hours ago, Thebrassnuckles said:

I have an 81 chinook I'm planning on doing a 4x4 conversion. 

Parts I have acquired so far:

front axle from 1985 4runner

w56 and rf1a tcase

rear driveline from 4x4 long bed toyota

Rear axle from 1985 4Runner 

leaf springs from 1985 4runner

 

things I still need:

drag link/ pan hard. Probably gonna have to be custom because of how low I'm keeping it. 

Front drive shaft

Steering box still needs to be figured out. I would like to keep manual steering for simplicity, but if I run any larger tires than 32" I'll definitely need it. 

Things you will need to fabricate:

front spring hanger, the bolt holes are not the same as on a 4x4 chassis so readily available spring hangers won't mount up without modification.

rear shackle hangers, I am using my buddies frame tube jigs. 

Low steer crossover steering arm

drag link/pan hard 

 

All this is still contingent upon everything fitting. 

 

Its possible, if you have all the parts laying around. The only thing I bought was the trans and the drive shaft. That's only because I'm still using my w56 thats in my runner. 

Okay thanks. That helps alot. The only thing I was gonna try and avoid was the transmission and transfer case swap. I was planning on using a divorced ford t case and just making driveshafts. And the fabricating spring hangers and stuff won't be a problem for me considering I work in a fab shop and can get and make anything I need there. The only thing I'm having trouble with is how to do the steering.

[82 Chinook 4x4 conversion]

On 10/12/2016 at 8:17 PM, Maineah said:

I agree different transmission, transfer case, drive shafts, springs steering linkage cutting holes in the cab, long list. By the way that's not a one ton rear under your truck.

 

Yeah I figured it wasn't. I just know how hard it is to find a good toyota frame which is why I wanted to attempt to swap everything onto mine.

[82 Chinook 4x4 conversion]

I have an 82 Chinook with the camper removed and a regular bed in place of it. I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to convert it to 4x4 by using my body and frame. I essentially just want to put a solid axle (and steering set up obviously) and a t case in my truck. Would anyone know the easiest way of doing this if there even is one? Below is a pic of my truck.