Gary Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 thanks :) not that much knowledge, just free time. the work is worth it! keep going speaking of time, ive got a lot less now :( plans were to shelve this and work on another car ive got cos it was gunna be easier. im hung up on its rear cradle at the moment and now i want to work on the ute again. seems stupid to ignore motivation when its tricky to find it so im sorta gunna work on both i packed all the engines and some spares into the tub which makes it tricky to work on. the canopy is on it too to protect from rain, looks stupid :D now im working on getting those engines in a shed ive got but ive gotta make a sort of offroad dolly to get em into the shed. since my crane doesnt work good on grass. doing that at the mo. after that the ute will be low again, ill work to legalities (maybe), wheels will go back on and ill start working on the transmission crossmember so i can sit the FJ in see what i need to do. intake manifold looks like its going to be close to the brake booster, which would normally worry me but ive been getting some sweet schooling with welding through work so aluminium wont be a problem soon finding time, motivation and progress is tricky but it'll get there 2 Quote Link to comment
benny240z Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 thanks :) not that much knowledge, just free time. the work is worth it! keep going speaking of time, ive got a lot less now :( plans were to shelve this and work on another car ive got cos it was gunna be easier. im hung up on its rear cradle at the moment and now i want to work on the ute again. seems stupid to ignore motivation when its tricky to find it so im sorta gunna work on both i packed all the engines and some spares into the tub which makes it tricky to work on. the canopy is on it too to protect from rain, looks stupid :D now im working on getting those engines in a shed ive got but ive gotta make a sort of offroad dolly to get em into the shed. since my crane doesnt work good on grass. doing that at the mo. after that the ute will be low again, ill work to legalities (maybe), wheels will go back on and ill start working on the transmission crossmember so i can sit the FJ in see what i need to do. intake manifold looks like its going to be close to the brake booster, which would normally worry me but ive been getting some sweet schooling with welding through work so aluminium wont be a problem soon finding time, motivation and progress is tricky but it'll get there wheelbarrow might work?? 1 Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 mannn years are flying by :(its still in the shed, safe and warm next to the 510. i've had a lot of other priorities and less time thanks to work. i'm slowly working on finding more time but things are getting in the way pretty frequently 2 Quote Link to comment
works510 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I know the feeling mate :( 1 Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted September 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 well photobucket has shit itself finally, and it wouldn't let me download my albums ('something didn't click'). i've managed to get all the images back, but all the links in the previous posts are going to be busted. not overly keen on going through 1400 or so images so i've uploaded them to this album if theres anything useful in there you want to see: https://ibb.co/album/m17gyv Quote Link to comment
frank88 Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thanks, this will definitely be useful for me. I think I'll mass download the images! How's the truck going now? Still got it? Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted September 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 still got it, its sitting safe in my shed. lots of other things have taken priority but ill get around to bringing it back eventually :) Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted July 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) dragged it out of the dust the other day, back on the hoist for some work. hopefully get it back soon Edited July 22, 2023 by Gary 4 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 Nice wheels B) 1 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 Is that an FJ20 turbo just sitting on the floor? 1 Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted July 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 i've got 4 in there, hopefully enough bits to get at least one NA and one turbo running but will see how it goes 1 Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted July 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) isuzu trooper rear discs, pretty sure i can remake the brackets for the handbrake and use it in reverse kinda. basic test seemed to work ok, this way i keep stock handbrake cables. maybe Edited July 29, 2023 by Gary 4 Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted August 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 cleaned up the rear brackets then figured out the park brake hookup. made some cable retainers, proof of concept is good ill make something that looks a little nicer though. went and got a decent hood the other day too, got it from a guy putting together a mid engine 620 with a VG30DETT for drifting 5 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 7, 2023 Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 No pics of the mid engine setup? Nice work on the rear brakes. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rustbin Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 17 hours ago, Gary said: cleaned up the rear brackets then figured out the park brake hookup. made some cable retainers, proof of concept is good ill make something that looks a little nicer though. went and got a decent hood the other day too, got it from a guy putting together a mid engine 620 with a VG30DETT for drifting Cool, I love it when people make shit that works! 2 Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted August 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 11:43 PM, ]2eDeYe said: No pics of the mid engine setup? 81_rona_ on instagram if you want to check it out 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 12, 2023 Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Gary said: 81_rona_ on instagram if you want to check it out 🙂 Thanks 😄 Quote Link to comment
DARIN 510 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 1:29 AM, Gary said: cleaned up the rear brackets then figured out the park brake hookup. made some cable retainers, proof of concept is good ill make something that looks a little nicer though. went and got a decent hood the other day too, got it from a guy putting together a mid engine 620 with a VG30DETT for drifting You did an awesome job engineering the parking brake cables. But wouldn’t be easier to swap the calipers from left to right ? That way the cable has a straight shot. Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted August 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 i think cables were a little short if they were flipped, they're still fairly new too 🙃 1 Quote Link to comment
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