My 82 ex-cab...Hydro-Assist questions

[83 Crawler]

nice! i got honda seats im throwin in my truck

[SloCrawler]

I got a pair of civic seats waiting to go in, take pics on the bracket you design. im told 3 out of 4 bolts line right up.

[82juguete]

i didnt make a bracket at all, and i didnt want to cut the bracket off my bench seat, since i may use it later.  The rear, outer bracket on the civic seats does work perfectly with the hole in the floor.  The 2 front brackets are close to the stock holes, but i just redrilled new ones instead of straining to make them work.  There are 2 inner rear bracket flanges, but i left them alone, since i had a bench originally, and there was no hole (that i know of) for those.  All in all i was surprised how well they lined right up..I didnt want to make a whole angle-iron adapter and stuff like ive seen.

[GONZO97]

so this is why you couldnt go with me today? well now i really dont know how we're all going to fit for the trip to bald sunday since you know longer have the bench seat.... we might just all have to squeeze in jos truck now....but the seats look   good very clean, bravo!

[82juguete]

We're taking both trucks.... how else are we gonna pull each other out?

[GONZO97]

i understand that but we'll have some passengers... itll be alright we'll throw the snug top on and make them ride in the bed lol....need to get those tires bought and put on though or else we'll have to figure something out...we'lll let you know for sure

[82juguete]

so i changed the oil and stuff today, fixed my front shock for the 3rd time, and got to thinking about some sort of canvas topper ideas.  Ive always wanted something and i tried out using the back of my cab that i had cut out....might as well recycle right?  Anyway, heres some broomstick engineering to get a little idea of what im considering.




I would build a lightweight frame and incorporate this back piece as a flip up rear window... then cover it with some waterproof canvas with sides that can be rolled up.  Whatduya think?

[GONZO97]

I Like it might as well try and keep the whole truck together somehow

[zeros215]

Nice rig this gives me alot of motivation!

[THK Matt]

I like that!

[82juguete]

Alright...its ambitious list time!

1. Build/modify interior cage
2. Make patch panels to finally seal extra cab portion...maybe layer on bedliner to ensure its water tight back there
3. Glaze and finish sanding/smoothing roof joint
4. Trim and roll front fenders
5. Make interior panels for rear section, carpet, etc.
6. Depending on interior cage result, carry downtubes out into bed and redo shock setup with small bedcage.
7. Relocate lights from front bumper to removable lightbar (already built) and figure out plating/mounts for a pillar to accomodate.
8. New tires
9. Find out where to get a gallon of Pyrite Mica to shoot whole truck with...AWESOME COLOR
10. Actually accomplish at least 2 things from this list.

Seriously I seem to have neither time nor money at all these days, so don't bust my balls if this post is the last update i make this summer lol.

[hilux-1983]

I coulda sworn you posted something to my link on the soft top I made. I guess not.  Check this out for an idea:  http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=58729.0

[Talon84x4]

I like the idea of the soft top and have wanted to do the same for a loooong time on mine. Maybe this time i'll actually get around to it.

[82juguete]

Well i got a good start on a cage for the inside/bed of my truck. Ill post pics as it evolves into the bedcage/shockmounts. Everything's 1.75" .120 HREW and solid mounted to the sliders.

[82juguete]

Oh yea...finally made a wheeling trip this summer... just Bald, but still a blast.

[LilGonzo86]

looks good stinko hey next weekend is labor day I heard the trails get packed

[GONZO97]

Lookie lookie


What a good trip

[82juguete]

Well I got ripped a new one at swamp 2 weekends ago:


Tried going in at night, picked a few bad lines, scraped and bent up my rear DS, dented tank, shredded right rear tire on the way in, and my spare while I was backtracking out with my tail between my legs. Met a cool guy in Shaver the next day who helped us out with a tire and I drove home (going about 45mph).

[82juguete]

Also built a lightbar...It was pretty challenging coming up with a mount for the a-pillars. Came out stronger than i expected....bombed all the fire roads pretty good up by bald and swamp and it didnt move at all.

[82juguete]

Almost forgot...my little escapade at Swamp lead to me getting some "new" TSLs from a buddy. 36x14.5r16.5 on some 12 wide welds. I know, I know....wont be airing down for awhile, but hopefully ill get some h1 beadlocks next summer or something.

[Talon84x4]

that sucks to hear about the tire, but the truck's looking good and nice job on the light bar

[greeny]

That light bar looks nice on that 82

[83 Crawler]

wow thats pretty dope

[DTPROFAB]

What did you do in the gap between the bed and cab with your room addition

[87hillbillyoter]

that light bar is badass. how much will you charge lol

[Fleetwood]

Man a nice clean bed bob congrats

[GONZO97]

Snico, Sometime this weekend most likely Saturday afternoon to evening im going to need your help to knock out these drivelines could use your skills to help me out, also we need to get you know whose truck done already, im itching to see that thing in full working condition, I havent worked on a truck in so long Im ready to do some fabbing or just regular work, let me know if you can help me Saturday or sometime this week, preferrebly before sunday

[82juguete]

Well I think something gave out in my tranny, possibly the front input bearing, idk... basically sounds like a knocking somewhere in the drivetrain, that kinda matches the idle speed. The fact that it changes depending on the gear I put it in, as well as that putting the transfer cases in neutral doesn't alleviate it, makes me think its the tranny. When it first started doing it, i would just barely creep forward and the whole drivetrain kinda popped as the ds would turn. Havent driven it since, just disconnected the rear ds to make sure it wasnt rear diff related; it aint.

Any one ever have similar symptoms? Its gonna be a long while before I can even tear into it.

[82juguete]

I'm knee deep in adding hydro-assist to my truck. Instead of modifying the stock reservoir I picked this up off an old BMW:



Its about the same diameter as the stocker, but 3 times taller:



Anyone have any objections to running this?  Also, with the added capacity, is it a big deal to switch the return line with the feed line? My thought is they're just coming and going from the same place, and the Beemer resi has a larger barb for the return than the feed (which I thought was kind of weird).

Also FYI I am going to plug or loop those extra two barbs, so that's not an issue.

[Mytattootears]

man i love that light bar you go on your roof, send me some more pictures