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I know people struggle to find good steering clamshells especially of the tilt variety. Also some of the 79-80 hvac/radio surrounds. If I can think of more or smaller items I will come back and post.

So nothing exciting to report, Just knocking out things like getting the front hard lines cleaned out as well and painted. The transfer case and transmission have been resealed up, which meant I needed to make progress on the transmission cross member which was stuck on the frame due to one of...

It does have a drain plug. If it is Toyota, then i find it hard to believe it is the original. I am guessing drain plugs were not common in the aftermarket. I am not complaining, just assumed it was going to have to be replaced all along. Either way I will clean it up and put some fresh paint...

Well dropped the tank. Expected to just take it to the scrap yard and buy a new one... now I guess just will have to clean this one up and use it. Pretty sure the pump is fairly "new" also. I know the truck is supposed to have been parked for for a really long time but I have a suspicion this...

Well i may have to entertain that option as i am having a really hard time finding finder flairs and i am betting my metal work capabilities are not going to be able to recreate that rear fender skirt. I am going to give it a try, but not holding my breath.

My trusty frame's front wheel. Have to save that for the next frame off. Also found the tc to still be good so no need to swap that. Still putting in new seals and gaskets for the Trans and tc. Gear oil coming out looked good so looking like the seller was honest.

It has been slow going but the hard to reach places have been epoxy primed, painted and clear coated so that I could get it back on the frame and off the dolly.

Starting on the engine bay body work. I can't leave the holes there next to the battery tray. I also found another hole and not sure how i am going to fix it and paint/seal the repair after because if where it is at.

Hey any recommendations on tint and color? This is something on my list to do before installing glass on my cab.

I have been replacing seam seal or adding here needed to various places using 3M grey but i am wondering what to use inside the roof gutter around the top and down the A-piller as that might be something that is supposed to be hard. It is hard to tell since it is so old everyone is hard and brittle.

Well it has been a bit more progress. Front part of the frame has been cleaned and coated, inside and out. Bottom of the cab cleaned and painted. That includes welding the rip from some driveshaft explosion in the past. Cut out some rust and replaced. Re seam sealer a bunch. Now to get the back...

Oh man getting close. I know it isn't your first swap but i am sure it is still encouraging to be so close!

I am not going with disk in the back on mine, but I am using the same front calipers you use and I have been trying to figure out what master I should use with the extra volume. I have 1 inch but it is for fzj80 which is front and rear disk so I don't think I can use that one. I still don't have...

Ok. Last week I put in a new aisin 1 inch bore master on my fzj80. No matter how many times i pumped it went to the floor. No leaks. Bleed a lot. Eventually drove my neighborhood with nearly no stopping power using the ebrake so as not to kill people. Suddenly after a few laps the brakes started...

Do you have abs?

I know the 280zx calipers are not easy to find for the rear of an 82 Nissan/datson but those style calipers have a pretty good parking brake function as i understand it. I would guess you could find newer more available ones that have the same offset you need for the rotor(or you could add...

Can you protect them with the waxy Cosmaline stuff or the CRC brand version (CRC 06026)? I know you all love the fluid film stuff too but this might be more durable as they say you can pressure wash it and it stay on.

Will you retain ebrake by using the Nissan or Subaru style calipers?

I am having trouble following your post. Can you clarify the timeline of events? Was the work you did in response to the sound or the sound started sometime in the middle of all the work you did or after? The noise i hear in the recording sounds like brake hardware not correctly center in the...

He was off on the efi portion too. But pretty impressive since he is not a Toyota guy