Builds Do I have your attention.... I call it VERA. (5 Viewers)
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I assume you are referring to this image. This is not any OEM Toyota thing. This is all about removing the old bolts by welding a new nut on the remaining parts of a bolt that head has broken off. When the old remainder of a bolt you are trying to get out is broken close to flush with the old captured nut, put down a copper lug that is the same size of the threads of the old bolt, put your new nut on top and fill the middle with weld -- HOT weld. The copper lug will keep you from welding the old parts together.
I'm in Nor Cal and my 40 sits outside , uncovered for 23 years, no top, only real rust is the leaf springs and a tiny bit where I smashed a rocker, so lucky, I have zero tolerance for that s***, I'd buy a new whatever it is unless it was unobtanium , then I'd hire someone like you to solve my problem, I'm on the hunt for a 43 if you know of any.
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Trying to get all the metal work done, so slowly working through each panel
The roof needs the front lip that seals with the windshield installed, so got it straightened, repaired the rust spots, primed the back except around the weld spots and got it ready to weld in. Have to pull my welder in the wood shop... will have my fire estinguisher handy.
On the windshield one of the hood hold down points was half gone, so made a new one out of stainless. I will need to add a bunch of retained nuts if I recall for all the latches to the roof as well.
welded the ashtray shut, will have to figure out what all these holes are for to figure out what to fill and what to keep.
The roof needs the front lip that seals with the windshield installed, so got it straightened, repaired the rust spots, primed the back except around the weld spots and got it ready to weld in. Have to pull my welder in the wood shop... will have my fire estinguisher handy.
On the windshield one of the hood hold down points was half gone, so made a new one out of stainless. I will need to add a bunch of retained nuts if I recall for all the latches to the roof as well.
welded the ashtray shut, will have to figure out what all these holes are for to figure out what to fill and what to keep.
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Finally got to work on figuring out where the batteries going to fit under the hood… I am listed my college student engineering son (on his 21st birthday ) to help and the best place we could find required taking a chop out of the upper inner section of the passenger fender.
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Been a busy year, so not much done on it past getting the roof and metalwork done.
Since April, 2023 has been...
1. Addition to my garage -- 16 x 40, so two car deep. Creating a space to be able to paint parts / car.
2. Got the 73 series ready for Solid axle summit, and it did amazing. Doing small fixes to it now.
3. Bunch of remodeling work at my office.
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Well, my goal was to start working on Vera before the year ended…. It was good motivation to get a lot of other things off the to do list…. And I was able to roll Vera into the shop on Dec 30th…. First up was to remove the engine mounts I made from bushings and swap to oem toyota. Also needed to fit Doug Thorley headers. I had a set of mounts from either a 4runner or Sequoia that did not fit well, so reached out to @cjmoon and @tornadoalleycruiser and they set me up!!! New Year’s Day was fun fabbing up the mounts.
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I wish someone made a good 2uz engine mount kit for 40s and 80s. I need to redo mine at some point in the next year
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Yeah, this has everyone I know confused. Engine turns 180 degrees to hard stop.
Drained the oil and did not find a bunch of water, so that is good news. There was some lumpy oil, kind of congealed, so there is some water in there somewhere...
Realized that there is no way to get to the bolts on the torque converter, so can't put it on an engine stand. I was hoping to turn it upside down and see if something comes out of the timing area...
For now, will make some stands out of the old motor mounts and pull the valve covers and put a scope down the spark plug holes again to see if anything can be seen. Was planning on doing a timing belt on this, so can do that as well.... and see if there is a "10mm socket" in there messing up the works.
Worst case, I can pull the heads and see what is going on.
Drained the oil and did not find a bunch of water, so that is good news. There was some lumpy oil, kind of congealed, so there is some water in there somewhere...
Realized that there is no way to get to the bolts on the torque converter, so can't put it on an engine stand. I was hoping to turn it upside down and see if something comes out of the timing area...
For now, will make some stands out of the old motor mounts and pull the valve covers and put a scope down the spark plug holes again to see if anything can be seen. Was planning on doing a timing belt on this, so can do that as well.... and see if there is a "10mm socket" in there messing up the works.
Worst case, I can pull the heads and see what is going on.
