ok .. working away ..
and 1 thing on the list to get done was the lower rad to engine connection ..

with the new turbo 3 core rad , there was only a wee connection between the engine and the rad .. so i ended up cutting about 3 " off and welding a "new" lip ..



and installed .. sorry .. not a good pic .



now a simple 90* to connect ..
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for those of you whom have commented about the "rusty" master .. I thought I would get to the real replacement ..







2000 4Runner duel diaphram booster with the 1" master , and clutch master ..
the clutch master is close and actually touches in 1 spot .. I'm going to correct that when I pull it a part .

because of the size of the booster and the length of the studs , the original spacer is not usable . also installing the booster with the stock steering shaft the u-joint at the fire wall hits the booster .. so in order to accomplish the booster install , I pulled out a spare /84 shaft I had from my 2WD project .. the shaft has a ball socket , instead of a u-joint , making the "connection" much smaller .



swaping the whole steering column is not possable because of the mounting points
79-83


84-88


unbolting the lower column housing and "swaping"



the floor mount for the 83 dosnt fit the 84 lower .. so I have to "open" it up a bit ..










and with everything back together .. I now have "VERY" large brakes and should be able to "stop on a dime"

 

Comin along...

 

every step forward , small or large , is progress ...

 

True that botha, I admire your patience and persistence, in wanting to do everything the correct way FIRST...Thats why i've been following alot more closley then most other build threads...

 

Way to represent North of the border.

 

Did you have your frame dipped? <no, I'm stupid and lazy and drinking beer, hadn't looked through your thread for a while> Or did you do anything or did you even have internal rail issues. I ask because I do with my 83. Really contemplating taking a dip. Really expensive though. Just thought I'd ask for your 2 cents. Looks great man...two thumbs up!

 

those some pretty big propps .. I dont know If I can accept that !! lots of cool stuff happening here , I'm just a "wee" one . but thank you

frame was sitting for 10 years .. so I'm kind of lucky on this one .. internials were really good , with not much rust at all .. only surface on most parts .. It was sitting upright and outside for most of the 10 years .. so one part of the frame was a little weak .. but minor .. you can see the repair on the first page (i think) .. Frame is POR-15 .. inside and out .

one of these days .. I will re-organize this post ..

 

Sorry for asking before searching. I've got my frame stripped. Bottom has some internal rust not rotted through though. I'm thinking about pouring a can of POR-15 through it while propped up at an angle after a good cleaning. Thoughts?

 

no dont do that !!!

I used a "shutz" gun .. you can see that back some pages as well .. my gun was~ 100 bucks .. and about 5 frames down now .. I think has paid for itself ..

cheepest methoud I understand is one of those "pump" guns from loews or home hardware .. better then justs "dumping it" in .

 

needed a battery tray for the drivers side .. so I made one ..









not welded to the cab yet as I need to do some finish bracing .. so I'll wait untill I pull the cab off to do the final welding ..




also started "prepping" some mounts .. getting some pieces in there final location ..

fuel canister is "mocked up" cut some metal out for the perfect fit under the hood ..







shouldn't be to bad as , i'm not using a "flexy" suspension .. I doubt I will ever "touch" this mod with a tire .. I know I could run the "round" type fuel canister .. but I didnt want to .



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made up some brackets and finally got the fuel canister mounted ..



and also the fuse box



also started on the gas pedal . the original 83 was toast .. as with most of them the hinge that mounted to the floor was rusted and beyond repair .. I didnt want to use another "floor mounted " pedal ... so I made my own
heres where I started



the bolt patterns are different and positioning is also way different , so they are NOT interchangeable .

I started by cutting the pins off of both pedals ..
first I cut off the /83 pin and welded it to the 2000 shaft .



then for the tension spring I used the post fron the 2000 , drilled a hole for the spring , and welded it to the /83 bracket .. sand blasted and started to put it back together .



put some zinc , and then some color and mounted ..



I had to drill new holes for the throttle cable and will weld up the old ones when the cab comes off for final welding and engine bay paint




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I think I'm building this to fast ...



you guys having problems keeping up ?









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Looking very nice, I love the way you tied the gas pedal in.

 

it sits a wee bit low ... lots of movement , but just dosnt "feel" great on the boot!!!

so I'm going to have to "cut" it , and move the pedal pad up an inch .

 

Oh so I told my dad about this on the way home tonight, when we pulled into the driveway he asks if I can show him this page...He just spent the last like, half hour reading...Complements from him...He said he sold 1 when he used to work at toyota...

 

cool ... I saw 2 of them new as well at the dealer I worked for back in the /80/s .. I only I wish I had collected more info then I did !! and maybe snapped a couple of pics .. who would have thunk !


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Love the work, as I have stated before Slacker. The only thing I don't care for with the pedal is the angle the pedal sits at itself. Mine in my truck sits straight up and down, your is leaning to the right a bit. Perhaps that could help the overall feel as well? Maybe when you shorten it, if you go that route, you could heat it up and bend it to position the pedal straight. If that is what you are going for.

Just my .02 cents mate. Keep the great work coming.

 

thanks for your input .. I appreceate it !!

I'll let you know on that cuz I dont like it either .. I am going to change it some how .. some way, FOR SURE , but for now it's in there (mock up) and it's working !!





engine is completly wired now .. just wiring the ignition .

little fuel , and I should be able to "fire" it up pretty soon




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Wish I could be there when you fire it up. Man that's a great feeling when you hear it run. You are doing great man, this is by far my favorite build that I have seen on here yet.

It's great that you really do take the input with an open mind. It's easy for some people to take things the wrong way and get bent out of shape over it. I just had the same problem with some guy on another post where I had posted my truck for sale.

So, have you decided on a color for the paint yet?

I'm not having a problem keeping up. I wish I could get this much done on my truck. Im Jealous as hell man. Great job.