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Another successful day in the shop yesterday, really feels like I’m picking up momentum, as my “Due Date” arrives.
I unboxed my new gas tank, and only had to trim a small flange off to get it to fit. Pretty nerve wracking taking a cutoff wheel to a brand new tank, but I measured 378 times prior, and the cut looked decent afterwards. Fits like a charm now.
I pulled all old hard and flex lines for fuel and brakes. I mounted, bent and flared hard lines for the front brakes. The only outstanding hard lines to replace are between the master cylinder and Manual proportioning valve on the rear circuit, and the hard line which runs the length of the frame rail to the rear flex hose (or where LSPV used to be).
I replaced all the rubber fuel lines under the hood, and have a couple short runs from the tank to the Passenger side fender to run hard lines.
I still have to mount the manual prop valve under the hood, hope to do a better job fabricating the bracket than I did the fuel tank retainer 😉
@Slick_Yota what non-shop projects are occupying your free time this winter? Gotta put some hours on that Mastercraft mig welder for me, let me know how it performs. My Mastercraft sandblasting cabinet is working well, just way more dusty externally than I was hoping. Cone spring time I’ll likely relocate it outdoors before I use it, won’t have to concern myself so much with dust control.
Yesterday in the shop I tore apart the passenger side front wheel hub, removed the rotor, trimmed the dust shield and put everything through the parts washer. Those friggen cone washers are always the worst part of a hub teardown in my opinion. Progress has halted while everything drips dry of varsol, and the “fish spribg scale” arrives @ HomeHardware so I can set the bearing drag preload properly (for the first time in my life). I also gotta grab brake line retainer clips locally so I can finish installing brake hard lines.
No pictures to upload today. Phone died from the cold in the shop.
Made some progress today with my buddy James providing some assistance while Sam and the girls were out at the Science Centre.
James swapped tires over on his Mazda before he trades it in next week. Once he was setup with proper tools, I started on Redee.
Today I bent up and flared the hardline to FINISH up the brakes on the rear axle. I noticed today that I’m missing the “spring clips” which retain the flex lines to the mounts, so I’ll try to pick some up locally tomorrow.
After that, I moved to the front axle and began reassembly of the drivers side brakes and hub. I took a slice off the dust shield, and reinstalled it with the new inner wheel seal with a smear of grease in the lip. Repacked the inner and outer wheel bearing, replaced inner hub seal, and tried to set the bearing pre-load without a spring scale. I’ll buy a fishing scale to verify my preset before I snug everything down for good.
Lastly, for good meaure I temp set the hub, threw on a 33” tire and made sure the rims didnt interfere with the new bigger brakes. As expected, all fits well. So my wheel/tire dilemma is settled. Replace dry rotten 33×12.5×15 Geolander A/T, with some freah 33×12.5×15 Duratracs. Now to wait for sale pricing.
Another successful day in the shop.
Mr Fedex dropped off my wheel seals, brake assembly may resume once again.
On Friday & Monday night I made great strides in assembling…*ahem* <b>ASSEMBLING</b> most of the inner dash. I got my new firewall nvh blanket put in, ran and secured tbe wiring harmess, installed the hvac box and all the ducting runs and control cables, the throttle and brake pedal assemblies, dash crossbar and steering column. I also identified <i>most</i> of the wiring connections, and a few mystery wires dangling.
I still need to re-crimp some broken butt connectors, and run new wires for my very old (but free) headunit and speakers.
Lunch is over, more typing later.
The seals had potential to arrive by Friday night, but Fedex truck never showed up. So I spent friday night putting the firewall nvh blanket up, hvac defrost vent, dash cross bar, brake pedal assembly, and steering column. Redees interior is finally in better condition than when she arrived.
A new 65L tank (17 gal) is worth $150 on RockAuto, plus $80 shipping (duty included) and tax comes to about $250-260 to your door. Still contemplating buying one.
Once again RockAuto saves the day. I was able to order OEM equivalent parts for $51 after shipping, duty & tax. Parts should arrive in a couple days.
I was tempted to order a new gas tank while I was at it, but I’m still convinced I will attempt to salvage the one I got.
Three small spot welds to drill out to separate the dust shield from its mounting ring.
The ring is about 2.0 mm thick, and I believe it’s reguired to allow the hub appropriate depth into the seal.
Without the “spacer”, I fear the seal wouldn’t engage deep enough on the hub, and be prone to failure.
Yay!! Found the seal!!
Booooo….ebay wants $70 per side.
But, yay for no need to sandblast the passenger side once I get there. Small victory? Or still losing @ $150-ish.
Trying to find a part number for a seal, stumbled across translation hilarity.
Did you find it?
I’ll have to bring the full hub assembly into Hallmark Toyota, so I can get the exploded view with part numbers printed out.
Trying to determine if this rubber ring, is part of an oil seal.
Any ideas?
Finn what was presented before your eyes was freehand cut with a plasma cutter. It’s a good thing tbe finished product will be completely hidden from sight.
More progress tonight. Made my first bent hardline, connected rear pass side cylinder to the T-block. Nice simple short run to build the confidence up. The drivers side I have to shorten and flare, so it’ll have to wait till next time.
Next up, I finished up sand blasting the hydraulic booster firewall spacer plate. Looks awesome, again it’ll never get seen. But at least the new gaskets will sit flush and seal. Only took a couple more minutes from this point.
Next task for the night, yank the front driver side hub and get the old rusty rotors out of the way for upgraded rotors. Those dang cone washers are always a pain in the ass, just glad I didn’t break anything unintentionally.
Mock up!! So shiny….oooohhhhhh, ahhhhhhh…
I’m pretty sure I’ve decided to abandon the dust shields up front. Rather than trimming to clearance the larger caliper, I’m just going to run without them. I am however cleaning up and reinstalling the dust shield retaining ring, as a means to protect the inner oil seal on the wheel hub.
Too tired, must sleep.
Next time I hope to put that drivers side all back together again.
Woot woot more progress last night.
Got the tank plate hanger fabbed up last night, and projection welded M8 nuts onto it today! Gotta hit it with some primer, and temporary mount it with silicone to prevent it from becomming eclipsed while mounting the tank. (Pardon how hideous the cut lines are, I’m a better designer/think-tanker than fabricator at this point in time)
LSPV free to a good home 😉
I’m not sure how much he’s worked on the mustang, didn’t break anything last year. Not sure what his next GO FASTER mod will be.
He’s a hotrodder and body guy, always busy with a few projects on the Go. Think he’s hoping to unveil a frame-laying Studebaker this year. Car will sit so low he’s running the exhaust through the frame. Excited to see it in person.
100km/h wind gusts made a mess of Dufferin County last night.
@3:37am
@6:45am
Real fluffy so didn’t work me too hard. Pissed off that I share a driveway with my neighbour, and his half was bone dry. I had a knee deep drift just to get out the door. Freakin’ swirling winds!
Made a little progress yesterday. Got the old nuts ground off for the leading edge of the gas tank. Also made a template so I can fab up a simple plate and projection weld some M8 nuts on it at work.
Lastly I removed the LSPV and all bracketry and hard lines associated with it. Pretty pleased to have that inferior crap off for good.
