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Somewhat finished. i need to extend all the wires to the fusebox. That way they run to the core support instead of over the wheel

OK so friday the truck took a shit on me. I drove it about 4 miles (10 mins) and then started making knocking noises. I have no clue what it could be but the mechanic is guna come back tomorrow to check some things.

Apparently its been running on 5 cylinders. ima get the injectors checked. and also the freeze plugs are guna get checked as well seeing as there is a water leak coming from the lower end of the block.


But anyway, since i have no form of transportation i got this afternoon. So i grabbed some fine line tape and started throwing down lines. heres what i came up with

the beginning


Masked and painted


Unmasked


finished product




up close it looks kinda crappy but over all its cool with me

Oh yea and im also running the 3 rims, 1 steelie mod. dint want the lo pros to get too much camber wear from my fucked up alignment

OK so in light of the current condition of the truck, its been turn into a lawn ornament....

So since its not getn moved anywhere i decided i should do something ive been wanting to to my dash. So yesterday i got to dismantling

Im guna be smoothing, filling and painting the panel around the gauges and HVAC controls




After i took apart the lower part of the dash So i could have easier access to what i wanted


Here it is...


Made a filler piece close to the edge where the previous owner had made some wierd ass cover and siliconed it in, lol



Smoothing the texture down


Over half of the piece smoothed down. Layed down some high fill primer.


The primer is drying as i type. Im getting ready lo lay another coat down so i have a nice surface to sand.


IM thinking of painting it a dark red. I have an idea just dnt know if its guna work.

Moar soon

Look nice. A toyota died? How many miles, 750,000?

400000

Its a lil over 405,000

Its not really dead more like veg mode.

Its running on 5 cylinders and cant really be driven over 5 miles before it takes a shit.

hope you get tammy fixed man.. I'm liking the progress ... keep it up.

OK so its pretty much all done. I just forgot to lay a bit of putty where the air bubbles where. So i ended up priming.

I may be able to get it done by the weekend, paint and all. I may go with a charcoal gray then some flat clear to finish it off. not sure yet. Anyway heres what i got so far



The main problem area i had. Pics in my other post show what was there.

Lets resurrect this thread...

So after some researching i figured out what one issue with my engine is, the head gaskets. Theres like steam coming out the left side wen i warms up enough. istill need to find the water leak but finally the tear down begins...

The start...


"Intake chamber" out after about an hour of trying to disconnect lil shit.



Stupid ass EGR


Timing cover off


And i pulled the harness out just to remove some of the clutter


Updates tomorrow

Nice, lookin good

Thanks, Im tryin to keep everything clean, tidy, and easy to reassemble

Didnt get shit done aside from setting TDC and removing the dizzy. and taking off a valve cover and to my amazement I saw this



So dam clean!!!! not what i expected at all. im just waiting to see the underside

OK so finally yesterday the heads came off. Between my GF, her bro, and myself we finished. Took my GFs 250+lb brother to counter how hard i was tuggin at the Cam sprocket bolts.

Sprockets off



Cylinder bores are clean and smooth. I found where the head gaskets blew and it was the #5 & 6 cylinders (closest to firewall)

Il get pics later of the heads and block.

But on with project #2
Lip rolling...









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I ended up with a huge dip an inch tall starting from the lip on up along with other dings that were already there. Thats why theres filler all along the shit

And my tools....

Fender came out pretty good

JUst gotta throw some putty on a few spots then itl get painted

lookin good

The fender is DONE!! Im a lil unhappy with my body work BUT its ok, dint turn out so bad.



2nd coat drying
.

Looks glossy cuz it wet, butits a semi-gloss. Now i needa wetsand it and see how it can get it semi-glossy-ish afterthe sanding.

Would just wax work??

Got bored earlier and wanted to try something....

I was clipping coupons....


Maybe the future???

Looks dope..

thank you sir

And where u been at??

hood hood hood

now get the rest of the panels painted and your good to go.

haha that looks mad tite

Shit i shuda checked here yesterday. Got a couple updates but theyl have to wait til tomoro...

tomorrow?

Ok its been a while since the last update. I never did get pics of the dam cylinders and the heads BUT I did manage to do a couple of other things...

Started off sanding and got damn near nowhere


I decided to try the oven cleaner method with very lil success




Finally got around to using some paint stripper, got mostly everything off exept some surface rust that had to be sanded off


the finished product after 2 coats of Rust-oleum clear. It still has some imperfections which i really like cuz i dnt want perfection




Made some Junkyard runs with my GFs brother and picked up some power mirrors off a 4Runner, corner light pigtails, and the connectors for my bumper lights



The truck i got this one from was burnt on the front end so this one is a bit charred but nothing that cnt be fixed





And some check valves for the vaccum lines



And finally my mom was able to lend me a hand with buying my parts so My head gaskets are coming along with new bolts, a water pump, misc gaskets and a new GRILLE!!!

Oh and i also got a new to me Cold Start Injector from the JY.

More updates soon i hope

Gaskets are in!!! head bolts, water pump gasket and grille should come in tomoro. Water pump either on Sat. or Monday.


Lets see if i can get the heads to the machine shop

jetas wrote:Got bored earlier and wanted to try something....

I was clipping coupons....


Maybe the future???

you wont do it, no balls.

I haz the balls. Just no money

no money sucks... i know how what you mean with noo money... ima college kid lol