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These two photos show the seat frame anchor fasteners which is plug welded to the bottom side of the tub with 1/4" flat stock..
1979 BJ40 Build
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These photos show how I reworked the tub to follow the contour of the new rear bumper...
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Underside of tub sprayed with epoxy primer surfacer in prep for undercoating...
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Trans tunnel sprayed with epoxy primer..
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Underside of tub sprayed with Raptor undercoating. This is a very thick rubber urethane undercoating which provides great protection from the elements, and rust. This stuff also acts as a sound dampener and will seal up minor gaps between sheet metal seams... Raptor also offers a tintable version which might be cool for trail rig exterior applications... Good stuff and easy to use...
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A lot of work has been done on the cruiser but haven't had much time to post progress... Tons of photos found on my face book page...
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A few more parts done... This weekend I plan to install the roof which has just received a new headliner. Next week the hood, fenders, fender aprons, and running boards will be installed along with all of the glass... Moving right along...
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The roof is on...
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Brake lines, and clutch hydraulic lines plumbed.
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Steering column, clutch / brake pedal mounted...
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18 circuit wiring harness beging install
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Initial wiring is laid out to it's various components which will later be wrapped in prepared for a final install... Rear wiring is plumbed through a interal steel wiring conduit fabricated into the frame rail which hides and protects the wiring from damage.
super clean build
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Thank you Nor Cal!
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Thank you Chamba
Stay tuned.. I'll be posting a few more progress photos over the next few weeks. I hope to be starting the ole girl up in 2-3 weeks and maybe even taking a test drive!
I realize a number of people do not like Facebook but I have a great number of additional photos of this build on my facebook page:
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You do not need to be a facebook member to visit the page, and I promise facebook will not turn you into anything green and slimy.
I would post more photos here on mud but I take a lot of photos and it just takes me to long to post them all....
Thanks again for everyones enthusiasm on this build
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A bit more progress... Had the head rebuilt and is now installed with a freshly rebuilt and calibrated injection pump. The valve cover, side inspection plate, and oil pan are at the powder coater which should be here soon. Hope to be test driving the cruiser in less than 2 weeks (If all goes well)...
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A bit more progress made... With any luck I can take this ole girl on a test drive this weekend!!
Nice work!
But I'm guessing this fuel filter here is only a backup (prefilter) of some sort:
(I've never seen one of those fitted to a diesel before.. )
A diesel needs better filtration than a gasser of course (and much better filtration than that little filter in your pic is capable of providing).
This is what that your B-engine probably originally had (although it would have been mounted higher on those two bolt-holes towards the front of your inlet manifold rather than off the battery support by the inner RH mudguard/fender where I've got this one:
PS. Now I look further, I think you may indeed have the proper filter mounting bracket there (upper left) but just don't have a cartridge fitted in it yet...
And I probably should delete this post .... because that prefilter is probably a good idea (even though there should already be a strainer mesh fitted inside that banjo fitting on your fuel pump inlet) because you probably have concerns over the internal cleanliness of your fuel tank.
But you'll need to be careful that fuel filter doesn't develop a crack or that none of those hoseclamps leak. Because that area can sit under vacuum. And if a slug of air ever enters your injector pump, your engine will stall and won't restart till you've manually bled the air back out (as you probably already know too). And finding the source of such a leak can be a real pain, because it leaks air in rather than leaking diesel out so there's no mess to point to the leak source...
But I'm guessing this fuel filter here is only a backup (prefilter) of some sort:
(I've never seen one of those fitted to a diesel before.. )
A diesel needs better filtration than a gasser of course (and much better filtration than that little filter in your pic is capable of providing).
This is what that your B-engine probably originally had (although it would have been mounted higher on those two bolt-holes towards the front of your inlet manifold rather than off the battery support by the inner RH mudguard/fender where I've got this one:
PS. Now I look further, I think you may indeed have the proper filter mounting bracket there (upper left) but just don't have a cartridge fitted in it yet...
And I probably should delete this post .... because that prefilter is probably a good idea (even though there should already be a strainer mesh fitted inside that banjo fitting on your fuel pump inlet) because you probably have concerns over the internal cleanliness of your fuel tank.
But you'll need to be careful that fuel filter doesn't develop a crack or that none of those hoseclamps leak. Because that area can sit under vacuum. And if a slug of air ever enters your injector pump, your engine will stall and won't restart till you've manually bled the air back out (as you probably already know too). And finding the source of such a leak can be a real pain, because it leaks air in rather than leaking diesel out so there's no mess to point to the leak source...
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I installed all new fuel lines, new tank and ran 2 inline filters (probably a bit overkill LOL). The injection pump is all rebuilt and calibrated which the screen filter was cleaned out during rebuild. The OEM fuel filter housing is still in place and picked up a new filter for it a few weeks ago (still needs to be installed)... Thank you all the same for your concern...
