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Not yet. Bought and sold a 76 Ford Bronco that I'll probably regret selling since it was in such great shape and a good start to a restoration, but it's hard passing up $6K in free money just for owning a vehicle for a few weeks. Still looking though. I don't have much time now with a one and four year old running my life so I'm in no rush.
Man... it has been forever-and-a-day since I've logged in to YT. Somehow hit this build thread in a Google search and have been riveted by the build. Great job! Amazing craftsmanship.
Would love an update on how the AC install is going for the second owner.
The A/C install went great and is working wonderful. Very easy to use and cold! It is from Vintage Air and uses electronic controlled vents so I dont have to use the old cable type adjustments. It is expensive but I do recommend it.
Just wanted to give my $0.02 and say thanks for documenting your build in this thread. I am going to learn a ton from it. I'm a 3rd Gen 4runner guy so going to have fun building my '83 pickup.
Amazing restoration! This thread has definitely inspired me to finish my 83 Toyota Pickup. I really liked your method for fixing the rust on the floor pan. Is there anywhere to download your SketchUp files? My 83 has some serious rust damage in the same areas as yours and I think replacing the entire floor would be best. Again amazing restoration! I will be referencing your thread throughout my build. Cheers!
Amazing restoration! This thread has definitely inspired me to finish my 83 Toyota Pickup. I really liked your method for fixing the rust on the floor pan. Is there anywhere to download your SketchUp files? My 83 has some serious rust damage in the same areas as yours and I think replacing the entire floor would be best. Again amazing restoration! I will be referencing your thread throughout my build. Cheers!
Haven't seen Dave around for awhile, but I do have his layout drawings for the center console, body mounts and the center arm rest. You'll just have to follow him in this thread for particulars on how he did the floor pans and process he went through.
For the layout drawing, email me at praisegig@hotmail.com I will send them to you in .PDF file format
Waiting on a drive shaft that I scored off eBay so I can replace that yoke that I broke. For now I'm just doing some odds and ins while I wait for some parts to get in so I can get everything ready prior to throwing the chassis in storage. I put some cheapo gear lube in the tranny, t-case and differentials just to coat everything and prevent any corrosion in the event that some moisture got in there while it was opened up. I'll replace it with some good stuff before I finish out the build. I've also worked back through all the nuts and bolts and re-torqued everything to be sure that I didn't miss anything.
So last night I was sitting in the garage bored and decided to pull out the shifters to install them before the chassis goes to storage. Of course they couldn't go back on without a fresh coat of powdercoating! Sooooo.... I was trying to separate the t-case shaft from the shifter ball when I realized that they were pressed together with some sort of rubber bushing. Well, I boogered that up good so I decided to come up with a fix that I think will make it a little easier to separate in the future.
Here's what it looked like originally (you can see the rubber bushing in there): Attachment 155636
After some cussing, reaming and temper tantrums, I got the two pieces separated. The shaft attached to the ball wasn't originally threaded so I grabbed a 1/2" x 20 die and cut some threads on it (Die fit the shaft diameter perfectly). Also went out and grabbed a 1/2" x 20 nut to weld into the shifter shaft: Attachment 155637
You can see how it's going to go together here with the nut going inside the shifter shaft so the the ball shaft can thread into it: Attachment 155638
I welded the nut to the inside of the shifter shaft. Don't make fun of my crappy welds; I ran out of gas when I was doing my frame and I probably bought the worst flux core welding wire ever! I'll clean it up with the grinder before I powdercoat it. Attachment 155639
ANNNND the shifter shaft and knob just thread right on: Attachment 155641
I'm pretty satified with the result, although I'm not quite sure why Toyota designed it the way they did since you can't remove the shaft to replace the spring and retainer caps if you need to. I suppose that's one way the stealership makes money...
so how did you actually end up getting it off?
im one MFer away from pipe wrenching TF out of it till it is ruined
if the seller is on the site… (which I doubt) they should have linked this thread. Considering its one of, if not the best documented restorations of an 83 on the web. As a fellow maryland-er (and salisbury grad...) I'd like to see it come back east.
08-18-2016, 09:50 AM
