LJ71 Ute Chop and Repower

[Disco Gofer]

Damn, thats a very nice looking ride. Well done!

[juz]

Not much of an update but these turned up a couple of weeks ago!
Thanks to Tigerz11 (Mud Hog), cheapest I found in the country delivered and $50 a tyre cheaper than local
Silverstone dealer.

Just waiting for the rims to get sprayed (too lazy to do them myself) then theyll be mounted, Truck still being wired.
Another week away..

[juz]

All i can say is V8s are cool!
picked it up from the sparky tonight, goes awesome, sounds awesomer and the trans controller is the shit!
photos to follow........

[Lawrence]

Shit yer this is epic. id love to do something similar, but with a 5L+t at some stage. You can pick the 2lt prados like this up for steal at times and it gives you coil sprung solid front end goodness

[juz]

A few pics, still got to finish the front bar and put a bit more interior together.
Got the wheels on today and found they stick out a bit so fitted some flexi flares before cert next week. Will put some decent photos up when I see daylight next..



Also made a bracket for the shifter to mount to, need to track down new centre console,brittle as hell.

[tomsoffroad]

Thats wickedly tidy fella. That engine conversion looks factory.

[GotFlex]

i rekon you should push that rear axle back a bit so it looks more factory and have less departure angle, plus in the process you could lenghten the links for more flex

[juz]

i rekon you should push that rear axle back a bit so it looks more factory and have less departure angle, plus in the process you could lenghten the links for more flex

Funny you say that, my thoughts exactly.Would be nice if it was MWB. Bouncy as all hell with the new motor and SWB, will put up with it for a while then mite be a trip to Toms place. Will see....

[tomsoffroad]

will put up with it for a while then mite be a trip to Toms place. Will see....

Ohhh, go on I can't promise that I wont hurt it just a wee bit tho

[juz]

A couple of updated pics, front bars just a bit of 6" channel with ends on it and some heavy walled tube on that. Looks ok, my first attempt at bar work.
Still on the to do list:
-Manual front hubs
-Spotlights
-Snorkel
-New shocks
-Make a rear bar/pintle and 4bolt towbar.

[ClassicCruiserSpares]

Bar work looks great , The truck is very tidy youve done a mint job,
Good work.

[juz]

Thanks oh yeah and a hoodlining at some stage..

[juz]

Put some spotties on the truck the other day, just some cheap arse Nitestalker? ones.


Also did a little mod so I can lock the rear diff in 2wd and Hi4, Just needed to earth the no8 pin in the 4x4 control ecu plug. Tricks the ecu into thinking Im in Lobox
The black one.

Job done. Works sweet and took all of 10min.


Few weeks ago I replaced the LSPV with a Willwood brake proportioning valve, seems the truck passed wofs and cert(twice) with next to no rear brakes. All sorted now, a bit of a concoction of fittings but works.


Also a pic of the Driveshaft loop for cert. Was just one of Trademe mounted long ways so it hung down low enough. Easy enough to just unbolt the bottom half of the loop when 4wdn so it doesnt get caught up.


Just snorkel and new shocks to go.

[pruggerdore]

very impressive well done. might want to put a protective cover on that proportioning valve. that spot can get a bit of impact in deep mush. wont take much to bend that knob shaft.

[juz]

very impressive well done. might want to put a protective cover on that proportioning valve. that spot can get a bit of impact in deep mush. wont take much to bend that knob shaft.

Yeh probably should and also one over my fuel pump I think. Its in quite an open spot too.cheers

[keithal]

Think i saw this town this arvo
looks mint as

[TheoM]

Awesome build !

[juz]

Well finally got around to fitting the hilux stubs and aisin manual hubs on Saturday, what a messy C*"& of a job! The kit I ordered had the hilux/early LJ inner axle seals which are too small for mine, ended up getting some seals from Ripco which may or maynot be ideal... Anyway all done now and seems to be working great, fitted new rotors and all new seals while I was there. Anybody got a better recommendation for those shitty little screws that lock the wheel bearing nut in? both the Electric ones and the Aisin ones are near forked...


Stripped..

the old and the new...

All done.

and just in time to go for a hunt... very productive weekend!

[oldblue]

Re; Tork Screws, use a flat ended punch on the head before undoing, or Buy some Cap screws and machine the heads to the same CSK angle as the tork screw heads. then use an allan key wrench.

[juz]

Cool, thanks for that Ill get some cap screws. The ones I have look like theyve been hit with every punch possible...

[niblik]

Very cool dude. Those tyres look familiar.

[juz]

They do? Oh yea, and sold my 33s and bought some 35s off kjbb.

[tomsoffroad]

Ditch the cap screw bearing lock fella and go for the double nut with locking washer. LN 106 Hilux etc have them.

[wayfastwhitee]

ridiculously cool

[kbjj]

Good shot! This truck looks better in person. 35's suit it. I agree with your rear axel idea thou.
Jeremy

[kbushnz]

Wheel bearing lock nut:
For the screws I just used some counter sunk cross head ones...Off the shelf variety.
They don't need to be super tight as they only hold the lock ring on.
And don't take load....
You can go the double nut and tab washer way, but why go backwards when the original way is soooo much easier to adjust and lock off...
And they never back off.....

[juz]

Cheers for the advice guys, Ill see what I can sort out tomorrow. Ill try track down some better screws, and yeah Id like to push that back axle back further. Wont be any time soon but itll happen.... cant wait to give it shit now without worrying about the hubs! choooice.

[wjw]

Wheel bearing lock nut:
For the screws I just used some counter sunk cross head ones...Off the shelf variety.
They don't need to be super tight as they only hold the lock ring on.
And don't take load....
You can go the double nut and tab washer way, but why go backwards when the original way is soooo much easier to adjust and lock off...
And they never back off.....

Having now got the lock tabs like on the hilux I'm wondering if I can change mine to the prado style, The front wheel bearings have to be adjusted every 3-6 months at the mo

[jj1959]

Why did you have to do a drive shaft loop? Your trucks not a scratch build. All you've done is a motor transplant. Your cert guy knows squat.

[juz]

5.22.1  
A drive‐shaft safety‐loop must be fitted to a low volume vehicle with an open drive‐line, in the case of
either:
(a) any custom chassis in a rear‐drive front‐engine low volume vehicle; or
(b) any modified production chassis in a rear‐drive front engine low volume vehicle, where:
(i) the vehicle has had an engine conversion that has resulted in a significant increase in
power or torque; or
(ii) the vehicle has had its factory‐fitted engine significantly modified, such that a significant
increase in power or torque has resulted; o

Copyed from LVVTA website. Perhaps your the one whom knows squat?