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Post by Slacker on Feb 19, 2008 7:09:17 GMT -8
dang ... might be worth finding a better cab ?
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Post by b4runner on Feb 19, 2008 9:00:30 GMT -8
Wow, I kind of thought my rust was bad, but it left me enough to work with to get some patches in (still need to do) but my welder friend Todd says no problem. Your rust was the opposite of mine, my passenger side was rust free and the driver's side toast from a leaky windshield seal. Corey is right, might be better off to find a new cab. But with what you have been thinking on your engine conversion maybe you would need to modify your firewall anyway...Seems like once you get ahead on one part of a project, something else slams you back to reality.
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Post by msrwerks on Feb 19, 2008 9:30:20 GMT -8
i looked at it pretty well last night and the firewall is still solid. rust just seems to be on the surface. although i dont imagine it would have taken much longer and it would have started eating through. the only holes in it are the factory ones (besides the gash that caused all of this!). robb is right though. if i need to modify the firewall at all now for the engine conversion i will be much more likely to do so right now i am just planning on wire brushing everything, cutting the small area out in the passenger side floor and welding in the same piece from the 4runner. por15'ing the whole bottom inside the cab. then painting it the factory color. yes, this truck has definitely been a test of patience so far
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Post by msrwerks on Mar 12, 2008 9:29:25 GMT -8
it has been a little while since the last post, but i have made some progress. received the aussie locker for the rear end packaged everything up last night and shipped it to ken at gearinstalls.com to put the locker in and rebuild the 3rd with cryo treated bearings. also have cryo treated wheels bearings and seals coming from him as well. received the new front shock towers v2 as well! (from here www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_suspension-III.shtml#ShockTowers2.0)the biggest news i am saving till tomorrow (or later this evening depending on when i make it home)
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Post by Slacker on Mar 12, 2008 16:12:44 GMT -8
very cool Michael ...
cant wait till your next update.
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Post by msrwerks on Mar 13, 2008 4:19:56 GMT -8
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Post by Slacker on Mar 13, 2008 6:56:55 GMT -8
NICE find ...
I think you'll be much happier with the new cab , then trying to fix all the rust .
wish I could find a good one up here , but it's an Impossable feat .
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Post by b4runner on Mar 13, 2008 7:48:37 GMT -8
Like Corey said, nice find...looks like that little bit of a ding over the right windshield should buff out it will be a lot of work switching everything over, but well worth the effort and satisfying too. At least you got to practice cutting out the other rear firewall so this one should be a cinch...
Did it come with a title? I always wondered how something like that would work out as far as the legal end of things. Does it become an 'assembled vehicle'? you may have a 2008 Long Bed 1st Gen Trekker...
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Post by msrwerks on Mar 13, 2008 8:14:36 GMT -8
hi robb, yep. it came with the title as well. so it will end up being a 1983 trekker. yes, it does have a place over the passenger side near the windshield that has to be fixed. but it will take a lot less time fixing that then fixing the floors and firewall. as for switching everything over... the other cab was stripped down to the same state this one is in. so one of them was going to get put back together either way. just picking the better one. yes. the sawzall is ready to cut another rear cab out i might be decent at this by the time this is over with! the guy i bought this one from said this was a running driving vehicle 3 weeks ago when he decided to part it out instead of selling it as a running driving truck. he has made almost 3 times as much as he could have sold it for by parting it out! it has been pretty well picked clean.
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Post by msrwerks on Mar 18, 2008 18:37:16 GMT -8
sand blasting rear end related parts to por15 them getting ready for its return. ken at gearinstalls.com is going to send me a link to his rebuild of my rear 3rd. i will post it when i have it. not surprisingly, he ran into some issues with the ring and pinion gears (had to replace those as well )
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Post by Slacker on Mar 18, 2008 18:55:30 GMT -8
wow Michael ...
I just took a step back .. and re-read the whole post ..
wow ,,
I look forward to every post .
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Post by msrwerks on Mar 20, 2008 16:10:55 GMT -8
thanks corey i think i have hit the bottom as far as finding things wrong with this truck as everything now has been replaced body wise except for the frame, and i probably would have replaced that if i had found one instead of fixing it by the gas tank. received the 3" springs from downey front and rears. took off the existing helper springs i already had in the rear and have them cleaned up. going to por 15 them when i finish the rest of the rear end stuff. the guy at downey said the helper springs were a must have with the aux fuel tank and rear bumper / tire carrier i will be making for it. (WAY down the list )
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Post by Slacker on Mar 21, 2008 7:38:24 GMT -8
hehe .. your truck is going to be " NEW " .. I love it
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Post by b4runner on Mar 21, 2008 8:39:31 GMT -8
It is gonna be pretty cool seeing this thing get together. Between Corey's supercharge V6 and your v-8 I am gonna have to come up with something just to keep up with you guys....
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Post by Slacker on Mar 21, 2008 15:54:14 GMT -8
Between Corey's supercharge V6 and your v-8 I am gonna have to come up with something just to keep up with you guys.... now is that peer pressure or what ?? .. keepin' up with the "jones" hahahahahahaha ;D
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