you do not need ANY special tools
10 mm wrench
12 mm wrench
14 mm wrench
17 mm wrench
couple of screwdrivers
hammer
a 54mm socket is nice to have to tighten the wheel bearings but you dont actually NEED it, just turn it with fingers till ent and tap it with a stick and a hammer until its tight...
ordered new wheel studs for front axle, tis is what they sent me :)
Mounted tires on rims, had to change them from black 10" to silver 8"
More rust pics
Cut all rotten bits out
Fixed the calipers, everything brand new inside including pistons
Cut some 3mm thick sheets to fill the...
on second thought, none of them has the measurement form center of frame to ground
I need ground to frame for reference not wheel, body etc ( pure frame is on the stands, need to figure out my various springs and axles I have laying around )
Pictures say more then a thousand words or smth like that
Silverstone MT117 Xtreme 35/10,5/16
HJ60 axles, already have 4,11 thirds, rear discs etc
today got the body off the frame
slowly but surely moving along, gonna fix the frame, do rear axle and seriously considering doing front...
dont get the hype about 55, the fifth gear always dies, the 4 speed however lasts, only time I broke it was in a competition and I somehow managed to "bend" smth in the gear forks.
that being said I just bought H55 with a transfer case attached ( off a working 60, everything tested ) for 300€...
I intend to keep it "topless" so it becomes a truck instead of wagon, a roll bar and some sort of fabric roof patch just to cover the front seats. I have a week of vacation away from home so I have time to gather ideas. When I get back I will start taking it into bits and prepping for metal works.
parts are not "on the shelf" but the whole Europe and the world is couple of clicks away, common items take 2-3 days
but Estonian 4x4 community slogan is "you BUILD a real car" :)
In papers its HJ45 1981, located in Estonia
I´m not restoring it to "show condition", I will be restoring its functionality, our tracks here are muddy so 35" tires are needed. The winch is not for the show, we need them :)
Since the HJ60 is done I was looking for a new project. I had LC70 on mind for a more of a competition offroading but not nothing suitable, so here it goes, meet the 45!
original PTO winch
173000 original kilometers
the legendary "forever lasting" 3B
and a little group photo also :)...