1990 Montero V8 project

[z168]

Ah understood. Keep em coming and cant wait for the next update

 

[rxinhed]

Cool rig, Toasty

 

[Toasty]

Cool rig, Toasty

Thanks! hopefully i'll be driving it soon.

 

[Toasty]

Little update, I lucked into a complete blue interior. This kinda made me take things a bit more seriously with the truck, having been parted out previously it didn't have much value in my eyes. So, with the truck now being complete and in decent condition I started putting the feelers out for more parts and l scored a set of 5 JK wheels and some JL Rubicon tires as well as a bunch of other JL take offs for funsies.

I went ahead and installed a 4" lift on the rear and fit the JK wheels with some adapters and the fit is decent.



Now I just need to make the front match, I set the wheels against the truck for a visual. Looks like a good target height.

 

[Toasty]

Well, I was trying to gently disassemble the front end but lost my patience with the driver side torsion bolt. Don't worry, I'll get it out.

 

[Toasty]

I got all the IFS cut off, no luck saving that torsion bolt but for now they're readily available and I have a few of them already. I really did want a complete IFS hardware set and those are the only ones that don't interchange with anything else. Oh well, onward and upward!

 

[Toasty]

Got the new axle home finally, ordered up the new suspension joints too. I think I have most of the things to start really putting it together (Mighty Max for attention).

 

[CharlieNorth]

Was just looking at your plasma cutter, kind of looks like that has run up along some rocks in the past.

 

[Toasty]

Was just looking at your plasma cutter, kind of looks like that has run up along some rocks in the past.

Probably has, I bought it off a retiring field mechanic. I wish I had more money back then because I'd have bought his whole truck, he really wanted me to buy his line boring machine and welder.

 

[CharlieNorth]

Those are good machines, factory is 1 1/2Hr from me. I bought an 800 a few decades back, low hr machine at this point but does it's job every time.

 

[Toasty]

Got the frame all cleaned up, seems like this truck was welded on a Friday by the apprentice. I don't think I've seen factory welds so bad on these trucks before, it's looking good now.



Test fit the Gen 2 SAS frame plates and they line up perfectly! I also rolled the JL axle into place and it seems like my coil buckets are exactly where I need them! So that was double lucky!

 

[MummifiedCircuitry]

You've had more solid axles than I've had hot dinners.

 

[Toasty]

You've had more solid axles than I've had hot dinners.

Well, I do have three. ?

 

[djcommie]

If you're looking for a radiator for the 1UZ, I have a fancy Fluidyne unit from a GS400 (originally a Mk4 Supra fitment as I recall). It might be too wide between the headlights on a Gen 1, though.

 

[Toasty]

If you're looking for a radiator for the 1UZ, I have a fancy Fluidyne unit from a GS400 (originally a Mk4 Supra fitment as I recall). It might be too wide between the headlights on a Gen 1, though.

Yeah, I'm looking at a Griffin universal Scirocco radiator to fit where the condenser was.