Author Topic: OLD#7 1983 4X4 REBUILD (Read 41177 times)

gmack192 · « **Reply #90 on:** Mar 11, 2010, 05:40:06 PM »

Back to the drawing board.. bent the intake valves on the #1 and #4 cylinders.
Any ideas?

SloCrawler · « **Reply #91 on:** Nov 23, 2010, 05:25:22 AM »

awhotrods · « **Reply #92 on:** Nov 23, 2010, 11:35:59 AM »

What kind of chain did you use? Alot of the aftermarket chains are not very good.

Quote from: gmack192 on Mar 11, 2010, 05:40:06 PM

Back to the drawing board.. bent the intake valves on the #1 and #4 cylinders.
Any ideas?

gmack192 · « **Reply #93 on:** Nov 24, 2010, 03:49:33 PM »

I had left one of the guides out on the #2 cam bearing....Fixed that and replaced the chain, it has been doing great ever since.
I bought all of the engine parts (except the cam) from Japanengines.com, GREAT customer service.....

gmack192 · « **Reply #94 on:** Mar 26, 2011, 12:42:33 AM »

Life has a way of changing with out warning....I came home one evening and was told by my wife " I have a do it yourself divorice kit, you need to get out by this weekend." She dumped the car I bought her on me soooooo, I traded it in on this: My Christmas present to me....

Then I got new tires and wheels for Valentines day...

I have been letting my son use the woods truck until he goes to Bootcamp on 9/11/11.. Then I am going to go through it again... He has beat the poor thing to death..

gmack192 · « **Reply #95 on:** Mar 04, 2012, 06:06:24 PM »

Well crap, I had been letting my son use the woods truck....Broke the timing chain, AGAIN..
So here I go again...lol

I am going to go through the whole truck again, fix a few of the issues I've had.. I think I'm going to cut the top off, cage it and add some tube doors this time.

SloCrawler · « **Reply #96 on:** Mar 05, 2012, 08:24:05 AM »

I just broke a timing chain at 100 miles on my rebuild, wonder why?

gmack192 · « **Reply #97 on:** Mar 07, 2012, 10:09:18 PM »

This the second one on my truck...It is a single chain..
LC engineering has a double chain replacement kit, but it ain't cheap.

I think the tensionor stuck on mine, it is worn worse than the original one I replaced when I rebuilt the engine.
And the short guide disintegrated, not sure if that was caused by the chain breaking or caused it to break.

I haven't pulled the head yet, so I'm not sure what else is broke or bent yet.

gmack192 · « **Reply #98 on:** Apr 18, 2012, 04:31:05 PM »

I have everything cleaned and ready to go back together.....I tried everything to clean the head, short of having it hot tanked..It still looked awful, so I painted it to match the block (catipiller yellow this time).
Any opinions on painting the head?? good or bad idea?? Thanks in advance.

I also stripped the interior and pressure washed it.....Lesson learned, NEVER let your teenaged son play with your toys.....

Slowly but surely I will get it back in shape...

gmack192 · « **Reply #99 on:** May 01, 2012, 12:33:22 AM »

DE-Construction has begun......Stripped everything down and cut a BIG hole in the roof....Going to make a canvas top for it and some half doors (tubular covered in canvas) think Heep type...

sorry about the crappy cell phone pic.

83 Crawler · « **Reply #100 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:44:21 AM »

ill be watchin this one

Zs Confederate Toy · « **Reply #101 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:52:59 AM »

This is gonna be sweet. I will have my

on this one

gmack192 · « **Reply #102 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:14:31 AM »

Thanks Guys, I got the roof roughed in tonight..I will try to get a picture this weekend...I work nights and have a goofy schedule.. But I will try to keep up to date..

gmack192 · « **Reply #103 on:** May 16, 2012, 09:51:10 PM »

Got a little bit done over the past week or so..

Finished welding in the filler to the roof skin..

Looks like someone beat the roof with a hammer, this is why I thought of doing the canvas top.. I'm nooooo body man and there were way to many dents.....

Here is a pic of the door frame, kinda like a heep...Going to cover them with canvas too.

Why should HEEP owners be the only ones to enjoy the Sun??

nisota · « **Reply #104 on:** May 17, 2012, 08:15:33 AM »

Nice clean build

gmack192 · « **Reply #105 on:** May 17, 2012, 05:20:27 PM »

Quote from: nisota on May 17, 2012, 08:15:33 AM

Nice clean build

Thanks....It kinda sucks that I have to go through everything again.....At least the frame and running gear is still good....Mostly cleaning and paint this time...

