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Whole damn thing. Hangers get powder.Did you ceramic coat just the headers or also the entire exhaust muffler pipes?
Wait, Jim, you still talking about your pig?Sure, it’s held for nearly fifty years. Doesn’t mean it can’t be purty in the places nobody ever looks.
Tune up the stock booger welds.
Kind of crazy how bad those stock/factory welds are!
steering box got sent for a rebuild, too.
Quite possibly one of the prettiest FJ55 frames I've seen, Kudos to the craftsmen you hired to work on this pig for you...Nothing crazy just a tune up
not the guy doing this but as an ME I would say what Mark has done here is top notch. That article is from 2022 and likely referencing new frames. I deduce that from the discussion about zinc coating, ecu’s and the SRS system… I do not believe these early frames were made with a zinc coating and they certainly do not have any ecu’s or srs systems that can be fried.Quite possibly one of the prettiest FJ55 frames I've seen, Kudos to the craftsmen you hired to work on this pig for you...
Did any of you consider the negative effect of welding on a frame before you began this beautification project on you frame? I've always been told when you weld on a factory frame you need to take precautions and certain guide lines "rules of thumb" must be adhered to or cracks will almost certainly follow.
I know you have a talented group working for you and I'm not questioning them but looking at the angles they welded this frame goes against everything I thought I knew as what you would do when welding a factory frame..
Welding over welds I was always thought was a last resort when working on frames.
Toyota issues updates on key collision repair techniques - https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/06/22/toyota-issues-updates-on-key-collision-repair-techniques/
If you ask your guys would you please post their reply and teach us something down here?
100% agree. and your hair looks nice!I would say what Mark has done here is top notch.
I like popsicles tooPersonally I have welded on many 40/55/60 frames and none of them react like hardened steel.
I truly believe they are just mild steel. They weld nicely when clean and didn’t have any of the odd characteristics of treated steel. Most of what you were probably reading was about newer hardened frames and let’s be honest… from a liability standpoint any oem would blanch at publicizing rewelding a frame.Yeah I looked quickly and found a bunch of articles that said not to weld on factory frames and pretty much backed up what I thought but I was looking for something "Toyota" specifically well because we are here on MUDD and TOYOTA...
Definitely a great question and something that should be brought up. I was just trying to shed some light having done similar things on similar frames!I'm with you and don't see an issue with what was done for how this pig is likely to be used, my original question was aimed at the guys paying for and preforming the work if they considered any of the potential negatives when they decided to go with this plan.. AGAIN I'm not saying anything bad about the quality of the work performed just curious..
Depends on the location. Trying to reduce stress concentrations by wrapping the welds is key and what I always try to do. The crystalline structure does change when you weld something but wrapping helps prevent a point of stress concentrations by dispersing the load around a bend rather than stoping at a point.Do you weld vertical when you weld on the older Toyota frames or do you try to say on a diamond when possible?