Finally....Da new rig..

84Toyota4x4 · Aug 24, 2017

Man that thing looks killer! Love the buggies people have been building with all the style. Wish I could afford one, haha

~T.J.

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

84Toyota4x4 said:
Man that thing looks killer! Love the buggies people have been building with all the style. Wish I could afford one, haha

~T.J.

Thanks TJ--its just a progressive step and determination will get ya there :awesomework:

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

So I got what I needed done to start the tear down and finish the needed stuff before paint. Got everything pulled off except the 2 big items.

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

Things were certainly tighter coming out then when I put them in but everything cleared nicely so I was pretty happy about that. One thing I really tried to pay attention to was the serviceability factor.

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

There it is all bare....

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

So I had one portion of the pcm mount made but I could not make the other portion until I knew how much room was needed to pull the motor out. I took some measurements and while the motor was coming out I was able to determine how the other portion could be made. So I got that all done...

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

So another thing that needed to be finished was the motor skid and I had an idea how I was going to do the rear mount. Since the front unbolts the rear I made was a simple slide in. Will it work once it gets whacked a few good times? I dunno but I thought it was a cool idea to try. Its also under a bit of pressure to keep it from rattling granted I think the body panels will make a bit more racket than the skid ever can.

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

So that only left one thing to be done. Finish welding up a few spots on the belly and do the rub bars on the bottom and side of the chassis. 6 times back and forth and got it all finished up.

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

Was a good way to spend 5 hours knocking off dingle berries and any surface rust that had formed. But it was now fully prepped and ready!

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

Got it all primed up and then painted.

Painting this type of thing was probably the hardest thing I have ever painted and if I was to do this every day--I would go mad!!!!

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

Next onto the diffs. I got the rear all cleaned up and painted....

crash2 · Aug 30, 2017

I also got about 90% of all the misc stuff painted and hung from the rafters....

Zoediak · Aug 30, 2017

Looking great Crash!!!
I have been following along and you really made short work of this project!

crash2 · Sep 5, 2017

Zoediak said:
Looking great Crash!!!
I have been following along and you really made short work of this project!

Thanks its been a good challenge and heck of allot of work :redneck:

crash2 · Sep 5, 2017

So I got the tie rods on and got the ram de-stroked and brake lines are made up...

crash2 · Sep 5, 2017

Got the front all stripped and cleaned and painted up. Been many years since these diffs have seen a fresh coat of paint...

crash2 · Sep 5, 2017

When both your shops are full and you have lots of property ya find a spot to hang and paint parts,lol...

crash2 · Sep 5, 2017

Was time to get the tranny/t-case finalized and ready. Separated them to not only made it easier to work with but I had not sealed the one side of the adapter. Pulled the pan so I could make a bung plate for the 2 sensors(temp gauge and fan control) I needed in the pan. I originally planned on them on the back side of the pan but didn't realize there was not enough depth due to the valve body. So I opted for my second choice. I also used pan sealant we use on the newer dodge's with no pan gasket...

crash2 · Sep 5, 2017

So I decided to try this VHT exhaust paint that has to be backed on. I am glad my wife loves me--the smell actually want that bad... So the headers are done and had my oven been bigger I would have tried to make my y-pipe fit...