It gives me something to do...I work nights (12 hour shifts) so when I'm off, everyone else is sleeping....

nisota · « **Reply #106 on:** May 17, 2012, 05:43:50 PM »

I used to work the same shift it was nice because while everybody was at work i could be as loud as i want with all the tools & have the music cranked up in the garage it was awesome. Then if i had a day off & it was during there sleeping time i was still a jerk just told everybody that i make the money around here so deal with im gonna work on the yota & drink beer all night so thats what i did (garage was not connected to house) but still i got alot of work done.

gmack192 · « **Reply #107 on:** May 17, 2012, 08:04:01 PM »

My shop is away from the house (I live alone......YAAAAYYYYYY) and my nieghbors aren't that close either...again YAAAAAYYYYY
My Fiance' love the fact that I have my "man cave" that I can go play in...Heck she even pays for half of one of my projects

My "new 79" it is a long term project....I had one like it for many years...First vehicle I bought.

1983.......DAMN I'm old.....

gmack192 · « **Reply #108 on:** May 30, 2012, 06:30:04 PM »

This is the color I am going with this time...Sruce Green Satin.. Not the (everyone uses ) usual olive drab..
It looks good with a slight shine.

My FAIL...2011 Tacoma, daily driver.....MOUSE nest under the hood....WTF? lol

gmack192 · « **Reply #109 on:** Jun 02, 2012, 11:07:40 PM »

Picked up a set of old school Gateway Gumbo Mudders 14X35's

I want to sell the Turbo mags

and a set of 16 inch White spokes I have

Want some 12X15's or 10X15's to put on the truck...

gmack192 · « **Reply #110 on:** Jun 03, 2012, 09:25:42 PM »

Got a lot done this weekend....almost ready to start putting it back together..RUSTOLEUM, gotta love it...

I think I am going to have to sand the hood down again..For some reason, it looks like it has a leather grain in spots..

The bed came out pretty good...

I had some runs on the right front fender. The lighting is not that good on that side of the shop....No biggie.

gmack192 · « **Reply #111 on:** Jun 09, 2012, 10:22:40 PM »

Got more done this weekend.....
Most important, AC for the cave..

Then something to hang the doors out of the way...

The stock doors will be here most of the time.....

And I repainted the old, old 1st gen emblem and reinstalled it on the hood..

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I also got the grill and headlight buckets repainted....Hopefully this weekend (Mon & Tues) I can get every thing put back together...Then get busy on the engine again..

gmack192 · « **Reply #112 on:** Jun 14, 2012, 08:21:01 PM »

Got some things done...
1st I had to make a new screen for my snorkel..My son busted up the orginal one, don't
ask me how...

So I made what I call a Joey proof cover..

Then I made the snorkel about 4 inches shorter..I never did like how tall it was.

gmack192 · « **Reply #113 on:** Jun 14, 2012, 08:40:06 PM »

Then I started on the dash...When I rebuilt the truck the first time it had 1 crack in it and the speaker hole was messed up...When I got the truck back it was all F'd up, broke in the middle and full of cracks...again, how does someone do something like this...
So I reinforced it on both sides..

Then I filled the cracks with a general purpose filler from Lowe's...

I deleted the pick of it all sanded down...The filler (made by 3M )was real easy to work with.

Then primed.

I painted it with a Satan Black Hammer Rustoleum..

gmack192 · « **Reply #114 on:** Jun 14, 2012, 08:43:10 PM »

And last thing, I repainted the center caps and my MACK emblem..

gmack192 · « **Reply #115 on:** Jun 18, 2012, 06:40:51 PM »

Got a set of wheels off craigslist 5 wheels for $200. like new, I went a head and repainted them.

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Then wieghed out some BB's.. The Dynabead chart called for 8 ounces, I put in 10..figured these tires are used, so may need a little more.

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Mounted. The Gumbo's are a lot bigger than the LTB's I had on it when I first built the truck.

And on the truck...

4 really good used tires and 5 wheels, mounted balanced on the truck for $406.75 Happy fathers day/ birthday to me...lol

gmack192 · « **Reply #116 on:** Jun 23, 2012, 12:46:09 AM »

Got somethings done Wed. night...Got the head on and the timing chain.....Went to put the timing chain cover on, that's when I noticed Advance sent the wrong flipping gaskets... So I did the rear brakes and some piddly crap...

Finished up the new airbox, a water proof electrical box from Lowe's..

Then just for fun......My Girlfriend started this by the way, she calls it a Z.A.V. Zombie Assault Vehicle.

Something else I had to do Wed. get this flipping stick out of the right rear tire of my Tacoma.

NO FUN.....At least it didn't puncture it..
Working a 4 day stretch (12's) Hopefully I will get it running Monday night....

gmack192 · « **Reply #117 on:** Jun 24, 2012, 05:46:51 PM »

A pic of the engine....I am giving it one more chance....

Off Mon. & Tues. Hopefully I will have it running Monday night and finish up some of the little things Tuesday...

gmack192 · « **Reply #118 on:** Jun 27, 2012, 03:49:29 PM »

IT LIVES........

dropzone · « **Reply #119 on:** Jun 28, 2012, 04:35:34 AM »

Quote from: gmack192 on Jun 02, 2012, 11:07:40 PM

I want to sell the Turbo mags

i would love to get those turbine mags from you..loved those since i was little but probably couldn't justify the shipping....

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