Builds HDJ80 LHD #snlcbuilt Ute (pickup)

[SNLC]

So more grease is not going to fix this.



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[AussieHJCruza]

She's allowed to mark her territory

It cooled down to 90* so I came back down to the shop. The has been in here six hours and it’s already making a mess!

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[Broski]

You might be right, it’s definitely been swamped more than once for a long time. Add a little euro road salt and it’s going to be a potent mixture.

I am fairly committed now. At this point I think I would rather fix the chassis vs a replacement. I have stash, plus I am going to cut a foot or more off the back once I extend the wheelbase. Along with other frame mods. So far I am at about 50/50 on busted chassis bolts.

It’s going to take a load of effort to get this frame and chassis nice, the frame is still packed with mud and until it is stripped bare there is not a lot more I can do about that. Well, I could get out the winch cable, start stuffing it in the frame rails and get my shop vac stuffed in there too. Nah, I need to put it up on end once stripped and get all the mud-dirt out if it that way. Then it will get blasted.

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I was thinking if your cutting the frame to extend the wheel base, that would most likely be in the middle somewhere. Once that cut is made it well be easier to get at some of that mud working from the center.
Also nice progress for one day work !!

 

[mudgudgeon]

So more grease is not going to fix this.



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Make sure you use moly fortified grease in that one

 

[mudgudgeon]

Looks like a possible flood victim

I once had a 20 year old GM 1Tonne trayback Ute that spent a lot of its life on country roads in dry desert areas.

This means 1000s of miles of dry dusty gravel roads, so everything underneath was sandblasted free of paint except the trailing edges of cross members etc.

It also means 100s of miles of wet muddy roads at times that vary from wet slurry, to wet sticky clay.

The top surfaces of lots of it was caked in thick hardened silt. Not as much as pig pen, but still a lot.

Every nut and bolt fought all the way every time!

 

[Broski]

I once had a 20 year old GM 1Tonne trayback Ute that spent a lot of its life on country roads in dry desert areas.

This means 1000s of miles of dry dusty gravel roads, so everything underneath was sandblasted free of paint except the trailing edges of cross members etc.

It also means 100s of miles of wet muddy roads at times that vary from wet slurry, to wet sticky clay.

The top surfaces of lots of it was caked in thick hardened silt. Not as much as pig pen, but still a lot.

Every nut and bolt fought all the way every time!

The frame beaning full of mud is what makes me thing it was flooded, Just a guess. We well never know

 

[SNLC]

I was thinking if your cutting the frame to extend the wheel base, that would most likely be in the middle somewhere. Once that cut is made it well be easier to get at some of that mud working from the center.
Also nice progress for one day work !!

Ya that too.

I have cut a few, I like to do it at the RLCA mount.

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[thatcabledude]

So more grease is not going to fix this.



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A huge dirt clod was probably holding it tight until recently.

 

[retrofive]

A huge dirt clod was probably holding it tight until recently.

LOL; I first read cloud and immediately went here.

 

[SNLC]

Well I didn’t work much yesterday and only about 2/3rds a day today and still got it done.

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[SNLC]

Mission accomplished and phase one of the build completed.

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[SNLC]

Well, after taking some measurements and finding the part, I decided I am going with a 79-series pickup cab back.

The part is already purchased and I will be using the 79-series rear sliding window as well.

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[desmocruiser]

Always great to see a Cruiser get a second lease on life!

If this rig was running and operating just before you received it, it is an amazing testimony to what these trucks will endure!

 

[SNLC]

Getting it up on an engine stand so I can get my bay clean and freed up.

Man it is crusty!

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[gofast]

Man you are hard core!. I'm not sure I would have had the patience or interest

 

[SNLC]

Man you are hard core!. I'm not sure I would have had the patience or interest

No choice. Somebody has got to clean it up. It is not fun but it is just part of the process.

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[SNLC]

She is a big heavy girl on the stand as a fully assembled engine.

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[SteelHunterFJ80]

How deep are you going into rebuilding the engine?

 

[SNLC]

How deep are you going into rebuilding the engine?

All the way, well at least as deep as it needs it. New head sitting on the shelf so hoping the bottom end is alright but I don’t have high hopes.

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[SNLC]

Pump is getting done, injectors too. Already got a nice turbo for it.

Need an intercooler. EGR is getting deleted.

All the bolt-ons will either be refreshed or new.

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