Popular Post maxted Posted July 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2014 Starting of fresh with the b1500 as I've ditched the rotary idea and b1600 for the older b1500. Plan is to pretty much just restore it and lower it with a couple of subtle mods. keeping the factory motor and use it as a daily driver. Here it is how i picked it up from a car yard over in motueka I've stripped it all down and removed cab from chassis Sent chassis off to be blasted repaired a couple of thin sections where the blaster went through and now its ready to go back to be powder coated looking forward to getting it back painted and start piecing it back together with all new gear, also going to oil the chassis to try and prevent any rust in the future anyone had experience with that Discussion thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44409-maxteds-1969-mazda-b1500/ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Got the chassis back today pretty happy with how its turned out, been busy stripping down arms ready to be painted then new bushes and ball joints ect need to get this back rolling 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 finally have stripped all the diff, leaf springs, arms, hubs ect and started to clean it all up ready for paint got the diff housing and backing plates done, thinking of painting it all in por15 black, or anyone have any other suggestions? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 finished painting up diff, leafs ect starting to look good, etch primed, stone guarded then finished with a satin black, painted drums with some engine paint, new bushes for leaf springs have turned up now just waiting on wheel bearing kits and diff pinion seal. need to make some 2" blocks and get some longer U-bolts also. will be good to get something back on the chassis to boost motivation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Made some decent progress today, re-assembled most of the rear end back together, pretty happy with how its coming along , waiting on some wheel cylinders to turn up to get the brakes back together. starting to clean up all the front end now. found replacement floor pans in aus and sills here so need to get some of them and start getting the cab rust free 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Made a good start at cleaning up the front end, painted the control arms also cleaned up a lot more bits ready for paint. wallets taken a hit buying all the new bushes, ball joints, top arm rods, tie rods ect, hopefully its going to drive really nice in the end. finally chewed out the twist knot wire brush cup I've been using to clean everything up with, pretty happy with the life i got out of it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 pressed in the lower control arm bushes and assembled top arms, dummied up the ball joints, bump stop and spindle to work out how much of the the spring i need to stay captive. have trimmed up a pair of springs to suit (have a couple of spare pairs if its too much off). next on the list is some new bolts for ball joints and clean up the bump stops, strip and paint the backing plates/drums and get the wheel bearings sorted then may be able to get it back on some wheels next weekend, have got some wheel dollies to put it on and then will cover it up and push it to one side things are going to get messy stripping back this cab and well side! Few boxes of all the new bits, starting to add up but it will be worth it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 have got most of the front suspension back together today, replaced wheel bearings, waiting on wheel cylinders now to finish it off, next job get sway bar and steering back together. Also scored some 14" copper trendsetter whitewalls, need to get rims painted and clean up hubcaps ready to chuck them on and get it rolling again 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 made some more progress lately have got all the brakes sorted, brand new cylinders and shoes all round, cleaned up all the hard pipe. bit of a weird set up having two cylinders each corner and a bleed nipple every cylinder. have also cleaned up and painted fuel tank and checked sender unit, 1st tank i started to clean up turned out a bit rusty and when i was wire brushing it holes started appearing where it had got so thin luckily the other tank i had was solid as and cleaned up well. sender unit went from approx 130 ohms at full down to roughly 5 ohms at empty (sound about right?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 also fitted the sway bar with new D bushes and link bushes. and the steering is almost back together have put the idler back together with new bushes, replaced all four tie rods, and had the ball joint in the steering arm sent away and re-conditioned, is there any thing in the steering box i should do while its all out? fuel tank all painted up had the steelies sand blasted and primed need to get painted or powder coated soon so i can fit the whitewalls and get it rolling again. after the tanks back in will start getting the motor box and drive shaft all cleaned 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 these arrived today from phils rotaries in brisbane look pretty good going to save some time in the rust fixing department, recommend phils they were really good and easy to deal with be good to get rid of these holes!! got the fuel tank all back in and bolted up and shave pulled to bits/cleaned up the spare wheel winch it was seized up good bit of paint and some grease and it'll be good to go again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 small progress, stripped, painted and anti-seized/greased a spare wheel winder mech 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 got my tyres today, have had rims blasted and painted, not long now until chassis will be rolling again, have also cleaned gearbox up and started on drive shaft, have got new hanger bearing and u.j's on the way. also have started pulling down the engine to a short block to clean everything up and replace gaskets ect 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 dropped the chassis onto its wheels today and rolled it out so i could have a good clean up in the shed ready to move body around so i can start to strip it bare, also have pulled everything off the engine to clean it all up, going to bead blast all the alloy parts and paint engine block black, not too long until i can drop it all back into chassis then cover it up and push it to the side 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 removed the head today, gasket sets have arrived and also brought a workshop manual its pretty handy having all the info on how the entire ute comes to pieces, pretty much ready to start cleaning everything up and piecing it back together, also the uni joints and driveshaft hanger bearing arrived too so that can be pulled apart and painted. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 got the head back on, blocks been painted, valves been lapped and stem seals replaced, new head gasket. next up finish cleaning up the timing cover, inlet mani, rocker cover and other alloy bits and start piecing back together. haven't touched the bottom end or gone overboard with it as my plan is to drive it with this engine for a year or two then fit a mx5 motor and deal with cert ect. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Getting closer to dropping the motor and box in the chassis, just need to do rear main seal and fit new clutch kit and the chuck the box on 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 motor is in chassis! pretty stoked its close to being done ready to cover up in the corner. started piecing driveshaft back together but one of the 3 u.js had been incorrectly packed and wrong size so couldn't finish it! also brought two new sills off trade me so hopefully they turn up this week, last jobs on chassis is to: paint exhaust manifold, clean up intake and carb, get d-shaft in, get spare wheel painted and in, clean up alternator, starter motor and dizzy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Driveshaft is back together and in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maxted Posted November 18, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2014 painted the spare wheel and got it winched up in place, pretty much everything done before start on the body work, next job finish stripping the cab of doors, windows/screen, wiring, dash ect, then get the stripper disc and grinder out to remove some paint/rust. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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