It looks black in the picture

 

The interior is gray, the hvac ducts are black. Nothing has been painted

 

only one in the yard at 8am while snowing 5 inches


picked up a full dash that i'm going to try and paint black. 4 clusters. lots of harness pig tails for repairing the previous guy's crap. a new tps and connector. and misc interior pieces. Also after seeing the state of 80s pickups in the yard I have decided to spray undercoating on my floor before putting new carpet down and i'm also going to make my own door panels, i'm thinkin black diamond plate.


new cluster. I'm going to ditch the LEDs and go with bulbs. This is my new cluster with 2 LEDs and 1 white bulb. The bulb is brighter and is able to be dimmed, which I like on the highway

 

pulled out the seat and carpet today. no rust which is a plus.



you can tell where the clutch master cylinder was leaking

 

washing each dash piece with an industrial grade degreasing soap 3 times. a few coats of adhesive promoter and then vinyl paint.



its a lot of work


working on the floorboard rust prevention



i need help identifying what clips need to go here; the PO cut them all off


found these too.. ?


took the bed liner out to see what was under there.. more arizona dirt


but it gets me through the snow, kinda weird driving a truck with just a seat and a searing wheel

 

almost done with the interior pieces



more of PO's crappy repairs



before



LEDs


Bulbs

 

Guessing you maybe already figured out the rats nest behind your radio unit, but in case you didn't radio wiring link.

Not sure about the four coming out from behind the ECM, they don't look like toyota wires, too heavy no color stripes. Could be a alarm starter kill, dead end on the other side of the firewall. Or aux power, attached at the fuse box.

Took me a while to figure out the 10+ft wiring spolled up under the seat was likely an stereo amp.

Interior looks pretty slick with the fresh color. Why did you pick up a whole new dash cover set, Uv brittle, damaged or maybe just to have the originals un molested(colored) I guess maybe.

Anyways thanks for the pics and taking the time to post stuff up. Waiting for the install pics so I can Ohh and Ahh and clean carpet =D

 

i really like the build so far! super clean truck and your civic is amazing great job. but one question. why did you buy 4 clusters????

 

i haven't touched the wiring yet because our electronics store has bank hours and i haven't had time to head over after work. thanks for the radio link! i think those ecu wires are alarm system too.

picked up the dash because i wanted a second one to try painting to see if it would actually work, also came out of a wisconsin truck with 125k. probably going to ditch the carpet and just keep the rubber coating. I picked up some 3M rubber undercoating and am waiting for it to get a bit warmer outside.



4 clusters because they were there for $23 each and they go on ebay for $75-125 :p

 

wash

adhesive promoter

plastic/vinyl paint

all of the pieces are now painted. waiting for it to get warmer outside to solder some harness back together and sand/prime/rubberize the floor.


still driving it through the Iowa snow

 

didn't recognise the shower surround at first(hadn't scrolled far enough to see the tub yet), thought wow he sanded off a ton of color why is ABS white and mine cream colored.

Looking good! I had a giggle over the frozen hood, hoping I don't get another chance for that particular photo for a few months. Of course we need the water ut that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Little late for you maybe but for the next guy Becareful of getting to much of the adhesion premoter stuff built up in one area. These are a blend of MEK tolulene and acetone, essentially, and you'll wind up with some "swelling" or gloss differences. Yeah I been reading waayyyy too many datasheets and plastic stuff..

 

started getting warmer! (i think we have had our last snow) so it's time to put the truck out of commission while i sand the floor and prep for primer and rubber.



also started wiring (thanks Co_84_PU)


not before some spring fun though

 

Nice bathtub cleaning. Took me a second also to realize that where it was. Haha.

I'm hoping this snow here in Iowa was our last also. I'm tired of the slush and salt on the roads. Eating away at my rig. Haha.

 

You are truly fortunate to have a rust free truck, and red too.Good luck on the build up. SUBSCRIBED. Ooooops hold on, do I see an SAS bug coming.

 

Yeah it was a steal for $2,200 thats for sure! Not sure about SAS, after i take care of the rust prevention it is going to be my winter rescue vehicle for getting around during Iowa blizzards. I was thinking about going with long travel IFS.



Starting to plan out whats next, take off the bed this summer and spray the frame, putting together a parts/to do list.

In no particular order:

install power steering
new stainless exhaust
Rancho shocks
custom front bumper
light force blitz driving lights
winch
fiberglass fenders
1" brake master cylinder
dual diaphragm booster
new pads rotors and 94runner calipers
ifs long travel
air compressor
air locker
re-gear for 33's
Wrangler duratracs

 

clutch, transmission seals, and marlin crawler ball seat/bushings

 

Lookin' good!

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Yeah, hate that, too.

Now that's clean work! I wish more owners would do that. But then again, when PO's butcher wiring (hopefully nothing major), that's when we get our trucks for less

 

junkyard had just put out a new 92 4runner when we got there.

bucket seats
brake booster
master cylinder
front calipers
sun visors
and 2 steering column harnesses for ignition and a new combination switch now with intermittent wipers.

low beams and horn work again too!




old on top, new on bottom

 

testing the 3M spray. slowly but surely making progress

 

Few more nuts bolts and screws and you can clean up and reseal all that air duct stuff.. Just sayin' it's right there..