My HJ61 Rejuvenation

[Fifty Hertz]

Mate its looking great well done.... like the plates....The seats turned out very nice who did those for you my drivers seat getting a bit tired ?

South Eastern Motor Trimmers in Armadale. Talk to Drew, he's an artisan and an all-round decent bloke.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

That looks really good! Think you just sold me on the same bumper for my HJ61.

Yeah I like it eh. I bought it used and had it blasted and powder coated. It's a standard ARB 60-series winch bar.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

The wheel arch extensions are nearly ready to go back on. I'm just contemplating whether to apply a second coat of Raptor Liner...

 

[Fifty Hertz]

So I'm finally back home for a while and I've been able to get some tool time. Over the past week I've got the following fitted:

• Rear bar fitted
• Flares
• Side steps
• Headlights and indicators
• Grill and headlight frames.

It's now at the stage where it can be driven on the road. As always, I'll just let the pics do the talking.

 

[HoJo 61]

 

[Fifty Hertz]

A few more beauty shots

 

[Prairie Swamp]

Absolutely stunning mate. Nice work.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

Orange sunset

 

[Fifty Hertz]

Time for an update. So now that the 60 is back on the road, I've been concentrating on getting some of the little things done. First up is some additional instrumentation, which is pretty much essential now that I'm running the new turbo.

For now I've just fitted the boost and EGT gauges under the dash, as this was an easy option. Ultimately I'm intending to fit a 3-gauge pod on top of the dash, which will include the oil temperature gauge.

Obviously it's not the best spot, but it'll do for now and at least I can ensure that the EGT isn't getting too high.

And yes, I'm aware that my dash needs a good clean!

 

[Fifty Hertz]

I finally got around to plumbing the Catch Can Pro that I fitted shortly after reinstalling the engine.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

A could tell that a few of the valve clearances were loose. So I've reset them properly with the engine hot. It's purring now.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

When I got it back on the road I was kinda rushed and didn't fit the door cards. Time to do that now.

I'm not really sure what's the purpose of the plastic lining that's fitted from the factory. Keeping moisture out? Noise reduction? Anyway I redid it. I used gaffer tape to attach it rather than the original sticky butyl mastic.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

Time to complete the Kaymar rear bar by fitting the swing out wheel carriers.

New bearings and seals:

New studs for the wheel mounting plates:

Assembly:

One side done:

The other side done:

Obviously it was a long day.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

Oh and I refitted the old roofrack that I've had on there for years. The powder coating is still in good condition so I've just refitted it as-is.

The nice thing is it's the same hammertone finish as the powder coating on the bars. So it's colour coordinated.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

With the car having sat indoors and unused for 18 months, I really wanted to do some proper rust protection treatment. I took it to a place to have it professionally done with a bitumen coating. Once dry it's pretty much the consistency of road tar.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

Some additional treatment was needed. The spray-on coating, whilst good, doesn't always provide decent water proofing of the seams spot welds. So I brushed on some additional bitumen over all the exposed areas that I felt needed it.

I also wantes to treat inside the sills, box sections and chassis rails with cavity wax.

These are the products I used:

Getting into it:

I isedmy Schultz gun with the cavity wand attached:

Spraying wax into the sills:

 

[Fifty Hertz]

All the brackets and other attachments have been thoroughly coated in wax and/or bitumen.

 

[Fifty Hertz]

Time for the full air system! All this gear is going in.

 

[mongoose2231]

wow, excellent work!

 

[kevin in okinawa]

Next job was getting the front oil seal replaced. This was pretty easy with a decent puller. It took me all of an hour, including polishing up the sealing surface with some 600-grit paper.

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The old seal was pretty much stuffed and was definitely the source of the front end oil weep.

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New seal ready to go in...

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Naturally I don't rely on torque alone for anything this critical. A liberal dose of Loctite 262 was applied to ensure that the pulley won't come off until I (really really really) want it to.

Is that called the crank seal or crank pulley seal? I need to do this too soon!

Spectacular work on your project btw!