Topic: 54SED!!! Aussie spec!!!

[54SED]

ought this car down south from an old guy who owns a bait shop... needed abit of tlc, tray rusted out, body looking aged and also alot of km's on the clock. She ran great so I thought hmmm I could fix this up. Got it at a steal for $5500



gave the car a clean and a service.   









started the tray






Done all the repairs to the car, fixed one very small ding and filled up the old mirror holes. I didnt have the new mirrors yet but found some temp ones in my parents shed 





Starting to look like a neat car...











getting some colour









all back together

[54SED [OP]]

boxed up the chassis







crossmember, also notice shackles... these were only on for the weekend










now the fun parts

stripped the housing down to look like this:


cutting some of the crap I don't need:


 all ready now to weld the new brackets and bracing on. Also cut the bottom driver perch to try and help it not get caught up on rocks, etc.





then purchased these so no turning back now..




Here is building up on my work desk, the big package is some hilux rear springs about to be sent to Cavey's Springworks at Harvey bay to be modified to suit my purpose


Front locker to go in


Here is the goodies, trail gear highsteer, 12" Bilsteins and extended brake lines


Just a random pic at pino halfway up one of the hills


finally got something to put my locker into... and to put in my front diff   

4.88 diffs



my springs are also ready and are on the way back to me, should see them early next week.

here are some pics from last weekends adventures











and another one leaving glasshouse couple of weekends ago

[54SED [OP]]

got the front locker in the 4.88 diff center. diff center is looking alot better all nice and clean   





here is also a short vid driving the teacup at ormeau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rBfCqAaXnM

Purchases some rotors this arvo so with that and the spaces I now have everything to assemble the diff. With Buddys help the diff is now all welded up ready to be painted then assembled which will be this weekends task. Plan to cut it up following weekend, I have all the components now so no excuses 

As you can see bracing has been welded to the diff, also the drain plug has been removed, this is to give the diff a smoother bottom to slide over rocks also stops the possibility of a rock smashing the plug and making me loose all my diff oil. Also the bottom spring perge has been moded to be on an angle to once again help it slide over rocks easier







ok so after the weekend fail I went there tonight and did some more. Repainted the housing and started assembling. Have been replacing all seals and bearings along the way under Buddys guidance  8-)

Budscustoms IFS Hub Spacers


Shitty Iphone pics of diff





this is also how I spent my last few days on strady, hilux def needs more power for sand but didnt get snatched once 

[54SED [OP]]

My Xmas present from my beautiful partner 



My own Xmas present! Paid for these on the 23rd sent from the states and arrived today.. great speedy service over xmas!


Car all clean after straddy and antenna installed

[54SED [OP]]

Housing:
LN106 Front Housing
Budscustoms Diff Guard
Budscustoms Truss Brace
Trail Gear Rock Rings
Spartan Front Locker
4.88 Diff Center (have matching rear to go in)
Longfield 30 Spline CV's
Longfield Hub Gears
Budscustoms IFS Hub Spacers
80 Series Hubs
Budscustoms Backing Plate Eliminator

Steering:
Locktup High Steer

Suspension:
Budscustoms Shock Hoops
Budscustoms 1" Dropped Hangers
Budscustoms Front Shackles
12" Bilstein Shocks
Custom RUF Spring Pack (Caveys Springworks)
Budscustoms U-Bolt Flip Kit

All seals, bearings and gaskets have been replaced and the front rotors and pads are new. Anyway here is a few pics from last night

Assembled


Assembled


Rock Rings


Longfields In!


Last IFS Wheel!





























Starting to say goodbye to the IFS


Everything removed/undone ready for Buddys ozy skills


Opps...


