Jack the roof out, half doors, tubing, trail rig
Rollover Damage, Will it buff out???
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God bless you sir. Sounds like you are a good man and a great father.
The 80 did what is said on the side of the can, it saved you and your daughter...........period. If you want to have the same types of versatility along with the same structural integrity you had prior to the roll get another 80.
Strip everything off it that works good, build a nice spares stash, have the kids in there helping, recognise that your week started of crappy
, your wife walked out 
, the car rolled , all of a sudden as the car takes the roll in it's stride and came to a halt your life changed 
. Your daughter walked away 
, you walked away 
, you returned to your family , your car will take you home .
You now have a great load of spares, send the rest of the car to the great breakers yard in the sky , sad but it did you a good turn 
get another 80 , crack a beer 
, and start enjoying your life with the family again ....oh by the way, go easy with the new wife search 
, I am divorced twice now, funny how my cars have always been more reliable than my women 
!
regards
Dave
Strip everything off it that works good, build a nice spares stash, have the kids in there helping, recognise that your week started of crappy
, your wife walked out , the car rolled , all of a sudden as the car takes the roll in it's stride and came to a halt your life changed . Your daughter walked away , you walked away , you returned to your family , your car will take you home .You now have a great load of spares
, send the rest of the car to the great breakers yard in the sky , sad but it did you a good turn get another 80 , crack a beer , and start enjoying your life with the family again ....oh by the way, go easy with the new wife search , I am divorced twice now, funny how my cars have always been more reliable than my women !regards
Dave
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Yes, the more I think about it the more I think that I will be transferring my suspension, axles and tires over to the Lexus if that deal works out. Otherwise, I may get a Landcruiser with a bad engine and have my drivetrain and the above parts swapped in. Best case scenario is I end up with a nice rig and a rolling parts pile for driving around on my property. Worse case scenario, I end up taking what I can and parting out the rest to make up for some of the financial loss.
And yes, my daughter should have her first rollover out of her system! That should make her a better wheeler some day!
And yes, my daughter should have her first rollover out of her system! That should make her a better wheeler some day!
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- #47
So, I have been a little busy since my last post. I have been fighting a cold for the last two weeks and have not been able to get much done. Today I was feeling well enough to do something so went to work on pushing out the roof.
The Porta Power jack sure makes easy work of this. I still have to push out the center of the windshield frame and A pillar a bit more, but think it would be best for me to have a cardboard cutout or windshield as a template to help me measure as I go. When all is said and done, this will not be a prettry rig, which is okay with me. I figure I can use it as a trail rig and not have to worry about dents and scratches, or the lack of full coverage insurance anymore . It will definitely need a internal roll cage before I can trust taking my children over the mountain passes so that is a high priority on the list. The other bonus, is that having a working trail rig will give me more time to look for a nice specimen to transfer my stuff over to, if I go that route in the future.
The Porta Power jack sure makes easy work of this. I still have to push out the center of the windshield frame and A pillar a bit more, but think it would be best for me to have a cardboard cutout or windshield as a template to help me measure as I go. When all is said and done, this will not be a prettry rig, which is okay with me. I figure I can use it as a trail rig and not have to worry about dents and scratches, or the lack of full coverage insurance anymore
. It will definitely need a internal roll cage before I can trust taking my children over the mountain passes so that is a high priority on the list. The other bonus, is that having a working trail rig will give me more time to look for a nice specimen to transfer my stuff over to, if I go that route in the future.
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- #49
Time for an update:
I got the roof jacked out enough to get another windshield in and had the windshield guy confirm it would work. In the meantime, another donor caught my eye at a mechanic shop here in town. The owner had added snake oil to it hoping to mask a head gasket problem and the bandaid did not work. So, with a bad engine, he decided to part with it. I was able to pick this up for $200 this past week and will be having my engine swapped into it:
It is a 1994 with 203,000 miles. It has the heavy duty transmission which I do not feel I need to have, but given that it will take more work to swap my newer transmission and the entire drivetrain into the older model, the older transmission and transfer case will remain in place. The good news is that this will get me another rig up and running faster. I will then be able to swap over my locking axles, lifted suspension and larger tires over the spring and winter months. Once I have this one up to snuff, I will part out what I do not use. Many thanks to Beno and CruiserDan for providing input to inform me of my options for the drivetrain vs. engine swap.
I had found a body man who offered to cut the roof off the 1994 and swap everything over to the 1996. In the end I was more comfortable having a newer engine in a rig with a solid body than my drivetrain with a body that had been hacked and cobbled together.
I got the roof jacked out enough to get another windshield in and had the windshield guy confirm it would work. In the meantime, another donor caught my eye at a mechanic shop here in town. The owner had added snake oil to it hoping to mask a head gasket problem and the bandaid did not work. So, with a bad engine, he decided to part with it. I was able to pick this up for $200 this past week and will be having my engine swapped into it:
It is a 1994 with 203,000 miles. It has the heavy duty transmission which I do not feel I need to have, but given that it will take more work to swap my newer transmission and the entire drivetrain into the older model, the older transmission and transfer case will remain in place. The good news is that this will get me another rig up and running faster. I will then be able to swap over my locking axles, lifted suspension and larger tires over the spring and winter months. Once I have this one up to snuff, I will part out what I do not use. Many thanks to Beno and CruiserDan for providing input to inform me of my options for the drivetrain vs. engine swap.
I had found a body man who offered to cut the roof off the 1994 and swap everything over to the 1996. In the end I was more comfortable having a newer engine in a rig with a solid body than my drivetrain with a body that had been hacked and cobbled together.
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