Project BJ60
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Sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you. Can't wait to see and hear more about it. You should harass us on the Coastal Cruisers forum if you need anything local ( bottom of the forum under international clubhouse) or the Vancouver Island club. Also Steve from EBI in Port Moody has a lot of stuff.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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- #24
About time for an update I suppose. Still waiting for drywall and electricity in the shop, so I haven't even really "dug into it" yet. But I did find a frame locally that is usable. With some minor repairs it will be good as new! So I'll post pics of the fame swap and repair. I've already purchased the ZeroRust for the frame. I also picked up up a York A/C Compressor for on board air, and I'm looking into making my own polyurethane body mounts on the lathe at work, unless there is a set available? Anyways, here's some pictures with the front sheet metal pulled off (with front tires on!
) and my previous project "race rabbit" shoved in the corner.
) and my previous project "race rabbit" shoved in the corner.
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wussyPup
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look'n good Ken - keep the pics coming
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Time for a much needed update. We now have a power in the shop so things are moving along nicely. A few weeks ago I got the body pulled off the frame. The process began by undoing all the "connections"(electical, fluid lines, steering,ect) between the frame and body, then lifting the truck up off the ground and supporting the body. Next, the body bolts were undone and the chassis rolled out from underneath the body. The whole thing went suprisingly easy. The next job was to repair the new frame. I had it blasted with garnet, then i gave it it's first coat of ZeroRust (black). It required a patch on the driver's side underneath the middle crossmember as well as digging out the rusted-out inner layer on the rear c-channel section of the frame, and boxing it in with new 3/16" steel. I gave it another coat of ZeroRust, but used grey this time just to be a little different than the usual black. With the firewall easily accessable, I cleaned it up (about an hour of prep), patched a hole by the wiper motor and shot it with grey ZeroRust (thinned down with laquer thinner). I am pleased with the results, and the inner fender and rad support will get the same treatment. There was a ton of pine needles and dirt packed inside the wiper linkage tunnel so maybe check and clean yours out before it rusts out like mine did.
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While everything is apart, the clutch was pretty worn out so it is getting replaced along with a resufaced flywheel. The seal between the tranmission and xfercase was letting all my gearoil from the tcase go into the tranny. So the transfercase is being rebuilt while I'm in there replacing the seal. I "freshened up" the engine while it was out, inlcuding a thorough (sp?) degreasing and grey painjob (I like grey
) New Main seals, water pump, thermostat, and oil pan gasket. I also had to repair the "roadtube/crankcase vent" because somebody had broken it off and blobed on some JB weld as a fix, pretty ugly... While the oilpan was off it got the same solvent wash, wire wheel and paint job as everything else, except the oil pan had FOUR RUST HOLES IN IT!!! (you know you have a rust bucket when...
). I just welded em up so hopefully the oil pan is good for another 460,000km!
) New Main seals, water pump, thermostat, and oil pan gasket. I also had to repair the "roadtube/crankcase vent" because somebody had broken it off and blobed on some JB weld as a fix, pretty ugly... While the oilpan was off it got the same solvent wash, wire wheel and paint job as everything else, except the oil pan had FOUR RUST HOLES IN IT!!! (you know you have a rust bucket when... ). I just welded em up so hopefully the oil pan is good for another 460,000km!
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yah, i've talked to rob (raddcruisers) a bit, but full floaters are out of my price range. I'll stick with my SF for now... Today I finished rebuilding the tcase, and got the engine/trans/tcase all back together with a new clutch and got everything into the new frame. As soon as i get some body mounts, I'll get the frame bolted back onto the body.
Good to see an update Ken. Interesting way of getting the body off.... If your gonna get a full floater, buy 2 cause when ya bust something you will have a hard time finding parts.
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I just bought a silver star so i can post more pics. The truck is running again, and had moved back and forth uder it's own power. The SOA is done, as is the cut and turn. Final angles are 5.5* caster, with the front pinion pointing at the t-case at ride height (with a double-cardan joint). The rear drive shaft has a 9* angle at each u-joint with a conventional shaft. I also did a full knuckle job and paint job on the front axle. I am waiting for different steering arms from 4x4labs because the low offset ones had my tie rod resting on my springs. I also need to get some long brake hoses made up. The interior is also all done and looking alright for a beater;p .
Ken
The SOA is done, as is the cut and turn. Final angles are 5.5* caster, with the front pinion pointing at the t-case at ride height (with a double-cardan joint). The rear drive shaft has a 9* angle at each u-joint with a conventional shaft. I also did a full knuckle job and paint job on the front axle. I am waiting for different steering arms from 4x4labs because the low offset ones had my tie rod resting on my springs. I also need to get some long brake hoses made up. The interior is also all done and looking alright for a beater;p .Ken
looking good! when i get home i am thinking about turning the rear springs around to get another 2" of wheelbase, then cut the back half of the rear fenderwell to match, as well as cut the rear of the panel up to the bumpers height. Just a bit of food for thought for ya while your in there.
It looks like you did a pretty thorough job on the frame and unercarriage! got any more pics of underneath?
It looks like you did a pretty thorough job on the frame and unercarriage! got any more pics of underneath?
Your work is looking GREAT!!!
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here's some more recent pics of my truck. I've driven it around a bit and still have to build some bumpers before insuring it. Tires rub on the front fenders, but nothing a cut-off wheel wouldn't fix.
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and here's some old pics of underneath. Still need shocks, bump stops, track-bar, etc...
