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woodwelder
looking real good, mister! impressive!
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- #102
Second week of the vacation done.
Mocking up the wirings.
Front fender test fit.
Brake and clutch lines attatched.
Original black paint blasted of and painted with aluminium color Por-15 High Temp. And the heat shields back on.
New pipes for the rods. Now they move nicely with clean threads and new ends.
New belts and fan coupling. Fan itself got a wash and some black paint.
Then a comparison. First picture is how it was on january 2018 and the second is how it is now.
Mocking up the wirings.
Front fender test fit.
Brake and clutch lines attatched.
Original black paint blasted of and painted with aluminium color Por-15 High Temp. And the heat shields back on.
New pipes for the rods. Now they move nicely with clean threads and new ends.
New belts and fan coupling. Fan itself got a wash and some black paint.
Then a comparison. First picture is how it was on january 2018 and the second is how it is now.
voi vitu kun kaveri teke homija. hyvin tehty mestari 
so how much longer before you get my truck done?
TLC Norway
woodwelder
I love it.
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- #106
Something done again.
In early summer days I had the side indicators in my hand and I thought something has to be done with them.
So I warmed up the soldering iron.
And after couple of weeks.
Wires got ultra sonic cleaning and rubber parts some rubber treatment.
Then the rear wiring loom that goes from side to side. I had four to choose from. I picked the one that had allready trailer wire outputs soldered in.
Then off with the plastic covers and ultra sonic bath for them.
Took the connectors off so rubbers could be changed to good ones.
Like this. The small hole is for trailer wiring loom.
And it is ready.
Found a set of battery trays from my storage. They looked good washed and cleaned.
Not so good after the plastic peeled off. Had to take a third one that was in better shape. Also had to find the support for left side. I found one that I did not remember having. So good luck with that.
Now I had to dig out the powdercoating gun from my garage and give some paint for the parts.
A bit of corrosion damage is there but it is covered mostly when batteries are on their place.
After sorting out the battery trays it was time to get the batteries. Found some old style batteries and a PTO winch for spare parts.
And got some old merchandise from the battery shop. "Salama" was a well known battery manufacturer in Finland. Production started somewhere in the 1950's and ended around 1998 when Varta bought the company. We had also another manufacturer "Pakkasakku" it was bought by Exide at about the same time. From the merch. I got an idea.
Found this magazine ad from 1988. Via Facebook I got a close up photo from the battery decal. Then I started drawing.
And the result is here. This is a trial version printed on paper. Decals are coming later along with other decals I have drawn.
In early summer days I had the side indicators in my hand and I thought something has to be done with them.
So I warmed up the soldering iron.
And after couple of weeks.
Wires got ultra sonic cleaning and rubber parts some rubber treatment.
Then the rear wiring loom that goes from side to side. I had four to choose from. I picked the one that had allready trailer wire outputs soldered in.
Then off with the plastic covers and ultra sonic bath for them.
Took the connectors off so rubbers could be changed to good ones.
Like this. The small hole is for trailer wiring loom.
And it is ready.
Found a set of battery trays from my storage. They looked good washed and cleaned.
Not so good after the plastic peeled off. Had to take a third one that was in better shape. Also had to find the support for left side. I found one that I did not remember having. So good luck with that.
Now I had to dig out the powdercoating gun from my garage and give some paint for the parts.
A bit of corrosion damage is there but it is covered mostly when batteries are on their place.
After sorting out the battery trays it was time to get the batteries. Found some old style batteries and a PTO winch for spare parts.
And got some old merchandise from the battery shop. "Salama" was a well known battery manufacturer in Finland. Production started somewhere in the 1950's and ended around 1998 when Varta bought the company. We had also another manufacturer "Pakkasakku" it was bought by Exide at about the same time. From the merch. I got an idea.
Found this magazine ad from 1988. Via Facebook I got a close up photo from the battery decal. Then I started drawing.
And the result is here. This is a trial version printed on paper. Decals are coming later along with other decals I have drawn.
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- #107
And the last thing. Covers for rear wheel archs. From theese I chose the best ones.
Theese were the best ones.
Brown one had a tear on the underside. So I glued it. On both I glued some support pieces underneath to support the holes and and other damages.
Paint on both. They came out nice when all the scratches and dents got covered with paint and everything has now a solid color.
But the glue did something and the used to be brown went bad.
So I tried with another one. It had some surface damage on couple of places that had to be fixed.
I thought that if I cut the bad sections away and cut a snug piece to fit the hole it will be fine. Yea right.
Next day I remembered that I had a vinyl repair set. It had some colors and grained paper that I could use to fix theese spots. Well that came out nice.
Again I had to choose the least bad one to work with.
Repair set had some glue to fill out deeper dents and scratches with. So I gave that one a try.
Then paint and it became matte finish for some reason.
