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Took the top apart for work and installed all new rivets and self level seam sealer

What ever works for you is good for me.

I’ll take another swing at everyone. Thanks! I’m pretty sure I have a used one stashed somewhere. Would be no way of knowing.

I’ll try again. Came up discontinued. Maybe I need to try a Japanese source. Yoshi etc

This is the original 1982 drum brake front axle. I’m hoping to recreate this tee/line configuration with a bracket that bolts to two of the diff studs. I could weld on a bracket as Mr. T did, but like the bolted idea better for now. What do...

Rear is about back together. New springs, shocks, fully rebuilt housing, just need to torque everything down and adjust the rear brakes. On to the front now. Springs are in, need to replace the pinion seal/flange, some other small stuff. Biggest...

Axle is a late 40 rear that I rebuilt for another project, flanges were setup for FJ60/62 shafts. Bolted a new flange to the current one and drilled out the correct pattern for these 1982 driveshafts. Deburred the holes and bolted her up last...

Not my intention to let this thread languish. Been busy on the rig a few nights a week. Lots of progress. Back on its own four feet as of last night. Got the parking brake cable installed Friday. Had to pull the floor mat to get the hand brake...

To the top! Before I hack up an emt two hole strap!

Passed with flying colors

Small odd ball part. Mine is missing. Looks like this. Used on 80-84 40s, and all 60/62s. Fairly sure it’s common to many Toyotas of the 80s.

Been slowly working on some big-ish work the past few months. One minor item was the parking brake. Rig came with a hacked together cable, and it worked well enough, but too many zip ties for my liking. It’s taken parts orders from no fewer than...

working on a switch pro 9100 install for a client today. it's getting pretty serious. --r

Bummer that there’s a picture of a jeep now on your 40… 😂 just kidding! Kinda? 😁

Cali ‘71 chassis is moving forward.

Tackled the restoration and rebuild of a Toyota OEM factory starter part number 28100-60041. The NipponDenso part # is 028000-236. Vapor honed nose case, powder coated field coil housing, new denso armature, clutch, field coil, brushes etc. All...

So far, ones I have are sitting a tall 2”. Still haven’t fully broken in, but they’re at more like 2.5 front 3” rear for me with stock shackles on an 82.

I like the shorter roll bar. Does that rear vertical land at the break between the big-little hardtop windows? That’d be ideal, and would provide better visibility. Maybe another test fit? Might need to shift back 3-4” to be perfect?

Hey everybody, come see how good I look!

Sold!

It fits!

Add some grease fittings to the steer joints.

My goal is to keep this particular post current as the build progresses. I'll add issues as I go, and mark off others as they're corrected. Frame/Structural: 4" lift needs to go, vehicle only fit in garage with deflated tires. Shocks are shot...

I bought the 43 knowing what the typical SA rigs come with: hack repairs, cut corners, body filler, lipstick. No illusions there. I had about 70 photos, 3-4 walk around videos, and a few driving videos up and down through the gears. I was...