Sure does looks good. I can't wait until I have the time and space to paint my 60.
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DanS HJ-45
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Thanks!
Interestingly enough, I found that it had minor body damage on the left rear corner, and the rear tailgate and left quarter had been repainted.
The biggest clue is when I sand it down. It goes blue-->primer-->blue-->primer surfacer-->primer-->bare metal.
It takes us a lot longer to get that sanded down than the clean original paint. But it's all coming off either way, to be cleaned up and turned into 6L4...
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What's the story on the mustard 40?
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It's a '78 that Dad bought a while ago. 100% rust free truck from Arizona. Drove beautifully. Dad decided to pull the engine to clean it up, and also rebuild the 2F just because the parts are available.
It's an absolute beauty. That one will remain gasoline powered. Right now the job on it is to rebuild the front axle, clean up the frame rails, and get it ready to the rebuilt 2F to come back in the near future.
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Updates to come....
I have a full week off to play with the 60, a box of monstaliner, and who knows what else!!
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I have a full week off to play with the 60, a box of monstaliner, and who knows what else!!
Dan
And parts shipping tomorrow!!
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And parts shipping tomorrow!!
Well that's good timing!
It hasn't been too photogenic, but we've been busy in the shop....
Here's the firewall as I started two days ago:
We removed all of the glass, and then the headliner. At some point recently a family of mice had made their home in the headliner. When we pulled the headliner down, there were a couple babies and a momma mouse. We took the headliner with the mice in it outside, and set them near a nice tree for shelter, hoping that they would quickly move to it for a new home. It appears it worked, because they were definitely gone the next morning.
Anyway, here's the damage from the mice...
And then I gave it a quick scrape to remove as much of the jute lining as I could.
And here's the firewall when it's all done. The only thing still on it in this pic is the Provent 200. I'm going to try it--I've never used a catch can before, but I want to keep the intake and turbo as clean as possible.
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The other day a HUGE storm passed by while we were in the shop. Lightning strikes within a quarter mile or so, we saw them. And probably an inch of rain in 20 minutes.
You can see Guzzler outside with the hood open (can barely see that). Well, in the past week and a half some critter (we assume pack rats) decided to chew each and every spark plug wire, so I figured I leave the hood open during the storm and make that engine compartment seem a little less hospitable to the nasty little things.
...but back to the project....
I bought some L-track from McMaster-Carr to put in the cargo area. Now, I could have just drilled holes, put a screw in, and then snaked my hand back there to put a nut on, or I could have done it a little nicer and installed nutserts for the screws.
But that's not me. I wanted to put a backing plate on the captive nuts I would use--kind of a massive washer--if you will. So I fabricated 4 of these plates. I put the bend in them just to give some more rigidity, because it seems like every Toyota backing plate has some sort of stiffening member to it as well. (yes, I said stiffening member--heh!)
The holes for the bolts obviously correspond to the holes in the L-track.
Then I drilled a couple holes for rosette welds to hold them in place, bolted them up (so they would be flush to the bottom of the floor), and welded the rosettes...
Then you grind down the top side of the welds to be smooth with the floor, and screw the L-track in.
So, for something I doubt I will ever take out, I made permanent, and strong captive nuts--just because I HATE having to put a wrench on both sides of a bolt/nut combo.
You can see Guzzler outside with the hood open (can barely see that). Well, in the past week and a half some critter (we assume pack rats) decided to chew each and every spark plug wire, so I figured I leave the hood open during the storm and make that engine compartment seem a little less hospitable to the nasty little things.
...but back to the project....
I bought some L-track from McMaster-Carr to put in the cargo area. Now, I could have just drilled holes, put a screw in, and then snaked my hand back there to put a nut on, or I could have done it a little nicer and installed nutserts for the screws.
But that's not me. I wanted to put a backing plate on the captive nuts I would use--kind of a massive washer--if you will. So I fabricated 4 of these plates. I put the bend in them just to give some more rigidity, because it seems like every Toyota backing plate has some sort of stiffening member to it as well. (yes, I said stiffening member--heh!)
The holes for the bolts obviously correspond to the holes in the L-track.
Then I drilled a couple holes for rosette welds to hold them in place, bolted them up (so they would be flush to the bottom of the floor), and welded the rosettes...
Then you grind down the top side of the welds to be smooth with the floor, and screw the L-track in.
So, for something I doubt I will ever take out, I made permanent, and strong captive nuts--just because I HATE having to put a wrench on both sides of a bolt/nut combo.
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The truck had a super 1985 special chrome-ey roof bar setup on it. 4 bars, that all had sheet metal screws through the roof to hold them on.
