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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisCo" data-source="post: 1559099" data-attributes="member: 18105"><p>I made a little progress with the flat-bed removal this afternoon... This would a been a <em>lot</em> easier had I owned one of those plas-a-ma-bob cutter thingies <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> "Metal" cutting Sawzalls blades don't like welds, and cutting disks cut fairly well, but are limited in tight areas (and wear darned fast, too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />)</p><p></p><p>Here's where it stands now:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/BedRemoved1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/BedRemoved2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>(^^ that picture makes my shop look like a damned O.R.! Compare this pick with <a href="http://www.wattora.com/forum/showpost.php?p=116155&postcount=3" target="_blank">post #3 in this thread</a> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p></p><p>Here's the pile of square tube and what not that was removed...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/TubeFromRack.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>While I was out in the shop, I took the time to clean up some of the plugged vacuum lines that were loose under the hood. As I was doing this, I realized I had a massive vacuum leak at the PCV valve (note the loose fitting item at the top of <a href="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/80Toyota_EngineBayBeforeCleanup1.jpg" target="_blank">this picture</a>). It's amazing how much better the engine runs when it's not sucking in gobs more air than it should be :thumbup: </p><p></p><p>I'm planning to go pick up the parts for power steering this weekend, and will most likely order the TG Hi-Steer setup in the next few weeks.</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/NoBed1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/NoBed2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I ended up having to chop the front-most bed/body mounts in order to get that C-channel removed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/BodyMountCut1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I guess I'll just have to fab up a new one somehow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>On the plus side, a half an hour of pressure washing the newly exposed parts of the rig, I found that what I'd originally thought was some sort of ghetto-fab gas tank was actually an after-market add on tank</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/GasTank1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I was told it was a 21 gallon tank. It'll be replaced, 'cuz it's a little too close to the drive shaft for my taste.</p><p></p><p>I also made a trip to Olympic 4x4 this afternoon, and picked this up:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/SteeringBox1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now I need to find a power steering pump, and order my TG hi-steer setup (I'll be doing that in a week or two).</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p><que cheesy '80s "this is your brain on drugs" voice></p><p></p><p>This is your carb:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/Carb1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is your carb after ChrisCo has gotten ahold of it:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/CarbDisassembled.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></cheesy voice></p><p></p><p>I told you I hated carbs <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>Seriously, tho. While I was out and about yesterday, I picked up a rebuild kit. I got it torn down this afternoon... let's see if I can get it put back together now :lol: Here's some of the fun stuff I found in there:</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure exactly what this was on the butterfly... It looked like hair, or some sort of wadded up spider web, or something...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/CarbButterfly1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Other than that, just a little bit of gunk in the bowl:</p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/CarbGunk1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The only carb cleaner I've got is in a spray can, so I couldn't dip/soak the parts in there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> Instead, I dunked 'em in the parts cleaner, and scrubbed the parts down with brass and nylon brissled brushes. If I get the chance tomorrow, I'll run into town, and see if I can pick up a non-spray can of carb cleaner to soak the parts in...</p><p></p><p>----</p><p></p><p>I got the carb rebuilt, and reinstalled... but the rig runs about the same as it did before... Oh, well... As least I have an intimate understanding of the carb now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>----</p><p></p><p>I also stripped the carpet and seats from the interior (there's a little minor rust to take care of, but nothing devistating). I cleaned up a bunch of unneeded wiring -- most of which wasn't even hooked up to anything. I've still got to straighten out all of the half-dozen or so leads coming directly off the battery, tho...</p><p></p><p>While I was in town for some unrelated consumerism last week, I stopped by and picked up a hunk of 2"x4"x3/16" wall tubing for a new rear crossmember (they didn't have any of the 1.5"x3"x1/8" wall tubing I was looking for). I'd picked up two pieces, anticipating that I'd want to rebuild the front crossmember at some point in the future, and wanted matching parts. Unfortunately, due to an alergy-medication induced haze, I'd managed to transpose some numbers in my head... Instead of getting what should have been two 3' 5" pieces, I told him I needed two 35" long pieces :cussing: He gave me a 25% discount for paying in cash, so I made an ATM run, and he cut the pieces down to the size I told him to cut 'em to. I realized my 'tardness on the way back :cussing: That's what I get for shopping for steel when I'm doped up on allergy medicine.</p><p></p><p>...so, to recover from my stupidity, I used a bit of the 1.5"x3" tubing I had around the shop (all the pieces of which were a hair too short for what I needed in the first place -- grrrr) to splice the two chunks of 2"x4"x3/16" together... A couple of dozen (or there 'bouts) roset welds, and a bunch of cleanup, and you can't tell the difference:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/RearCrossMember1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/RearCrossMember2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I'll be sealing the ends of the tube next weekend...