NEW to ME! 1970 fj55

[AzPiggy]

a few more pictures of dissambly. I've been soaking and heating and saving some bolts but breaking others. hoping to get body off frame by end of thanksgiving weekend.

 

[PabloCruise]

Whoa! Body is coming off?!? You are jumping in with bot feet!

 

[AzPiggy]

I need to get her sand blasted to start all the rust repair. Not sure what the paint is hiding.

 

[AzPiggy]

What is this? Almost have the everything from under the dash removed! this is a true challenge toyota went above and beyound with the amount of levers and pullies to make everything work. if you need any of these random parts hit me up. im not reuseing any of it. go to a automatiic and much eaasier to use floor mounted 4WD lever

 

[cruiserjunktion]

DANG, the body is coming off! Please keep the pics coming.

 

[nuclearlemon]

What is this? Almost have the everything from under the dash removed! this is a true challenge toyota went above and beyound with the amount of levers and pullies to make everything work. if you need any of these random parts hit me up. im not reuseing any of it. go to a automatiic and much eaasier to use floor mounted 4WD lever

hard to see on my phone, but looks like the speed signal generator...is your speedo cable going into it?

 

[AzPiggy]

things you find in your pig..... two mice and a dead squirrel under the house insulation. don't think this is normal but it is my first pig

 

[AzPiggy]

my right rocker panel. its a lot of sadness that isnt going to be easy to fis. B piller is pushed in about inch or more. anyone have one of these laying around?

 

[AzPiggy]

A few interior pictures. more rust, but nothing to major. The floor isnt flat, is this normal? kinda bubbles up in the middle.

 

[PabloCruise]

things you find in your pig..... two mice and a dead squirrel under the house insulation. don't think this is normal but it is my first pig

Dealer installed option...

Seriously though, be careful of the hantavirus. Use a mask and keep any mouse poo or body parts away from your face.

 

[AzPiggy]

I've searched and searched for cargo window rubber so I can remove my windows and all I find is some that cost 250 dollars! That's crazy talk! Is there a cheaper plan B? I'm already working overtime to buy rockers and floor pans. There must be a cheaper way.

 

[Gonzo55]

Rubber for all the windows and doors is about $2200.00

 

[AzPiggy]

Yeah not this guy... I'll use after market one size fits all. I don't have that kind of money to spend that. Maybe if I was restoring but I'm not. So there isn't a cheaper way?

 

[PabloCruise]

AzPiggy, I can't remember where, but I know someone wrote about cutting up a Chevy truck windshield gasket and using glue to make this piece...
It would be in the 55 section here, but you'll have to search a little.

 

[AzPiggy]

I'll start searching for that. Thanks for a heads up

 

[PabloCruise]

my right rocker panel. its a lot of sadness that isnt going to be easy to fis. B piller is pushed in about inch or more. anyone have one of these laying around?

BobM or Iron Pig Off Road make these...

Make sure you seal up your A Pillar down low where the factory design lets water and dust go directly into the rocker.

 

[AzPiggy]

Working 4 hours of overtime every day just to buy bob's rockers and other patches. That thread was like piggy crack to me. Still can't stop thinking about it.

 

[PabloCruise]

Sounds like you have Pig fever bad!

 

[AzPiggy]

still working on my piggy, failed to meet my first time line i set for myself. body is still on frame, tailgate is still on too and a couple other small things. hopefully i'll still be done in 17 months. had to cut rear window weather stripping to get windows out, old rubber was cracking and breaking apart. On the up side i got 40 hours of extra time in at work so Bob get those B E A Utiful rockers ready.

 

[AzPiggy]

other picture looks blurry