1990 Montero V8 project

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The Wrangler axles need to have their pinion flanges swapped from a CV style to a traditional 1310 so I can have driveshafts made. I'll be ordering from Tom Woods again for these.

 

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I found this fuse box on a 2015 Malibu in the junkyard, I liked it better than having a separate fuse box mounted somewhere.

 

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Working on my AC install now, made my hoses myself and next up I'll do the hardlines. I'm reusing the stock AC wiring except the clutch engage wire, I pulled that back into the cab and over to the 2UZ PCM because it wants to see that signal to know when to idle up amd engage the compressor.

 

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Finished up the AC lines, had to make one custom adapter to run the original evaporator core. Need to pull a vacuum on it now and check for leaks.


New driveshaft arrived, got that guy installed.



Made a shifter cover to keep junk from getting into the cable shifter mechanism. This one is like my rough draft, I used a broken Gen 2 center console and my least good Gen 1 shifter cover and combined the two with sheet metal formed to rivet the two parts together. I covered it in synthetic black suede. Originally I had planned on blue vinyl but none of the swatches I got matched the interior color enough. I had the black on hand for the insides of my glovebox and center console so, I gave it a go. Not great but not my best work either, later I'll make a better one with the better console now that I'm more familiar with the plastics, resins and upholstery.



Not shown, new wiper motor, Hyundai wiper arms and my brakes saga... TBC