Nice!

I also got some gear off Sam q, a cover for my trigger wheel, cam gear cover, and a valley cover... Still searching for a plug for the alternator :(

I did have a look at the Toyotas at the local wrecker, I was running round checking alternator plugs until realised I didn't know which plug I was supposed to be looking for...

 

 

Post up a picture of the plug you need and next time I go to the wreckers I'll check again for you.

Yea it's not something I wanna do, but it's definitely something I have to do, this means no car trailer either..

 

I will probably still occasionally duck out to the shed and do a few small jobs, but I'm just not going to spend any money on it for a bit, I'll buy another bottle of gas on Monday so I can finish all the welding.. it's probably a good thing, as I was starting to rush it too much and I was cutting corners.

 

Sad :(

Thanks man, I had a talk to the last guy that owned it and he told me just to use crimp terminals as I will only need to use two of the pins anyhow.. so I'll get my sparky friend to come round and give me a hand haha

righto....

 

got sick of seeing her hiding under the cover..

 

couldnt sleep today before night shift so i cracked a red bull and got stuck into what i could with the sanding, cut some corners, but it's now in primer

 

the T-series diff is in, just to get it rolling again.

 

the frame for the drop tank is welded up,

 

still need to get gas so I can TIG weld fittings on the cell and surge tank, and weld the rim around the top of the cell..

 

done heaps of small things and it feels like I'm so much closer to having it finished now, just seeing it roll around again and off them stands makes me smile so much..

 

if you have a close look you can see my dodgey body work where the fuel flap use to be..

 

oh and I have decided I will hunt around for an f series diff now .. do it once, do it over kill, and do it right.

 

EDIT; fixed up the iPhone spelling lol

Edited July 26, 201214 yr by dbr11k

ok so apparently I can't upload pics off the missus' IPhone, I'll get onto photobucket and load some on there in a sec..

 

EDIT; fixed nasty grammar.

Edited July 26, 201214 yr by dbr11k

An update!!! Stoked.

Was wondering what was happening here. Although I haven't made any real updates since I started my thread...lol.

Coolbeans

haha yea not much has been happening, I'm a bit of an idiot when I think about it really, since my roster has changed I get 3 days off in a row every week now.. and if I can get all that done to the car by my self in a 5 hour period than I probably could have practically finished it by now if I had of been using them days off to work on it...

 

I know the feeling to well man, it's just a lack of motivation.. now go out an get stuck into it next chance ya get, I wanna see an update :P

sorry about the crap pics, I've smashed yet another $800 phone so i stole the other half phone haha.

 

 

 

 

my lazy repair work lol

 

 

looks like I've got a massively shortened diff in this pic, it's only because I don't have the panhard bolted on...

 

 

 

 

 

 

got one of these too cause I've always liked them haha

 

That carbon valley/ cam cover is cooooool!

Very nice!

 

Can I have your FJ I've always wanted to build one with a LSX in it.

I’ve only just seen this thread and I’m curious to see how the dash set up turns out.

 

I wish you all the best in your build

yea it's pretty good hey :P and it's not just a wrap, it's proper carbon fibre.. ended up only being another $60 on top of what I was going to pay Sam Q for OEM covers..

 

good luck with the cruiser, it's my girlfriends old mans car, he treats it like a baby, still fully registered and always serviced..

 

thanks mate, it been in the making for a while I don't know how you haven't seen it yet haha, I'm not sure of I'm going to bother with the dash for now, I'll keep it there and do it one day, but for now just a stainless dash will do