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Popular Post RXFORD Posted October 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2021 Threw the pedestrian deflectors on too because doors mirrors look ghaeeeyyyyy Also, extra points for old stock nz post rego label pouch.. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Been chipping away on the B-truck this week. Trying to do something on it every day, even if its just ordering a part and installing something minor. Got the bumper assembled and fitted up, made a joiner for the upper radiator hose and put a new lower hose on then filled with coolant. Found a leak from a split intake manifold coolant hose so swapped that out, brought and fitted all my front end light bulbs and ditched the stock fan and hid a 14" elec jobby behind the grill to clean up the bay amd made some spacer to shim some more negatory camber into the front. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Fastforward to this weekend. Lay under it out in the sun for a while on Sat thinking about the notch in tank x-member for diffhead and figuring out shock setup. Ripped the tray off and got stuck in. Got the tank x-member notch done and gusseted before days end Sat. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Cut the spring perches off today so I could set the pinion angle. Needed to compensate for tray/tailgate and gas tank weight, so stacked some shit on it... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Loaded the front up a little too to compensate for it settling etc. Set the pinion and fizzed the perches back on after a bunch of measuring. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RXFORD Posted October 17, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2021 Thought I may as well get the shock mounts done before pack up time too. Flipped one of the stock upper shock mounts and used that on drivers side, then used some lasered brackets I had left over from another job on passengers. Shocks sit nice and more upright than stock so should ride a bit better. Can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel now. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 Scored a few bits for the BlueWaffle last weekend. A mate sent me some pics of a City at Manukau U-pick, so myself and @piazzanoob went for a gander. My seats are pretty wasted, so the plan was to use the Manhattan City seats in the blue car, but thats still down south so I pulled a good rear seat from it which will clean up sweet, and there was a ba5 Prelude there too, so I robbed the front seats from that. Also got a drivers lower arm which has a better balljoint than mine and some other random bits that were missing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 Ordered a pair of new tie-rod ends and have tracked down an A/C pump too so just finalising the deal on that. Need to make some time for it in the next month now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 I really should do something about getting the Manhattan up here. Mates been pretty good storing it for this past year for me and letting me get other purchases dropped off at his place. At least my Recaro Lx collection is multiplying whilst its down there. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 Bit more progress on the B2000 over the past few weeks. I had a bunch of stainless tube and bends lying around, but havn't had the hoist free or the time to make a system, so when I spotted this setup that a guy was selling I thought I'd better jump on it. He was parting out his bagged truck for some reason which never actually made in on the road. He had the system made to tuck up above the chassis rails but still fit the stock chassis mounting points. Has an AdrenelinR muffler and reasonator fitted so wouldn't have been a cheap setup to get made. Can't complain for $425 shipped from Timaru to Akl... He even made this sweet crate to send it up in. My shifter bush kit finally showed up from Aussie, so I swapped out all the worn shit and fitted a new non-split boot then got it installed. Tight boxes are gooooood. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 Tracked down a bunch of little stuff to suit the facelift swap. Newer style headlight/corner light connectors, and a few random clips I was missing. Also got a pair of guard indicator lenses and mounts which were a bit faded and dull. Hit them with the mini-buff for a few mins each and got some shine back into them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 Still have a few brackets to weld on, but needed to get some paint on the rear end. It was a nice day Saturday just been, so got it stripped and prepped. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 Smashed some epoxy down and probably covered my shitbox daily laser in overspray 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RXFORD Posted November 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2021 And laid down some black. Gave all the bushes, which I replaced earlier in the year, a clean and fitted with fresh grease. Also spent some time cleaning up the threads on the shackles and lower shock mounts plus the fasteners to suit. Some of them were pretty manky. Got it all back togethor and threw the has tank back in too. Good way to finish up a nice evening. Excuse the wheel nuts on the shock mounts, I had no m12x1.5 nylocs at the time. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 Fairly productive weekend. Got some new cu-ni hardlines made for the b2000 on thursday/friday afternoons, and Saturday I welded the brackets on to suit the new flexi hose I picked up Friday. @piazzanoob spilled butter chicken in my Gmc, then gave me a hand to bleed the brakes & clutch, so thats a big peice of the puzzle ticked off. Also gave my daily (which I havn't dailyed in 5 months) Laser wagon a birthday, and got the Cambelt/Waterpump done as well as a service which I finished up tonight. I also brought yet another shitbox to occupy space I don't have, in the form of a T2 city. Its a fucked rolling body, but will make for a good mezzanine ornament or garden art... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RXFORD Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 Shit mang, bumped back to page 5. Terrible Got my tallboy up back in December. Mark & Chris Petch from Racer Products brought it up in thier fancy race truck. Highly likely it was the shittest thing that the tail-lift has ever lifted. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 Did some genius docking and stashed it at a mates wirk on his trailer for a while til we made room at the lockup. Going to be a long while before I get stuck into this one. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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