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ive read lots of people saying they like the bushing better as they hold up better and can take more stress. the brass is also supposed to be self lubricating but mine just doesnt seem to work. ill document it as i get started. i hope i dont regret it but 4x4labs has a reputation for making some pretty stout stuff. itll be a bunch of work but i just lost my patience last week when i literally had to kick the swing out about 10 times to get it to close. theres no way my wife would ever get in the trunk if she needed to
 
You could try these side window hatches. They would definitely make it easier for your wife to use your 62. At least that’s the angle I’ve been trying to use with my wife. :)

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These guys sell them in the US

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These guys are in AU but appear to ship to US and likely CA

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i shouldn’t be able to do this!



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i have the back wheel off the ground trying to get this swing out to move. ALL of the weight is on that bushing and it is so seized that it didn’t budge. i’m so mad at it right now. not sure how to get it off.


edit: after two hours of trying to get it off and making no progress i’ve decided i’ll have to cut it off when my new spindles get here. that’s going to be a spring project. 🤬
 
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franklin40 said:
i shouldn’t be able to do this!



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i have the back wheel off the ground trying to get this swing out to move. ALL of the weight is on that bushing and it is so seized that it didn’t budge. i’m so mad at it right now. not sure how to get it off.


edit: after two hours of trying to get it off and making no progress i’ve decided i’ll have to cut it off when my new spindles get here. that’s going to be a spring project. 🤬
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Have you tried to heat the top of the spindle up? It might be tricky with the proximity to the rear end.

Shop techs will use applications of heat and penetrating oil alternating to heat and quench stuff on 40’s that don’t want to come off.

I’d get a bottle of few bottles of mapp gas and see if you heat it up it will break free. Might try and spray pen oil in every day as well.

I have a tire carrier swing out that has a frozen spindle. I have been meaning to do this same thing.

I do think that a bearing supported design is more serviceable especially if traveling, as many places have trailer bearings.

I bet you can get it to free up. 💪😉
 
so i finally cut the swing arms off. they were sooooo frozen i couldn’t budge them. here’s what the inside of the spindle looks like
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so now i have to pull the bumper off and get rebuilding it. i have 4x4 labs spindles with bearings. should be easier to maintain them i hope. i’ve tried all sorts of stuff with the bushings and it just doesn’t work where i live.
 
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so i finally cut the swing arms off. they were sooooo frozen i couldn’t budge them. here’s what the inside of the spindle looks like View attachment 3367162

so now i have to pull the bumper off and get rebuilding it. i have 4x4 labs spindles with bearings. should be easier to maintain them i hope. i’ve tried all sorts of stuff with the bushings and it just doesn’t work where i live.
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Wow. That’s next level dry!
 
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so back to this post. i installed this this week. fuel
pin for the 1hdt pump. was easier instal that i thought it might be. the scary part is once you remove the original pin the only way to get it back in is to either grind it or take the pump apart. i sure didn’t want to have to take my pump apart.

this pin comes with a pre ground ramp for insertion. you just have to turn it
180 degrees once inserted to get the fuel ramp facing the follower pin to the front of the pump.

my pump had been set to run with 20 psi of boost so i didn’t really have to play with spring tension but i did remove a couple shims that had previously been put in place. this will allow for fuller travel of this new pin.

the only real adjustment i had to make was with the off boost screw to get a little
more fuel from idle.
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these are the shims i removed. a little grease to help things slide is helpful.

my butt dyno tells me there was a significant improvement of power especially further into the throttle. oddly enough on a trip i now usually make for work that drains my tank i also had 1/4 tank left! goes to show how a poorly set fuel pin can cause sluggish throttle response while killing fuel economy. i’m very pleased with this upgrade.

interestingly the old pin had been ground by someone. it wasn’t well done.
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been a while since i’ve posted on this thread. i’ve been chasing my tail trying g to get my engine rebuild all year. i’ve just had a hard time finding someone near me who could both pull and rebuild it. well the day has finally come. i’ll be without it now for a few months but i can’t live with the oil leak. it’s my girdle so the engine has to come out. so while it’s out its time for a refresh!!
 
i’ve been missing my 62 like crazy but the engine is slowly getting put back together. it’s paint time for the 1hdt. i’m torn about colour. there is something authentic about the original black but i also had thought about doing it lunar rock grey or something like that. i’ve seen a few with gold accents i’ve thought look great. let me know what colour you would paint it and some photos if you’ve seen something you like on a 1hdt!!
 
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look who’s home!!! so happy to finally have it back and running. 1hdt rebuilt, h55 rebuilt and rear diff rebuilt! now for a few cosmetics again and maybe it’ll go another 650 000km!!
 
I remember getting new glass after years of looking through the cracks and pits. I had to touch it a couple times to believe it was actually there. It's great having clear glass.
 
this winch has been sitting on my shelf for a year. time to install it!! it’s a little tight against the kelly saad grill but it fits!


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my bumper lights don’t fit anymore though. i may have to drill new holes.
 
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the alternator tensioner for my 1hdt was missing and my belts have been squealing so i decided to try one of these
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it’s tight working on there but it worked perfectly! now i have tight belts again!!
 
well i guess i just can’t have nice stuff 🫩. i just got a new windshield and saturday on my way home from work i got a rock chip. oh well. but yesterday before i could get the chip filed it ran. now i have a new crack from top to bottom of my windshield. 😔. guess i’ll have to live with it. it’s not in my or the passengers line of sight so i’ll let it be for now.

on a different note i went bird hunting with my son yesterday. thankfully i have a locker as my 4wd wont engage. 2wd with a locker got me out of a couple spots i could have used 4wd. but now i have to figure out what’s the issue. it wont engage and the light won’t come on. i can hear the click of a relay when i push the 4wd but nothing happens. i assume its something to do with the vacuum lines. my truck has a turbo diesel in it now so i also have to figure out if the vacuum lines to the manifold is actually vacuum or is it pressure because if the turbo pressure. so many little things with an engine swap i’m not really aware of yet
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winter tire day today. while underneath i tried swapping the vacuum lines on the transfercase. didn’t do anything. so ive either got a vacuum leak between the vsv and transfer case a bad vsv or something wrong inside the vacuum shifter which is unlikely as it worked before and cant see why it would have been taken apart for the engine rebuild. so i have a vacuum tester coming for wednesday. i also noticed my ebrake wasn’t holding my rear right wheel. it holds the left fine. wonder if i have a seized bell crank again. always something to chase/ improve
 
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