That is awesome. I wonder what you can do with a George Foreman Grill.
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That would be awesome I appreciate it.
On another note I didnt get a whole lot done today. I wanted to fab mounts but didnt have any square tube steel.
I had someone contact me to get some tundra parts.
He swung by the house in his tundra to get my rear trd leafs and bilstein shocks, front trd coils and bilsteins.
Long story short, we bartered and I came out with this!!!
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7 Pairs of piaa lights, switches and relays, shovel, ham radio antenna and CB antenna for 250bux plus the tundra parts
SCORE ! can you tell im stoked !
So I havent posted the price I paid for the FJ but im going to do it now despite my embarassment for paying about double what it was worth.
Expendatures
$4800 - Project EffJay Eighty
$1000 - Tundra for donor parts
$700 - A343F transmission ala LX450
$160 - Water pump, timing belt
$31 - Starter contacts
$250 - Safari rack w/piaa lights
$20 - Misc rattle can paint and cleaners
$6961 - Total give or take
Income
$150 - Right front tundra door
$50 - Two front door panels
$60 - Scrap metal for 70% of the truck (still have a little scrap)
$50 - FJ Starter and PS pump
$30 - FJ AC compressor
$350 - Incoming
So im into this thing $6,611 thus far. I could potentially sell one or more of the 7 sets of $200 per pair piaa's and come out way ahead but for now im gonna keep em and light up the camp site and neighborhood![]()
That would be awesome I appreciate it.
On another note I didnt get a whole lot done today. I wanted to fab mounts but didnt have any square tube steel.
I had someone contact me to get some tundra parts.
He swung by the house in his tundra to get my rear trd leafs and bilstein shocks, front trd coils and bilsteins.
Long story short, we bartered and I came out with this!!!
![]()
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7 Pairs of piaa lights, switches and relays, shovel, ham radio antenna and CB antenna for 250bux plus the tundra parts
SCORE ! can you tell im stoked !
So I havent posted the price I paid for the FJ but im going to do it now despite my embarassment for paying about double what it was worth.
Expendatures
$4800 - Project EffJay Eighty
$1000 - Tundra for donor parts
$700 - A343F transmission ala LX450
$160 - Water pump, timing belt
$31 - Starter contacts
$250 - Safari rack w/piaa lights
$20 - Misc rattle can paint and cleaners
$6961 - Total give or take
Income
$150 - Right front tundra door
$50 - Two front door panels
$60 - S**** metal for 70% of the truck (still have a little s****)
$50 - FJ Starter and PS pump
$30 - FJ AC compressor
$350 - Incoming
So im into this thing $6,611 thus far. I could potentially sell one or more of the 7 sets of $200 per pair piaa's and come out way ahead but for now im gonna keep em and light up the camp site and neighborhood![]()
Out of curiosity have you ever checked your AFR's ?I am still running the 1FZ pump in my 45 and have for a year now, so it should be fine.
Out of curiosity have you ever checked your AFR's ?
Im not 100% sure I understand but, I do plan to taper he face and plate it. I would do something more fancy if the bolts werent in the way. If they didnt have to be slotted I would actually french them in with tube.Get pimp and cut off the last 3" from the sides of the tube, taper the face and triangle plate it? One less thing to have look smooth and clean? Probably too much work though.
I am running the stock 3FE pump, and it is fine. If there was a problem, my OBDII would tell me. I could hook up my wideband to verify though.
And sorry, I haven't taken pics of my crossmember yet, my entire family has got sick including myself. These last few days have been hell.
Awesome work and what a patience my friend
I would be throwing up with all the wiring
Those are some decent welds, but it looks like the vertical (be parallel to vehicle when mounted) is concave (caved in, almost like a valley). When i was first learning to weld I was laying vertical welds in that fashion because they looked pretty and just worked for me. BUT they broke one hell of alot easier. More or less tore in half with two hammer blows vs. the others just bending.
Although, I doubt that would be a problem in your case as there is atleast two more welds supporting the crossbar.
My certs in ARC, but i MIG most of the time for its quickness.