PNW 67 Patina Blue (3 Viewers)

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Overland Metric will have what you need (wasn't sure if you were asking where to find them).
Bezel Screws | Marine Grade Stainless | FJ40 - https://www.overlandmetric.com/collections/stainless-hardware-kits/products/bezel-screw-79-later-marine-grade-stainless-fj40?variant=18694251271

Hey, thanks for that link. I'll probably pick up some stainless ones at some point like these.

What I was asking though is were these chrome OEM? Or painted white? Or stainless? I am guessing that it changed over the years.

 

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More photo dumps. Radiator support cleanup. Broke 2 of the 4 bolts holding the radiator in .

Cleaned up a bit. Drilled out the broken bolts and cleaned up the threads.

 

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Rust sealed everything.

All painted up nice.

 

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Fan shroud.

Crusty.

Halfway there.

Found a small crack forming. I welded that up.

Rust sealed, primed and painted. Looks good!

 

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Radiator. I somehow didn't take any before pics but it was so covered in green corrosion on the fins I thought for sure it was roached. Turns out I was wrong. After a pressure wash, it didn't look to bad.

I pressure tested it and to my surprise it held. Sweet! On to the refresh.

I straightened any bent fins. It came out looking pretty good.

 

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Radiator splash guard. I didn't want to pull this but the passenger side tab was broken so out it comes.

Of course the driver side bolt broke off in the frame. Damn!

Mid cleanup. It's also a little bent.

 

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Time for some light metal work.

 

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I cleaned up my welds a bit but don't have any pics of that. Unfortunately I'm limited to a 120V flux core wire feed welder at the moment.

Rust sealed and primed.

 

[B y r o n]

Flux core wire isn't the cleanest but your welder has more than enough power to handle sheet metal repairs.

 

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Came out looking good.

 

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Battery brace. Pulled it because there were two stuck/rusted/broken bolts.

Some PB blaster and a little bit of heat and they came right out.

Rust sealed and ready for paint.

This thing was crusty and even though I cleaned it really well, I still hit it with some self-etching primer. I don't need the paint lifting off in 6 months.

 

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Top coat primer and paint. Came out looking good.

 

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Randomly decided to tackle the steering stabilizer. In place I was not holding out much hope on it being usable. Also, no castle nuts, just regular ones.

Cleaned it up a bit and bench tested it. Ball joints are tight and move freely. Good even pressure in both directions of movement on the shock. Win!

Made by KYB. Interesting.

Rust sealed and ready for paint.

Painted and new boots.

 

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Installed with castle nuts this time.

 

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I'll need to clean up the fuel filter before reinstalling the battery mount, so tackled that.

Bleh! Nasty. Stanky stanky old gas.

New filter from Toyota.

Like night and day!

 

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Great work! Wonder if @wngrog will pass along cotter pin install tech?

 

[wngrog]

Great work! Wonder if @wngrog will pass along cotter pin install tech?

 

[MDH33]

Nice work. Is your fuel filter bracket missing?

 

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Ooooh I like. Very clean.

 

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Nice work. Is your fuel filter bracket missing?

Thanks! I have the bracket, just didn't get any pics apparently.