Been dragging my feet on this for months. Rig is done.
All I need to do is get an oem radio and speaker, antenna, and it will be complete.
Reverse about 3 yrs. ago. You can read about my "newbie" experiences here https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/99015-04-75-frame-off.html
Figured instead of re-writing it all, you could get the beginning there.
As you can see, I changed the color to red. Hence the nickname once it was home in my garage parked next to my
's yellow fj.
She loves mustard, I am a ketchup kind of guy.
Fast forward about, eh, 4 months from post #158 in the build thread.
Some of the things I remember about this build-
My 9 yr. old boy reaching up to pull the long grommet for the w/w motor.
my 5 yr. old son sanding small parts...
Cory and Kevin coming to the shop and toeing in the rig properly.
Then having Cory pull the wheel instead of removing the whole steering column...
Phil helping install all the plated nuts for the hardtop(and discovering the two parts above both doors came apart
)
Flat towing to the exhaust shop.
Then later blew up the exhaust
Calling an old school mechanic friend of mine. Determined the points were toast. Replaced that .
Calling Steve(poser) a million times asking him numerous questions about everything.
Waiting for WEEKS to get my seat covers, front heater, and blower (worth the wait Shane)
Spending over 3 times what I paid for the rig restoring it
Calling Cdan and asking random non descriptive part questions, and hearing him say from memory, "Discontinued." Thanks to Cdan for A LOT of non discontinued parts.
Big shout to my electrician buddy for doing the wiring with me.
All in all, I know I am leaving out a ton.
Oh ya buying a half tub with no nutserts . Now they are going to come with them...
All in all it was a great project seen to completion. In hindsight, I prolly should have disassembled the motor and painted it show room as well as the t-case. But with 50k miles, I did not find it necessary. And is the case with every project I am entertaining this on http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/1567125098.html
As the above add reads, if it sells it sells, if not , it does not.
I did find a '71 toyota hilux in North Dakota during a waterfowl hunt... Another project. we will see.
I can answer any questions I left out . Enjoy the pics
All I need to do is get an oem radio and speaker, antenna, and it will be complete.
Reverse about 3 yrs. ago. You can read about my "newbie" experiences here https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/99015-04-75-frame-off.html
Figured instead of re-writing it all, you could get the beginning there.
As you can see, I changed the color to red. Hence the nickname once it was home in my garage parked next to my
's yellow fj.She loves mustard, I am a ketchup kind of guy.
Fast forward about, eh, 4 months from post #158 in the build thread.
Some of the things I remember about this build-
My 9 yr. old boy reaching up to pull the long grommet for the w/w motor.
my 5 yr. old son sanding small parts...
Cory and Kevin coming to the shop and toeing in the rig properly.
Then having Cory pull the wheel instead of removing the whole steering column...
Phil helping install all the plated nuts for the hardtop(and discovering the two parts above both doors came apart
)Flat towing to the exhaust shop.
Then later blew up the exhaust
Calling an old school mechanic friend of mine. Determined the points were toast. Replaced that .
Calling Steve(poser) a million times asking him numerous questions about everything.
Waiting for WEEKS to get my seat covers, front heater, and blower (worth the wait Shane)
Spending over 3 times what I paid for the rig restoring it
Calling Cdan and asking random non descriptive part questions, and hearing him say from memory, "Discontinued." Thanks to Cdan for A LOT of non discontinued parts.
Big shout to my electrician buddy for doing the wiring with me.
All in all, I know I am leaving out a ton.
Oh ya buying a half tub with no nutserts . Now they are going to come with them...
All in all it was a great project seen to completion. In hindsight, I prolly should have disassembled the motor and painted it show room as well as the t-case. But with 50k miles, I did not find it necessary. And is the case with every project I am entertaining this on http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/1567125098.html
As the above add reads, if it sells it sells, if not , it does not.
I did find a '71 toyota hilux in North Dakota during a waterfowl hunt... Another project. we will see.
I can answer any questions I left out . Enjoy the pics
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. Might tackle that if I can get ahold of the owner.
