Builds My 1978 Nut and Bolt Frame Off Restoration (1 Viewer)

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Slowly getting things off!

(That's what she said)

 

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Dash is apart

 

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Harness is out:

 

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Started pulling things out of the engine bay

 

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As I said earlier in the thread, the hood has a lot of damage. There was a massive crease on the passengers side; so much, that the bib over hung the hood by about 1.5". I tried banging out the crease but it was too far gone. I then cut the crease out with an angle grinder and cut a patch of 16ga steel for the hole.

Lines up much better now!!

 

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Did more work in the engine bay. Pulled all the brake and clutch lines, reservoirs, fans, master cylinders, booster, and brackets. I also removed the pedals, brackets, hardware, and cables.

Now that the hood lines up well, I can start pulling fenders, bib, aprons, etc.

 

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Got some more work done

 

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Not too shabby, huh?

 

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Got a huge score today from another member.

24 lbs of freshly cadmium plated metric JIS hardware from a previous FJ40 project that never came to fruition. Probably close to 2000 nuts, bolts, screws, studs, and various other pieces.

 

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Goodbye tachometer hole!

 

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More progress

https://forum.ih8mud.com/attachments/image-jpeg.1260382/

 

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Blasted and painted valve cover

 

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Lots of parts have been blasted and are ready for Cadmium plating (decided to go with CAD instead of zinc).

 

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Bought a vibratory tumbler from Harbor Freight, and have been tumbling all of the hardware I remove.

 

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First lot of hardware after about 8 hours in the tumbler. Wow, they came out spotless.

 

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New 16 CFM Quincy air compressor.

Overkill, but I'll never have to buy an air compressor again.

 

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Old rear sill is out; it was rotten. New sill is currently being fitted.

 

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Tacking in

 

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Rear sill is in