Builds 2001 LC HZJ78 AK -RESTORATION- For Overland (9 Viewers)

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This was my Xhristmas present for the next 10 years hahaha delivered at my door Alu-cab Hercules

 

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Prep continues to match Hercules Pop roof / The LC will be completely on Metal

 

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Test fit the boss hub S01 for the Nardi wheel fitted perfectly it's a 50MM

 

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Another long wait partially arrived yesterday,I ordered these windows In April 2021 took about 9 months door to door but I am very pleased with the quality

 

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Some progress this weekend! it's all small steps but we are making progress. This week will continue sandblasting the windshield the black stuff needs to come out same on the floor where I found some trace of rush

Rear Window out and the door is back to metal

The driver side door is near completion we are waiting on the rear quarter panel to finish 100%

Still, a lot of work to be done hopefully we can sort out the wiring issues shortly

 

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After taking off the passenger rear quarter panel we found something very interesting we knew the truck had some issue on this side but we never thought of an AK attack I counted 9 bullets holes in the inner quarter all near the fuel tanks and one top of the roof... I knock for a fact this truck was a Medic at some point in Georgia

I'll be posting more pictures of the fitment of the quarter later one basically it was to much Job to redo the old one and blaster everything to bring one from Dubai

 

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CURRENT STATE OF THE SURVIVOR

 

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Test fitting...

 

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Meantime in the garage doing some custom stuff

2-inch chassis lift waiting for the bottom ROD to come in I wanted to re-do them as well

 

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This came in Today another project to work on. I will be fitting the planted bracket with the swivel and drill press some hole in the swivel to make the seat rail aligned
The driver side will need to be elevated as well to clear the handbrake!

 

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Received some ROD to complete the chassis lift for the bottom end gona machine those to have the metal sleeve fit between the new one 2" see the difference with the old ones

Only then we can start fitting the rock sliders with the U frame brackets

 

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One side has been done for the chassis lift, looks simple but it's not... The set I purchase is a 2-inch lift only for the upper chassis, not the lower one also the "pucks" are straight and shouldn't sit properly in the cup. The set received also did not have a proper hole to fit the Toyota sleeve and no big flat washer too. I manage to trim the edge to fit in the cup, machine halfway to the diameter of the sleeve, then reglued the flat washers

 

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I had purchased this battery tray in Australia last year... they sent me an RHD tray + the tray was supposed to fit a 13.5-inch battery but did not so we had to cut it in 2 to two to get the Odyssey crank Battery to fit. I need to repaint it and drill + weld some support bracket to bolt in the fender. Everything seems to be DYI on this truck

 

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After some time off I have recently been able to identify my injection pump that will not need to be upgraded since it's the high Altitude one

On the other hand, I was cleaning the engine bay, The plug for the alternator is damaged it's okay because I will be putting the new one in soon

Would anyone know what are the wires are?

1. Ignition 12 volt. (White one?)
2. Ground (Black & Yellow)?
3. YELLOW

Thanks

 

[mt72]

Hello,

The differential lock switch has its own housing. In-column switches appeared in 2010.

These part numbers are for a SWB, LHD model year 2006 truck. 70 Series changed little over the years. They should fit in your truck.

1. Panel/Housing: 55432-60090-S7. Light grey.
2. Mounting bracket 55381-60020.
3. Screw: 90164-50008.

Hope this helps.





Juan

Can you believe I am still waiting for the steering colon... crazy wait!

 

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The battery tray coming good missing the lower bracket that will bolt into the fender directly in 2 spots, also made customs brackets to bolts solid every corner
once the lower brack is done I will re-spray this baby and waiting for my inner fenders to be primed and coated to install

Second picture is the final product for the to 2 inch lift + 3 inch suspension can't wait to see the results "_"

 

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The battery tray is pretty much fitted but this was a close call hood that couldn't close we managed to customize the holder to lower the hood. There's one small spacer to be welded tomorrow then painting!

Testing the rock sliders now we are set to make to the positioning of the U bracket we need to fit 3 per sliders on this side 2 are easily done the next one most important on the front is a challenge... because the only space logic is between the cross member where I used the frame to lift the truck... I am using the graded bolt from the chassis to bolt the U brackets to the frame should be very strong more pic next week.

This is from the sprinter van recovery that I will help along the way ;P

 

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Did some fitting of the rock sliders they are pretty much done as the form we need to weld, grind brackets then send out to the powder coating

 

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I decided to restore my dash while fitting my speakers. Since I have no window it's easy to use SEM Graphite pretty much a perfect match #15303

BEFORE

AFTER

Previous owner had drilled into the pad to fit something so I wrap it Carbone

 

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When removing everything from the dash I realized the meter was damaged and the circuit was toasted now brand new with some led bulb too

Rock sliders are fitted with one bracket to finish on the exhaust side it's not straight forward I will need to find some catwalk steel for the top cover then send it out for powder coasting along with the bump that we are working on to fit the EVO winch update will come shortly.

We have almost finished blasting the truck now just missing a door, fender, and the hood but this should be finished this weekend then we will prime the first coat... Can't wait...