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4mm centre 3mm sides Over-eager pull on front hook bent the steel, so that's the main reason for the top bars (9mm exterior gusset) Took measurements around winch (top photo) then drew up plans, the tricky part was drawing the side parts unfolded. Got steel sheet from mate at Autobend, then got another mate at Hamilton jet to cut and bend, then I did the jigging and welding it was in random fab thread I think Edit: the gussets only go about 60mm up the risers, the rest is 3mm Edit edit:bar weighs 35kg, winch 31kg. mounted bottom to chassis rails, top mounted with 10mmx40mm bar to brackets sticking above rails half way up engine bay

Lazyness in a bottle Nothing beats a tear down and proper clean

Check banjo bolts and fittings at the in pipe to the filter and at the pump. We get a lot of trucks that clog up with crap there from the bottom of the tank. Bug is caused by water in the fuel tank. Condensation in the fuel tank is one culprit. Near empty tanks overnight in the cold get condensation

Na, panels still intact from factory Lucky as I'm now the 14th owner! what a slut! Dished rostyles are cool, I haven't decided what to use yet, so if they are for sale in the future...

Hey man coming along real nice there Like the widened rostyles, are you going to roll with those?

Removed the Weber today to give it a clean and see if that will make it run less lumpy And then Bang it exploded! So, todays questions The return outlet on the carb has been plugged, but the brass tube leaks where it meets the alloy. I was going to remove the tube then tap and plug the alloy hole - Do I need a return line? it hasn't had one so far, and the 1.3l didn't The auto choke is had it, the bolt rusted off the end, and the diaphgram is split. - Replace auto choke assy? (providing I can find one) - Peg butterflys open and run with no choke? - Bang up a manual choke? //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43865-mofs-1979-escort-panel-van/ Cheers

So what about one of those old pushbike generators rigged up to the axle somewhere to run the lights?

Hey Cam Didn't bend anything! weverything went slow motion on the way over, I was thinking the door, f/g roof, windows! ended up resting on front corner of bulbar and left rear tyre. but I still went home and made sill bars straight away Ive got 31" kl71s now, should last forever with Suzuki weight on them I had bfg's before these, driven daily lasted 7 years and sold them with 10mm+ tread!!

My Samurai

Is there any other way to go? Teranno grenaded a cv Pajero broke rear half shaft I know surfs have weak front diffs, don't know about hiluxes

What are they going on? those things love to break axles/cvs/diffs Had a few guys in the club get those, the only one that survived was the Safari

Front looks fuckin evil I quite liked the old wheels bumper?

But handles well in reverse

almost missed this update Wheels look great it needs a little up in the back... or down in the front lol my rear shocks have airbags on them, never seen these before

Were going to US in sept, LA to NY in three weeks, gonna be a long drive

I bet your thread picked up in the flywheel, that's why it wouldn't come out with easy outs

Panel work is fantastic! I like the flares like that, not too over the top like bubble arches (no offence BD lol) and looks more factory-ish or professional than rolling them

Roadworthy condition? Bd you're the only member then lol

There are/were some long side windows on TM they would look kinda cool

How do you figure its in the wrong place? looks the same as your van authough rad is different...? as far as I can see the rad is the same space from the fan as yours, that's why im thinking the 2.0 rad is thicker?

And it got cert with that crossmember, and wofs Cut n shut, avg quality I thought it might be 1300 one, are the 2.0 rads deeper/3 core?

I was going off Wikipedia lol good read, I mean the diff is literally below horizontal, should be parallel to gearbox centreline. Probably just stick with the m16's, maybe vented depending on price at the time All the better to attract the kiddies with

A photo I took earlier, its fuckin cold outside and the heater in the gge ran outta gas