Vintage Grumble Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Abuse viewtopic.php?f=18&t=27497 So, I now have a 1981 RN40 Hilux. Its powered by the mighty 1600cc 12R motor, has four on the tree, and a sweet bench seat. The chap selling it was interested in a small cheap to run car, and agreed to take the alto as part trade (I was fucking stoked TBH) I met the guy at a testing station, as the ute had failed its wof on rear brake inballance, so he was having it retested, it failed again, so they swaped the shoes from side to side and pissed around a bit, and it failed again, so I low balled the guy and got it piss loads cheaper. I got this the weekend before nationals, drove it to my olds and slapped it in their shed. I went to work on the brakes, rebuilding the cylinders, slapping new shoes on it, and giving it a good adjust and bleed. Went for a recheck, and it passed by 3%, YUS! Me and the woman then got the sugar soap out and spent hours scrubbing the interior, it went from black to a beautiful shade of tan. I then slapped some lowing blocks in the back, and reset the front bars, which was a total cunt (which I was not expecting TBH) I moved them the exact same amount, and tensioned them the same, but it came out cock loads higher on one side, so took much fucking about to get it to sit fairly level. WALLLL OF TEXT!! Time for some pics. The night I got it, A few days later, and about 50mm lower, And some random shots for all the single ladies, The ol gal's in pretty good nick all round really. The main problem with it is its been resprayed by a retard, and the paints not sticking to the primer, im pretty sure it will all fall off pretty soon, so a respray will be needed in the next few years. It only has one small spot of rust in it which I will fix before its future respray. It may also get an engine transplant after I finish my other projects, i'm super excited about this really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 So, im not overly keen on the black hubbies, looking at getting some hub caps like this: and run them on black rims, possibly with wide white walls like this: (but without all the other chrome obviously) I know this is hardly an original set up, but think it will suit the ute really well, thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 I have found something worse than having aidscancer, trying to shop when yo cant shop. But yeh, here are my basic options as I see it, you will need to use your imagination/squint a lot. The original idea: Option 2: Option 3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi, hows it going? I got a set of basically brand new Hilux steels, in 15x6 format, to replace the current 14x4.5 items. I got them as they were cheap, local, and mint, so no need to sand blast/derust them before I paint. Only problem with them is the center spigot hole is 6mm smaller than the orignal rims, they fit on the back, but may end up having to machine the front hubs a bit to use them. Also, a member of the Rotorua chapter of shadow garage, DAF, hooked me up with the hub caps I was after, at a very sharp price, thanks heaps Mr DAF! This is what they look like sitting on the new rims, Unfortunately they dont sit on the rim quite how I had hoped, I think there may be two different sizes of cap, and I was given the measurement of the larger by one of the places I talked to. I was hoping they would cover the raised section, but then sit rite on the top of it, so stick out a fair way. They do sit on the 14's pretty well, so may end up just keeping the 14's on there and getting them widened at some stage. When this rain fucks off I will slap one of the caps on and take a pic, then play with rim colour ideas. ^ I like the look of this (wheel wise) with the pin stripe on the rim, could work with different colours maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 The motor pooed its pants. I drove it to Aucks and back, and noticed a funny sound it was making (I guessed the timing gear was falling off) had got a shit load louder and more horrid sounding ...... so I ignored it. Drove it to work for a few days and it died on the way home, just lost power, and then semi seized, wound erratically for a while, then jammed solid. So, got a new motor and box for four boxes of flame (around $60). Cleaned it up, swapped over all the shit (clutch/fuel pump/dizzy/pipes/carb and so on), and slapped it in, to find the sump hit a steering arm, so ripped it out, changed the sump and slapped it back in. Old motor on its way out, BAM, and the engines gone, New old motor (its from a 77 lux) cleaned up. (note the top of a radiator + cap that had been soldered onto the oil filler hole, not sure why?) Hilux party! 12R party! Dr J5 doing the autopsy on the old motor, We found it had no oil in it, so it burnt 4.5L of oil in around 800km? I was expecting to see destroyed rings or something, but they were all fine, the bearings were less fine, And I was kinda rite about the timing pulley falling off, the bolt had come undone and was rubbing on the housing, So, not 100% sure why the oil consumption sky rocketed, but thats what killed it in the end. Also, the intake/exhaust gasket was rooted, and there was none in town, so we went for a road trip to Rotorua to pick one up from repco, so a 2 hour trip to get a $12 gasket, puhuhuhu. We also had burger fuel, smallest OS BF meat ever? Got home, slapped it all back together, started it up, new motor runs sweet as, runs smoother and quieter than the last one, so pretty happy, just needs a light tune. Oh, and I also now have a sweet coffee table! Regards, VG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 OK, this is the plan: find 16's/go as low as I can. Thanks for the shop Duds! Sooo I need to find some 16" rims that will fit this. I've spent the last few months trying to find some 15's that will fit with no luck, cant understand why its so hard to find coon rims? Sparks pointed out some coon 16's (I read that from AU2 onwards they have fwd offset) a while back, but they have gay fwd offset, did the pre AU coons come with 16's in rwd offset? Need 5 x 114.3 pcd, and a center hole over 66mm BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 I got one of these today: It comes with the auto, a G52 box, an U1/U2 adaptor plate, a 3sgte flywheel and an intank efi pump. Sooo I should be able to get a G52 cable shift box from a hiace, and hopefully connect it up to the factory column shift. Oh my. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Rite-E-O, finally got my mitts on a set of AU coon steels, they are 16x6.5 +40P (the originals are 14x4.5 est 0P?) and fit bloody beautifully! They dont rub on anything and can go lock to lock without touching nout, they also fill out the front gaurds nicely. I should have listened to Sparkle in the first place and got these to begin with, I will never doubt you again oh mighty Sparkle. They have 215 60 16's on them at the moment, but I think they look OK TBH. It looks pretty TUFF from front on/the rear. I also slapped the VW hubbies on with the power of magnets (how the fuck do they work?) but cant decide if it looks like a 1980's car with 1940's wheels, or just semi hot rodish? Thoughts on this? I'm liking the black rims tho, so doubt i'll paint them. I may still widen the rears in the future also. AND, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Duddley just emailed me this pic, me thinkey me likey. Will also re clad the deck, and then stain that black me thinks. Ayy ayy, yeh, yeh, ayy, yeh? Yeh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 Got an LSD head for $78 off TM (has a chipped c/w + pinion, but wont be using them anyways) and its in Whakatane, YAY! I have no idea if it will fit, but hey, worth a shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 I know its highly unlikely, but anyone on here want to buy this + V8 and all the crap that goes with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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