All this motor & body work... starting to think you shoulda done a Blazeland LT kit, big T-Bars and some AllPro Expedition Springs to support that go-faster 5VZ-FE. or you can sell the truck to me with some gnarly flared fenders and I'll go that way. regardless, still stoked about this. Looking forward to you laying that brown down with those gnarly Mojave decals.

 

dude .. if you were interested in buying , and having it "custom" you should have let me know a little earlier ...
now you'll just have to like it my way !



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There's no way I could afford your work, too good.

 

well thanks for the propps brutha ..

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so with the truck in paint .. I need to get a gate built . the original one was steel , and I don't want that , it's gonna rust eventually ..
so started cutting the hinges and gutting the inner ... also going with a little different , haven't posted this before , but I also build a smooth gate that has the handle moved to the inside .. (mock up on the old gate )



also .. never done this before , and I have never seen it done ? but I'm going to try "clean up" and powder coat a throttle body
so I tor it apart , and got it all cleaned up .
I needed to first make sure I could secure the butterfly plate , and done .. so , lets see where this goes






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Powdercoating the throttle body shouldn't be a big deal, but I would probably recommend masking off the areas adjacent to any rotation mechanisms. The powder could be just thick enough to cause binding in those areas - kind of like where the throttle linkage attaches to the body of a Weber 32/36 or 38 and rotates against the surface of the body. Things like that can bind pretty easily without powder to begin with. I have no doubts that you'll do it right, but just in case you have a brain fart I figured that I'd chime in. I suppose the Trekker would be the next candidate in line for a powdercoated throttle body too?

 

yeah trekker will be next if this works out ... it was definitely a challenge to get apart , I just hope I can get it all back together


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worked a bit on the wiring yesterday ... modifying an ATM harness to MTM
got all my pin outs done .. in the last few weeks , so time to put them into place



worked out great , except for some of the pins I need to modify with the larger pins .



still got lots more to do , but it's start


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got down to the body shop to day for a peek at the truck . some primer





also .. got the throttle body back together .. it actually wasn't that tough .. glad I did it







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some color .... not done all the pieces yet , but I couldn't wait

Very happy ... 2 coats of clear






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It is going to be a great looking truck. That is a work out trying to get full coverage on the engine bay and all the different angles with the spray gun. Looking good.

 

Thanks Terry .. your right .. lots of angles to point that gun at



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so got a phone call today .. inners are all done

so with that , I needed to get a few more pieces done ..

started stripping the firewall brake and clutch lines





cleaned up the clamps and got some powder on them



also ... I'm going to try something I have never done before ... so wish me luck
I parted out an original 2WD Mojave a couple years back , and I kept the leather wrapped steering wheel . leather is not inn good shape , so I'm going to re-wrap it .







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worked a little on the engine wire harness this weekend ..



wires removed



and just about done




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yeah ... the weekend is here !!
rolled the frame into the shop , and will be picking up the cab and parts tomorrow AM


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picked up my pieces today .. rained all day !
got them sitting on the frame ..





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How do you lift your cabs? You get several people to help lift or do you have a lift assembly? I am wanting to come up with a way for my shop for lifting cabs. I don't have enough room for a normal lift and am looking at ways of lifting them. A bed I can use a cherry picker to lift off. Starting to look like a truck again.

 

Why isn't the whole cab painted?

 

usually I use a hoist or forklift ... but this time I used my T stands , and a couple of 2X6's . All my buddies were busy this time being Halloween was that night . I was able to do this by myself ,stuffed the 2X6's underneathand then I inched the T stands up, pulled the trailer out , then rolled the frame underneath , and inched the T stands back down . took much longer , but I got er' done



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didn't paint the exterior just simply because I have a lot more to do , and it's going to be sitting for a while , outside . if I scratch the exterior or something , or someone else does , it's not as hard to fix


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