Took her for a three hour trip in the mountains, Ol' Ironpig lives again. It was a blast!
What did you do to your pig today?
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Parts came in the mail. 
It's gonna be a busy Sunday.
Downside to my day: It looks like I jacked up my FJ60 rear main seal too. I'm gonna have to drop the trans/transfer case/clutch/flywheel again.
EDIT: upon closer inspection, it seems that my FJ60's rear main seal is ok...no leakage onto the flywheel etc. so yay!
It's gonna be a busy Sunday.Downside to my day: It looks like I jacked up my FJ60 rear main seal too. I'm gonna have to drop the trans/transfer case/clutch/flywheel again.
EDIT: upon closer inspection, it seems that my FJ60's rear main seal is ok...no leakage onto the flywheel etc. so yay!
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Just ordered the carpet set from JT Outfitters
Hope you didn't pay alot for that mufflerMy .02... orange peel has much more to do with reducer speed vs conditions (temp/humidity), distance of gun and speed, adjustment of the gun(material being thrown down)/skill of the painter. Wet sanding the color and/or clear coats if necessary removes excess orange peel. Other than that it looks good...nice to see the guide coat being used and I'm sure it will be looking good when completed.
So you get your reducer set perfectly but you are painting over an already orange peeled surface, what do you think you will get?
To me it makes sense to wet sand the primer if you want it looking nice...
Nice looking Piggy!
replaced the door weatherstripping on all 4 doors yesterday. The doors initially were hard to shut, but when I opened them today, they shut properly without having to slam them.
Never said don't sand the primer
merely pointed out wet sanding (usually done with 600 often 1000/1200 grit) on the primer is kind of rarified air. For example, when I did Pigwald https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pig-preservation-society/169838-august-potm-pigwald.html a few years back from baremetal/bodywork the drill was 3 heavy coats of primer, followed by 180 on the DA and hand blocking some areas. 3 more coats of primer, followed by mainly 240 on the DA, some hand blocking with 320 and 3M scratch pad. Lots of cleaning with prep solv/pre kleeno, blowing and tacking (and cleaning the spray booth). Then sealer coat, two to three coats each of color (can't remember anymore...but I think we did three as some colors don't cover as well). Then two coats of clear. Now there is a little dirt here and there in the paint, but no orange peel...but if there was I'd wet sand and buff it to an insane shine. Short story, 240 on the DA is plenty enough for a smooth primer surface. Unless you are going ultimate show paint scheme. 
Was it the weatherstripping actually on the door? I need to replace all of my weatherstripping, I have stuff for the door jamb, but not the door. Pictures? What did you use? How much did it cost? Thanks
Which Cruiser do you want to get you to grad?
That's my boy.
Tech = checked the oil.
Cool pic of graduation day........the rattlecan job still holding up well too!!!
No, just the door jamb stuff. I got it at SOR. It went on pretty easily (with a few taps on a rounded screwdriver handle with the hammer), and looks good.
All the rubber on the windows is in pretty good shape, but the stuff on the tailgate is not. That is my next project.
SOR has some thats exactly like stock. All the corners and curves fit perfectly. It was harder to remove the old stuff than to install the new. It made for very tight doors initially. Loosened up nicely, though. Just snug and quiet.
moved in to the new house last week and got a new place for the pig with plenty of clearance that i got to put the roof rack back on it and it still fit into the garage loving it!
everywhere I have called to have gears installed is wicked expensive. How is it there?
and I can imagine you are way tired. you deserve a break from all that work. kick your feet up. have the misses bring you a cold beer and a piece of pie, and watch some UFC. poor guy.
New hard lines on the front axle and removed the center arm for a rebuild.
Which Cruiser do you want to get you to grad?
That's my boy
Tech = checked the oil.
I'm already looking for the perfect father/son project to give my kid when he graduates. He's 4 now. I hope that'll be enough time to fix something up!
Initial estimate is around a Grand for the job...slightly more than half of that is for labor.
Stripped the t case and found the output gears/hi-lo sleeve to be excessively worn.
