Builds POTM - March, 2014 - Javelina By Pablo Cruise (1 Viewer)

[Napster]

I also felt a subtle vibration... I ran my wrenches over the flanges and got them all to turn - front and back flanges.

Check your nuts!

Make sure they are not stretchy...

This is amazing! I love that this never gets old. Forgive my selective quoting

 

[PabloCruise]

A neat little story involving Miss Javelina appears in the latest Trails:

Toyota Trails - July/August 2016 Issue

 

[scrapdaddy]

Pablo,

It's cool to step up when you can and help out. What a great memory. We've had four weddings on our farm over the years and every one was special.

 

[PabloCruise]

Pablo,

It's cool to step up when you can and help out. What a great memory. We've had four weddings on our farm over the years and every one was special.

Makes me think I have to drive the Pig out there and check out your farm!

 

[bobm]

Nice thing you did for them kids

 

[bobm]

Pablo, you wearing sandals with your suit?

 

[PabloCruise]

Pablo, you wearing sandals with your suit?

Ha ha, barefoot!

 

[bobm]

I knew it

 

[scrapdaddy]

Makes me think I have to drive the Pig out there and check out your farm

Pablo, anytime you want. The name of our farm is Sunset Ridge and the gate is always open. Come in the Spring and you can help with the baby goats!

 

[Ol Yeller]

So, upon wrapping up scrapdaddy's build I read up on yours. Wonderful build, great story, and I love how you an see your son grow up throughout the process. She's a beaut man, you've done a fantastic job.

I too wandered here after Ron's thread and while I'm hoping to wheel my '74 more and restore less there is a wealth of info and inspiration in these threads, thanks!

 

[PabloCruise]

To make things more confusing, these retractors look different than some others that I had sitting around that are dated from sometime in 1978.
I looked at the belts in my buddy's 1976 Pig and he has the more "boxy" style retractor.

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Takata made these belts back in the 70's, sounds like a bad time to be at Takata these days...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/b...ory-detonates-en-route.html?ref=international

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/business/takata-airbag-recall-crisis.html?_r=0

 

[PabloCruise]

A neat little story involving Miss Javelina appears in the latest Trails:

Toyota Trails - July/August 2016 Issue

I thought I loaded up some pictures from this event, but they are not here?

 

[PabloCruise]

Then for some reason I could not load more than 2 images yesterday! Still won't let me load more today.

 

[J Mack]

Then for some reason I could not load more than 2 images yesterday! Still won't let me load more today.

I would talk to "Q" about your special 009B access

 

[PabloCruise]

I really like this one!

 

[PabloCruise]

Now I can upload again - how about that?!?

 

[PabloCruise]

At the very least use a “Crimp Solder Seal Butt Connector” for your exterior connections.

I never heard more arguments over which is better crimp or solder, in the different forums, but for sure anything is better than those damn splice connectors. Seems like every trailer company uses them and in six months, you're running down problems. Personally, I like to solder them and then use the shrink tubing.

Good luck with it and with electrical stuff, seems like there is always some problem.

I was going back through this thread to find pictures of the rear seat latch cable and came across these comments from when I was doing trailer wiring.

Lately I have been working on my Mini Pig, a '94 Honda Civic hatchback. I have been dealing with some sub-standard crimp connections in the engine harness and started using these - so far so good! Water-proof shrink tube with a solder bead running around the middle. Hit them with a heat gun and the solder melts nicely as the heat shrink tubing melts.

Hope this can help someone!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Pablo,

Do you crimp them first?

 

[PabloCruise]

Pablo,

Do you crimp them first?

So far I have been sliding one over the most convenient wire, then twisting the two ends together, slide the connector over the bare conductors that are twisted together, then add heat!

 

[Megadoomer]

I need those wire connectors in my life!