Landcruiser lj70 [creepycruiser]

[Victor]

Picked up the new meats on my way home from work, and also some hydraulic steery bits..

2018-03-17 10.40.20 by Vc1r, on Flickr

They are MASSIVE.

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Yep. Front bumper has to go..

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Got some workshop goodies too, new weld handle and hose (Do you call it hose in english? )

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And a new screen, old one had started acting up, so got a new one, such a difference!

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Onto the build then! Made a cardboard template first, then cut it out of 5mm sheet

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Other side is a bit worse, turbo is right smack in the way, so that's gotta be moved around, so now i get to make my own manifold, Yay

2018-03-18 11.12.06 by Vc1r, on Flickr

With that out of the way, that side could also be dne and welded, let's just hope i dont have to modify these

2018-03-18 16.34.36 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Had to let some nitrogen out tho to get them mounted, so it's on bumpstops (which there isn't any yet) atm, nothing hit anything tho!

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Hmmm, less good, but doesnt hit!..

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There gotta be atleast 2mm left

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[Victor]

Pic upload malfunctioned last week, so delivering some photos now instead!

Not very impressive, airshock bind..

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Que the plasma! Think i widened it 7cm..

2018-03-25 16.13.40 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Better, but not good! Still have 12cm to go on the front shocks, so got lots left! Next bind tho! This time between the shocks and the outside frame.. So gonna try and move the lower mounts out so they bridge the gap between the knuckle ball and axle tubing, that'll give me a couple of cm, and then im probably gonna have to give the upper mount a bend outwards too..

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[Ben]

Looking good mate.

 

[Victor]

Thanks!

And since easter is all about eating food and having family around i ran out of time last weekend for an update, so here goes!

Felt i had to do something else for a bit, and also nice to get one thing off of the garage floor, so decided to finish and install the rear diff Bit of a tight fit tho, had to hammer the bloody thing in, pretty sure im gonna regret that later..

2018-04-01 11.46.52 by Vc1r, on Flickr

New design on the top mounts alltogether..

2018-04-02 13.13.51 by Vc1r, on Flickr

No problems now geeting them fully erect

2018-04-02 13.13.22 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Also did new lower mounts which shows here.. Raised them up and kicked them out over the knuckle, bit of a fiddle to get the steering arm off now, but it's doable, Also redid the configuration to 15cm of uptravel instead..

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New lower

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Hard to tell, but the shock is perfectly aligned with the chassis on full drop.

2018-04-02 13.14.25 by Vc1r, on Flickr

And full bump

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A bit more lean to it now.. Also put a couple of reinforcements towards the frame..

2018-04-02 15.09.44 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Some more reinforcements..

2018-04-07 11.52.52 by Vc1r, on Flickr

As soon as the other side gets done im gonna connect the 2 with a piece of 4x4 tubing over the engine, that's one of the reasons i redid the whole thing..

 

[Victor]

Sometime during Saturdays fun time i realized one thing..

What the fuck am i doing!?

As said, took a well needed day off on Saturday to start off the season, the zook/spider performed flawlessly during the whole day! Well, im reading engine temps about 100-110c, but it aint boiling over so..

2018-04-21 11.03.36 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Back at it again today tho! Got me a sample rim for testfitting on my way home from work on Friday, so mounted a tire, and tested some!

Sooooo fucking tight everywhere, but i hope it works!

2018-04-22 11.03.17 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Not much room between tire and frame..

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Hitting the body mount, but i dont even know if it's gonna stay, so dont care to much about it really.. Also i dont have any steering stops atm..

2018-04-22 11.03.39 by Vc1r, on Flickr

A couple of cm to the front bumper!

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Size matters!

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The rims..

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[Victor]

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[Victor]

Found a stock turbo intake for the 603, so bought it as i need one :tumbup:

2018-05-10 11.04.28 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Skipped the last idea, and am doing a bend over the transfer instead, all 5mm :tumbup:

2018-05-11 16.51.21 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Done! I left it open on the bottom side, also where it meets the U-beam i made bracelets that go under the U Beam for extra strength..

2018-05-13 13.49.04 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Looks like it'll work..

2018-05-13 13.49.20 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Perfect, just a tad short

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[Victor]

Have been quiet here for some time, but i aint goofin around, no! Spring is a hectic time for all offroad events, and with the current heat-wave and my body-build, well, lets just say we aint exactly friends, hot weather and i..

But! Somethings is happening all the time.. Transfer case mounts is all done! (atleast i think so.. )

2018-05-13 16.51.26 by Vc1r, on Flickr

As usual, all is made with 5mm steel, tubing is around 3mm thick..

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So, with that done it's time to tackle the steery bits!

Have ordered another set of high steer 6 stud steering arms as i need the drivers side of a RHS unit, that one is longer as it have both the hole for the steering rod, and paralell rod..

So that's the steering piston spotwelded onto the axle, tight as hell between the panhard rod and hydro fittings, but should work..

