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[Maverick26]

Not quite as easy as the fluid. I think its the multi function switch. I replaced the flasher with an off the shelf part from napa. Hazards work fine and all lights flash but im not getting any power to the fuse when I turn on either left or right turn.

Has anyone messed with these multi switches and got them to work? New one is over $100. Gonna try and fine a working one in a parting out rig.

 

[Maverick26]

Ok, been fixing this thing up good the last few weeks, mostly cleaning and inspecting things and making sure all is good. After I got everything electical working good I moved on to the mechanical stuff. Started by draining all the fluids and replacing with fresh and now I am into the front axle and brakes. If I can find parts faster then I think I might do the power steering swap sooner rather then later but as of right now I dont mind driving it manual.

Thanks to Chop Shop for the tech info, I am swaping front brakes over to a vented FJ60 rotor and a newer 2nd gen 4cyl caliper. Taking the time to clean and paint things that are rusty and lube everything with new grease. I plan to pull the knuckles off and to inner axle seals and longfield wipers. I am also in the process of doing the wabfab hub refresh myself.

Oh and I am painting these nasty wheels all black! :awesomework:

 

[CHOP SHOP]

I am also in the process of doing the wabfab hug refresh.

You didnt send him any money or parts did you? He is a waskily wetard. Seriously.

There is NOTHING to buy to rebuild/clean a hub.

 

[CHOP SHOP]

https://www.google.com/search?q=wab...abfab+problems&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

DONT send anything to that guy. I can help ya refurb those hubs if ya run into problems.

 

[Maverick26]

No no, Im doing them myself. Just kinda fallowing his steps. Not much too them at all, just cleaning and relubing everything. They had froze up on me in the FREE position. The O ring was all nasty and kinda acted like glue. I did order new O rings and sring and detents (I lost one, went shooting accorss the shop:mad:) from Marlin yesterday along with all the other stuff.

Also, what are the main hub bodies made of? Are they SS? I got a bit of rust on them and cant get a wire wheel in there to clean them up. THinking about sand blasting them then a quick coat of clear.

 

[Maverick26]

I got a leaky rear half moon on my head, kinda noticed it when I was under the rig doing fluid change on tranny. It drips when truck is running. Gonna have to look into that. Im assuming this can be done with relitive ease from under the hood? I already had the VC off to do a valve adjust. Not sure who rebuilt the motor but he was not a very good motor guy.

 

[skinny_pedal]

I got a leaky rear half moon on my head, kinda noticed it when I was under the rig doing fluid change on tranny. It drips when truck is running. Gonna have to look into that. Im assuming this can be done with relitive ease from under the hood? I already had the VC off to do a valve adjust. Not sure who rebuilt the motor but he was not a very good motor guy.

They come in the valve cover gasket kit. I usually apply a thin film of silicone to the half moon

 

[Maverick26]

Got a little more dont last night, the cleaning really sucks thats for sure. Im not used to this barfield/closed knuckle crap! Im waiting on parts to show up so its a good time to clean everything up and do some painting I guess.

As for repacking the birfs and bearings im assuming any bearing/multi purpose grease will work. I dont want to start a Tranny Frank thread fight or anything just making sure I dont need anything speacial. Of course what was in the knuckle looked like someone ate at a taco truck and then **** through a screen into my knuckle. I have that blue marine grease I always use on bearings and stuff so I assume that is ok to use on the birf? Also, if anyone wants to take the time to teach me the right way to repack a knuckle/birf that would be cool too. I dont think the knuckle has to be packed full of grease does it? Just the birf and the trunion bearings?

Im so ****in new..... to toyotas.

 

[Maverick26]

As you can see in the first pic my front springs are quite flat if not inverted a bit. Can I hybrid these with something I can find at a junk yard to perk them up a bit? The truck does sit low in the front. Think leveling kit kinda. Not really a lift. I know rear springs are used a lot, what about a single leaf out of a 2wd pack?

 

[CHOP SHOP]

Dont pack that knuckle FULL.

With Marlin seals and Bobs wipers, you wont want a knuckle full of goop.


JUst pack the bearings with your blue goop. The birfs like a MOLY grease.


Easiest way to pack,,,, trunions, by hand. The birfs, take a spring bushing that will press into the birf star and will fit a grease gun tip and pump it full.

If ya know someone with a broke inner axle shaft, you can take the broke stub end (or if its broke at the fat end cut off the other end about an inch long) and drill it and tap it for a zerk fitting. Then just press in the axle stub and grease the zerk till grease comes out all six ball grooves.


Done!

Hubs are NOT stainless, just normal steel. That rust wont clean up completely. Its from folks running those chrome hub ring/trim center caps.

 

[Maverick26]

Dont pack that knuckle FULL.

With Marlin seals and Bobs wipers, you wont want a knuckle full of goop.


JUst pack the bearings with your blue goop. The birfs like a MOLY grease.


Easiest way to pack,,,, trunions, by hand. The birfs, take a spring bushing that will press into the birf star and will fit a grease gun tip and pump it full.

If ya know someone with a broke inner axle shaft, you can take the broke stub end (or if its broke at the fat end cut off the other end about an inch long) and drill it and tap it for a zerk fitting. Then just press in the axle stub and grease the zerk till grease comes out all six ball grooves.


Done!

Hubs are NOT stainless, just normal steel. That rust wont clean up completely. Its from folks running those chrome hub ring/trim center caps.

Thanks dude!

What about the front springs? Anything to perk them up a bit? Seems a flat or neg spring is common on these trucks. i need to do spring bushings anyway so Ill have the springs off soon.

