Dwill817's 1981 Toyota Pickup 4x4

I'll finish it.. It's just not top priority.. Lol

I put my front bumper and grill back on too.

I hate how you can see where I smoothed out everything on the rear bumper with a flap disk, but I swear it's impossible to make it look perfect.

I'm gonna add a rear hitch one day and some side hoops when I get to a tube bender

 

What grit flap wheel?

 

I don't remember. All the ones I got are pretty wore down.

 

Put V6 calipers on Saturday night.. Didn't have to mod the knuckle and they fit great.. Just gonna be a PITA to take calipers off..

I put the bolts thought the holes on the caliper and then slid the caliper over the rotor and then slide the rotor/caliper assembly over the hub and took a wrench and bolted the caliper on.

You have to move the caliper to the outside of the tabs instead of the inside like stock.

It kept me from having to drill the knuckle tabs to add a bolt and nut, but it's slow moving with half turns with the open end of a wrench.

 

Well... She's alive and doing pretty good.. Been driving around the yard and field for an hour or two and everything seems to be working well..

Shakedown run tomorrow at either Morris or Choccolocco.. Pics and Videos to come..

 

Shakedown run was awesome Saturday!

All the pics and videos are still coming in so I'll post some later!

 

Here's a teaser:

 

Don't mind the wack mustache.. I lost a bet with my pappy.

 

Nice, hope you were carrying a spare! haha

 

I trailered & it was the last trail of the day.. So no biggie

 

You need to start saving for some tires lol

 

The carb is holding me back 100x more than the tires.. I could follow anyone on 31s if it would stay running.. Its kind of cool to see the look on peoples face when they stuggle on 4ds and we fly up behind them on 31s & 33s..
Gonna go with 36 Iroks after I get 'pane..

 

Lol love how the passenger side mirror is facing a different direction in each picture. Must've been spinning around, something like this

 

Ahem. They're racing slicks.

 

That's what I'm saying! As long as they keep hooking up then I'm happy till I can save up for new ones! Maybe the rocks were just sticky Saturday or I just was surprised by my lockers but I never had traction issues. Just problems keeping it alive on the real steep stuff!



Yeah that mirror like to hang out.. I always forget to buy another when I go to town..

 

I need to find another rear driveshaft..

I started on rear shock mounts yesterday. I'll get pics of those when I get done..

I also fixed my drivers side hub and some steering leaks, etc..

 

I never had issues with my 82 cutting out while climbing, only while going downhill. I set my float to factory spec and it climbed great. Now trying to start it at a steep angle was a whole different ballgame lol

 

Were you running a Weber? Mine literally will barely run if I have it pegged & then it don't have enough power to pull cause it's cutting out so bad.. It's terrible.

I know I'm having issues with it but I've tried everything to fix it.