bj40 build...

[niblik]

lol, "headlights" and "choke" buttons left

thats all that counts fella..

[petefj40]

Very slick. Good work!
Good to see you spending so much time on it.

I see you've taken the wind sreen supports off. Are you going to permanently fix the screen nib? How are you going to do that?

[niblik]

I see you've taken the wind sreen supports off. Are you going to permanently fix the screen nib? How are you going to do that?

goin to relocate the supports inwards approximately 30 - 40mm from where they were.. this way i could still put the front down if wanted but it'll be fixed too.. just weld the stays to the windscreen and upper dash.. will show more soonly..

[skid]

that notching technique is exactly the same as the way I did mine, but I think if my memory serves me correctly, I found that the left cut out fitted on the right and visa versa.

looking good nibby

are your wipers up top or down low ??

make sure ya build ya cage with the windscreen up to ensure a snug fit

I didn't but it turned out to be a fluke fit anyway, luckily


sweet dude

[niblik]

final fitting with the disc pads in...


cage roughly in there...

[niblik]

mounted a power steerin cooler on the front behind the lower grill...


finished bolting the cage to the 40 tonight...
left sides top.. its got metal sandwichin the tub on either side to make it a little more sturdy, until i get more time available to take it down to the chassis...


left under...


right side upper..


righty underside...

[petefj40]

Looking bloody good there nib!!
I'm liking that massive hydraulic cooler you got there.
And hey thanks for the help with mine the other day dude.

[PR]

Keep up the good work Nibs and you might just have it finished for easter 09 but it still a big might

[niblik]

managed to get the screen stays finished up..
used one of the bolt holes on the top portion to keep things easy.. then drilled and bolted the second hole...also had to drill out a hole for the securing bolt to do up and into...


on the passengers side i notched the inner piece (as in pic) so i could use the jesus bars bolt to locate it...


so when its all bolted together its holdin the windscreen up and all safe and sound...


and drivers side done..


and finished plumbing up the power steering and cooler... i'll tidy up the lines later... plenty to do and fit in there yet.... may need to manoeuvre things around in there... had a 'rex' of a time tryin to locate a banjo bolt to fit the lines.. then i was in need of the little brass washer seat thingy hoodads that the flare of the lines pushes down onto and forms a seal... but found em...

[niblik]

rear brake lines on diff done... at the Tee intersection i followed some advice from a dc and used flexi's onto the upper control arm and from there onto the chassis rail..



was gonna use flexis to the calipers but oh well, they bend a tad anyhoo... just welded tabs onto housing to hold lines in place..

[SMOKEY]

Looking good Nibs, keep ticking those boxes, what and where are the rear shockys going . One more thing and you can still do it have you still got that BENT BLUE OVAL motor sitting in the Landy , If so throw It In the CRUISER.

THE 3B AN'T GOING TO MAKE THE DAMP SPOT,

FITZY.

[niblik]

thru advice from a good bastard, have added the retainin clippy bits for the flexi lines.. tacked em in a bit better...





also moved the hard lines on the rear diff to be inside the control arm mounts a tad for protection and on the diff a bit more as opposed to on the back...





also the clutch is all fully hooked up now.. so thats another step done...

then quickly made up these handles and hot glue gunned them on...

[lilpigzuk]

then quickly made up these handles and hot glue gunned them on...

you expecting someone to actually ride with you??

[xj]

then quickly made up these handles and hot glue gunned them on...

you expecting someone to actually ride with you??

Its ok, 86surf is going to fix it all by welding them on!

[rokhound]

Na Rex. It is the gymnastics cage so he can practice for the next Olympics, Everyone knows asians are the best at that stuff

[xj]

Na Rex. It is the gymnastics cage so he can practice for the next Olympics, Everyone knows asians are the best at that stuff

and the piano and maths!!

[niblik]

gravity is kinder to us agile asians... and rexo, your arse aint stainin my seats fawker...

[MNC]

gravity is kinder to us agile asians... and rexo, your arse aint stainin my seats fawker...

