Mustard Whale, Fj40 build

[Fakey]

HAd a few days off for xmas an boxing day, hope everyone had a good one,
Got stuck into the cruiser again today. Got inside an out all primed up ready for top coat tomorrow, also primed the bonnet an the front grill panel. Still got to prime the windscreen surround, its pretty rusty around the bottom but Im just going to bog it up at this stage as i dont have a replacement atm
Heres a few of the fuel tank 1st

Fuel pick up



Fuel filler



Tank


Ready for paint



Primed

[Fakey]

Also scored a pair of 5 point harnesses of a mates old man. Theyre expired ones out of his sprint car, will do nicely in my 40

[cooksworld]

Hey, nice work. Can't remember what colour you were going to paint it but it's looking good! Can't wait to see another modified 40 all tidied up. Any plans for some exterior bar work?

You'll be back on the road in no time by the look of things.

Stef

[Fakey]

You'll be back on the road in no time by the look of things.

Stef

Hey, yeah thats the plan warrant runs out in jan so will need a cert next

The colour is supposed to be bright orange but looking at the paint in the can it looks more yellow than orange ohwell we'll see today when i spray it on

Still not too sure on bar work, I really hate the look of big brush bars, i was thinking of modding my front guards somewhat like petes ones so i dont need big ugly rubber flares.
Ill also be making rock sliders thatll follow the same lines as the original side steps (I got new steps folded up out of 3mm steel chequer plate cos the old ones were rotten )

[Fakey]

Got the inside an one side top coated before I ran out of thinners just came home to pick up my spare can I forgot to take with me this morning. Turns out my orange is more of a bright amber colour but never mind I quite like it
Heres a few pics so ya get the idea

New 2nd hand harnesses


Bonnet

Inside

[Fakey]

Well after a long day the tub guards an front grill are all painted, soo glad thats all over just got to put all the dash bits back together
Clear coat 6 coats

Bonnet


outside in the sun to dry

[scotty36]

hi keep up the good work

[cooksworld]

looking real smart! no scratching the paint when it comes to putting it all back together

[niblik]

looks good, but come on... its no beige...

[Fakey]

Dam already did scratch the front panel on the p/steer hoses
Its not even mustard anymore nibs

Got the dash back together (liking the black speedo an glove box etc) an mounted the battery box


Put the bonnet on aswell as new lower profile indicators.


Couldnt do any more painting so thought id start on some bar work, but the pipe bender an I didnt get on an I kept f#%kin up the bends so rather than wasting good pipe I Decided to use it for some rock sliders

[coxsy]

your not alone , me and pipe benders were a team once now ffs nothing works out

[sig]

lookin shit hot

[rokhound]

. Keep at it, looking way cool.

[Fakey]

Still hard at it
Got quite a bit done in the last few days tho, made all my seatbelt mounts part of the seat frame then painted the whole cage an put it back in. (Still got chassis mounts to do).
Painted an mounted the new side steps, bought new pipe, flexi an muffler to replace the ugly rusty one that was on there an a few other things Ive prob forgotten
New side steps

Cage painted


Cage in an out in the sun



Trimmed seatbelt mounts


My 12v compresser turned up from 4wd bits today, only got sent yesterday

Happy new years everyone, Im on call so cant drink

[Fakey]

Bit of an update, been head down ass up workin on the 40 as usual
Tidied up a few little bits an pieces an got the windscreen frame painted, back together an back on.

Got the rock sliders on
Drivers side

Passengers side (shorter to allow for the side dump exhaust)

Got the new ehaust made up. What a mission getting it to fit where I wanted it (Higher than the chassis rail, protected by the rock slider) Give me a truck to work on any day. But got there in the end an it worked out pretty well.



2 1/4 pipe with flexi an flowfast muffler

Just got to put it back on tomorrow an see how it sounds

[niblik]

cudo's champ!! lovely work.. she's comin along nicely and is lookin all the better for it..

start up vid possibility = ?

