maxted Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 new sills turned up today 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 been carrying on stripping down the cab to get it ready for paint removal, removed both screens (no rust in there), mostly removed all the interior, finished pulling all the carpet and material that was glued to floor and firewall (no rust found there either), just few fiddly bits to go like removing chrome trims from dash and wiring loom ect, drivers door came off easy with impact driver but passengers not so much got 3 or so bolts that won't budge the slightest left them to soak up some more crc like spray hopefully it helps free them up or the drills coming out 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Finished stripping the cab of everything tonight, everything is phillips head and rusty/underseal(tar like) so there was a bit of drilling going on and winding the left overs out with vice grips, managed to get the loom out leaving everything still attached so hopefully not too much guess work when putting it back in, theres a few modified sections thats going to need re-doing, passenger door cab hinge bolt/phillips head counter sunk screws were absolute bitches to get out 10 came out with the impact driver but ended up drilling out two and managed to get out the remains of one but going to have work out some plan to get out the other theres just not quite enough meat there to get a grip on it, started hitting under the passenger guard of the cab with wire brush, and had a wee go at the floor but the underseal is almost like tar and kind of comes of but sort of just gets pushed around, any sweet tricks out there to remove this?? I've hit a couple of sections to get the worst off then going to see if prepsol will get the left over layer off. theres a few hours/days of quality time with the grinder/wire brush ahead! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 tipped cab on its back and hit it for a few hours with the wire brush, cut out some of the passengers floor to give me a better idea of what I'm dealing with, will start etch priming what i strip as i go, haven't found much un expected rust so its not too bad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 have had a couple of weeks break from working on this, started to get back into it this week and continuing stripping the underneath, such a messy job 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 haven't got much done while the weathers been so awesome! but really need to get some more progress underway, have started to look around at a couple of panel beaters to fix up the rust in the cab i don't really have the time or patience to do it myself, in the meantime I've started stripping back a panel at a time starting with a guard. I'm almost keen to strip the entire thing back to bare metal and just have it like that for awhile and not worry about panel beating and just use that clear primer, could get it on the road a bit quicker and just use it for awhile and then panel and paint it down the track. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Cleaned up the underside of the well side and painted it, need to flip it over and do the same to the inner of the tray and strip the sides and prime them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 making some more progress with well side started bare metalling the left hand side, bit of bog was hiding in there but its not to bad pretty happy really, after i have finished stripping the sides ill flip it back over and paint the inside and get it bolted on, might make a new loom to duck down the chassis for the fuel tank and lights, love how simple these things are sorry for the sideways photos no idea why it keeps doing that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 finally got some motivation to get back into this so stripped the well side back to bare metal and removed the old plain tailgate and got the mazda embossed one on i stripped all the sides back to bare steel and cleaned up the inside of the tray and painted it all black the new tailgate has no hooks on it and it looks way more cleaner in my opinion so i removed them (they were in bad condition to and had started to get rust hole in the tips) then i etch primed all the bare metal to seal it off, all in all its not in to bad condition some areas need a bit of attention to try straighten up or it may be easier to make up some new pieces to stitch in need to strip the tailgate next, also bench seat is almost finished getting upholstered looking forward to getting that back 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 so i have got another ute coming, will get some photos up when it gets here 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maxted Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 so this turned up today, i had started to lose motivation in the ute with how bad the cab was to repair and was struggling to find another one solid enough to justify buying and carrying on with, then I came across this its a rolling body but was running a 12a, so i brought with the plan to swap the cab and well side onto my chassis. i forgot to take photos until i had already got it onto the hoist but its been panelled and painted at some stage and has the jap well side, and more to the point no rust, so i got stuck into it after work and have disconnected all the wiring, brake lines, handbrake ect and started raising the cab off the chassis ready to roll it out and roll mine under. hopefully get it back on the other chassis tomorrow 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maxted Posted May 23, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2015 well got the cab all swapped over today and put new rubber mounts and bolts in, need to run the wiring to tail lights, buy a fuel pump (and wire it in) and hook up the rear brakes before swap the wellside over, after having a good look over it pretty happy with it. lots of jobs to do now -sort wiring out -swap in lsd diff nugget with better ratio -dynamat and carpet -get door cards re-covered to match bench seat -paint exhaust manifold -clean up intake manifold and carb/airbox lots to keep me busy 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maxted Posted May 26, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2015 got the well side on, stoked to get it all swapped over with no damage 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 got intake manifold back today from being bead blasted looks really good 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 not much progress on the ute week gone been busy getting rid of all the bits i didn't need, have made some progress in getting bits i need. -have some brake hoses on the way -also cleaned up a spare set of axles and got rid of left hand thread and changed to sealed bearings ready for lsd courier/bounty nugget with a lower ratio to go in (that combined with 5 speed should be nice cruising at 100) -also this is ready to go in after sorting out sound deadening and carpet (thinking of going autodec? anyone else used them?) -then need some door cards done to match 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 some new bits now to fit them, have taken the well side back off and mounted the fuel pump just need to tidy up the wiring and run the loom to tail lights new starter motor on its way also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 well been collecting up all the bits to get this thing going, new starter has arrived have painted up the reset leaf springs also painted up alternator brackets, exhaust manifold and done another pair of axels/ backing plates ect have also got a new battery, thinking of mounting it in the tray as its had the battery holder removed from the inner guard and was running a motorbike battery behind the seat but i would rather have a decent sized battery and had a battery box laying around. also have a new carpet on its way from autodec looking forward to putting that in along with the bench seat. looking into getting a new radiator or get the old one re-cored as its pretty rotten. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 been chipping away at this when i can, have got the lsd nugget in after giving it a paint also had to trim the right hand axel to make it work with the lsd, also put one of the reset leaf springs in I'm guessing they have been reset approx 2" will need to see how it sits combined with the 2" blocks if its too low i can trim the blocks down to suit, now need to finish getting brakes back together and sort out fuel line to the pump. Carpet has also arrived looks pretty good also got some under felt to help it sit nice, will get onto to putting that in after the well side is back on for good. got the exhaust manifold back on and fitted the new alternator, so many little jobs yet to do 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Got the well side back on now after tidying up the fuel pump and gauge sender unit wiring, also bleed up the brakes after pissing fluid everywhere as one of the seals was cocked over from out of the box, sorted that and now they have bleed up and feel ok hoping they work all good with the master cylinder as it did have discs on the front and had a tandem master replacing the single and now i have gone back to drums. finished the battery box set-up tonight it was mounted behind the seat in the cab running a motor bike bat but i didn't really like it and would rather have a decent grunty battery. I have mounted it on the passenger side at the front in the deck in one of those plastic battery boxes. used a plastic gland where the cable came up through the deck put some rubber in there to help stop bat slipping around got the starter motor in and wired up also have started cleaning up the carb and tossing up wether to re-kit it or wing it and see how it goes, and cleaned up the dizzy, with new points n condenser, dizzy cap, rotor, leads and plugs ect so can get that all on soon, radiator is off to be re-cored tomorrow, now that i have power i can start figuring this wiring out i won't need half of the wires the rotary set up had. need to get it down to work to get the exhaust made sometime soon to, slowly getting through the list of jobs to go now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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