Sheepers buys a Hilux.

[Stu]

Plus with a 52 inch lightbar or three you are guaranteed never to get stuck

 

[xsspeed]

lol sheepers spends 5 mins in south auckland...

[sheepers]

I'm a bloody farmer now you fucking ignoramus. 

 

Anywho, 

The heater drive motor has stripped a gear and thanks to the Nicksparky I got a new drive motor. 

Also the AC compressor I ordered had the wrong pulley on it so I had to swap the new bearing into the old pulley. 

I didn't want to smash the new bearing with a hammer so I machined the pulley away from the outside of it. 

Once I got the old bearing out I chucked some metal glue on the new bearing and pushed it into the old pulley. 

Jobs a goodin 

[yetchh]

Hah, classic 185 probs.. that warm/cold servo is also a massive cunt to change with the dash in..

[sheepers]

Yea it was semi not terrible to get out with the dash apart. 

Was a cunt to put back in 

[sheepers]

Nick recharged the AC system and now it works fucking ace. 

Couldn't feel my fingers by the time I got home so I'm calling that a win. 

 

Installation of new discs and drums.

Front was easy,  as you'd expect. 

Rear was a bit bit difficult to get the drum of due to the massive lip on the inside. 

However once I got the drum off I discovered the thinnest brake shoe I've ever seen. 

And of course the wheel cylinder was leaking so I'll get new bits next week and re- do the whole back brakes.

 

Also I found the reason why I'm now the best 4wd driver in NZ. Auto disconnected sway bar for max flex bro.

 

That's what the 4wd people say,  you wouldn't understand. 

[sheepers]

Story time/ going down the rabbit hole. 

The issue- I never did any homework at all when it came to buying this blaupunkt head unit.  If I had of I would have very quickly been made aware of how crap it is. 

Is unusable as far as changing the volume, shipping tracks or doing anything.

Its physically impossible to change the volume accurately, and most of the time is not possible at all. 

Totally my fault for not checking a single review or anything. 

So,  present day me (well yesterday me actually) was yarning to Nick the sparky about steering wheel controls and clock springs and whatnot and he said "I've got a 2013 Highlander steering wheel,  see it that fits"

It does. 

I needed to make a indicator canceling wheel to adapt the new wheel to the hilux.

Not super difficult,  made a frankinstien rig up to machine a parallel diameter in the back of the wheel. 

Them made a ring that I will shrink onto the back of the wheel once I confirm  its fits the truck.

Then the next hurdle will be getting signals through the clock spring. It has 3 spare wires that aren't used so we can use those to send signals to the head unit. But there are probably other clock springs that will fit the truck that have more wires if we need it. 

[sheepers]

You're not going to believe this but the top bit of the swaybar link that wasn't broken broke when I tried to undo it. 

So I welded a new end on it. 

[ajg193]

Here I was thinking that a swaybar link was so cheap that noone would screw around welding a shagged one back together

https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/4882035030

[JustHarry]

20 hours ago, ajg193 said:

Here I was thinking that a swaybar link was so cheap that noone would screw around welding a shagged one back together

https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/4882035030

Dunno they're pretty cheap 

Minus some for trade. 

[Raizer]

Universal cut to length ones are a fair bit cheaper still too.

[westy]

We don’t buy parts when we can fix parts. Bloody kids these days. 

[tortron]

33 minutes ago, westy said:

We don’t buy parts when we can fix parts. Bloody kids these days. 

That's the shit house kiwi farm equipment spirit! 

[Bling]

Seems legit till you get a new one. Has to be better than a snapped in half one.

[governorsam]

rock auto

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota,1998,4runner,2.7l+l4,1317453,suspension,sway+bar+link,7580

cheap as chips.

[JustHarry]

12 hours ago, governorsam said:

rock auto

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota,1998,4runner,2.7l+l4,1317453,suspension,sway+bar+link,7580

cheap as chips.

And will arrive in 5 days 

[sheepers]

Finished up the new brake install. 

New shoes, new wheel cylinders and not pictured new front brake pads. 

To say that it stops better now is a bit of an understatement. 

[sheepers]

Out with the old, 

In with the nucleus. 

[sheepers]

Nick the sparky gave me a hand and we got the right plugs for the air bag and figured out the steering wheel controls for the stereo.

I've got to get the right connector to connect the radio to the steering wheel output but that shouldn't be too much of a drama. 

Once that's done I can program the radio and heypresto!

Steering wheel controls that work. 

[sheepers]

 

Steering wheel controls all wired and working.

Everything on the left of the wheel works as it should. 

Right side is for dash and whatnot so there is nothing to connect they to. 

Fucking stoked.