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Still @ time and place listed on the first page?
“when:7:30pm,2nd sunday of the month
where: mister steaks, drumbo rd n 401, exit 250”Mark I’m glad the Knarr has a build thread, plans look pretty stout!
For item #4 I can give you the rear slider window. It’s part of my freebie pile of 89-95 pickup parts. If I make it to BS meet I’ll bring them with me.
Hey Mark, not sure if I can swing the BS session, Sam is working night shifts leading up. How beat up she gets from work will determine my availability. Starts at 7:30pm?
I got a whole bunch completed today while Sam and girls were visiting great-grandma.
I started with giving the entire hvac system a dish soap and water wash in the house to get any last chemicals off. From here I towel dried everything and used compressed air to blow out all the nooks and crannies. A little WD-40 on the blend door pivots to ensure they move freely for times to come.
Next step, I started replacing all the adhesive-back foam which sealed the joints, and limit travels of the the flapper doors. The foam at 3/16″ thick and 3/8″ wide was a close fit to original for most locations. I should have used perhaps 7/16″ or 1/2″ wide in some locations, but the thickness seemed spot on. Plus, all the stores are closed today.
I had to cut out and adhere foam to flapper doors as well. For these I used both 1/4″ thick open cell foam (previously from parcel packaging), and 1/16″ thick foam from my daughters crafting supplies. A little cutting, shaping, and spray adhesive and we’re in business.
I also rebuilt the blower box with a few dabs (4 or 5) of Gorilla glue at the former plastic weld locations. If this doesn’t hold, I’ll try using more next time. This won’t be too tough to access after everything is put back into Redee.
Lastly I reassembled most the hvac box on my workbench before sealing it up in a garbage bag. It’s essentially ready for install into Redee. I am waiting for the glue to set, and to remake the firewall mat. Also waiting to pick up the defrost venting from Mark.
Since the last update, I’ve had a few successes working away on the hvac system.
My daughters old tooth brush was the perfect size to clean the fan rotor, after cutting it in half with a coping saw, and filing it down a wee bit.
I was able to separate the two halves of the blower motor box. I drilled the centre of the “fastener”, then cut it down further with a utility knife. When it was flush with the rest of the flange, I used the utility knife to slice through what remained. Then a little prying, and a $hit ton of good luck, the two halves popped apart without breaking any 32-year old plastic.
Once apart I did a bunch of scraping to the flapper doors, and the metal gussets inside. The gussets have been primed, but are very very brittle. Glad they aren’t load bearing haha. I still need soap and water wash all the pieces one final time before I reassemble the entire system with new foam seals (generic adhesive backed window seal). That’s the plan for tonight once the girls are asleep.
I removed the firewall mat to use it as a template for my remake. I’m using leftover shower floor liner (in my shop last 5 years) and grabbed a new offcut of underpad for $10.
I think tbe muffler delete should be ok as long as the tailpipe clears the floorpans, or has a real good turn down.
4Runneree had can openered the stock muffler and turned my cabin floor into a megaphone, hurt my head after about 2200 rpm even as a lad of 23 years old. I cut out the muffler and used the remaining tailpipe and clamps to fabricate a side outlet. I drove 4Runneree another year with that setup and was just fine with the tractor-like exhaust note. Cabin noise was essentially cured with the side pipe.
“Spin welder” sounds pretty legit! Some of thise cool toys we don’t let kids play with anymore in the name of safety.
I’m thinking I can drill these out, and “replace” them with creative use of epoxy and wall anchors. I’ve got some time to figure it out still.
Today I removed the passenger side hood hinge, and got direct access to the last pocket of disgusting mouse nest. Even when I thought it was gone yesterday, I still removed another litre of nest. Fu**ing disgusting!! Still wet at the bottom *insert dry heave noises*. Anyways, it’s legitmately gone now, and I’m letting it dry out some before I introduce chemical cleaners to the equation.
Mark, thanks a bunch for digging out the defrost venting for me.
Slick, I have faith in epoxy, but I don’t want to bury it behind the dash. Should my repair fail, the rattling would annoy me to no end and it’d have to come back out. I think I will have to epoxy the main blower box back together. The two halves are sandwhiched by plastic rivots/welding or some kind of heating process.
There are twelve of these “fasteners” holding the two halves together.
I want to clean the urine rust and replace the foam seals inside. So it’ll have to come apart. At least if the epoxy fails, the entire dash won’t have to be removed for me to try again.
I tried to buy carpet underpadding today to replace the insulation on the passenger side of the firewall. Most the insulation was turned into nest, and likely not possible to clean the porous material very well. My local home hardware does not carry it, so I’ll have to save it for a trip to the “big city”. Plan is to adhere some waterproof membrane leftover from a tiling job, to new carpet underpadding using the old liner as a template. Should be cheap enough to do, and would help to keep heat isolated out of the cabin.
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</p>Should be a good tour, coming right through my former and current stomping grounds. I’d love to help and participate next year (2019) as a mid-pack guide.
I’ve been attacking the hvac and dash area trying to get it clean, tidy, and protected from further damage.
The hardest task I’ve accomplished to date is cleaning a nest from the cowling, where the HVAC airbox draws fresh air from. There are so many nooks and crannies, and one requires a hand without knuckles and an extra wrist to get up in there effectively. A solid two hours of BS, but I’m pretty confident the nest is gone.
Moving inside the truck, On the passenger side I’ve cleaned the firewall down to the floor pans with Spray Nine to kill germs, then scuffed up and primed a couple spots with surface rust. Pretty much ready for the HVAC to go back in, once I finish its refurb.
HVAC refurb is in process too. I’ve almost completely disassembled it (exception to blower motor housing which appears to be plastic welded sbut?). I’ve scrubbed and rinsed it all, now its air drying. I’ll have to replace all the foam seals, and lubricate all the pivot points. But so far, I’ll claim to have the upper hand on this task. Perfect time to replace the broken blower motor resistor as well.
And I dug out one of the goodie boxes of parts I’ve had stashed since UPS dropped it off in April of 2012. All-Pro T-case e-brake and a manual proportioning valve. Ahhh yeaaa.
Mark, here’s the defrost vent piece I’d like to get from you, rather than gluing mine back together. 3 of the 4 mounting tabs are broken at the far edges.
Found some oldies hiding in my photobucket of 4Runneree. This truck was awesome with simply a welded rear diff, 31′ Duratracs, and no fear of body damage.
One week later, and Truckee hasn’t moved an inch at the dealership. When I dropped him off, I was told the steering rack was on back-order with no concrete timeframe for arrival.
I called to inquire on Thursday for Truckee status and was told “waiting on parts bud”.
There are so many good deals on kijiji for motocross bikes that my buddy and I flip for fun, but without Truckee there’s no money to be made.
Ahhhh yeaa!!! Gotta love a deal too good to pass up. Excited to see the newest member of the fleet!
I’m pretty sure there will be a regular cab truck somewhere in my future. Best guess will be in 15-20 years when my girls move out an take Truckee with them. They already threaten me a whole bunch that they’ll take Truckee and only bring him back to visit me, with treats.
Here’s to hoping we still have fossil fuels in 2038!!
