Thanks guys. No ones more disappointed than me. I just bit off more than i could chew. As a consolation, my daily driver is a 1990 HDJ81, so i'm still driving a landcruiser :)
Sadly, not much. I simply lack the skill and time to complete this project so it looks like i'm going to have to put her up for sale. I just have to get a chance to take some pics and then i'll post it. She'll be a good project for someone who has the time to finish her up!
The Soa was a bit of a rough road, but in the end seemed to turn out ok. I say seemed because the pigs been on the back burner for a while, so its not yet drivable for me to be able to test it on the road. . It was taking both too much time and too much money and I don't want to take too many...
The hdj81 is pretty much everything i was trying to get out of the pig, but the pig has more "personality". I have two sons though, so i need at least 3 land cruisers by the time they both hit 16, so plenty of time to finish the pig and figure out what my third will be. The only thing i know so...
I know what you're thinking. I've abandoned my pig. Not at all. I just made the tough decision to go back and redo the areas rust was reshowing. It just wasn't in me to over look it. decided against posting pics of the same stuff being redone. In the process of moving it to my brother in laws...
I thought I'd post my experiences with the simpson wet abrasive sandblaster kit linked below in case anyone was considering adding it to their toolbox. This is a attachment on the end of your pressure washer wand that adds a siphon that goes to a media bucket. The water flow creates a vacuum...
once I get the sandblasting down, my plan is to start on the parts that make up the engine compartment one piece at a time.
I'll sandblast, dry, wipe down with wax and grease remover then 2 coats of 2 part epoxy, 2 coats of 2k high fill. Let that cure then scuff and single stage stage...
This finally arrived today
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d8/Tenagra/FJ55/Rust/83F48465-014A-4539-8130-238280EE8A01.jpg
I picked up some crushed glass media from grainger and I'm going to blast some rust this weekend. The attachment calls for a minimum of 3gpm flow and my pressure washer is...