 

[lethe]

You can do pretty much anything you want to level the front. New springs, shackles, add a leaf, or make your own bastard spring pack etc.

 

[Maverick26]

You can do pretty much anything you want to level the front. New springs, shackles, add a leaf, or make your own bastard spring pack etc.

Gonna try and work up a bastard spring pack. Im not really sure where to even start. Has anyone installed a single leaf from a rear pack into a front pack? Looking at the arch It seems like maybe a single leaf would help perk up the front pack good. Gonna try and hit up pick and pull before the end of this week and have a look see.

 

[Maverick26]

Got the truck all back together after going through the front axle, did all 4 brakes, all 5 shocks, a ton of little fix it things, got the dash all back together also. I still have a few little things to do but for the most part it is functional. I took the dog out for a shake down run around the hood and all was great. This little truck drives nice but the tranny is very unhappy. Growls loud in 1st-3rd but 4th is butter smooth and quiet. Dont know. Its getting a 5 speed soon!

I even did a little yard work with her.

 

[Mark m.]

Nice work it looks great!

 

[Maverick26]

I just cant leave **** alone, the goal was to build a winch bumper that I could remove and still install the stock bumper if I wish. The holes in red are in the same location as the factory bumper brackets welded to the frame cross piece. So all I did was cut those little brackets off and spent some time on the TM. So far no cutting and hacking has been done, I had to remove the center grill support and remove the 2 factory bumper brackets. I think it will work well.

 

[mudmaster]

Looks good :beer:

 

[Mark m.]

**** ya:beer: Come up to walker saturday. I think money will be there in his sammy.:stirpot:

 

[skinny_pedal]

Man that truck looks awesome:cool: Please don't go beat it

 

[Maverick26]

**** ya:beer: Come up to walker saturday. I think money will be there in his sammy.:stirpot:

Ill be out of town this weekend over east. You and $ scare me with wheelin invites, Im thinking ill pass on anything but maybe a snow run or maybe just some exploring. I want to keep her straight-ish. Ask $ if he remembers our first night together in my buggy. :mad:

Man that truck looks awesome:cool: Please don't go beat it

Thank you, once again, its not a wheeler but it is also not a cream puff. It has some rust and dents but its one of the nicest unrestored ones I have seen so I intend to use it and keep it that way.

 

[dvdswan]

clean bumper install. I like how you kept the option for the stock one as well.

 

[Mark m.]

Ill be out of town this weekend over east. You and $ scare me with wheelin invites, Im thinking ill pass on anything but maybe a snow run or maybe just some exploring. I want to keep her straight-ish. Ask $ if he remembers our first night together in my buggy. :mad:

There's a new bridge. You won't be on your lid in the creek.:D
I'll let you know when we go snow wheelin. I also have a rig I don't want to beat up.

 

[Maverick26]

There's a new bridge. You won't be on your lid in the creek.:D
I'll let you know when we go snow wheelin. I also have a rig I don't want to beat up.

Ah good times!

Ya im iching to get in the woods for sure, just busy with hunting season right now. Let me know again for sure.

 

[Maverick26]

Hmm... so I had some issues yesterday while out driving the truck. Truck acted like it was running out of fuel with about 1/4 tank in it. This is the first tank I have run through the truck so I was kinda testing it anyway. It never died on me just chugged and sputtered under acceleration. Looking at the filter (new filter when I left the house) it was plugged up with rust (brown stuff). So finally limped to a gas station thinking that maybe my gauge was off and I really was out of gas, filled it back up and it only took on 8 gal.

So I plan on dropping the tank and at least cleaning it out for now and may do a replacement soon. Any info on cleaning these things? Also noticed its kinda hard to find a replacement tank for a 1981 truck.

 

[dvdswan]

I used this on the used pathy tank I got. cleaned it up like brand new. it had a bunch of gunk, residue, sludge, etc in it.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/poi-49239/overview/

 

[YotaDude1997]

Ask $ if he remembers our first night together in my buggy. :mad:

:hi:

 

[whiterice]

Hey just for ****s and giggles, when I had my '80 is acted up like this. What it ended up being was bad fuel line off the tank. The rubber had gone bad and collasped. Fought the thing for awhile before I figured it out. Try to check the flow off the hard line from the tank pick up and verify you have clear line. Nice truck,, think it should be the Mellow Yellow Ride.. haha I

 

[Maverick26]

Dang Por15 kit is almost as much as a new tank. :eeek: I may just inspect all the fuel lines, put some rocks in the tank and knock all the rust out and clean with apple cider vineger for now. Probably got some **** in there, when I got the truck gas cap was MIA.

 

[CHOP SHOP]

Hmm... so I had some issues yesterday while out driving the truck. Truck acted like it was running out of fuel with about 1/4 tank in it. This is the first tank I have run through the truck so I was kinda testing it anyway. It never died on me just chugged and sputtered under acceleration. Looking at the filter (new filter when I left the house) it was plugged up with rust (brown stuff). So finally limped to a gas station thinking that maybe my gauge was off and I really was out of gas, filled it back up and it only took on 8 gal.

So I plan on dropping the tank and at least cleaning it out for now and may do a replacement soon. Any info on cleaning these things? Also noticed its kinda hard to find a replacement tank for a 1981 truck.

Just get a tank out of a newer 2WD. The 2wd frame is the same rails as the older 4x frames. Common trick is to use a 3rd gen RE tank when doing an EFI swap. It needs to be a standard cab.

I also have some 1st gen tanks too.

But some pea gravel in there, shake it real good, empty and refill.

 

[skinny_pedal]

If it has an electric pump I would replace the lines on it. When I had my 79 I had that same problem.