Terrys87

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The 87 runner I parted was used on a chicken ranch and rust was really bad. Guess the acid in chicken litter is what ate it up.

dirtdobberoffroad

OH yeah chicken crap eats though galv. tin in like a year!!!!

I got the head in yesterday and it has the bungs for power steering.......yeah!... got the rust out of my floor boards cut out now I have to find some patch panels.......want to start cutting the rust out of the bed too. The machine shop said my block and crank should be done and to me by the end of this week.....YIPEE!!!!!!

Terrys87

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Sounds like things are going your way. Its a step closer. Got some pics of your door pad?

dirtdobberoffroad

I do but the only internet access I have is at work and they block photobucket so I cannot post pics untill I can get on it. I got a call from the O and my block and crank is in so I am almost ready to put a engine together..... I just need to get the parts ordered from LCE and Engine Builder....

dirtdobberoffroad

I got the floor boards welded in and primed waiting till the rain leaves before I bed line the inside and under coat the bottom.
I got the buckets out of the 4 runner they are in decent shape just very dirty I forgot how comfy the SR5 seats where and how much adjusting they had so I will have a bench to put in the back when I get my bed cover built.

Terrys87

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Always good to hear about making progress. We got cold and rain here ourselves. Hope we have a mild winter. Last year it was cold and brutal here.

A good comfy seat is always a good investment. Good job.

dirtdobberoffroad

My EB parts came in from what my wife said was in the box it sounds like its all there so we will see...Maybe I will get this thing put together this weekend

Terrys87

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Good luck. Will be looking for some pics. Hope all goes well for you.

dirtdobberoffroad

I got all my inside parts wrapped and almost finnished my dash I hope to get the inside done and then start putting then engine together...

dirtdobberoffroad

I realized my dash has a bunch of sanding marks in it still so I am gonna go finer on the grit and respray after I use some more glazing putty. It looked really good I used kylon flat tan in the camo line and it matched my light vinyl perfect.

Terrys87

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We are kind of in the same spot. I get to get my engine dug out of its hiding spot and start tearing it down. Hoping for the best. Hoping the weather holds out a while longer also.

I would think that tan would look great for the interior.

dirtdobberoffroad

I textured my dash I kinda did a knock down on it but in a much smaller scale than on sheet rock it looks awsome, I also painted my bezel around my instrument the same color as the dash it is starting to come together I will start on my engine this week.

Terrys87

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We are kind of running in the same direction. Seems like one of us is out of step with the other at times. But it will get there. Looking for to seeing pics of the dash. These are hard to come by for a good one.

dirtdobberoffroad

Ok I put the crank in the block last night. I have got a ? about the thrust washer install in my CHILTON it says to pry the crank foward and backwart and then back foward a couple of times before you tighten the cap that holds the TW I tried to pry it back and forth and it would not move, I assumed it was good and tightend the cap to 76 ftlb like the LCE tourqe specs says does that sound right? This is my first ever engine build I do body work and matenace work on engines never had one tore down to do a rebuild.


Terry I will try to get these pictures up.

I am sorry to every one that I have not been posting Pictures like I should but when I upload them its gonna be a butt load of them.....

Terrys87

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Sounds like you got it right, it shouldnt move much at all. I like Haynes better, someday I will get a FSM. Didnt know you did bodywork, wish you and Jason in tn lived closer.

I can get it done, but am in slow motion. Hoping someday to get faster at it. No matter how much I pay close attention, I always miss something. I try for perfection, but thats not what I get. I looks better then when I started and am doing it myself so get a lot of satisfaction out of it.

Hope you are getting better weather then we are.

dirtdobberoffroad

yeah prefer Haynes but the chiltons came with the truck so that was one less thing I had to buy. Yeah we have had good weather Saturday I got a lot done I got the bucket seats mounted in the dash back in and most of that stuff put in I just need to buy a heater core before I put it all back in. I got the pistons in and timing chain on also I found out the the engine builder paper gaskets are a little bigger than what they sould be but that is easy to fix just use the utility knife to cut off the extra.. I hope the head gasket fits good.....LOL....

Terrys87

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You putting seats in and Im going to be taking mine out.lol.. Got a hole to fix. Sounds like you are making steady progress.

dirtdobberoffroad

I have thursday off so I plan on doing a lot. A buddy of mine bought a 86 extr cab so now I have two toys to work on... He the only thing his needs is a knob for the vent window dr side if any one has one......Um Terry......cough cough......LOL......

I also found a slide in camper for my truck I belive does any one have any idea what I should pay for a late 70's early 80's slide in camper? Over land toyota single cab...LOL...

dusty13

Please post plenty of pics of the dash work. I need all the help I can get.

dirtdobberoffroad

Dusty: I wont have any in progress pictures sorry.... The SD card I had all that on got busted...so all is lost but I can walk ya threw it if need be.



I plan on putting the head on tonight and the cam in and checking clearance for the piston to valves.......ug put it on pull it off put it on pull it off.....LOL sounds like my smile when dealling with idiots.....