"Jafa's Jalopy"...3RZ-FE and on 40's:)

[Jafa]

Not much done tonite...But I did get the PS cooler and reservoir mounted. Plumbed it all in, filled with PS fluid. Bled it by going from lock to lock 20 times with motor off, topped up the fluid then did the same with motor running. Seems to be good

[Heath]

You fitting a small fan to the cooler?

[Jafa]

probly

[Chopper01]

I won't be making to RR09 boys. But you will have Chopper the Rock God there to keep an eye on you

gezzzzzzzzzz that took you a while to notice rok
how come you wont be able to make it to rr09 , you still flat out at work

[IcedJohnno]

Damn nice detailing Jafa.
Is the swirl pot reservoir of your making or part of the PS kit?
Me thinks you have been a race car techie in some dark distant past?

Keep up the story and piccys!
Oh and the pills and ointment, they must be good shit cos you've been on this for longer than most would bother with!
Looking forward to seeing this rig down south at some time.

[PuddleJumper]

Awesome truck build! Whats happened to the coil overs you originally made for it?

[Jafa]

Awesome truck build! Whats happened to the coil overs you originally made for it?

I've still got them, they are too stiff for rockcrawling, airshocks are far more tunable and cheaper to tune also, good for a winch truck tho. I've got other plans for them

[Jafa]

Front driveshaft has to be lengthened and strengthened, so its into the lathe we go.
Here's the bits before...


During


And after


Strangely enough the rear one will look the same just a fraction longer
One of the advantages of linked suspension is the lack of driveshaft slip required

[Steve_t647]

If they are that close you could spin up a spacer for use in case you break or bend one altho they look strong enough to put most to shame why does my ute not look like that oh yeah thats right knowledge, time, tools and money but looking bloody good

[Dace]

Awesome truck build! Whats happened to the coil overs you originally made for it?

I've still got them, they are too stiff for rockcrawling, airshocks are far more tunable and cheaper to tune also, good for a winch truck tho. I've got other plans for them

Gonna bolt em to my lux aye Jaffa

[Jafa]

Finally got my rear driveshaft finished, had to machine the guts out of it to give me more angle, still cant get enough for max droop, so I'll have to run a centre limiter, its fine so long as its not on max droop with both wheels. i changed the shaft around when I re-tubed it so the slip joint is at the top, not at the diff end down in the rocks and shit, tube is 5mm wall thickness Double Carden joint is fully rebuilt with new bearings and crosses.




Made a hokey little bender for our press


and bent up some seat mounts


and fawked them up too, they are too low. They might become the passengers side ones

[Madaz]

and fawked them up too, they are too low. They might become the passengers side ones

Dude you know nothings "fawked" till its in the bin

Trucks looking pretty good

[Jafa]

Mocked up some outside stuff tonight after spending an hour trying to find my clutch pedal.....still aint found it
Seats are in, got a tunnel coming from my laser cutting man this week.

Lookin like it means business


tryin to sort out what will go where on the back, mite make a little deck with cutouts for the air tank, fuel cell, and radiator.Really want to keep that fawkin great spare as low as possible

[Mattman]

Wicked setup.

Are those fibreglass front guards?

Matt.

[badnuz]

so so sweet... mite have to swing by again see how those tires measure up... im sure the pic isnt doing them justice aat all!

[Jafa]

Wicked setup.

Are those fibreglass front guards?

Matt.

Yes Matt they are, imported from US, but soon to be available from Mike at 4wd Fibreglass

[FUBAR_nz]

woohoo its looking like a hilux again,

nice and easy 6mth build

[Mattman]

Did you fabricate inner guard liners or have you left it open?

Looks mint.

Matt.

[Jafa]

Did you fabricate inner guard liners or have you left it open?

Looks mint.

Matt.

Most of the inner is still there, well ok, some I'll fill in the rest with plastic or rubber sheet


Did the tunnel tonite, its made out of 2mm, which is much thicker than it should have been, it was a real pain in the ass to get in, but with a floor jack and ratchet tiedown, it all worked out.

Battling with it


Finally in and welded pass side


All done, seats mounted properly. I dunno if there's enough room to fit the sticks to g-box and tf's yet, might need some trimming.

[FUBAR_nz]

when we going for a spin

[Jafa]

when we going for a spin

soon man soon!, still gotta get the diff heads done, then its a runner hopefully

[badnuz]

Check your emails jafa

[SMOKEY]

Love It Love It , who other than a JAFA would think of putting those Coffee Mug holders between the front seats, the heat from the transmissions should help in keeping the coffee warm , I must be having a Blond moment why the three holders when It's only a two seater , I know ,

A DRINK FOR THE DOG ,

FITZY.

[Jafa]

Fitzy you are onto it!, cant let the dog go without his coffee

[Dace]

are ya fittin Difflocks???

[Jafa]

are ya fittin Difflocks???

yes, airlockers at both ends

[DieselBoy]

Just to be a smart ass, but you must have really loooong arms and legs!!!!



Nah seriously, its going to be cool to see what you do with the shift leavers and the pedal box, i see the steering wheel shaft is extended back to the right position for the seating, the pedals look like they are gonna have to be waaay back in the dor opening some where, and the front shift leaver is going to have to be a lot further back so you can reach it with harnesses on.

Which brings me to another point, how are you gonna reach the switches you have mounted on the dash from way back there with harnesses on??

I reckon seeing as you've got the monster tunnel, you should mount all the switches between the seats on the tunnel

Anyways, busting to see what happens, this better than a good book

[Jafa]

I've already checked all that out DB, I'm 6'4" so a Hilux cab is too short anyway The steering column is stock length, what you see as an extension is jut a collar that replaces the ignition key barrel etc. The pedals are stock with the exception that the brake m/c is tilted up a little to help clear the shock hoop with the longer FJ80 m/cyl. Oh, and the clutch pedal is a shortened zook brake pedal coz it bends away from the tunnel. Heres some pics of my sorry ass in place
The shift levers, if anything, are further back than stock as the engine is moved back about 50mm

Pedals


Dash is easy to reach


I do fit


Shifters

[DieselBoy]

Jeeeeebus!!!!!!!

It actually looks kinda cozy in there when you see some one sitting in the seat

Photo's are so good at distorting things, it all looks sweet when you see someone sitting there!!!!!

[rokhound]

You need a haircut Trev

How do you think you will go with the fixed back seats? don't spose you will know until you have a few hours in them eh?