</p><p></p><p>----</p><p></p><p>For reference, here's the lop job that was done on the frame before I got it:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/FrameChop1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/FrameChop2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You can't really tell from this ^^^ pic, but driver's side frame rail actually had a sharp-ish and jagged edge to it. Plus, the exhaust hanger mount had a point sticking out, and my thigh found it every darned time I walked past it...and I've got the cut to prove it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I knew I was a little rusty in my metal-stickin-together-n skilz, but this is just lame... I gotta' grind and reweld this one next weekend, too:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/DrunkWeld.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Would you believe me if I said I did that 'cuz the sun was in my eyes? :lol: I don't drink, so I certainly wasn't :friday: when I did that :rofl:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisCo, post: 1559099, member: 18105"] I made a little progress with the flat-bed removal this afternoon... This would a been a [I]lot[/I] easier had I owned one of those plas-a-ma-bob cutter thingies :( "Metal" cutting Sawzalls blades don't like welds, and cutting disks cut fairly well, but are limited in tight areas (and wear darned fast, too :() Here's where it stands now: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/BedRemoved1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/BedRemoved2.jpg[/IMG] (^^ that picture makes my shop look like a damned O.R.! Compare this pick with [URL="http://www.wattora.com/forum/showpost.php?p=116155&postcount=3"]post #3 in this thread[/URL] :D) Here's the pile of square tube and what not that was removed... [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/TubeFromRack.jpg[/IMG] While I was out in the shop, I took the time to clean up some of the plugged vacuum lines that were loose under the hood. As I was doing this, I realized I had a massive vacuum leak at the PCV valve (note the loose fitting item at the top of [URL="http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/80Toyota_EngineBayBeforeCleanup1.jpg"]this picture[/URL]). It's amazing how much better the engine runs when it's not sucking in gobs more air than it should be :thumbup: I'm planning to go pick up the parts for power steering this weekend, and will most likely order the TG Hi-Steer setup in the next few weeks. --- [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/NoBed1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/NoBed2.jpg[/IMG] :D Unfortunately, I ended up having to chop the front-most bed/body mounts in order to get that C-channel removed :( [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/BodyMountCut1.jpg[/IMG] I guess I'll just have to fab up a new one somehow :) On the plus side, a half an hour of pressure washing the newly exposed parts of the rig, I found that what I'd originally thought was some sort of ghetto-fab gas tank was actually an after-market add on tank [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/GasTank1.jpg[/IMG] I was told it was a 21 gallon tank. It'll be replaced, 'cuz it's a little too close to the drive shaft for my taste. I also made a trip to Olympic 4x4 this afternoon, and picked this up: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/SteeringBox1.jpg[/IMG] Now I need to find a power steering pump, and order my TG hi-steer setup (I'll be doing that in a week or two). ----- <que cheesy '80s "this is your brain on drugs" voice> This is your carb: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/Carb1.jpg[/IMG] This is your carb after ChrisCo has gotten ahold of it: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/CarbDisassembled.jpg[/IMG] </cheesy voice> I told you I hated carbs :P Seriously, tho. While I was out and about yesterday, I picked up a rebuild kit. I got it torn down this afternoon... let's see if I can get it put back together now :lol: Here's some of the fun stuff I found in there: I'm not sure exactly what this was on the butterfly... It looked like hair, or some sort of wadded up spider web, or something... [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/CarbButterfly1.jpg[/IMG] Other than that, just a little bit of gunk in the bowl: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/CarbGunk1.jpg[/IMG] The only carb cleaner I've got is in a spray can, so I couldn't dip/soak the parts in there :( Instead, I dunked 'em in the parts cleaner, and scrubbed the parts down with brass and nylon brissled brushes. If I get the chance tomorrow, I'll run into town, and see if I can pick up a non-spray can of carb cleaner to soak the parts in... ---- I got the carb rebuilt, and reinstalled... but the rig runs about the same as it did before... Oh, well... As least I have an intimate understanding of the carb now :P ---- I also stripped the carpet and seats from the interior (there's a little minor rust to take care of, but nothing devistating). I cleaned up a bunch of unneeded wiring -- most of which wasn't even hooked up to anything. I've still got to straighten out all of the half-dozen or so leads coming directly off the battery, tho... While I was in town for some unrelated consumerism last week, I stopped by and picked up a hunk of 2"x4"x3/16" wall tubing for a new rear crossmember (they didn't have any of the 1.5"x3"x1/8" wall tubing I was looking for). I'd picked up two pieces, anticipating that I'd want to rebuild the front crossmember at some point in the future, and wanted matching parts. Unfortunately, due to an alergy-medication induced haze, I'd managed to transpose some numbers in my head... Instead of getting what should have been two 3' 5" pieces, I told him I needed two 35" long pieces :cussing: He gave me a 25% discount for paying in cash, so I made an ATM run, and he cut the pieces down to the size I told him to cut 'em to. I realized my 'tardness on the way back :cussing: That's what I get for shopping for steel when I'm doped up on allergy medicine. ...so, to recover from my stupidity, I used a bit of the 1.5"x3" tubing I had around the shop (all the pieces of which were a hair too short for what I needed in the first place -- grrrr) to splice the two chunks of 2"x4"x3/16" together... A couple of dozen (or there 'bouts) roset welds, and a bunch of cleanup, and you can't tell the difference: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/RearCrossMember1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/RearCrossMember2.jpg[/IMG] I'll be sealing the ends of the tube next weekend... ---- For reference, here's the lop job that was done on the frame before I got it: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/FrameChop1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/FrameChop2.jpg[/IMG] You can't really tell from this ^^^ pic, but driver's side frame rail actually had a sharp-ish and jagged edge to it. Plus, the exhaust hanger mount had a point sticking out, and my thigh found it every darned time I walked past it...and I've got the cut to prove it :( I knew I was a little rusty in my metal-stickin-together-n skilz, but this is just lame... I gotta' grind and reweld this one next weekend, too: [IMG]http://chrisco.texas-222.com/80Toyota/DrunkWeld.jpg[/IMG] Would you believe me if I said I did that 'cuz the sun was in my eyes? :lol: I don't drink, so I certainly wasn't :friday: when I did that :rofl: [/QUOTE]
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