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What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (18 Viewers)
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. I ended up drinking and posting stupid comments in the chit-chat section.
g-man
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I didn't have any issue with the C channel fitment. Nor did anyone mention this in my thread detailing c channel install. If you haven't looked it over here it is:
installing c channels
I bought a set of C channels from Trail Tailor and contemplating this job. Waiting for some nicer weather. Looks like I need to ...(EDIT..I am editing and deleting steps as I work through this) 1.(EDIT) Use a cutting torch or air hammer (with several spare chisel blades) and Cut, grind drill...
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What pioneer model is that?
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
To be honest I'm appreciating more your switches array and the fact your transfer case lever seems to be " iluminated " ..
Pioneer AVH-3500NEX.
Looks awesome, well done in such a short time! Looking back, what what was your biggest challenge in this build? What are you most proud of resolving (any tips for us all?), and would you anything different if you had to do it again?Couple of before and after pics. Engine is completely done, just need to run some exhaust and its off to the dyno!
Sweet! Please tell me where you acquired the switch panel to replace the ashtray.
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Installed some new Polk Audio door speakers, took her on a 300 mile hunting trip and gave her a bath.
Ordered more parts and tryin to figure out why mine won’t start in the morning. Having to ride the bike into work and I’d rather not with the temperature dropping.
JayDoc
boop/bop/beep
I don't think I'm alone in suggesting we need more pics of your set up. Inside and out.
Is that a digital tire pressure gauge?
To be honest it went together way way way easier than i thought it was going to. What i did was made a list in MS excel of every task that is required for the project, and turned the engine swap into like 40 small tasks. Each day i tried to knock out at least 1 or sometimes multiple tasks. That way it kept me from being overwhelmed. I deleted a row after every task and could watch the list get smaller and smaller. That helped A LOT. Thinking about an engine swap is a lot, but going out there with the mindset of todays task is grind off motor mounts, it was a lot easier.
By far the most challenging thing was the wiring. Thankfully the painless harness i used made that quite a bit easier. Between the diagrams on LT1swap and the instructions on the painless harness i was able to get all of the wiring knocked out in like 3 or 4 days. Tons of marine heat shrink, tons of open barrel connectors and repinning delphi connectors. Hands were definitely sore haha. What helped me was laying the harness in the motor and getting it where i thought it needed to be. Then i marked the wires that needed to be shortened or lengthened before looming it up. Then i removed it completely and loomed it with braided loom and high temp loom on the stuff near the exhaust while it was on my garage floor. Once that was done i reinstalled the harness permanently. This was my first engine swap and my first wiring harness i had to do, and getting a quality harness is a must! My education is in business and im a corporate services accountant haha. I was originally going to use a lesser quality harness and unpin the fuse block to add better protection to it, but ended up using the painless harness that has the fuses split up quite a bit better.
Another difficulty was dealing with a bad reseller shop. I used them to just support the shop, not out of necessity, and let me tell ya.... that was a mistake. The shop offered no products of their own creation. Instead of just going to the source i tried using them as a middle man just to support them and it was just flat out awful. Ive never dealt with someone who acted that way as an adult. Anyways, after a forced credit card charge back due to them wanting to keep my money, I just bypassed the middle man and went to the suppliers on the parts and had my parts immediately instead of waiting 7 weeks. Honestly that was the worst part of my entire swap. The swap itself went together very well, like surprisingly well. I solid axle swapped a firstgen 4runner (hilux surf) a few years back, and it was just problem after problem after each other. The LS Swap just went right together and fired right up with no codes first key turn
Ive got the fj60 solutions panel too. Great stuff.
@ChaserFJ60 and i Joined Forces to PULL OFF a ONE-OFF so killer KOOL yet period correct ,
that hopefully it WILL inspire others in some unique and positive way
that hopefully it WILL inspire others in some unique and positive way
So tried my hand at welding up my first exhaust ever. Im too broke to buy a tig machine so i tried MIG welding it with my 211 on the stainless setting. This was my first time welding stainless also. I used Stainless wire but used C25 Argon/CO2 (the wrong gas) and it worked. Its not pretty but it worked. Due to the gas not shielding correctly the welds definitely spattered quite a bit and everything had to be stitched welded because the metal was so thin. If you ran a bead it would just blow through immediately. The welds arent winning any medals but its seeming to work. Obviously the better option would be to tig the welds and backpurge it but For now, this seems like it will work.
Tubing is stainless tubing from Summit. Used Vibrant Flex pipe, Vband Clamps, o2 bungs, and Ultra Quiet Resonator. The cats ,muffler, and y pipe are Magnaflow. The Y pipe in this picture was garbage and i didnt end up using it. Boy let me tell ya... this thing sounds awesome.
2 o2 bungs on the driver side for a wide band o2 for dyno tuning. This will allow me to tune WOT and the AFR tuning on the dyno. The welds ended up not being that bad on this part.
My crossover pipe. I might actually redo this piece to get the bends to follow under the driveshaft and oil pan better. This was kinda done just to get it driving. With more time i think i can get it to form better around everything.
Headers to Y pipe. Afer this, it goes straight into the resonator and the muffler.
From under the truck. I had to do all of this in the driveway with no lift, so the pictures of it installed arent great.
Tubing is stainless tubing from Summit. Used Vibrant Flex pipe, Vband Clamps, o2 bungs, and Ultra Quiet Resonator. The cats ,muffler, and y pipe are Magnaflow. The Y pipe in this picture was garbage and i didnt end up using it. Boy let me tell ya... this thing sounds awesome.
2 o2 bungs on the driver side for a wide band o2 for dyno tuning. This will allow me to tune WOT and the AFR tuning on the dyno. The welds ended up not being that bad on this part.
My crossover pipe. I might actually redo this piece to get the bends to follow under the driveshaft and oil pan better. This was kinda done just to get it driving. With more time i think i can get it to form better around everything.
Headers to Y pipe. Afer this, it goes straight into the resonator and the muffler.
From under the truck. I had to do all of this in the driveway with no lift, so the pictures of it installed arent great.
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Drove my Cruiser 1400 miles roundtrip for a Colorado mule deer hunt. Had a few electrical issues, like having to replace a starter solenoid and having a battery hold down come loose and ground out against the positive and nearly start a fire, everything went pretty good.
Even ran into a cruiser head in Canon City, CO.
Even ran into a cruiser head in Canon City, CO.
Awesome! I’m same, slowly developing a task list. Think it will definitely help me to plan jobs in the right order, and being able to oversee it all will hopefully keep me sane. Good for pre-ordering parts and minimising build time as well. Wouldn’t mind having a peek at your Excel sheet …
LandyCruiser
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So as I went I deleted rows and saved until it was all gone haha. There’s still like 4 lines on it left. I do have a sheet of parts that is kind of updated I can send you if you’d like
