Recent content by Harry Nelson

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Hi everyone, thought I would post a link to a video i just did on how to fix slow windows on an 80. Hope this helps someone out.

Got the the back door and passenger door finished, bonnet is also done but not on yet, waiting to receive my new valve shims before i put it on. Made a slideshow video to show the whole rebuild so far. Not much to do on her now.

Whilst i had the cab off the chassis i took the chance to derust and properly seal the undeside. I first sprayed a few coats of white underseal ( i did white first to make sure i covered everything) then got a tube of seam sealer and covered any little joint that water and dirt could collect in...

Thanks so much.They are dunlop MT2 mud terrain 33 inch R16. Will be new rims soon to go with them.

Engine was in but still need to get the new valve shims before being able to let it run for any length or time. She started right up first try. When the shims arrive i will start the break in procedure.

The engine was next, over 400 000km had taken their tole and it was cranked whilst it still had oil in the cylinders so two conrods were bent in the process. The head was ok so i hand lapped the valves and put new seals there.Got the block rebored and sleeved, put all new toyota bearings and...

When reinstalling the rear pinion i somehow managed to strip the pinions threads, the nut gauld when it was half way on somehow and to reverse it off meant taking half the threads with it. Luckily with some welding and with a tap i was able to rescue it.

The axles, diffs and brakes got a full check up and rebuild as well with all new seals and bearings. Its all in the details, so all the small bits also got a good clean and repaint. The old lenses were still in good shape so they got wet sanded with 1500 grit and polished. They turned out well...

The door cards with their new leather. Credits to my father who worked on them for me, the two tone definitely lifts the interior.

Replaced the carpet with a good second hand one and got all the interior back in. The door cards were in bad shape, a dog had chewed the arm rests but recovering them was relatively easy. There was too much grey in the original interior for my taste so i changed the steering wheel to a black one...

Yes please. I was wondering how to move it there but was also going to just post everything again in 80tech if necessary.

Reunited the body and chasis. I also installed the factory dual fuel tank system to this vehicle, so now she can carry 140l of diesel. She can also carrie two spare wheels now with the 1997 coming with the spare wheel mount underneath and the donor bcar having a wheel carrier on the back. Was...

After more than a month just on pannel beating and rust repair the body was primed and coming together well.

The donor body was an automatic so i had to covert the transmission tunnel. The dash board and cubby between the seats was quite an ordeal, the 1991 and 1997 dashboards are very quite different so had to move over alot of mounts and brackets to make it all fit. The clutch pedal brackets also had...