Local Legend Not much left Tacoma left... 4500 koh build

[Hambone]

Spare tire mount

 

[Hambone]

I think I finally finished capping all the sections in the frame. Added some fish plating to the inside of the frame by the engine.

Bump broke some pieces of 3/16 to finish the front of the frame. Ordered a second small griffin fluid cooler to use as an engine oil cooler and got that mounted.

 

[Hambone]

My dad came back for another few days and we got a lot done. He painted all the interior panels at home and fixed the fiberglass fenders.

We got everything mounted in the dash. The shifter mount done. The intake in. Figured out power steering hoses and got the resi and oil filter mounted. Shock resi mounts. Seat belt eyelets. Front sway bar done. Skid plates. And more I’m sure.

 

[Hambone]

more pictures. We put the real motor in. Went in with no issue. He got the Parker pumper mounted. Cut down a cylinder to use as an air tank for the front air locker and air free spool on the winch. Just waiting on bungs.

 

[Hambone]

Just a couple hours today. Neighbor kid has been coming over a lot and been a huge help. He’s getting better and I can turn him lose on easy projects so I can focus on other stuff. When you need 2 resivor mounts per shock it gets expensive to buy. So cut some on the cnc and had him bump break and shape them on some tubing to fit. Turned out good

We got the jack mount done. I welded some of the resi mounts. Got the shocks and all the coolers off and the last 3 skid plate tabs on (they went in the triangle corners of the subframe and got nuts welded in)

I’m making a strong push to get a lot of tabs and stuff done tomorrow and hopefully paint it this weekend. Next up is the carrier bearing mount, driveshaft loop tabs, and some more miscellaneous tabs then pull the motor and start pulling the axles.

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

 

[Hambone]

Thanks for the shoutout!

 

[Hambone]

It seems like the small tabs and brackets never end. Screwed with the carrier bearing all day yesterday. Ended up having to make a front driveshaft and glad I did as clearance is tight but Everything fits. Mid shaft is less than a degree down and about a degree out to the side. And the actual front shaft is about 17 degrees down at full droop (20 degree max at the skip yoke) I did it out of 2x.120 but have some 2x.25 wall I’ll probably bore out and press on. Could videos on my Instagram showing how I did the carrier bearing.

Also got the driveshaft hoop tabs in, I’ll use an old limit strap. Added a brace to the winch tray as it had some flex. An antenna mount in the top wing thing.

Then today soent all day tearing everything apart while the wife sanded and scotch brighted the tubes. I got everything off the car and we got about 80-85% of the car sanded. I’ll finish sanding tomorrow and make a mock paint booth in the garage and start spraying the chassis.

 

[Hambone]

What a mess. Painting was a ton of work and made a giant mess but the chassis and links are painted. Wife and I sanded the entire chassis then cleaned and tack clothed the entire thing.

Took about a day and half to prep and abour 4 hours to paint. There’s overspray everywhere despite making a paint booth with plastic. But it turned out good I think.

A few runs here and there and only found 2 small sections of tube I didn’t weld despite crawling all over the thing several times. I’ll clean them out and weld em up.

Just used the rustoleum gloss black in a gallon can. Thinned with acetone and added some hardener per some of the things I’ve seen online. Then sprayed through the cheap pink harbor freight gun. Sprayed no issue and laid flat. I’m happy.

Goal is to get the axles prepped tomorrow and then hopefully painted Monday. Then it’s time to start reassembling.

 

[Motiracer38]

That is coming along great. Pro tip for next time, lay down the rolled butcher paper on the ground to keep the over-sprayed plastic from sticking to your shoes.

 

[Hambone]

That is coming along great. Pro tip for next time, lay down the rolled butcher paper on the ground to keep the over-sprayed plastic from sticking to your shoes.

thanks I’ll try that next time. Had someone on Instagram say to wet the floor and tried that today and it worked decent too

 

[Hambone]

Got the rear housing brake calipers on and added fill/inspection holes on both housings. Then more sanding and cleaning and blasted everything with some paint. The garage will never be the same. Even with the paint booth attempt, overspray got on everything.

I have a few small parts to paint but I can finally start reassembling for the final time.