Filled a bit more dents with glue on both and new paint. Now they came out quite nice. You can see closer that they are repaired but looks pretty solid now. And good ones are a bit hard to find. If I find better ones then I will change them. Aftermarket ones are so far from OEM look so I don't want to use them. But the sections that you see when opening back doors are quite decent so I will go with these.
Theese were the best ones.
Brown one had a tear on the underside. So I glued it. On both I glued some support pieces underneath to support the holes and and other damages.
Paint on both. They came out nice when all the scratches and dents got covered with paint and everything has now a solid color.
But the glue did something and the used to be brown went bad.
So I tried with another one. It had some surface damage on couple of places that had to be fixed.
I thought that if I cut the bad sections away and cut a snug piece to fit the hole it will be fine. Yea right.
Next day I remembered that I had a vinyl repair set. It had some colors and grained paper that I could use to fix theese spots. Well that came out nice.
Again I had to choose the least bad one to work with.
Repair set had some glue to fill out deeper dents and scratches with. So I gave that one a try.
Then paint and it became matte finish for some reason.
Filled a bit more dents with glue on both and new paint. Now they came out quite nice. You can see closer that they are repaired but looks pretty solid now. And good ones are a bit hard to find. If I find better ones then I will change them. Aftermarket ones are so far from OEM look so I don't want to use them. But the sections that you see when opening back doors are quite decent so I will go with these.
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mongoose2231
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That my friend, is dedication right there!!
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- #109
Something done to the car itself.
Old radiator had some corrosion damage. So put a new in along with new hoses. There will no longer be a engine pre-heater so there was no need to cut the new hoses.
Then some smaller things. Yellow wire thing to the steering axle.
And this rubber that I forgot to put in earlier.
Brake master cylinder got the missing hose with new clamps.
Throttle cable got the fastener to the firewall and fixed linkages to throttle body.
And at the last the other fender on with couple screws for motivation.
Old radiator had some corrosion damage. So put a new in along with new hoses. There will no longer be a engine pre-heater so there was no need to cut the new hoses.
Then some smaller things. Yellow wire thing to the steering axle.
And this rubber that I forgot to put in earlier.
Brake master cylinder got the missing hose with new clamps.
Throttle cable got the fastener to the firewall and fixed linkages to throttle body.
And at the last the other fender on with couple screws for motivation.
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- #110
Found some problems with fitting of the doors. As long that is sorted I had to figure out some other things to do. I started to work with the exhaust pipe. New OEM was way too expensive and aftermarket ones did not feel right. I had a used pipe laying around in the storage so...
I have looked at it before and thought it was in decent shape. Gave it a good wash. Under all the dirt there were quite good yellow color left on the hangers so I got a bit exited. Rear hanger had been removed with a angle grinder but I found a good used one so that got sorted also.
Under the dirt there were also some defects. That was not good.
But I ordered some help from Wish.
It worked suprisingly well. At first the glue did not stick. Had to heat up the spots to be glued before glue.
Some elbow grease and things started to look better. Tip got some hammer time and angle grinder marks some welding.
Then a light sand blasting.
Painted with the same POR-15 High Temp aluminium as the front exhaust piece.
Not perfect but suprisingly good. It feels more right o put that in instead of aftermarket pipe. Also the whole exhaust is now same color so that is a nice feature too.
I have looked at it before and thought it was in decent shape. Gave it a good wash. Under all the dirt there were quite good yellow color left on the hangers so I got a bit exited. Rear hanger had been removed with a angle grinder but I found a good used one so that got sorted also.
Under the dirt there were also some defects. That was not good.
But I ordered some help from Wish.
It worked suprisingly well. At first the glue did not stick. Had to heat up the spots to be glued before glue.
Some elbow grease and things started to look better. Tip got some hammer time and angle grinder marks some welding.
Then a light sand blasting.
Painted with the same POR-15 High Temp aluminium as the front exhaust piece.
Not perfect but suprisingly good. It feels more right o put that in instead of aftermarket pipe. Also the whole exhaust is now same color so that is a nice feature too.
mongoose2231
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Excellent work, keep it going...
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- #112
Small update. It may also be the last for this year.
As mentioned before I had problems with the door. I did not have time to test fit it before paint and here we are now. It did not fit properly as pictures show.
This will be the next one.
Bottom part from the previous door.
And ready for the painter.
As mentioned before I had problems with the door. I did not have time to test fit it before paint and here we are now. It did not fit properly as pictures show.
This will be the next one.
Bottom part from the previous door.
And ready for the painter.
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- #113
While waiting for the door to be sorted out I did something else. Interior parts are almost washed and some other bits.
Radiator curtain got some attention. I found out that used parts are all in poor shape so I had to make some new parts for it. Starting with ends for the operating wire. A bunch of blanks laser cut from stainless steel.
Some bending.
Then a stainless tube Tigged on them. First I was going to bend those "wings" over the wire that is why the shape is a bit odd.
Grinding and polishing.
