Cut some 1/4 steel for my bumpstops with the plasma. Cuts like butter! Until the air compressor runs out. Picked up a bigger air compressor from work hope it works better.
4runner brakes started grinding this week.
Finally had some time to pull the wheels and swap some brake pads.
Had to cut a cross bar on the caliper with a cold chisel and find some replacements.
started the passenger side to find a crooked pad. One piston on the inside side seized while the other overcompensated.
now waiting on a replacement caliper from napa.
three trips to the auto parts stores today already.
Slight imperfection about 1mm wide concentric on the outer edge of grip zone interior side of rotor. Not that alarming. Barely fingernail worthy. Not worth pulling The hub and rotor.
Truck has a brand new OEM fuel pump and a year-old Trollhole carb. The mechanic hooked an auxiliary fuel tank directly to the fuel pump and it still dies if you hold the accelerator at 2000rpm, indicating something is wrong inside the carb. Spark is verified good. So, I shipped my spare original Aisan carb off to Jim C. to get rebuilt. Turnaround is 6 weeks, so my rig is down until then…..
I did order a rebuild kit from NAPA for the Trollhole carb, which I read on MUD is from an 82 FJ60, but I don't know if I'll have time to pull the TH carb, do the rebuild, and test/tune it before the rebuilt one arrives. I'm in the middle of a move right now and without a functioning workshop. Might just wait for the original carb to come back from Jim C, then rebuild the TH and keep it as a spare.
Check the inlet screen on the Trollhole. The ethanol in fuel melts the screen and it balls up on the inlet needle. Pull the screen reassemble and all is well. I've run in to it a couple of times. You don't even have to pull the carb, just pop the top off and pull the float valve out to get at the screen.
Flat tire on rear axle that has an autolocker.
spare tire would not lower on the stock underbed carrier. Had to borrow a wheel from a coworker's tacoma. Installed it on the rear, then confirmed that a 33" and 31" autolocker tire pair does not work. Swapped a 33" front to rear and the 31" on the front.
Looks like I'll have to swap the stock 29" set on the 4runner tomorrow morning...with 4.88s
I opened up a Pandora's box!
I had a leaking power steering hose and my belt was stretched out. So decided sence my drivers front tire is flat it will help reach my pump.
First I broke a bolt in the pump tried to drill it out and boogered up the threds. So got a remanned 1985 pump with resivor that better fit my application. Had to drill out the resivore to access one of the mounting holes. No big deal got it mounted whent to put the belt on and it was to short I had to go back 3 times to get the right size. My old belt was stretched out a good 2.5 inches. And then I found the 85 pump took a different fitting. WTF!! So went back to autozone to get the old pressure regulator today and it was already sent back. Whent to the local U-pull it and they only go back to 87. I need a pre 80 press regulator for a Saginaw pump If Anyone has one.
The one I need is a 5/8 18 threds and has an inverted flare in the bottom. The one i have is 16mm Oring and is smooth in the bottom. Do you know what year it was out of?
Spent a couple hours relearning how to mount tires on rims by hand.
mounted two geolanders I got from Matt on some rims I got from Austin A while back.Thanks guys. necessity forced me to act
Bolted them both on this morning, and of course the absolute last lug nut I tightened snapped the stud. Parts store run.
don't worry, I just happened to have a set of made for alloy rim lug nuts for those lug centric wheels.
The weather is perfect so I rolled on some magnet paint chassis saver on the 40 then Brushed on a topcoat of green rustoleum hammered paint. Not bad. Hides a lot of those body imperfections. army clown car.