Naturally I deleted that, and welded the holes shut.
I forgot to get pics of them ground down, but suffice it to say you can't tell they were there now.
That's most of the photogenic stuff. But the body is 100% ready to come off the frame tomorrow. Then we will haul the body down to the house, where I will spend an awful lot of time with the pressure washer cleaning it up.
Then the body will be hauled back up to the shop, and turned upside down so I can roll on the monstaliner onto the bottom of the body.
While the body is separated, we will haul the frame down to get the pressure washing treatment, and once done get a coat of POR 15. If everything goes well, in three days the body will be back on top of the frame, ready to finish the prep for the paint.
In the meantime, we've also been working on Dad's '78 FJ-40. Some have asked about it in the background, and that took a lot of the time today. Dad picked up his fully rebuilt 2F around noon, and we wanted to get it into the frame just to store it (and to ogle it). So here's a taste:
A closeup of the valve cover:
This is a favorite technique of ours. Clean up the aluminum parts real well with solvent, carb cleaner, etc... DO NOT BLAST them, and simply put a coat of clear powder coat on top of them that way. That way it will always look clean and shiny, but not show-car kind of clean and shiny. Just "well maintained cruiser" kind of luster.
That's all for today. Hopefully I have some pics of the body getting a seriously good scrubbing tomorrow.
...and that's why it's good timing that Onur is getting parts shipped tomorrow.
Dan
Naturally I deleted that, and welded the holes shut.
I forgot to get pics of them ground down, but suffice it to say you can't tell they were there now.
That's most of the photogenic stuff. But the body is 100% ready to come off the frame tomorrow. Then we will haul the body down to the house, where I will spend an awful lot of time with the pressure washer cleaning it up.
Then the body will be hauled back up to the shop, and turned upside down so I can roll on the monstaliner onto the bottom of the body.
While the body is separated, we will haul the frame down to get the pressure washing treatment, and once done get a coat of POR 15. If everything goes well, in three days the body will be back on top of the frame, ready to finish the prep for the paint.
In the meantime, we've also been working on Dad's '78 FJ-40. Some have asked about it in the background, and that took a lot of the time today. Dad picked up his fully rebuilt 2F around noon, and we wanted to get it into the frame just to store it (and to ogle it). So here's a taste:
A closeup of the valve cover:
This is a favorite technique of ours. Clean up the aluminum parts real well with solvent, carb cleaner, etc... DO NOT BLAST them, and simply put a coat of clear powder coat on top of them that way. That way it will always look clean and shiny, but not show-car kind of clean and shiny. Just "well maintained cruiser" kind of luster.
That's all for today. Hopefully I have some pics of the body getting a seriously good scrubbing tomorrow.
...and that's why it's good timing that Onur is getting parts shipped tomorrow.
Dan
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Not much for pics yet, but....
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Why not stick with the blue? It looks so nice!
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I already have two blue trucks. And I'd have to reprint a door at a minimum.
I'm glad I am taking it down so far: I found surface rust. SURFACE RUST!!!! Not acceptable, so it will get wire brushed and epoxy primed and painted to seal it back up.
(Eat your heart out east coast guys)
Pics to come....
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First job I decided to get done this morning....
Fabricating a bracket for the fuel filter/sedimenter assembly (from an HZJ-73 I believe).
I'll let the pics do most of the talking.
I cut out a sheet of steel like this:
Then I put two bends in it like this: (one bend for the attachment bracket, the other one to stiffen it up)
Then a test fit:
Then i decided it needed to attach to yet another bolt hole, so...
And here's an overview of how it sits:
Lots of room left for other stuff on that left fender when this is said and done.
Fabricating a bracket for the fuel filter/sedimenter assembly (from an HZJ-73 I believe).
I'll let the pics do most of the talking.
I cut out a sheet of steel like this:
Then I put two bends in it like this: (one bend for the attachment bracket, the other one to stiffen it up)
Then a test fit:
Then i decided it needed to attach to yet another bolt hole, so...
And here's an overview of how it sits:
Lots of room left for other stuff on that left fender when this is said and done.
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I decided that the drivers seat was still sitting just a touch too high for my taste. Unfortunately, the suspension seat base has some of the mechanism that sits lower than the seat bracket.
So, the only reasonable solution was to modify my floor pan.
First, I fabricated this little tray. I'm pretty pleased with it, as I fabricated it out of one piece of sheet.
As you can see, I also cut a hole in the floor to match it....
Then I welded it in, and ground the welds down semi smooth. This will all be covered in monstaliner soon, so I don't know why I spent so much time grinding it down, but I did.
