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[Henry James the 47th]

The side 4cm of the ramped portion of the floor also needed replacement.

 

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Fixing the rest of the floor in place made it time to fully reconnect the firewall rib to the floor

 

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three more

 

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another set

 

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the side cowl panel starts to come together. I ended up taking the one from the RHD firewall and stitched it in, rejecting the existing one. Like a lot of the sheet metal from the Aussie truck, it had a lot of plastic filler on it, and it took quite a while to remove all the coatings with a combination of media blasting and grinding with a paint removal disc

 

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more work on the side cowl piece

 

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Before welding it into place, I Wanted to see how the funnel shaped flange and fan motor housing were going to look

 

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Then the zip wheel adventure continued with some work on the disc brake brackets.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

last one, I'll get some primer and paint on them tomorrow.

 

[DanS HJ-45]

Looking good!

seeing an update on this thread makes my day.

Dan

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Very cool! You'll love that you posted so many photos when this is done.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Managed to scratch both eyes yesterday with grinding sparks so it's a bit harsh walking around in the daylight. Fortunately the truck is under a roof, so I was able to get some stuff done.

First off I continued with the caliper mounting bracket on the rear axle. At the first test fit, the caliper did not look too well centered.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Once I mounted the bracket tightly on with all 5 bolts, I found the caliper alignment to be decent enough. Then, with a couple of spacing washers on the wheel studs (I'm planning to put a 5mm spacer in), there was a slight amount of rubbing against against the lowest rib on the side of casting. So, I used the zip wheel to trim it a small amount, which did the trick perfectly. Now it's time to order a couple of those 5mm spacers from CCOT

 

[Henry James the 47th]

I took the caliper mounting brackets over to the painting area and put some primer on. Then I decided to work on the pto winch mounting situation. I marked it where the cast supports join the front plate at their lower edge, and then scribed a line in across the face of the plate. Then I used the zip wheel to cut a vee notch in the plate where I wanted to bend it.

 

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Once i got the piece folded over, I tacked a couple of points with the welder, and then used a pair of bolts to jack the folded bit into a 90˚ relationship with the main part of he mounting plate.

 

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3 more - once popped back into place on the bumper, the alignment looked good and the yoke-receiver piece was centered in the cross-member hole. Now I have to deal with the mounting plate tabs that stick out in front of the bumper. Either I'll cut them off or fold them over somehow.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Went back in the afternoon for more fun. Started by welding the passenger side cowl panel into place. I'm not totally psyched about the way it turned out, as there are more bumps and waves than I care to see, though they're not so apparent in these shots from this angle.

 

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welding complete on the cowl and primed

 

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caliper brackets now complete, and one is now installed on the passenger side of the axle.

 

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then I wanted to see how things were shaping up with the cab in relation to the chassis and front end sheet metal. Not too bad at this point, and hopefully upon a little closer examination everything can be gently persuaded to sit in the right place. Right now the hood is definitely sitting a little crooked in relation to the reveal along the upper cowl panel