Classic You can get some pretty good disinfectant these days - Get a plastic car seat cover and give it a good scrub down after and should be alright to take Rex for a ride (that's what the Doctor has been telling people)

[niblik]

okey dokey.......

got a fan and nibified the fan's shroud to fully incapsulate the radiator's fins.. also put a lip of polyurethane around the shroud where it'll contact the radiator.. you can see where i've extended the shroud to fit...(around the bottom inch and a tad.. )


the trouble started to come when i was to fit the fan onto the radiator.. the depth of the shroud was too deep... rather than try and cut it all the way around and keep it flat so as to bolt up easy and be flush, i went another way...

i got some thick neoprene styles weather strip like stuff and fitted to radiator mountin side... (can see the teflon template there too...)


then i had fabbed up some adaptors that went from toyota radiator to commy fan shroud.. thus, with one end bolted to the radiator, then when the other end is bolted to the fan and done tight, the neoprene acts like a spring washer and allows the fan to pull tight onto the polyurethane... this way i'm insured to be fitting all the way around well.. from the side it looks like thusly even..


so in the end the fans on and lookin ok... fits the radiator sweetly..




nothing in the world as sweet as twins... everything 'twins' is good... with the middle lever i had to mod it a tad too... put a little notch in the lever and bent it out of the way, then welded it so when the gear lever is in 2nd or 4th it wont collide with the middle lever..

[petefj40]

Is the bottom area of ya radiator going to get much cooling sitting like that nib?

But hey, good to see so much going on with it. COOL!

[Steve_t647]

What have you done with the fuel tank with the radiator in the deck? or is the rad fan airflow aimed at the tank? doesn't look like there is a lot of room under the truck with the links and drive train with duals. I know you are going to modify the cage but in the under shot there looks to be two bolts into just the pannel why did you not chop the plate's and sandwich the plate looked big enough. Looks good keep up the good work and if you don't want passengers you can put the fuel tank where the seat goes also the brake lines look a lot better, the tabs will stop any vibration in the hard lines causing them to split or leak.

[niblik]

Is the bottom area of ya radiator going to get much cooling sitting like that nib?

it'll be the same theory as when its mounted right behind a cab or vehicles seats etc... shouldn be a hassle..

What have you done with the fuel tank with the radiator in the deck? or is the rad fan airflow aimed at the tank? doesn't look like there is a lot of room under the truck with the links and drive train with duals..

fuel tank in the deck cos, yep, you spotted it, the control arms are in the way and duals are too long to fit the tank underneath.

I know you are going to modify the cage but in the under shot there looks to be two bolts into just the panel why did you not chop the plate's and sandwich the plate looked big enough..

i'll be finishin it off at a later date, ie takin it back to the chassis...

[adogg]

hey nibby,good to see your truk getting closer! whats the deal with your twin transfer setup is that local or imported? i could look back but 32 pages is a lot !!!

[skid]

hey nibby,good to see your truk getting closer! whats the deal with your twin transfer setup is that local or imported? i could look back but 32 pages is a lot !!!

HALF WAY DOWN PAGE 25 BRO

[niblik]

countersunk some higher tensile bits to hold on the gearbox mount to the fabbed up and complete crossmember thingy... used the stocko normal mount parts onto the chassis and trimmed out the centre to accomodate the fold etc.. just nibfied em a tad..





and on the cross on the cage, put a slight bend in there to create more room... not complete yet of course...

[Sadam_Husain]

Looking good, have you had the motor fired up yet?

[niblik]

got a heap to do yet fella... a whole heap..

anyhoo... finished the crossbracin..



and ya can see the clearance when seat further back than needed..



then decided a bar across for mountin harness too, cos i cant hang on when it tips over.. and it will.. so started to fit it and marked where it'll bolt through etc.. still workin on it..



made these up.. hilux flange to cruiser flange at the other end...



plenty to do yet..

[MNC]

Looking good Nibs. You've been makin some solid progress lately

[niblik]

the harness mount bar got done tonight.. first had to drillout the hole for the nuts to get weldin in flush styles..



then threaded the nuts onto the bolt and welded em in place...



then welded the bar into place and bolted the harness on...

[niblik]

due to moving the motor forward by 200mm to accomodate driveshaft lengths and lessen the effect of rear driveshaft offset, there was this chasm.. what could i put in there me thinks



first i removed the stock styles heater plates from in the engine bay and reversed them to be 'in cab'..



well, then it was time i fabbed up a pair of these...



so once i buzzed a plate on and sat it in place it looked like this...



to eventually nestle one of these....