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tattooed_climber
Jun 7, 2005, 1:00 AM
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Donna (my old truck) isn't getting a heart transplant (new engine)
my new truck is getting a skin lift off of donna...
SO i'm buying a 85 toyota 4 runner that was written off due to an actident....the body is totalled but everything else is fine...it has the 22RE engine and cus its 85, SOLID FRONT AXLE!...yayayayayaya
talked to my boss, he's got no problem with me using the shop yard/mechanics bays/the shop its self/over-head cranes/cranes/fork lift to do my business this weekend...
as well, this way, it costs 1/2 then to put a new engine is and about 2/3s the work...as well i get a cheaper to run engine thats more reliable and a SOLID FRONT axle....as well a shit load of spare parts, and a frame and transmission i can sell (can make aprox 1000 off of that)....BUT Were to put the left overs?????IN THE SCRAP METAL BINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH!!!!!!
fuckin' eh, Karma has finally come back to pay me a visit
aprox 2 weeks till i'm back in the mountains climbing!!!!!!!!with my new truck: JILL....
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one900johnnyk
Jun 7, 2005, 1:06 AM
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good luck man that sounds like a fun project.
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tattooed_climber
Jun 7, 2005, 1:35 AM
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yah...it helps to have a cool boss......as well the fact i work in a steel shop...and i know lots of dudes who'll work for beer..i'm 100% putting a body lift in at the same time...
ahhh, i start workin on my new bumpers at work tomorrow....i work/weld faster than more dudes there so if i got time to kill, side-projects all the way!..
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blonde_loves_bolts
Jun 7, 2005, 4:50 AM
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Congrats, that's awesome :)
Now I just need to move to SoCal so I can get MTV to pimp my 1990 Ford Bronco...
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petsfed
Jun 7, 2005, 1:44 PM
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Sweet dude. What's the year on Donna? I just bought an '84 Toyota 4x4. With the engine only 100,000 miles old, and the transmission only 15,000, I'm stoked.
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krillen
Jun 7, 2005, 5:22 PM
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pics man PICS!! we need PICS!!
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tattooed_climber
Jun 8, 2005, 12:12 AM
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donna was an 88'
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=43130
this was her when i first got her..
and some of the fun we had:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=55594
JILL will be half 88/half 85.....open solid axle in the front, detroit in the rear, 22RE, 5 inch suspesion lift, 2 body, hopefully i'll have some $$ for front stab bars, new bumpers i've started, and much more..
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tattooed_climber
Jun 11, 2005, 6:07 AM
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bahahahhahahaha....busy day....spent most of it fixing a car trailer to use with one of my work's 3 ton trucks so i can haul my trucks to avoid towing fees but the brakes were messed, so ended up getting them towed (166.95 dollars later)...awesome....man i have a BIG roster for this weekend and over the next two weeks!....
Gut the 88 (donna)
gut the 85
sand blast and paint both frames
put the body of the 88 on the frame of the 85
body lift
attach and connect the 88 gas tank to the 85 (aux fuel.....80 L in total....damn near 900+ km range now)
swap tail gates
new rad (or swap the v6 one if possible)
new starter (or fix/rebuild the one from the 83)
oil change and coolant flush/change
attack aux battery
swap stereo and add 2 extra speakers
fic hood
swap computers if ness.
reattach all wiring/lines/etc
swap brakes
new spark plugs
air filter
head lights
new afew other things
fab new rear and front bumpers
aux lighting
new cb radio
SS liner in the rear
line up install of a detroit locker in rear
salvage for spares:third,rear window motor,stearing box, fuel tank, body panels, t-case, brakesetc
salvage for re-sale:body panels, frame, tranny, computer, window motors, front brakes, clutch, clutch slave, etc
make half doors with spare ones
swap mufflers
fab up siccor shackels...install when done
make jig for nurf bars...make nurf bars
new after market tac
clinometre
aux fuel guage and celectors
installe power inverter from old 88
fix e-brakes
adjust clutch
swap about 40 other things...
fix visor
fiber glass dent in rear end from asshole doing a hit-and-run on me
hack fenders
swap the GFG 32 mud-terrains
remove cheap looking shiney shit (chrome trim)
BRAKE STAND!!!!!
....more to come
2 trucks becoming 1.........Jill will rise from the ashes of donna
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one900johnnyk
Jun 11, 2005, 11:21 AM
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you better be getting pictures of this project as you go dude.
