Changing rear doorany tips on hanging this thing?i had to swap in a new hinge and repaint the mounting area so no match marks to go by this time. The truck has been painted by a po and it was a nice job but rust never sleeps. Areas that had minimal rust showing through paint revealed that. Small...
Pulled bj70 into garage to swap mirrors. Clipped door frame. Tacoed pass door. Looks like a bus hit it. Started rust repairs at front fenders. Floor under pedals full of holes. Mice nesting in rocker. Discovered previous repair on wheel well interiors all crap also v nice welded patches on body...
Post turbo install had to deal with breather f air inlet. OEM is a plastic piece of ducting that ran from center front of engine to filter canister. That had to go as room was needed for inter cooling plumbing. Now there was a gaping hole open straight into the engine compartment with no...
Started to fab a fresh air inlet to replace the stock breather lost due to turbo install. Is presently sucking f air out of engine compartment which is filthy with 15yrs of leaking oil. Plan was run a pipe into whl well and fender cavity. Cavity full of rust and bondo oversprayed with rocker...
Took fresh turbo install out to the proving grounds. 75 mph. No sweat at 8 pounds of boost. The tires worked perfect in 6 inches of fresh snow. Dug down n hooked up beautifly. Can climb hills in 2nd that you never could before. The biggest bonus is the ability to get around slow traffic ie...
Started on new bumper for the bj. Making it mostly out of a 78 inch piece of 3/16 wall 2x6 rect box. Will incorporate receiver for trailer hitch in center. This will also mount a warn 6000 on a slide in pin lok when needed. Will have a rear mount to. Picked up some lights to replace stockers...
Re batteries. Will need 2 for a 24v bj70. The starter gets a serious work out at -40c ccamps count. I like 1000 cca. Saving 100$ on lesser batteries not a good choice up north here.
Spent 4 days torture testing new suspension and letting newbie standard driver learn as it goes. Learning when to clutch and selecting gears. First time in 4 lo on boulders etc.v capable truck. Gained access to site(exclusive)to launch boat and camp. Doug remembered a gift of some 22. ammo when...
Went to get fuel filters at TLC saw this sweety. Getting the trans done. Gorgeous resto. Truck done in Columbia. Bolt by bolt. Drives it on the street here in Winterpeg.
Today I removed welded on belly pan(who even does that?)then got on process of cleaning inside frame rails scraped crud into piles then used the shop vac with a reducer into a 90 degrees piece of heater hose. Stuck the end into rail holes and sucked out pounds of dry flaky rust. Gave frame...
Passed safety. Got tags n insurance. Back on the road after 14yrs of being garaged. Was waiting for new owner that would fix everything. Now to do all fluids check belts etc. so far po seems to have kept up p well except for slight oil leak.
Passed safety 0 issues no "advisement" no recall. Yah hoo!! Went and got registered insured n new tags. This involved at least 6 trips to the agent Reno insurance. The process was complicated by the owner being out of province(my son). Karina faxed form after form but got it done. Even though...