[Fakey]

Cheers nibs yeah the hard work is starting to pay off (been workin at least 12 hours on it everyday since boxing day, goin back to work will seem like a holiday )
Still a lot of loose ends to tidy up but the hardest part (well hardest an most time consuming for me), the body work, is all done for now will prob paint the doors, sides an roof after its certed.
I was thinkin of makin a vid when Ive got a bit more done, Im sure ya know what a 2f boat anchor sounds like anyway

[niblik]

guy, ive heard a 2f sound feckin awesome.. plenty of get up and go.. sweetest soundin 2f.. it did smoke a little though, isnt that right smokey?

you must be lovin the holidays fella.. 12 hours a day in the garage round the fawty sounds bliss, and your progress and hours spent is showin.. and yup, work will be a holiday!

keep up the good work fella.. she's lookin aweshum!

[muddy]

A good 2F with a set of extractors and a short pipe really wakes the beast! Sounds good & makes a big differnce to the torque & power. Funny thing - I'm stripping my 40 for parts & have a really good 2F (recond head, new rings) with extractors to sell....

[Fakey]

Not too much to report just pulled the rocksliders an exhaust off yesterday an fully welded an painted everything an put it all back together oh an made the front cage chassis mounts part of the slider mounts
Sliders


Exhaust zinc coated

Cage chassis mounts (front)


Also decided the wheels would look much better matte black too

[Fakey]

Bit of an update. Had a week off working on the 40 . This weekend I started on some bar work, an tidied up a few loose ends like mounting the fire extinguisher an master switch on a checker plate panel between the seats, made some rubber flares for the back arches. Then decided to take it out for a drive an even managed to get it a little dirty
Pics to come

[MNC]

I'm mighty impressed with how fast you are flying through this build. Its looking really nice

Whats the plan for the exhaust coating? Zinc then some high temp paint? Did you look at HPC coating (think that's what its called???)

Awesome to have it mobile - I bet it puts a smile on your face every time you take it out

[Fakey]

Start of the front bars

Pasenger side mount

Flexed out
love the rear locker tho

Not much clearance for bigger tyres, knew I shouldve cut the guards more

Cruiser porn

[cooksworld]

Nice... mud on the new paint work Guess you didn't have to go too far to find a few puddles to play in... what with the sh*t weather we had here in wild Wgtn. Looking fwd to the photos. Stef

[Fakey]

I'm mighty impressed with how fast you are flying through this build. Its looking really nice

Whats the plan for the exhaust coating? Zinc then some high temp paint? Did you look at HPC coating (think that's what its called???)

Awesome to have it mobile - I bet it puts a smile on your face every time you take it out

Yeah it hasnt taken too long but I really havent done anything too extreme to it, just a few upgrades here an there to make it more reliable an enjoyable to drive
Its been mobile for a little while but ive really only taken it from work to the storage place around the corner, this was the first decent drive an I couldnt get the smile of my face the whole time
Im goin to leave the exhaust as is (finished the tailpipe today) the zinc paint seems to stay the truck exhausts ok but I might get some black zinc instead. Im also goin to make up some ali heat shields for it where it gets close to the floor.

[niblik]

hey dude.. good stuff. funny that you've gone that way with your front bar as i'm doin a very similar thing at the mo.. should get some pics up tomoz.. great minds think alike!

with a yellow like that, you'll have to change the thread name now..

just curious, with your steerin box in that location, how's your clearance on full crush on the box side with wheels turned to the left?

p.s.. she's lookin 'gold'..

[Fakey]

Not sure on the steering box clearance there nibs will have to check that, dont think itll be too close tho.
Got a bit more of the front bars done tonight an mounted my new hella spots on as well

Hopefully my new SNR flat piman arm will show up tomorrow so ill get that on an mount the steering damper some how

[Fakey]

Got my new Snr flat pitman arm today. Very impressed with it, its about twice as big as the standard one an about an inch shorter which worked out well for me, being flat it gave me a small issue with chassis rivet clearance (one was right in the way) so I adjusted it too suit (Insert smiley face with angle grinder )
Also ground about 1mm off the thread of the ball joint to give a bit more clearance

[Fakey]

Old an new


Here you can kinda see the clearance issue

Adjusted to suit

[Fakey]

Had a bit of a lazy long weekend, had a few things to fix on my daily driver but did manage to finally get my steering dampener mounted (pics to come). Quite an improvement compared to not having one
One more thing ticked off the list, booked in for the cert inspection on 22nd of feb.
I used a landrover disco dampener I got when I bought a complete disco front diff/suspension setup (for future coil mods )
Reason I used the disco one was because it doesnt have balljoints on the ends like the 40 one so was a lot easier to make mounts for.