HJ47 welcome here?

[Henry James the 47th]

For an answer to your question Radd cruisers, take a look at pg. 37, post #1090, picture #3. The new Toyota bolts for fixing the retainer come with some kind of green threadlocker on the threads.

I either use loctite on certain bolts where it is called for, or a dab of grease, or, more often a drop of 90 wt. oil on all others. I learned from my younger days as a bicycle mechanic the practice of lubing bolts before assembly.

Someone recently told me that its better to use oil instead of grease on threads because the oil converts more quickly to a film that doesn't attract dirt. Anyone out there know definitively about such arcane matters?

and wow - hello page 41! I think I'm in the final page or two of this build folks. thanks all who read this for hanging in there through all the stages.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

update...


the running boards have a coat of bed liner on them, Next will be some grip tex, tinted to match the rest.

I got the two niggling areas without enough paint on them taken care of today. The cab is done paint. In fact, I am down to five parts left to paint: doors, hood, roof and bezel. The doors are pretty much ready to paint, and the rest will need some attention. I'm hoping to get a set hung up for painting by tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

next set

 

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all the small panels, hinges, etc, are now through the paint stage.

 

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next set- I've been looking forward to putting the fuel filler neck and associated parts back together for so long now! It's very satisfying to put parts on for good.

 

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installing the fuel filler neck. all the parts shown here are no longer available from Toyota, save for the mounting screws.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

installation complete

 

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another set

 

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The fuel sender cover, along with the rubber gasket under it, are no longer available from Toyota and fairly hard to find in decent shape. The one that came with my truck was rusted into a version of swiss cheese, and it took me a few months of looking and inquiring to dig up a solid replacement - also coming from Australia. The cover is entombed in epoxy paint now, so it should hand around a whole longer.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

long steady day today, about 12 hours or so. things really moved along:

 

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the gas tank was a head scratcher for a while, until i figured right-side up for the brackets that mount on the rear wall of the cab. The tank's middle flange sticks out from the body an inch or so, which i had forgotten about.

 

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I can't remember if there were rubber strips around the tank straps or not. I don't have any at the very least. For some reason the high side tank strap won't completely become taut when the bracket connection is done up all the way. I'll try and figure this out later.

Anyway, the crafty fuel separator has made and appearance on the scene at long last. Note the lone unit that attaches to the separator tank with what I presume to be some sort of check valve in it.

The cad plated metal union at the cab wall where the rubber pipes connect has the one loner pipe on it, especially obvious when viewed from the cab underside. Three of the tubes go to the tank from the union. The other one, on the far left as viewed in the first picture, connects to the check valve line. There is no 4th connection on the tank, so I guess this lone one is the end of the line and the tube just dumps out under the cab? That might explain what he welded-on fixing strap on the underside of the cab floor (visible in the first picture) is for: it secures the loose end of the rubber line. (?) Someone please enlighten me.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

next set

 

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Then there is the fuel line itself, which has to cross over from it's exit at the tank to the other side of the chassis. I need to buy a little more line it seems. Again, i wonder if the straps welded to the underside of the cab floor are used to carry the fuel line? I tried the line in the straps, but they seem to pinch the tube when held in the clasped position. I definitely don't want any restrictions to the fuel line if i can help it.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

next 1

 

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next 2

The paint will need another work over once the panels are all in place on the truck. There are various issues, some of which relate to my amateurish bodywork, and some of which relate to paint problems: too little in some spots, and a bit of orange peel in others.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

The windshield washer nozzle pokes it's graceful nose out from the top face of the windshield. I was lucky to have a salvageable rubber sealing washer for the spray nozzle, as they are unavailable from Toyota as far as I can tell.

 

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I put the door opening lip on the cab under the plastic edge guard as a priority now, before I take the paint off getting in and out of the cab.

 

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another set to sit through

 

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I was hoping I could make the throttle cable mounting work at the main bolting point for the steering column. A little crank to the side and it fits in there quite tidy like.