What did you do on your 70 series today? (39 Viewers)

[robmobile73]

Finished getting my air conditioner back in service for the summer today. Fabricated a new heavier duty better designed belt tensioner over the weekend. This is a vintage Air add-on system not a factory system. Got it put together yesterday and hot water was still getting to the heater core even with the air con on. ....... Call to vintage Air for some troubleshooting help, and was told that I could easily remove three screws to take the servo off of the water control valve and manipulate the valve by hand a couple dozen times to free it up. Sure enough did this and it worked like a charm. It's nice to have good cold AC.
As time goes by I just seem to keep getting better at knowing and fixing the little idiosyncrasies of the bj73 and perfecting previous Fabrications that were not 100%.

 

[Branwillith]

I was just going to clean up the rear area before installing some drawers. Ended up removing all the seats and floor and giving it a good scrubdown. Vacuumed a huge amount of sand and debris from the side panels. Even found some OEM toyota tools.
I'll be adding some sound deadening and then reinstall the original floor mats as they are still in decent condition and not worth replacing just yet.

 

[OGBeno]

Clothes for a stripper…

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Tagged a deer with it a few days ago...made me feel horrible. Haven't killed a deer in a long time. It was a young, 4-point in velvet.

Good thing I've been honing my body-work skills lately. I guess I need to re-visit my minimalist bumper design. I did just acquire an old 8274, so am planning to mount that as soon as I can finish up the rust project. I'll probably add some front fender protection at the same time.

 

[stayalert]

Clothes for a stripper…

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Me-OWWW!

 

[Lusaka]

Finally did some lighting upgrades. 7" Stedis, and 3" DD SS3 Sports.

Next up is suspension

 

[RamseyTroopy]

I was just going to clean up the rear area before installing some drawers. Ended up removing all the seats and floor and giving it a good scrubdown. Vacuumed a huge amount of sand and debris from the side panels. Even found some OEM toyota tools.
I'll be adding some sound deadening and then reinstall the original floor mats as they are still in decent condition and not worth replacing just yet.
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wait... put that sand back in. It's Ballast! Seriously tho.. good on ya getting in there. Found some Omani dust in mine recently. So good to get it out, and before any moisture gets in!

 

[reddog90]

Printed a graphic I made awhile back on vinyl wrap at kinkos and wrapped a yeti cup. Holy cow, it came out great but I have zero desire to do a wrap again.

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Have you seen Yota Filters?? @HemiAlex

 

[FJ73Texas]

Have you seen Yota Filters?? @HemiAlex

Yeah. He is supposed to make his version of 90915-30002 eventually. We spoke about it awhile back. His won't look like my one-off design (I don't think) and his will be printed, not wrapped.

Speaking of 90915-30002. I tried to order some more Japanese ones from Stedman (Japan4x4). He said they are Thailand only now (he got me a case of 12 thai filters).

 

[OGBeno]

They have been Thai for awhile.

You can just get these filters from your local Toyota dealer too.

 

[FJ73Texas]

You haven't met my local dealers.

 

[HemiAlex]

Yeah. He is supposed to make his version of 90915-30002 eventually. We spoke about it awhile back. His won't look like my one-off design (I don't think) and his will be printed, not wrapped.

Speaking of 90915-30002. I tried to order some more Japanese ones from Stedman (Japan4x4). He said they are Thailand only now (he got me a case of 12 thai filters).

I’ve got the design we talked about completed for a wrap around cup.

I’ll do them over the summer.

 

[FJ73Texas]

I’ve got the design we talked about completed for a wrap around cup.

I’ll do them over the summer.

I will be down for one when you get them up on your site!

 

[OGBeno]

Some 3B building today….

 

[uzimuffin]

Installed some Dobinson drawers.

 

[Jarred]

Finally did some lighting upgrades. 7" Stedis, and 3" DD SS3 Sports.

Next up is suspension

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Looking nice! Guess my friend would like that setup! He'll do the front end mods after installing the new tires from 4Wheelonline, plus the alignment.

 

[FJ73Texas]

I spent the last couple days prepping and painting the replacement flare for my HZJ77. Thanks to @joekatana for the tip on where to get 045 white paint that would match up the best. They put it in a spray can for me and the extra went into another can.

It was quite a bit of prep work to primer and wet sand the flare (for a first timer) before painting the 045 white paint. It came out pretty good but I think I am going to wet sand it some more and give it some more white paint. Thank god for youtube videos.

Primer coat & wet sand

First coat of 045 paint. Original, damaged flare in front for comparison.

 

[jblueridge]

Installed some Dobinson drawers.

Where did you source them?
They look awesome!

 

[uzimuffin]

Where did you source them?
They look awesome!

I found them second hand locally. They are actually for a 4runner. The wings are not a perfect fit but it wont be difficult to fabricate something to fill the space.

 

[uzimuffin]

I spent the last couple days prepping and painting the replacement flare for my HZJ77. Thanks to @joekatana for the tip on where to get 045 white paint that would match up the best. They put it in a spray can for me and the extra went into another can.

It was quite a bit of prep work to primer and wet sand the flare (for a first timer) before painting the 045 white paint. It came out pretty good but I think I am going to wet sand it some more and give it some more white paint. Thank god for youtube videos.

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Primer coat & wet sand
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First coat of 045 paint. Original, damaged flare in front for comparison.

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That bumper is taking the spot light