The Mule.

[Hugh Heifer]

This just in.



Back order did not take long. Back to work on Saturday!

[Hugh Heifer]

Well fuck. Discovered that the caliper mounting holes on the passenger side knuckle are stripped out. Got some 12mx1.25 helicoils coming. I think the threads came out with the bolts. I ran a die down the bolts to reuse them and discovered the threads clogged...pretty much with more threads.

[Hugh Heifer]

OK - 3 days later and the caliper mounts are fixed. Ordered the HelioCoils and drill bit and they came in no time flat. Put them in this evening. Very easy and they took proper torque. I had to make a new short brake line on the drivers side as it is no longer available from the dealer (I guess I could have bought a 10" pre-made from Autozone for about $5 but what the hell - I will do that when this one leaks.) I have purchased two sets of soft brake lines and neither are correct. I need them with female threads on both sides. I think that the threads on the Toyota lines are 10m x 1.0. I may go with some aftermarket junk. May make a trip to advance or something tomorrow to see what I can find.

Once that is done, I am going to replace all the front shackle and spring bushings. I discovered a few cracked and broken. Then we will see where I am on my wobble.

[Hugh Heifer]

I have been fucking around trying to find the right soft lines to go from the hard lines at the calipers to the hard lines on the axle. I wastes some cash of course but then went to a place here in Rome called Sisson Hydraulics. I did not know what to expect in getting soft lines made and had no idea what it would cost. THe place is a bit off the beaten path and when I got in there the guys seemed pretty busy but I noted they had a sign that said "We make brake lines"

After few minutes the owner got to help me and was very nice and accomodating. Made me two 12 inch lines with 10Mx1.0 female / male bubble flare inners in about seven or eight minutes and the two hoses only cost me a total of $25 and that included some new e-clips to hold them to the mounts. They fit perfectly with just a bit of effort to get the eclip seated.

When is a round I will have to get her to help me bleed the brakes and then we will see where we stand.

In other news, we built a pretty big nice block wall behind the house to replace an old rotting railroad tie wall so that has made cash tight. I will have to wait a bit for the final pieces on the saginaw set up. The last two things I need are a wide pulley, a pump mount and probably an alternator mount to move mine to the other side of the motor. I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

[1.25Ton]

Great thread, we get our collective junk back together I look forward to a trail ride somewhere. Keep me posted.
Thanks

[Hugh Heifer]

Kind of any way. I finished the mini truck swap. Too a lot longer than I thought. I posted a pick of my custom brake lines in the Guppies mini truck swap thread.:



The soft line is one of the ones I had custom made.

Still quite a wobble and I am sure it is the worn out steering gear. Soooo next is the Saginaw set up. I have everything but a pump mount, fluid lines and a pulley but money has been kinda tight so I figure those can wait. At the pace I work it will be June before I need them!

[Goode]

Lookin' good Chris...

[Hugh Heifer]

Originally Posted by Goode

Lookin' good Chris...

Thanks Andy. One of these days it will be on a ride! I am not looking forward to all the custom work on the Sag set up since I will need to tack everything in place and then have it welded later. I want to time it just right so the frame off H55 transmission mounts are ready for welding too so I have a bit of an effort ahead!

[sk8salomon]

what's the cash register up to now?

[Hugh Heifer]

Originally Posted by sk8salomon

what's the cash register up to now?

Or down to you mean?