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seeing as a weekend post point not put up heres one.
today final got the 40 going again new plugs, points, condenser and cap,an coil, sold my 16'' rims with the mtrs on . some space freed up then off to 4wdbits to pickup 5 15x8 rims black this time, annes choise

took the lux out for its first decent drive since it's been running again. Mounting some redneck as spotties on top too All i need now is the shotgun
Got my flat mate to take a vid just to hear the exhaust but the camera mic isnt too flash.....
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Had a great road trip to Mt Adams
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Highly recommened

Replaced clutch in mates 89 Bighorn.
4 axle stands in the driveway, less than 4 hours start to finish with two of us.

Will sound a bit silly but..... got stuck and towed out for the first time!!!
Then discovered it was so fun decided to repeat the process!!

Fitted 85% reduction/crawler gears. They should be standard on all safaris. Can now climb vertical banks straight up, goes so slow down steep banks in first gear you could sit there, steer with your knees and roll a smoke.
AL

well got new clutch cable in the zook and put the holley on and yes it still runs

motorhead wrote:Had a great road trip to Mt Adams
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Highly recommened

YUP, did that too, was an awesome place that will be re-visited in the future

spent an hour cleaning dust out of the inside of my 0 this morning, put extra screws in snorkel hat and siliconed in the mirror that fell out.

gonna take daughter to club members farm to retrieve items for another club member and drop off some diff heads for flattie, then cruise back over hill to Te Marua to watch Monster Trucks action and eat hot dogs and chips etc etc, then finally may make it home late this evening hopefully

Brought this home.........



Thought I might get more done on it if it was at my place not 30Km away.....we'll see!

fitted new JVC head unit and 2.5 inch exhaust systeme.

Picked up my VX from ChCh on Saturday morning, and wrote out a long shopping list of goodies I want for it

I built a snowman.....

Cut fron outter bumpers, installed tow hooks and almost finished head gasket. Found that the gasket seemed to just disinigrate, never seen that happen before, top and bottom of gasket just stuck witth the mating surface and center was soggy

Also found a cracked roller for the rocker arm, bearings in the cylinder(minor pitting) part of the rocker wedged under the cam lobe, swaped out cam and rocker shaft from parts truck. Fought cam belt for about 2 hours, finally got it rotated 360 deg and marks still good . Finish Monday eve.

Got the wellside painted last weekend and its good to have it finally all the same colour.

wholy #### thats awesome

coxsy wrote:seeing as a weekend post point not put up heres one.

one heres not see there two here fat cow

Apart from that , better get that build thread updated Furgus!!! You fullas at round 3? How fawkin english with the fatdeck trailer

yer well fail school cert english

lilpigzuk wrote: better get that build thread updated Furgus!!! You fullas at round 3? How fawkin english with the fatdeck trailer

I will when I do something (actually I did put the plastic bit back on the side of the drivers seat.....but that's not exciting).
Yup we'll be up at Mercer in a couple of weeks & the trailer's 100% kiwi (well a little Danish)....it's Neil's......it also has sides that can be put on for transporting other stuff & of course its almost completely alloy so light as ####!

Furgus

Furgus wrote:

lilpigzuk wrote: better get that build thread updated Furgus!!! You fullas at round 3? How fawkin english with the fatdeck trailer

I will when I do something (actually I did put the plastic bit back on the side of the drivers seat.....but that's not exciting).
Yup we'll be up at Mercer in a couple of weeks & the trailer's 100% kiwi (well a little Danish)....it's Neil's......it also has sides that can be put on for transporting other stuff & of course its almost completely alloy so light as ####!

Furgus

Wow, surely you must be the record holder for the longest build thread

turoa wrote:

Furgus wrote:

lilpigzuk wrote: better get that build thread updated Furgus!!! You fullas at round 3? How fawkin english with the fatdeck trailer

I will when I do something (actually I did put the plastic bit back on the side of the drivers seat.....but that's not exciting).
Yup we'll be up at Mercer in a couple of weeks & the trailer's 100% kiwi (well a little Danish)....it's Neil's......it also has sides that can be put on for transporting other stuff & of course its almost completely alloy so light as ####!

Furgus

Wow, surely you must be the record holder for the longest build thread

oh ouch!! pot, kettle, black, I forget the saying

replaced seals in diesel pump now no more leaks wahoo wof guy will be pleased

turoa wrote:Wow, surely you must be the record holder for the longest build thread

I think so......it's not too far off 5 yrs now........

i replaced all the seals and bearings in my front diff. dam it took ages but wont have to do it again.

Took out the butterfly and remaining EGR system on the Prado 1KZTE. (Blanked off exhaust and intake a few years back)
Had to do it insitu as I couldn't get the throttle body off.
The intake manifold was still as clean as when I changed the head after it cracked...Years ago.

Also set up the front end to the correct Castor, ready to make up some correction plates (Old offset bushes flogged out and replaced with std bushes)

Cheers
Calvin

I can beat Furgus' 5 year build, my hilux has been in my shed since 2002 It's finally seeing some work as i need (want) it for my wedding car next month.

So this weekend ( I know I'm a couple of days late!) I picked up the fuel tank i had made, installed the remote oil filter setup, started the fuel lines and a bunch of other small jobs. And the biggest thing put on the new rims and tyres and pushed it out for a wash

Its aged well! good looking rig there LOLYF!!
Well spent weekend putting 4inch lift,drop boxes in the safari only to find backs raised 2inchs not 4!!!!?? Turns out C*********ns in Chch cocked up they sent me 2inch raised Cobras painted to look like Dobinson springs. Chopped rear guards last night after work, Removed Rear springs and swaybar tonight and extended diff breathers, Fingers crossed Rear Bars getting welded up tomorrow.

Yea looking good, I remember seeing this Lux on the net years ago when I first starting looking for hilux info so its been a while in the build stage eh, What are the specs on this beast again.?

LOLYF wrote:I can beat Furgus' 5 year build, my hilux has been in my shed since 2002 It's finally seeing some work as i need (want) it for my wedding car next month.

So this weekend ( I know I'm a couple of days late!) I picked up the fuel tank i had made, installed the remote oil filter setup, started the fuel lines and a bunch of other small jobs. And the biggest thing put on the new rims and tyres and pushed it out for a wash

Cant remember where the specs are so I'll just repeat them here!

It's a 1991 short wheel base chassis with a surf coil chassis welded on the back, engine is lexus 1uz-fe to R151 manual box.
Diffs are 4.88, lockright in back hi-pinion electric locker in front.
rear mounted radiator, custom fuel system, Alloy tank 80 liter with inbuilt 10 liter surge tank and Teflon over braid for fuel lines.
there's a million other little features that i can't think of right now

kbushnz wrote:Took out the butterfly and remaining EGR system on the Prado 1KZTE. (Blanked off exhaust and intake a few years back)
Had to do it insitu as I couldn't get the throttle body off.
The intake manifold was still as clean as when I changed the head after it cracked...Years ago.

Also set up the front end to the correct Castor, ready to make up some correction plates (Old offset bushes flogged out and replaced with std bushes)

Cheers
Calvin

Was going to do this myself. Take long? Any noticeable improvement with the butterfly out (my EGR has had a pipe disconnected to stop it working)?