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Thanks man! I’m really pushing to try to get this thing done before I go back to work. Had some struggles in the last weeks, I wrecked the clutch disk installing it and had to get another, which is on its way. The list is getting smaller but there’s still a lot to do. I’m done painting I did my header today too. The Por15 you can get at Canadian tire or I bought some at autozone too, I think it’s like 65 bucks but it is impossible to get off. Great for axles and frame and even body work if you want to paint over it (though it’s very difficult to sand)
I installed the backing plate eliminators, bent the hard brake line that goes to my extended braided lines, filled diff fluid, painted header, fixed some coolant leaks
- To do list: clutch and tranny back in
- Wilwood proportioning valve and all brake lines
- torque everything that needs it (quick)
- Oil change and coolant flush
- driveshafts (quick)
- install rear bumper and winch (quick)
- I’d like to do a manual temp gauge, I need to drill an old thermostat housing I have to see if there is enough material to drill and tap for a sensor m
- alignment and steering stabilizer (quick job
- Get a safety certificate and insurance
The trail gear bumper doubles as a drying rack
Congrats on getting it out and no more payment, that must be freeing. I know a good paintless dent repair guy if you’d like his number, I dont know if you think the dent could be pulled out or not. He works out of burlington.
Been trying to get this stupid 7.3 running, but I started with paint tonight. Por15 is the best, just gotta top coat it
It only fell off the truck twice, good thing I borrowed it from a friend. Minded trails got pretty gnarly with all the rain that year.
We’re thinking about going to Algonquin for the spring brook trout opener. Will definitely need a better canoe if we do that.
Rear main seal came in today, got it installed, and I cleaned up my flywheel, and I picked up the side armor and tacked that in place. Pictures:
Haha thanks Finn, don’t be fooled I’m not working much right now because we haven’t had any snow so I’m not at work everyday like you guys are. But this build is very much so a budget build.
My wife and I don’t work full time, and we try to live a pretty simple life, we volunteer a couple days a week and we like to travel, we don’t have kids, we rent the basement at my parents house. Luckily my dad is cool with my taking over the garage and he likes to see that im building something cool instead of sitting around.
But the budget on this truck is small. Almost all the cool parts on this truck I wheeled and dealed and got used. Saved alerts on kijiji are a wonderful thing, but when parts come up you like you have to drive to go get them. I paid 700 for the whole blue truck and tried to use everything that I could from my Orange one before I scrapped it.
This tire carrier is built out of scrap steel that I snagged from one of my clients lol. I always like to tell people that you can have something cool you just have to BUILD it yourself. And you don’t have to buy top shelf, full price parts from 4 wheel parts.
A good friend of mine just refinished his Tacoma rims. Here’s the paint he used, I really like the colour.
Thanks, really appreciate the commendation! I haven’t done too much welding, and I’m only Using a 110 machine with flux core. Here’s where I left off this morning. I also have a badass old metal gas can to mount too, beside the tire. And my hi-lift
Rear trim on the tailgate was close I had to make a cut out, gotta finish that up.
