Against my better judgment.... A bj70 project

seapotato · Aug 11, 2015

Turboner.... :lol:

So , about your better judgment....good thing you didn't listen to it eh? :flipoff2:

Gsb15 · Aug 11, 2015

seapotato said:
Turboner....

So , about your better judgment....good thing you didn't listen to it eh?

Haha. Pretty much yea. Not that I ever really listen to it.
I paid a lot for it relative to the size of the holes that where in it, but there still hasn't been another one for sale since that I wish I had waited for.

GTSSportCoupe · Aug 11, 2015

Nice to see it all back together and working. Can't wait to check it out. That has been a quick transformation really; nice work. Like a whole new truck now.

Have you touched the fuel yet?

Gsb15 · Aug 11, 2015

GTSSportCoupe said:
Nice to see it all back together and working. Can't wait to check it out. That has been a quick transformation really; nice work. Like a whole new truck now.

Have you touched the fuel yet?

Thanks, and yea I turned the fuel up a bit so far. Without turning it up the turbo didn't respond until over 2000rpm. Now it starts almost right away. Still can't reach 1200 on the pyro

Toshi38 · Aug 12, 2015

Looks great man! ... Amazing how much different they drive with the turbo!

Gsb15 · Dec 6, 2015

Broke out the visa and went Christmas shopping.... For myself
:beer:

Anyone have another 3.7 3rd? I wouldn't mind keeping a stock one on hand.

JimJ · Dec 7, 2015

Gsb15 said:
Broke out the visa and went Christmas shopping.... For myself

Anyone have another 3.7 3rd? I wouldn't mind keeping a stock one on hand.

AWESOME NOW YOU CAN KEEP UP TO ME!!!!

Gsb15 · Dec 13, 2015

Diesel Cruiserman · Dec 13, 2015

Like it alot....now your gonna have to school Jimbro on the trail with your crazy wheeling skilz. :beer:

cruiserpilot · Dec 14, 2015

That's a Charlie Brown Christmas, one lonely present....you bought yourself ;(

PeeZed · Dec 16, 2015

Hey guys, about that spartan locker...I have 4.56 gears...would one of those work?

Gsb15 · Nov 23, 2016

Thought I'd dust off this thread for an update on the 70..... All is well. :hillbilly:

JimJ · Nov 27, 2016

Diesel Cruiserman said:
Like it alot....now your gonna have to school Jimbro on the trail with your crazy wheeling skilz.

mmm lets see I have pulled you out of being stuck at leaste 3 times this year, me...never! Maybe you better skool Rob "Mad Dog" Lassman!

Gsb15 · May 12, 2017

Greedy transmission...... stealing all the t-cases oil.

I guess It's time to make a transfer tube.

cruiserpilot · May 12, 2017

Radd sells them for about $40. That seal is why my trans/tcase are sitting on the bench at home.

Gsb15 · Jun 3, 2017

I took a break from cutting and welding on the 60 project... by cutting and welding on this one.

I built my bumper 2 years ago, and I was never really happy with how the tube sides turned out. It wasn't really what I had planned, part of the problem was the tube bender I was useing wouldnt bend a tight enough radius. So it left the tubes looking kinda "swoopy". I'd call it that anyway.

So I decided to re do the ends. The center section was always quite solid so I left that alone and built sides to kind of make it more of an ARB style.
Didn't really take pictures when I was building it, to busy thrashing to get it done in a few hours.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. one dimension ended up a little out, but it will probably just be me that notices it forever.
I'm thinking of building the bush bar section next to make it a full ARB ripoff.

Gsb15 · Jun 4, 2017

Made a bit of progress this weekend. Pulled the motor from the donor truck and installed it in the new frame. Still need to make the 5 speed mount to where the 4 speed was.
The donor is a 70 we picked up in uculet, and probably the nastiest rusty cruiser I've come across.
540,000km but it seems to run great. Needs a pressure washing bad.