Aleu - The Rebuild of a 1980 Pickup

Its the small things that keep you going. Great to see your excitement

 

got this little bad boy in yesterday! mechanical to electrical speed sensor

 

Linky poo please

 

ughhhhhhhh. I supppooooooooooossseee
....geeeeeeshhhhhh


jk lmao haha, its also marlin crawler too lol

https://www.yotamasters.com/shop/transmission/marlin-crawler-vehicle-speed-sensor-adapter/

 

You rock, thanks!

 

got a few things done finally got the rest of the trans crossmember welded in and painted. then i got the big thing done, got the cab dropped back down with the bushings and the body lift. man im glad i have that lift...helps clear a lot of shit that would clear otherwise lol. flat black painted the back of the engine bay and got some other stuff ready. had to cut holes in the fender wells sadly to clear the shock hoops and also had to clearance the body for the steering box.

also got the EGR delete installed onto the 3rz, thats all gone there lol. aaaaand lastly I dropped my front driveshaft and long slip yoke off at Panhandle Driveline to get it extended and put together. that will be ready wednesday! damn thing costs me $350 for the whole damn thing haha. im also glad i decided to test fit my tacoma shaft just in case before i brought it with, it fits perfectly! before it was a little too long, but now that I have the relocation kit on the axle, it fits nicely in there, one less thing I have to worry about!

im really getting super close...like seriously super close....its kinda crazy, im hoping to get done within a month or so here...but we will see and time will tell lmao

 

Paint it purple

 

Bad ass

 

got this in today as well! new fuel pump hanger assembly since the one on my tank is done. just waiting on the sender gasket to come in and the fuel tank should be good to go. also have an LCE pickup to 3rz conversion header that will be in sometime this week

thanks! lol

 

looky looky what we gots here, got my new front driveshaft built and picked it up today! new fuel pump with strainer came in today as well but didnt get the chance to open it up. also still waiting on my LCE header to be shipped...not sure when ill get that. I need to run back to the yard i frequent to grab a throttle cable and possibly a few other other things. but we'll see lmao

 

hey guys sorry for the delays with updates lol. been busy with work and waiting for stuff to come in. finished up the fuel tank and pump assembly, all new everything, got my slip join steering column refurbished with new small spider ujoints (damn things were $25 each), that was a pain to get the ujoints out. had to cut the old joints out and get everything cleanes out. also snagged a stock air box!

found out I had to get a different ECU since the one i got was from an auto 4x2 and I need a manual ECU, so this one is from a 4x4 manual. after almost 3 weeks I finally got my conversion header for the 3rz, this should fit now since the old header i had made contact with the rear shackle.

also got around to starting to repair to the floor board rust, but thats taking its time lol

lastly, finally figured everything out for my fuel line system, converting to -6 AN. got an M14x1.50 inverted flare to -6 adapter for the fuel tank pickup, then a bunch of -6 hose ends and a couple 90* fittings, 20ft of -6 braided hose and lastly a few

$13 M12x1.25 mm Self-Locking Nylon Insert Hex Lock Nuts, Pack of 6

M12x1.25 to -6 adapters for the fuel filter and fuel rail, so everything is now converted to AN lines

 

Nice Update

 

just looked through this whole build and my god. keep up the good work!

 

haha thanks! lol, yeah the truck has come a LONG way, but still got a bunch more to do before she is good to go

 

are ya still alive n buildin?

 

It's been a minute since an update!

 

He has had a good bit of updates on Facebook... I'll hit him up and make him come here and update!

 

Right on, thank you.

 

haha sorry guys, I lost track of time and haven't had motivation to jump on here at all lol, bout to do a photo dump lmao