Builds PZJ70 build-refurbish!? (1 Viewer)

[TonyP]

On Friday I am dropping the truck off at GreenSpeed (I am leaving town Saturday for two weeks) which is a local fab shop that is currently producing some very nice 80-series parts. I am going to have them CAD me up a design or two for a new front bumper on the PZJ70, client requested.

Nice, interested in seeing what they come up with.

 

[SNLC]

Nice, interested in seeing what they come up with.

The new owner canceled this idea but everything else is still on and happening.

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[SNLC]

Alrighty,

So in the last couple days I have ordered everything to convert the front axle to coil springs. After doing some research I determined 80-series parts would likely fit and work but the 70-series coil springs are a smaller diameter and so is the frame mount for the coil springs. I have confirmed the 70 to 80 series radius arms are the same. As a result I have decided to use almost all 70-series parts in the conversion to minimize any clearance issues I may encounter.

Everything is ordered and coming from Toyota, all the frame bracketry, panhard, coil springs, bump stops and more. I will be using some 2nd hand 80-series radius arms. I will scab off mounts from an 80-series housing and weld to my 70 housing.

That's the plan anyways and the conversion will likely start in the next few weeks. At the same time I will be tearing into the rest of the work to prepare this truck for the new owner.


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[SNLC]

First round of goodies has shown up for the suspension conversion!

And a few other items as well...

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[SNLC]

The last of the goodies I need for the coil spring conversion showed up today from Japan.

Oh ya and buried in here are the radius arms and front 80-series housing I need.

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[SNLC]

Tearing into the truck.

In my opinion this is very common on ALL models of Land Cruisers. None of this was evident when I bought the truck and also in my opinion this is very minor.

I think these are two of the most common spots to find corrosion on a 70-series. Front body mount in front floor footwell and in the seams of the rear floor support/crossmember.

This spot will take the most work to repair.

This is the other side. I scrapped all the factory seam sealer back to see where the rust stops. It is only just starting to get in this seam to I am going to treat it, seal it up and call it good here.

This is RHS footwell body mount. Old crappy repair I am cutting out and fixing right.

The floor pan joins the firewall here and there is a seam. On top of this the body mount collects dirt and obviously that is bad. This spot I am also cutting out.

Inside rear fenders is good. To prevent future rust in these kind of locations though I am going to seal it all up with POR15.

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[SNLC]

Inside the doors is also good with no rust.

For seam sealing I am going to give this a try, never used it before.

Oh ya and for those following this build for awhile, the rust repairs and POR15 treatment I am doing for free. That is also the case with the heater. In my opinion the truck should be at a certain level that meets my standards for a sale. So the new owner does have to pay for these things.

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[SNLC]

So the owner of the truck has approved replacing and rebuilding the rear sliding windows. The 28yr old gaskets are shrinking so we are replacing it all.

The owner has also requested lockers front and rear. I will be ordering up some Harrops and installing them while I do this project.


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[SNLC]

I have gone much deeper into the dash, going deeper today.

I was happy when I yanked the sliding windows to see no rust in the pinch welds.

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[SNLC]

The entire inside of the truck got scrubbed down yesterday with Simple Green, three times! Good and clean, ready to start POR15 prep.

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[SNLC]

Pictures don’t do this justice....

That is some yummy funk!! 28yrs of it!!

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[AirheadNut]

Wow! I wish I had the patience to do this to my Prado. This will be one sweet Cruiser!

 

[SNLC]

At the paint shop, just had them mix me up three cans for the dash. Going to re-paint the big piece and the glove box while I am at it.

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[SNLC]

Canadian BJ70 heater box and core compared to my Latin PZJ70 factory heater delete.

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[SNLC]

Dash cleaned

Heater core pipe holes already in the firewall insulation.

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[CharlesHS]

Canadian BJ70 heater box and core compared to my Latin PZJ70 factory heater delete.

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That Latin PZJ70 heater core delete looks like what is in my PZJ75 in the Philippines.
Really doesn't need to be any warmer than it already is....

 

[SNLC]

Moving forward with heater install.

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[SNLC]

Tonight’s project...

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[Loober]

You are not installing AC as well while you have it all apart? What was wrong with original gauge cluster?

 

[CharlesHS]

Tonight’s project...

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That's the instrument cluster that I have been looking for to install in my 1993 PZJ75.
I presently only have the speedo and fuel gauge cluster.
Do you know what the part number is for that instrument cluster ?