RRC Build ... Roverzilla

[flyingwil]

Sweet... thanks man!

 

[flyingwil]

Moving Forward...

Well we're slowly moving forward...

We got the '89 in the shop, and started gutting and replacing...

Top dash, coming out of the '90 and getting put into roverzilla:

Seats, and majority of the interior out of the '87 transferred:

'87 repaired good enough to get out of the garage:

We're going to steal the brakes off of the '87 for Roverzilla as the '90 has an electrically boosted brakes. The 3.9L, and ZF Auto Tranny out of the 1990, and the LT230 should go into Roverzilla this week.

 

[Pskhaat]

Cool.

 

[flyingwil]

3.9L Engine Harness

Dusty got the 3.9L Engine Harness out, and working towards removing the engine and computer..

 

[SeaRubi]

the ABS system on the rangie is far more powerful than the 87's. replace the nitrogen-charged vacuum reservoir for about $200 and bleed the crap out of it. strong brakes.

my .02

 

[BlueBomber]

hey, I think ya'll left something important in the 87, might want to grab her before you send it to the junk yard...:sombrero:
cool build, thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[ruditron]

coming along nicely i love the RRC' so far Ive had all dI's

 

[flyingwil]

3.9L is out... Just removed the BW Tcase, and pulling the LT230. Next we need to weld in motor mounts for the 3.9, tranny mounts into Roverzilla.

 

[timmy!!!!!!!]

I always thought the V8 motor mounts are the same in all of the RRC years.

 

[deadbeat son]

I always thought the V8 motor mounts are the same in all of the RRC years.

I believe they are putting the 3.9L into the 89 RRC which was formerly converted from the original 3.9L to a 300tdi. I'm having a little difficulty figuring out the plan for which pieces are going to which RRC to end up with two running models.

I'm guessing the 1990 is the one being scrapped?

 

[timmy!!!!!!!]

Oh yea I forgot about the fact one of the trucks had a 300tdi. Oops

 

[flyingwil]

Correct, Everything is going onto the one that used to have the 300TDI, because of this we need to install engine mounts and tranny mounts. This is what will become Roverzilla, a name play off of Frankenstein. I think it originally had the 3.4L in it, and now soon to have the 3.9L.

We HOPE to have two working Rovers out of the three, but its looking like we will only get Roverzilla at this point... time will tell.

 

[deadbeat son]

You have your work cut out for you. Best of luck Wil!

 

[flyingwil]

Making Progress. We got the LT230 out and mated to the new drivetrain, brake master cylinder in, and started on prepping the frame for motor mounts.

Flying Wen got the headliner out..

Dusty prepping the frame and cleaning up the TDI motor mounts:

Dusty in action:

Its all fun and games until someone's belly hair starts on fire.

 

[Dave Bennett]

Great thread Wil, you sure have ambition! :Wow1: