This truck is a 1997. Of course I wanted the earlier Toyota grill with turbo instead of the sombrero logo. That left the well known roughly 1 inch gap between the bottom of the 94 grill and the 97 valance. I picked up the appropriate early valance from @Hamachi last year. I will probably get it...
I finally was able wrench a little tonight. I only broke one bolt, which instantly turned this from a one day project into a two week project. I was just going to do the radiator and get the 80 back on the road… Now I will probably do more of the things I was planning.
@OffRoadScott double cab 79 on an 80 frame. Build is in the 70 section.
@ikarus my goal for this truck is very nearly stock with just a leeeetle bit of extra zoom. Only removable modifications are planned at this time. The single cab gets a red wheel on its FTE with +30 injectors and the double...
It took all damn day and most of the night to get stuff moved it around in the car barn.
Time to get the truck in here and pull things apart.
The double cab is now 90 degrees orthogonal to its usual garage axis.
Good eye. It’s….not quite stock anymore.
I’m lucky to have a couple of cool rigs.
I didn’t make it to SAS, some life stuff got in the way this year. But I swear to God I’m making it to number eight.
Popped the hood yesterday to find this:
Glad I was checking the fluids!
Luckily I had another radiator ready to go, waiting in a super secret safe location.
Time for a comprehensive cooling system refresh, so I might as well do the water pump, timing belt, and delete the EGR. While I’m at...
So I’ve been having intermittent problems with the door ajar light on the dash. It has been flickering intermittently, but stayed on 90% of the time. Recently, the light is on 100% of the time.
The driver’s side courtesy light switch must have been wearing out because it had a piece of cork...
Well, the wheel fits…but the airbags are not compatible. Turns out 100 series have a 2 stage airbag. Guess I should have MUD searched before splurging.
80 airbag:
100 airbag:
It looks awesome, though. No airbags: we die like men.
I did see one MUDder who made some brackets to adapt...
I ordered an oak dash from my local dealership…maybe I’ll pick @c2dfj45’s brain (and all y’all’s) on best gray dye, and dye the new oak one and keep this original in climate controlled storage. Or maybe the other way around.
Oak dash: 55401-60150-E0
Charmingly called a crash pad, in Toyota...
More parts arrived from the magic of Bin Mahmood.
This dash panel has significant sun damage from 25 years on Tenerife. Replacing this will get the dash to perfect condition.
Big question:
Should I cut the dash for the grab handle? I have always loved them.
@Vitek, I love the Holleys. The low beams are 95% as good as the JW Speakers I run in other trucks, and I think the Holley high beam pattern is superior. Plus, it looks a LOT more normal.
Next step was the climate control. The vent position switch never worked, and the buttons were in bad shape. I got a 40th anniversary climate control on Facebook, and ended up using the circuit board from the US domestic climate control, as well as the 65-75-85 face plate. Everything works and...