And then I recessed the rear seat mounts as far down as possible since I now had an extra 3/4" to play with.
Who cares to guess what this lovely stuff is?
That's all the pics for today. Tomorrow I clean the frame with the pressure washer, and I am hoping to get a coat of POR15 on the frame once it is cleaned up, and maybe even get the monstaliner on the bottom of the body.
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So, the only reasonable solution was to modify my floor pan.
First, I fabricated this little tray. I'm pretty pleased with it, as I fabricated it out of one piece of sheet.
As you can see, I also cut a hole in the floor to match it....
Then I welded it in, and ground the welds down semi smooth. This will all be covered in monstaliner soon, so I don't know why I spent so much time grinding it down, but I did.
And then I recessed the rear seat mounts as far down as possible since I now had an extra 3/4" to play with.
Who cares to guess what this lovely stuff is?
That's all the pics for today. Tomorrow I clean the frame with the pressure washer, and I am hoping to get a coat of POR15 on the frame once it is cleaned up, and maybe even get the monstaliner on the bottom of the body.
Dan
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The POR15 is drying on the frame, and I'm about to rip into the Monstaliner for the underside...
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OK, here come some better pics.
The day started with the frame on the trailer waiting for a good pressure washing, so here's some pics of just how nice of a frame I'm starting with:
Before I pulled them off, I wanted to take some good pics of the brake line and fuel lines, in case anybody needed a clear view.
And the frame after getting coated with POR15 Chassis Black...
The day started with the frame on the trailer waiting for a good pressure washing, so here's some pics of just how nice of a frame I'm starting with:
Before I pulled them off, I wanted to take some good pics of the brake line and fuel lines, in case anybody needed a clear view.
And the frame after getting coated with POR15 Chassis Black...
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Then it was on to what is, hands down, the dirtiest job I have ever done. And that includes climbing into a cistern and scrubbing it clean.
Applying the Monstaliner.
That's right: underneath the body, rolling the stuff on. Next time (hah!) I would roll the truck upside down or at least on it's side.
Anyway.... I just did the firewall, and the underside today. I bought two gallons, and this only used one. But I will wait for the body to be on the frame, and the paint on before I put the next coat of Monstaliner on the lower trim line of the exterior, and the interior of the truck.
So far, I'm pretty impressed with it. I didn't re-roll after the second coat (to give it a rougher texture) because I don't need or want a rough texture, just a nice rubbery coating that should be easy to clean, and hopefully cocoon the body and seams to protect it from the Mag Chloride that CDot uses.
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Applying the Monstaliner.
That's right: underneath the body, rolling the stuff on. Next time (hah!) I would roll the truck upside down or at least on it's side.
Anyway.... I just did the firewall, and the underside today. I bought two gallons, and this only used one. But I will wait for the body to be on the frame, and the paint on before I put the next coat of Monstaliner on the lower trim line of the exterior, and the interior of the truck.
So far, I'm pretty impressed with it. I didn't re-roll after the second coat (to give it a rougher texture) because I don't need or want a rough texture, just a nice rubbery coating that should be easy to clean, and hopefully cocoon the body and seams to protect it from the Mag Chloride that CDot uses.
Dan
Those have issues in the stock configuration. The only way I could get my provent 200 to not pass oil was to reverse the flow. In the stock setup any collected oil drips from the filter straight down past the exit. So globs of it head straight out. Also any oil which gets trapped in that outlet valve assembly (driving on sideslopes etc) can only leave via the hose to the engine.
I gutted and blanked the valve on the original outlet and reversed the flow so the top hose is now the outlet and delivers clean, filtered, air. The oil all stays in the bottom half where it can drain freely. The original layout of this filter made no sense, I ran it anyway to give them the benefit of the doubt and it fed litres and litres of oil into my intake. Blowing my head gasket, suspected broken piston rings and confirmed chewed up cylinder liners as the result.
I am now running with it highly modified and reversed flow. It has been an expensive waste of money for me, I now have to rebuild an engine that was only ~50,000km out from a rebuild. I would never buy one again or recommend anyone else to.
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Yeah, I read your posts about it.
I'm still going to give it a shot in stock config and see how it works, but if it's not clean and dry as a whistle after 100 miles or so, I'll mod it like you did.
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I'm still going to give it a shot in stock config and see how it works, but if it's not clean and dry as a whistle after 100 miles or so, I'll mod it like you did.
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Dad just picked up my flywheel from the machine shop. They said it was the first time it had been machined.
Beautiful! Can't wait for the next time I get to wrench on it...
Dan
Beautiful! Can't wait for the next time I get to wrench on it...
Dan
