Build Mouldy Mario gets defoliated.
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G'day Zimmi, Oh man, she is a ripper. I the love the '80's pinstripping or decals. Hurry up and get that shed happening. Cheers, Ben
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Actually, Zimmi, that truck is in bloody good condition........no obvious rust.
Thanks Ben, yea it's very clean only tiny patches of rust here & there. Iv just been parts collecting for the last few years in preparation for when I get around to fixing her up. I'm just going to follow your build in the mean time & hopefully learn a few things.
Cheers Adam
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Sweet bugger all achieved this week in terms of rebuilding Mario. Work has been the focus and it hasn't stopped drizzling for a month, which is a bit frustrating because I'm really keen to get some top coat on the chassis. I did manage to snatch a couple of hours today and headed into Melbourne and picked up a few spare parts.
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I noticed that the wrapping had 'Do not eat' printed on it. I assume that refers to the wax paper.........not the idler arm rebuild kit. Just in case you were feeling a bit peckish and decided to snack on a couple of car parts. Reminds me of the episode of M*A*S*H when Klinger tried to eat a jeep.
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A couple more.
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What'd those shocks set you back mate?
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G'day Cult,
I couldn't afford shocks. I picked up a steering damper and this should hopefully give me enough bits to get the steering and front end buttoned up. The steering damper is twice the size of the original Toyota item and has greaseable mounts, a bit like the tie rod ends. Looks like a good bit of gear.
I'm still contemplating shocks. I will probably end up going with Terrain Tamer. The quality seems pretty good. I've also thought about trying to pick up a set of second hand Koni adjustable shocks. Being Koni they are fully rebuildable. The Bilstien shocks are kinda sexy though.
What do you reckon?
Cheers,
Ben
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Well, I got out into the garden shed spray booth over the weekend and gave it a good old clean up. Actually, 'spray booth' is probably not appropriate term. It is basically, just a beat up rusty old shed full of spiders and cobwebs, but I can paint in there without covering everything in overspray. Anyway, I gave it a clean and then installed an industrial exhaust fan in one wall and a couple of bathroom fans in another...........complete with some third world wiring.
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Tonight, I gave it a final vacuum and sweep and then dragged the front diff in and hung up the swivel hub bits and a couple of other miscellaneous items. It is getting pretty damn cold at the moment, about 8 degrees (46 fahrenheit) so I soaked the paint and hardener in a bucket of hot water, while I gave the spray gun a clean (I watched a Youtube video where the bloke does this) I then cracked open the can of saturn black top coat. This stuff sprays so much nicer through the 1.3 mm tip than the primer does. Overall, I think it turned out pretty damn well. The super dodgy spray booth goes like a ripper.
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A couple more shots of the action.
nice work on the 47 mate.
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Nothing like contrasting chassis black and cad plated hardware.
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I had the day off from work today and shot into Melbourne and picked up the brake callipers from the hydroblaster. Man they came up nicely.
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The guy who runs the hydroblast shop let me take a picture of the beast that does the blasting. It uses a mixture of high pressure water and glass bead. The shop seems to have a following among the vintage/retro motorcycle fraternity. Which seems to make up the majority of their business. Another before and after photo.
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I then dropped the callipers around at the metal platers and picked up my brake rotors. It could be years before poor old Mario hits the road, so I had them plated, just to provide a bit of protection. I also had a couple of the Terrain Tamer suspension parts re-plated. The plating was alright, it was just that one of the rear shackles was plated in drab olive green and not yellow like the rest of the stuff. I grabbed a quick photo of the plating business. The tanks they dip the stuff in are about the size of a small swimming pool, starting with an acid bath......although, I imagine they probably discourage swimmers ( Handy if you happened to want to get rid of a body though!!) In the first photo you can see how they string up the nuts and bolts, which are then lowered into the tanks.
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Another quick update. It was cold and lonely in the shed tonight, so I moved operations inside and set up on the kitchen table. I watched a quick video on Youtube by Powermodz on the rebuilding the AISIN free wheeling hubs. I had a look at some of the disassembly photographs I had taken and then put my hubs back together. Pretty damn happy.
