1997 80 series body swap

[bubfuji]

Current part number 85110-60141

Front wiper motor alternative.

Has anyone successfulv replaced the front wiper motor with one from another vehicle? My wiper motor sorta quit this morning. Nothing works but fast speed. I searched and the toyota part is discontinued and there are no reman units available anywhere. My plan is to open up the current one and...

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[Malleus]

Nice find

 

[man0fsteel]

Current part number 85110-60141

Front wiper motor alternative.

Has anyone successfulv replaced the front wiper motor with one from another vehicle? My wiper motor sorta quit this morning. Nothing works but fast speed. I searched and the toyota part is discontinued and there are no reman units available anywhere. My plan is to open up the current one and...

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Post #12

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Thanks! I was just looking thru my search results.

 

[bubfuji]

I've been busy. During the rains I worked on the some of the small stuff. I have been removing the old wood trim from the interior pieces. Not easy, but easier with everything apart. Tools used, plastic bondo spreader, a needle syringe, plastic razor blades, and goo gone for Band-Aids. I used the technique from the attached youtube video.

I used the needle syringe to inject the goo gone into the 3M adhesive. It takes a lot of patience.

Also of note. There was sand stuck to the edges of the adhesive holding the wood trim. When removing the wood, the sand scratched the plastic. There is another thread someplace on SEM vinyl and hard plastic coatings. Well the SEM color 15723 is an exact match. After a test coat on the underside of the center console, i could not tell the difference.

 

[bubfuji]

Body lift plan. First thing I did was remove the shocks/springs to get the frame as low as possible. I have a set of 10,000lbs car dollies, one each under the front and rear diffs, one each under the front/rear trailing arms.

I was struggling with how to lift the body off the frame. My work space is very limited. I had consigned my self to renting a Tel-Handler. One of those large articulating fork lifts that extend 40' and go up 50'. The plan was to extend the forks over my fence and lift the body.

I would not be able to leave it on the street and had no good place to park it.
In the end, I decided to build a gantry-like Crain. The body is only about 1500lbs. Maybe less. Using home depot swing set brackets with zero engineering calculations. I built an A-frame with a 1 ton chain winch. 4x4 legs, with a 4x6 center beam.

 

[Broski]

Great work !!

I really hope Turf & Surf comes back !!
There hasn’t even been the annual Christmas party the last few years.

 

[bubfuji]

To mount the chain winch. I glued (fuzeit construction adhesive) a piece of 1/4 steel . I then through bolted using grade 8 1/2 bolts. The lifting bolt was a 5/8 grade 8 bolt. I then attached a section of 1/4 angle iron to the underside (for just in case).

I added additional side/side supports in case the A-Frame decide to shift left/or right. The inner chains were attached and tensioned to hopefully counteract that resonating frequency (see Tacoma Narrows bridge on youtube). Again no math, just back yard, under the tree, by the road side calculations. Hey....watch this....

 

[bubfuji]

The actual lift was the easiest part of the process. The wooden crain did not wiggle, strain, or creak. The center beam did not deflect or bow.

 

[bubfuji]

White replacement body with doors installed.

Once the body was high enough and with the help of a neighbor. We rolled the frame under the white body.

The crain was disassembled. Normally there is a 30' canopy that covers my working area. The white body is under the circled section of canopy. The canopy was put back. My next steps are to cut up the damaged body. The roof bent during the lift. I will cut the body into carriable sections and reach ouut to a local metal recycler to take it away.

After the old body is gone. I will use the open space to paint the frame and suspension. I will replace the suspension bushings (every bushing) F/R. I will replace the transmission shifting arm bushings. I also have a WitEnd T-case bushing kit shift kit.

More to come.

 

[bubfuji]

Great work !!

I really hope Turf & Surf comes back !!
There hasn’t even been the annual Christmas party the last few years.

We talked/met with @sethzilla at Pismo last year. The message was...Turf n surf is in the works for 2025.

 

[FIDO96]

White replacement body with doors installed.
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Once the body was high enough and with the help of a neighbor. We rolled the frame under the white body.
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The crain was disassembled. Normally there is a 30' canopy that covers my working area. The white body is under the circled section of canopy. The canopy was put back. My next steps are to cut up the damaged body. The roof bent during the lift. I will cut the body into carriable sections and reach ouut to a local metal recycler to take it away.

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After the old body is gone. I will use the open space to paint the frame and suspension. I will replace the suspension bushings (every bushing) F/R. I will replace the transmission shifting arm bushings. I also have a WitEnd T-case bushing kit shift kit.

More to come.

Just wow!

 

[bubfuji]

Follow up:

While sad, but necessary. I cut the damaged cruiser body into twenty one bit size pieces. I staged everything in my driveway for metal recycling pick-up.
I used a dewalt 20v saws-all with a Diablo Carbide blade. The blade cost $25 at Home Depot, it took less than 1 hour to reduce the body into pieces .

 

[bubfuji]

Next steps will be to clean and paint the frame and suspension pieces. Along with replacing the frame mounts and every suspension bushing(s) front and rear.

 

[BILT4ME]

Follow up:

While sad, but necessary. I cut the damaged cruiser body into twenty one bit size pieces. I staged everything n my driveway for metal recycling pick-up.
I used a dewalt 20v saws-all with a Diablo Carbide blade. The blade cost $25 at Home Depot, it took less than 1 hour to reduce the body into pieces .

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Those rust-free sections of body that could have been used to repair the inner fenders of my beginning to get rusty LC.....

Yes the outside was wrinkly, but the I'm underside was clean.

Too late.

 

[alia176]

You're doing fine work in the limited space you got avail at the house w/o pissing off the neighbors, i hope!

 

[bubfuji]

No loud noises at night.
No cars on cinder blocks in the front yard.

When I built the A-frame to lift the body. Three of my neighbors asked if I was building a trebuchet (French catapult). I said look for a diseased cow flying over the house in the comming weeks.

I live in Mayberry RFD (look it up)

 

[bubfuji]

Those rust-free sections of body that could have been used to repair the inner fenders of my beginning to get rusty LC.....

Yes the outside was wrinkly, but the I'm underside was clean.

Too late.

I know, I know...
It was quite the internal debate. Cut/donate/sell, cut/donate/sell..... in the end I didn't have the bandwidth to section the body and ship etc.

 

[bicycleagent003]

You got some skills and guts. That's strong work. I tip my hat to you.

 

[bubfuji]

With some delay. The process continues:
Every suspension bushing has been replaced. On a couple of pieces I saw several tears in the rubber material. My 12 ton press had seen better days and could not handle removing the bushings. Went to harbor Freight and bought the 20ton version. And 18 bushings later...Sway bars painted, gas tank cover painted. There is a Toyota Service Bulletin that calls out changing the front arm bushings placement.

 

[bubfuji]

Also,
I found a wheel restoration place in San Jose, CA to refinish my cruiser wheels ($175.00 each). This company will sand blast the rim using glass bead. Image/Scan the rim and then CNC machine cut the rim surface. Only removing enough material to clean cut the surface. The wheel holes were refinished with Toyota gray and then the wheel was powder coated clear.
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