Tonight comes the fun part of grinding 

O how I love grinding! nearly finished cutting everything off, then it will be time to clean up the rails. That will be tonights job. Anyway how I sit atm  8-)



Drivers Side Rail


Passenger Side Rail


tonight's progress







well finally all the grinding is done, this weekend comes the fun part! expect a lot of progress over the next couple of days

[54SED [OP]]

Thanks for your help Chris. Also obviously a big thanks to Buddy and Doug. had a bit of a set back today, seems the custom springs were way too soft to support the weight of the vehicle. Spent my day making grease-able bolts and looking at a lot of different springs at helensvale, finally found a pair that would work. So I ripped my custom springs apart and used some old 4 runner rear springs and made a hybrid. New leave pack has 6 leaves, 3 from the 4 runner rear and 3 from my custom pack. Seems to work now and will be permanently mounting the diff tomorrow night and getting it on its wheels hopefully steering is also going to be very close on the sump, may have to swap to a 3l sump yet to give more clearance when at full up travel. Either way shes finally looking like something.

ps most these pics are from yesterday, the chassis is now painted except where the shock hoops will sit.

longfield 30 spline chromoly hub spacer installed


diff under


its officially sitting under its own weight now. By my measurements the front will be just over 2.5" higher than the rear, and front diff has moved forward around 3", should give enough clearance for 37's. Will get the wheels on tomorrow and look at the shock mounts








last night got the shocks and bump stops in



well shes getting there! Really just needs steering connected to be driveable



this shows approach angle on 31's, really clear here how far forward the diff has been moved


just a pic of the front end together (minus steering)


Well have driven this thing, still needs minor things done like move steering box so it doesn't hit when flexing and front drive shaft. Got a new exhaust made, all 2 and a quarter inch in order to keep it out of the way of the drive shaft and future mods like dual transfers ect. Anyway pics...

Outside


Three SAS'ed rigs in a row


Exhaust


Exhaust


Exhaust




OK well got the driveshaft in, did some flex tests.... need a higher wall  will have to change to a 3/4 pitman arm as it does touch at full uptravel.

Also have bought a new 4.88 diff that has an ARB RD23 locker fitted, Yukon gears and solid pinon spacer. Will get that going in a few weeks.

[54SED [OP]]

had a bit of a play today.... put a little dint in it    I guess I should fix all the dints and put some sliders on it...















4.88 Diff, ARB RD23 locker fitted, Yukon gears, Solid Pinon Spacer, Locktup HD Bearings



gift to myself





just a tease pic.... also air locker is now completely working 



rears are not set up yet, prob wont be for hilux meet fix dint and sliders are priority now

[BigMike]

AWESOME!! Super jealous!! I wish we got these Diesel trucks here!!!

[ajordan1975]

sweet rig! 

[Yota87Truck]

What year?  98? Is that what I see on the for sale sign?  I thought these foreign (to US) trucks came stock with a solid axle?  Looks sweet.  Nice looking truck! And nice Build!

[54SED [OP]]

from 98 onwards (4th gen hilux) all aussie rigs are IFS. from 89 to 97 (3rd gen hilux) the single cabs and dual cabs were Solid axle with the extra cabs being IFS. Before 89 all hiluxs were solid axle

[Dingman.]

This is amazing!!!!!!!!

[54SED [OP]]

testing clearances before I head out for abit of an arvo run

[Yota87Truck]

It's cool to see a truck from a different part of the world.  It's crazy how different they are.  It looks to me from the first cross-member pics that you have a passenger drop t-case stock.  Is that true?  And is it gear driven or chain driven?  It's a pretty cool truck.  It's too bad about the body damage. I love the height.

[54SED [OP]]

its chain driven and is on the driver side (remember we drive on the other side though so would be ur passenger side).

The dints are also being repaired in the next couple of days

[ajordan1975]

looking good! 
may have missed it but what's the new tire size?

[54SED [OP]]

35x12.5 R15  Goodyear Kevlar MTR's

[santa cruz crawler]

nice build , what kind of paint did u use on the cab and flat bed.
 

[54SED [OP]]

just 2pac toyota white

well made a start on the panel damage today, thanks to my dear old dad 

here is what we started with:





this is the primer down:



it currently has putty all over it ready to sand and smooth it before more primer and final color

[54SED [OP]]

New 3/4 pitman arm. with this I can get full uptravel without the steering hitting the spring


This should protect the sills

[Soviet]

I can only dream these will some day come to the states.  Nice truck!

[54SED [OP]]

heres some pics from hilux meet

[46&2]

The Hilux is looking great! Love the new rims and tires.