Putting a time out of my fj40 build to start my 1988 fj62 build.
I graduate college in roughly 6 months and will likely be moving out of state. Picked up this 62 and she is a little rough around the edges but I think it has good bones and is my ideal spec for a 62 as I can't justify cutting up a minty cruiser. Rig came out of Spokane Washington and I think the rust is mostly from an undercoating being put on improperly. My goal is to get it running and driving before I graduate so I can send it off to paint when I graduate and have less time to work on things. Studying Mech. Engineering so I have access to anything you can imagine in a machine shop and rapid prototyping. That being said the goal for this is to be a bare-bones, simple, no bells or whistles weapon in the city. No off-road bumpers, probably 2-inch lift on 33's so I can run over all the bicyclists kinda thing (likely moving to Seattle or similar for work).
picked up an 02 Yukon XL 2 weeks ago and pulled its 5.3 with 2wd 4l60e. Will run that with 90% chance of the stock split case. Have an 80 series full-time transfer case I can get for $350 and it would be cool as hell to make it AWD but no real point. BUTTTTTT I could use the split case in my fj40 build down the road... I keep going back and fourth from wanting to be smart and just do it plain versus making my own unique rig that is my mecha of daily driver weapon...
Will attach pictures of the other day going through and baselining it and when we first picked it up. Pulling the engine later next week and selling that to fully commit me to what adapter and such to order. Someone give me the green light on running the 80 series transfer case because it would be cool.
Also potentially if I have time this summer between elk season and summer classes I want to draw up all the plastic components of the grille and such in Solidworks and then cut them out on the CNC machine at school.... I absolutely hate plastic and think it would be a really cool project. Potentially other components depending on what stock I have available in a timely fashion.
I graduate college in roughly 6 months and will likely be moving out of state. Picked up this 62 and she is a little rough around the edges but I think it has good bones and is my ideal spec for a 62 as I can't justify cutting up a minty cruiser. Rig came out of Spokane Washington and I think the rust is mostly from an undercoating being put on improperly. My goal is to get it running and driving before I graduate so I can send it off to paint when I graduate and have less time to work on things. Studying Mech. Engineering so I have access to anything you can imagine in a machine shop and rapid prototyping. That being said the goal for this is to be a bare-bones, simple, no bells or whistles weapon in the city. No off-road bumpers, probably 2-inch lift on 33's so I can run over all the bicyclists kinda thing (likely moving to Seattle or similar for work).
picked up an 02 Yukon XL 2 weeks ago and pulled its 5.3 with 2wd 4l60e. Will run that with 90% chance of the stock split case. Have an 80 series full-time transfer case I can get for $350 and it would be cool as hell to make it AWD but no real point. BUTTTTTT I could use the split case in my fj40 build down the road... I keep going back and fourth from wanting to be smart and just do it plain versus making my own unique rig that is my mecha of daily driver weapon...
Will attach pictures of the other day going through and baselining it and when we first picked it up. Pulling the engine later next week and selling that to fully commit me to what adapter and such to order. Someone give me the green light on running the 80 series transfer case because it would be cool.
Also potentially if I have time this summer between elk season and summer classes I want to draw up all the plastic components of the grille and such in Solidworks and then cut them out on the CNC machine at school.... I absolutely hate plastic and think it would be a really cool project. Potentially other components depending on what stock I have available in a timely fashion.