2018-06-10 14.17.00 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Welded a bracket that bolts to the front calipper mounting points, and also the bolt hole for the stock steerings stop.. All 10mm steel.

But! To you guys that have built full hydros before, this will be way to much angle right?

2018-06-10 14.52.07 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Was thinking of welding on another tab below the second one, and get longer bolts, that way it would get even sturdier, and i would get this angle..

2018-06-10 14.52.22 by Vc1r, on Flickr

 

[Victor]

Ordered a steering rod kit, that contained rod ends, heim joints and all the bits needed, ofcourse this was all in inches, so had to redrill the rod ends to M20 instead!

2018-06-23 12.12.31 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Had to grind the bolt head down aswell..

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Fits like a glove!

2018-06-23 12.16.35 by Vc1r, on Flickr

After consulting with hardcore offroaders/builders in Sweden i decided to go the easy route, moved the panhard up maybe an inch on the frame side, that gave me some more clearance..

2018-06-23 14.12.34 by Vc1r, on Flickr

That together with a guide i got sent to me on how far from the axle to mount the piston gave me this position!

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Apparantly i've ised up 15kg of .8mm welding wire now, so i have some welding left to do..

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[Victor]

Update!

Marriage between frame and body is getting close, so figured it would be nice to have everything painted up..

So now, everything in the front end is painted

2018-07-06 13.43.14 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Black frame, and silver axles..

2018-07-06 13.43.22 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Diff went in, along with new axle seals, and wiper seals, together with new rock rings from trail-gear!

2018-07-06 13.43.30 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Instead of a thinner rubber ring, and a felt ring it's a thicker polyurethane ring, feels sturdy and good!

2018-07-06 15.15.15 by Vc1r, on Flickr

And this is how the steering turned out, i have welded a second ear below the rod end though, and ordered some longer bolts!

2018-07-06 16.02.05 by Vc1r, on Flickr

And in place again, thought it'd be tight with all the links, since i built it too damn tight, but turned out to go together pretty easy!

2018-07-06 17.24.48 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Welded in a new cross-member aswell, so i can finally remove the other one..

2018-07-08 15.29.48 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Done like Toyota did it, straight through the frame, and welded on both sides!

2018-07-08 15.29.55 by Vc1r, on Flickr

 

[Victor]

And i realized i have forgotten one thing, finally found me some DAMN NICE rims!

2018-06-29 14.33.04 by Vc1r, on Flickr

 

[Victor]

Even though we have the heatwave of a motherfucking charcoal grill right now, with temps around 30 celsius in the shadow, i could finally check one major box on the list of things to do!

Got the chassis painted, and all buttoned up yesterday, so all (well, not really) that as left to do was to ffinally mount the body!!

All painted up, looking all shiny and mighty fine..

2018-07-14 16.14.01 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Body lifte doff of the donor, went smoooooooth

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On the way to the altar..

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Dad is out there helping me line them up and such, his exc. too..

2018-07-15 13.10.25 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Almost in place, after i had to quickly remove the brake servo, sich a PITA.. Rear cabcorners is resting on the tires though, so que the grinder!

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Corners cut..

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A very rough and quick mock-up to see where everything was..

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With ca corners cut, servo out of the way, and now resting on wooden blocks, this is it's resting place!

2018-07-15 15.16.53 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Lots of room between body and trans, and a couple of inches between firewall and motor, so looking goooood!

 

[yota_lj]

Hi, can i ask you a question?
I was thinking about your project, LJ70 axles aren't too little for 40'' Maxis? I know that over 33' crown wheel and pinion are in trouble ...

 

[Victor]

Hi, can i ask you a question?
I was thinking about your project, LJ70 axles aren't too little for 40'' Maxis? I know that over 33' crown wheel and pinion are in trouble ...

To answer your question, i doubt it..

I have ran 35" creepys for like 4-5 years before this on stock stuff that had 450.000 kms on them, a few chipped teeth in the crown wheel in the back, but nothing major, and i haven't been exactly nice to it..

HOWEVER, not stock anymore, i've changed the stock 4.88 ratios out for 5.29's, knuckles is also upgraded to trail-gears six shooter knuckles, so they are pretty much indestructible..

 

[yota_lj]

Thanks Victor for the explain, very good job

 

[Victor]

Update!

Body on, then you need body mounts!

Thought i'd make them in 3mm first, but had none, so went with 5mm instead

2018-07-20 14.52.21 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Started cutting the front after they were done, really pleased with the look..

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Testfitted some lights, so ordered 4 new round foglights to use :tumbup:

2018-07-23 16.02.27 by Vc1r, on Flickr

A mounting point for the innerfender was rotten, so fixed that while at it.. BTW, did you know i hate working sheet metal...

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Lots to do, so got me a whiteboard to keep track of everything.. :tumbup:

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Front bolted together, so i could see that all is well, nice lines!

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Body mounts for the front.. