Hirunner

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I'm just wondering how well she'll float.

[BR]

Please Rockwelled` While you`r at it cant you sail by my place to bring me the fender flares? PS. I`m living in Denmark

[SWAMPER]

Dang I hope you get good MPG Rockwelled

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Let me check which way the ocean currents are traveling. It might be on the way

[Bazzi]

here are some pics from my garage that a friend of my took  a week ago.

http://kjolur.f4x4.is/photoalbum/view.php?action=collection&albumid=479&collectionid=2552&offset=0

I have taken the double cab boddy of the frame and I am now working on the coil suspension in the rear.

[Stoutman]

I'm new to this website but your double cab is so cool.  I with we had them over here.  I  have always wanted to make a four door cab out of a couple of Stout bodies I have.  Do you have Toyota Stout Pickups over there?  Toyota stopped importing them to the US in 1967 but continued in other countries untill the mid to late 80's.  They made them in a crew cab but it was never brought to the US.

[Bazzi]

Do you have Toyota Stout Pickups over there? Toyota stopped importing them to the US in 1967 but continued in other countries untill the mid to late 80's. They made them in a crew cab but it was never brought to the US.

?? ?? ?? ?? don´t have a clue what you are talking about

[Bazzi]

there have been a lot of changes. I dont wanna bother to write them all up but here are some pics

[Bazzi]

front coils

And the steel toe

[Bazzi]

fuel tanks and the starting of the exhaust. 3" wide

I dont have the rest of the pictures with me (off the rear coils and stuff like that) but hopfully soon

[lilbuddy]

Looking very cool Bazzi   

Chris

[Bazzi]

now I need some adwice on how to replace the pinion seals without messing upp the diff. is it ok to just onloose the pinion. replace the seal... and retighten again??

[Bazzi]

I just ran into a problem.     

the tierod hits the draglink!!!!!!!                                                 

I cant bolt the draglink on top of the histeer arms like they are supposed to. I have to make a conversion to the arms, and bolt the draglink under the steering arms.

What is the easyest way to make this conversion.?                  

[WHITE_TRASH]

Well wtf?  I posted a reply to you and now its not here.  Hmm anyway, it sounds like you need to move your steering box forward.  Either that or you could get a pitman arm from a 2x truck and put that on beings its got about 3/4" less drop and 3/4" shorter.  It would allow mor more clearance.

[Bazzi]

hmm ok.                             
1. I cant move the box any more forwards. because I moved the front haising forwards a bit. 
2. There has never been a hilux or 4runner in iceland that is 2wd. So I wount get the arm here.

                                                                                                                                  


Is it possible to get this pitman arm from the u.s ? and how much??

[WHITE_TRASH]

Sure youcan get a new arm from the us.  www.skymanufacturing.com makes custom ones.  Or youcan get someone to send one from a 2x to you from here.  They are VERY common over here.  Tak a picture of the mounting from the direct driverside so we can see just how far it needs to move.

[Bazzi]

as it looks from now the draglink will be directly under the tierod. There for I was thinking about bolting the draglink under the steering arms. and bolting the tierod to the pitman arm on the opposite site of the pitman arm (between the pitman arm and frame).

I have moved the steering box as much foward as possible (it will hit the boddy mount)

how much shorter is the 2wd pitman arms. And who wants to go and pic one  up and send it to me 

[Roktoys84]

I'm new to this website but your double cab is so cool. I with we had them over here. I have always wanted to make a four door cab out of a couple of Stout bodies I have. Do you have Toyota Stout Pickups over there? Toyota stopped importing them to the US in 1967 but continued in other countries untill the mid to late 80's. They made them in a crew cab but it was never brought to the US.

I'd like to see some pics of these please.

(sorry for the hijack)

[Bazzi]

I think I have solved the problem.  I got a steering box from a landcruiser 60.     
  Those boxes have the pitman arm mounted on the front of the box not on the rear like the ifs box.   (the pitman arm points forwards instead of backwards like the ifs box)  That solves the clearing problem. 
But I am still thinking of trying to mount the draglink under the histeer arms because I think  I will have clearence problem with the draglink and the engine.

I took a bunch of pictures of the buildup today and I will try to get them online later today.  But I would love to see some pics of those  stouts???

[Bazzi]

here is the ifs box

[Bazzi]

and more as you can see I moved the box as front as possible it allready will interfear with the body mount


and the last one is of the lc 60 box as you can see the pitman arm turns forwards and is there fore no issue

[Bazzi]

a wiev from the passanger site steering arm. with ifs

[Bazzi]

the rear suspension.
Tha panhard bar mount.

notice the shock mounts I used the original rear mounts just cut the in half and weld them to the pipes

[Bazzi]

I used a 3-link in the rear. and fixed all the bars so the had the same angle as the drive shaft and the same length. here is a pic of the one on the center of the haising. between the 2 fuel tanks. (there will be one on the rear also.)


and a better wiev of the shock mount

[Bazzi]

installed a parking brake

[Bazzi]

and the exhaust system
the second one is taken above the t-cases

[Bazzi]

between and over the fuel tanks

[Bazzi]

more exhaust system

[Bazzi]

the front haising ready to go under

[Bazzi]

made me the special tool
for the 54mm  nut on the wheel bearing