Then the end parts. There is a short piece of axle in one end that is cast inside the aluminium part. I wanted that also to get a new yellow coating. So I had to improvise. Other end has a hole for the axle so started from that. I turned the center piece from aluminium. That is attached to the end part with M8 thread. Then the axle itself attaches with M5 thread to the center.
Then assembly. Upholstery shop made the new curtain. I drilled a 2,5mm hole to the wire ends tubes and put a 2mm diameter stainless wire in and punched with a hammer. And here it is assembled.
Upholstery lady made also a new boot for the hand brake.
I found a windshield wiper motor in good shape. It needed only a good clean and new zinc on yellow parts. Also a bit spray paint at the underside.
Then washer fluid reservoirs. Rear bag got some cleaning and polishing of the rings. Other jars cleaning, soda blasting, new seals and caps. Headlight washer pump got also new paint, zinc and media blasting.
Next update will be when the door is ready and I get some real things done.
Radiator curtain got some attention. I found out that used parts are all in poor shape so I had to make some new parts for it. Starting with ends for the operating wire. A bunch of blanks laser cut from stainless steel.
Some bending.
Then a stainless tube Tigged on them. First I was going to bend those "wings" over the wire that is why the shape is a bit odd.
Grinding and polishing.
Then the end parts. There is a short piece of axle in one end that is cast inside the aluminium part. I wanted that also to get a new yellow coating. So I had to improvise. Other end has a hole for the axle so started from that. I turned the center piece from aluminium. That is attached to the end part with M8 thread. Then the axle itself attaches with M5 thread to the center.
Then assembly. Upholstery shop made the new curtain. I drilled a 2,5mm hole to the wire ends tubes and put a 2mm diameter stainless wire in and punched with a hammer. And here it is assembled.
Upholstery lady made also a new boot for the hand brake.
I found a windshield wiper motor in good shape. It needed only a good clean and new zinc on yellow parts. Also a bit spray paint at the underside.
Then washer fluid reservoirs. Rear bag got some cleaning and polishing of the rings. Other jars cleaning, soda blasting, new seals and caps. Headlight washer pump got also new paint, zinc and media blasting.
Next update will be when the door is ready and I get some real things done.
That's some impressive work there!
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- #115
This years first update. The door is painted but I can't pick it up yet.
Dash washed and treated. It is mint. All the holes were drilled elswhere so this one is without holes or cracks.
Decal for the relay.
For christmas I got one more NOS speaker pair. Now I have 2 sets for front and rear. Along with a few spare part radios.
I wanted to stick a new decal on the jack. So it had to be refurbished. Mediablasted and powder coated.
Also glued fog light frames together.
Headlight doors needed some modification also. I got new original ones but they were not Euro spec. So needed to make a hole for headlight washers. First had to take the mounting points from scrap ones.
New ones had a clear mark where they should be.
Glued on the surrounding bit.
Made the hole with Dremel.
Some finishing touches with a file and there it is.
Now I just have to wait for the quarantine to end so I can move around and continue with the project.
Dash washed and treated. It is mint. All the holes were drilled elswhere so this one is without holes or cracks.
Decal for the relay.
For christmas I got one more NOS speaker pair. Now I have 2 sets for front and rear. Along with a few spare part radios.
I wanted to stick a new decal on the jack. So it had to be refurbished. Mediablasted and powder coated.
Also glued fog light frames together.
Headlight doors needed some modification also. I got new original ones but they were not Euro spec. So needed to make a hole for headlight washers. First had to take the mounting points from scrap ones.
New ones had a clear mark where they should be.
Glued on the surrounding bit.
Made the hole with Dremel.
Some finishing touches with a file and there it is.
Now I just have to wait for the quarantine to end so I can move around and continue with the project.
I am amazed at how much detail you have put toward this project. The decision to restore original parts instead of using aftermarket is great. Thanks for sharing
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- #117
Thank you for feedback. It kinda happened by itself. When you detail one thing, you can't put a crappy one beside it. Some parts are nla so you have todo something to the old so they don't look off. And on the other hand why buy new parts if the old is usable after refurbish. Many times the old oem part is better than new aftermarket.
I second that I enjoy your mentality in refurbishing the used parts. The details are impressive. It’s amazing what can be done with enough time and the available resources like zinc plating and powder coating.
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- #119
Zinc plating company is nice to have near by. For powder coating I bought a cheap powder gun and a old kitchen oven for heating the parts.
For blasting I bought this used cabinet. I had one borrowed from a friend but he wanted it back. So I had to buy my own. I use crushed glass in it and it is perfect for small parts.
I also have a small sand blaster for outdoor use. After the cabinet came I have used it very little. It is just so much easier to throw the parts in the cabinet.
Same here with the powder coating but the zinc plating place near me has recently lost there mind with pricing unfortunately. I have a vapor hone for aluminum parts and getting tired of using my buddies dry cabinet for steel parts all the time so getting ready to order one for myself.
