Root Beer Float, my 1990 HZJ77 (1 Viewer)

[broth9640]

It was brought to my attention that silicone hoses are softer than rubber hoses and that under high suction loads can collapse. So I sleeved the inside of the turbo intake with some 2.5 inch exhaust pipe in the straight sections to prevent that from happening. 7 dollar fix.

 

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made great progress today, but not much in the way of pics. I had some expert help from DanSHJ-45. We finished off the air intake, wired up the ARB lights, and installed a new brake MC. As suspected the MC had an internal leak. The braking action seemed ok, but while sitting at a stop the pedal would slowly need more pressure to hold the brakes. I went out on a limb and tried using a 1990-1992 80 series MC. The MC was originally a disk/drum setup and the 77 comes stock with 4 wheel disk brakes. However the brake lines matched up really closely and several members have swapped their drums to disks and used this master with no issue. So far so good. It brakes nicely, but it still needs another session of bleeding.

You can see the fluid was leaking back into the brake booster.

You can see it's almost an exact match. The bonus is that this master is available through Rock Auto and it is aluminum VS painted steel.

 

[broth9640]

Did a little bench bleeding while it was installed on the truck. I used some old lines off of my 40 drums to just drain back into the reservoir.

 

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[divemedic]

Not all 77's are disc fr/rr. I've got drums out back and desperately want to convert to discs. It's good to know this mc works.

 

[OGBeno]

Not all 77's are disc fr/rr. I've got drums out back and desperately want to convert to discs. It's good to know this mc works.

Don't jump the gun too quickly. A front disc rear drum set up is quite a good setup. I prefer it over discs.

There is a reason Toyota still uses it to this day.

 

[divemedic]

Don't jump the gun too quickly. A front disc rear drum set up is quite a good setup. I prefer it over discs.

There is a reason Toyota still uses it to this day.

I'll pm you

 

[broth9640]

Muffler adjustment?

 

[OGBeno]

View attachment 1254031 Muffler adjustment?

Moab?

lucky.

 

[broth9640]

Moab?

lucky.

Yeah man, you should be here.


That tail pipe will be getting the hack soon. It's the bumper for my bumper!

 

[broth9640]

A few shots from the weekend. Man I need to get my hood and roof resprayed. I keep catching bad glam shots with that peel showing. Add it to the list

 

[NLScooby]

Excellent shots and nice progress you have made.

Does your wife let you powder coat in the home oven!?

 

[broth9640]

Excellent shots and nice progress you have made.

Does your wife let you powder coat in the home oven!?

I have a designated double oven in the garage for PC. PC would ruin a food oven.

 

[broth9640]

I finally decided I was tired of looking at peeling paint. With the exception of the hood and roof, the paint is in really decent shape, but man it's driving me crazy. Time to get serious about it.

 

[broth9640]

Stripped the hood today. It took me about 4 hrs to strip it down and then block it out with 220 grit to knock down the swirls and remove any risidual paint. It could probably be done faster, but I was paranoid I would warp it and get oil canning, so I just went slow and moved around a lot. It's almost ready for some paint. Stripping the roof is going to really be a PITA!

 

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It's not perfect, but it should wet sand out nicely. Not bad for a garage job. Plus it's been a few years since I have used my paint gun.