hilux body swap

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:07 pm

this is my weekend project ,took me and my brother 2 days to remove the body and keeping all the brake lines,fuel lines together without disconnecting them. its got 8 bolts holding the body on. if anyone else is
doing a body swap,thing to remove is ecu,loom,back seat heater pipes radiator,disconect streering,unbolt the fuel lines,hand brake from the body.unbolt every thing in the engine bay thats connected to the body.unbolt the fuel cap tube thing,take all doors off to make it lighter to lift and unbolt the clutch,brake pedals and the airconditioning. to make it easyer to remove take all the interior out

im spraying the whole chassie with under body stuff,cant remember what its called but just to keep the rust away,since we do most of our offroadering on the beach

next weekend im removing the body off this hilux and putting it on the other chassie,things wrong with this hilux is that the motor blown,its auto ,
got bits off rust on the chassie here and there ect...

will keep posting pictures as i go along with this project

krawlr · Post by **krawlr** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:28 pm

ha ha peters old surf aye.........nice tail gate aye :wink:

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:56 pm

yeah mate,did he use this for a dogg kennel? looks like hes been though the salt water lots :lol:

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:23 pm

took the body off the chassie today,but with help with 2 engine cranes and some mates and while it was up in the air spray it with under seal

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:10 pm

why did you remove the clutch and break peddles, there is no need to

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:10 am

cause the other one is an auto and who wants a diesil hilux thats auto? not me

krawlr · Post by **krawlr** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:53 am

yeah pete spends alot of time on the south coasts surf casting until i turn up and crack out the hooters and beers :lol:

so yeah seen alot of bonfires and salt water,hoe did ya like the rangied up 2000 model hilux bumper :lol:

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:34 pm

yeah,i saw that it had a new shape bumper on it,might keep it on there tho cause it looks abit different.

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:26 am

ok ive now ran into a dead end,the thing wont start but it can jump start, theres power getting to the starter and every thing.i think its got something to do with the old shifter and how the car cant start in gear, how can i fool it to think its in park all the time. please help

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:35 am

Im guessing you are using the Auto wiring loom on the manual truck?

If so you need to find the wiring connector that would have gone to the auto trans and connect the two wires together that would have been connected to the park position switch.
Im not sure which wires that is but if you use a small jumper wire and try jumping between the terimnals you should be able to work it out fairly easy.

If that doesnt work wire up a relay from the start position on the ign to supply power from the batt to the solenoid.

Hope this helps

tuflux · Post by **tuflux** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:50 pm

tried every thing but nothing worked,going to take it to the auto electrician this week so they can figure it out but on the plus side ive installed a limited slip diff in the truck so should go much better when we go offroading