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tattooed_climber
Jun 12, 2005, 2:05 AM
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DAY ONE:
gutted the 85
removed the body
minor front stearing mods
cutted and removed a LARGE RUSTED section of rear end frame that i never noticed
stick and mig welded new steel in
used a wire wheel and cleaned the whole frame
painted the frame
oil change
and thats as far as we got until the rain and time restrictions came into effect
its 1/3 the way to be running....
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charley
Jun 12, 2005, 2:28 AM
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Phil, Just thought I'd tell you I said hello to Trent Reznors dad the other day. I was directing traffic and he drove by so it was just a Hi Bill, Hi mike, How ya doin. He is really human. His dad was in my class in high school and we carpooled to work for a year or two.
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tattooed_climber
Jul 16, 2005, 3:53 AM
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BAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:
hA! HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!
SHE"S ALIVE!!!!!! ALIVE I SAY!!!!!!!!! BAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!!! :twisted: :twisted:
JILLS ALIVE!!!!!! i turned the key over for the first time on wednesday (started up right away)
TOday i redneck style through the brakes to about 20% working ability (can only do so well bymyself) and i drove her home!!!!! BAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
this weekend lots of work, but now the FUN work, i'll no longer be trying to through together two non-working trucks together in my shop's yard!
On the list for this weekend:
*drop gas take and replace bad gas
*oil change
*re-do ALL brake lines
*e-brake
*mod the gas tanks filler neck
*gut interior and sort out rear wiring harness
*mod and instail (then rivet then weld) new floor section to acomodate new shifters position.
*detail washing
*prep for body work
*fiber glassing rear fenders and body damage from hit and run
*fix and find out why the turn signal don't work
*^^^ditto for wiring coming from T-case and tranny
*prime all fiber glass fill
*mount CB stuff
*re run wiring for stereo
*install after-market Tac
*instail new mirrors
*find and instail 1/2 disc spacers for front tires
*make a bid on Land Cruiser brakes/hubs/etc package from a friend
*fix exhaust manafold
*weld some steel to frame (hole next to gas tank)
*and more.......
YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! my truck is back this time in the form of JILL!!!!
BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!
PICS will be up by tomorrow
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slobmonster
Jul 16, 2005, 4:54 PM
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TC, I know I've busted on you for some (at the time, misplaced) exuberance before, but in this context, with your named vehicles, I take it back. I can sense your excitment, and it makes me psyched for you. HOO DAWG.
I'm also kind of jealous, never having learned to get deeper than my own car's most basic maintenance.
Maybe you know a motorhead friend of mine (also with a 4-Runner, on big wheels) from Vancouver, his name is Axel (no joke).
You wanna pimp my Previa if/when I get up there?
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tattooed_climber
Jul 16, 2005, 4:59 PM
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i know alot of dudes with 4-runners and toyotas.....but axel doesn't ring a bell (his last name wouldn't be Rose now would it????? :P )......anyways, i'm off to get working on her
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unabonger
Jul 18, 2005, 3:26 PM
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I can dig it. My own 96 toyota truck has 222,225 miles on it and never a problem. Maybe its because I change the oil at least every 25,000 miles. Ok sometimes I've stretched it to 30,000. WTF, toyota's are magic.
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krillen
Jul 19, 2005, 2:02 PM
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no snorkle?
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tattooed_climber
Jul 20, 2005, 12:30 AM
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i probably will put one on or the like, i don't like where the air intake comes...(its just askin to to suck in water
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krillen
Jul 20, 2005, 2:40 PM
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you haven't given us any interior or under the hodo pics either. get to it slacker.
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yak
Jul 20, 2005, 10:10 PM
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HaHa, It looks like he only has the drivers seat in,must still be working on full leather trim :D
It's looking good,when I get the money I want a dual cab hilux and I want it the same height as yours, it's looking good tatts.
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tattooed_climber
Jul 21, 2005, 1:16 AM
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FUCK YOU OZZY!.....bastard....i so fucking want a hilux but those imports are rare....but through the grape vine i now know someone who will import one for me......man i love hilux's....with the jap imported ones, the condition and Kms are great....2.6 diesel?i think YES!.....but some day, maybe when my apprenticeship is done
but the interior isn't much to speak of (pretty much just my dash, one seat and a seat belt....under the hood is still a work in progress, (needs to be clean and some painting)....exterior is the same, alittle fibergrass, paintin', etc...as well i may need a new U-joint......but end of the month i'm getting new hubs and Land crusier brakes for the front (i'll have to go and order some for the rear afterwares)
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