I've got some rust on the back lip that holds the weatherstripping on . I pried it away from the body and found minimal transfer of rust. I'll just replace it with some angle iron so that the gate will seal better.
more rust
this is the seal between the tranny and transfercase. Mine leaked so I'll replace it. Too bad Marlin doesn't make a new improved seal for this like he does for the axles. I guess I'll have to do this again in another 20 years.
blacked out the headlight bezels
cleaned up the pressure fittings that connects stuff after the turbo
comparison between front and rear stock axles. Those rear landcruiser axles look stout!
I'm just going to run the rears and if I break one I'll upgrade.
rear disc idea. I bought new front discs and plan on doing the 4runner upgrade but when I started pulling stuff apart the fronts looked pretty good. So, not to be wasteful, I'm going to use my old front stuff to set up rear disc brakes. The mounting ears for the drum assembly will need to be ground down just a little for clearance and I'll mount the discs to the backside of the axle since it won't fit over the flange. The original rear studs don't have a long enough shoulder to bite into the axle flange so I was going to check if front studs will work. If not I'll need to find some that will work. Then it's just making a bracket and lining up the caliper.
the nut on the bottom is what I pounded on to get the studs out. I'll get a new one.
the axles
Well guys, I'm finally caught up. Thanks for going through so much in such a short time. I started the project only 5 or 6 weeks ago. I am plowing on so I hope to be wheeling in a couple of months. And I've finally decided on the configuration that I want to run so now it will be about getting some time on it, and of course sharing the pics along the way. I'll generally get new pics updated at the beginning of the week after a weekend of wrenching. Post away.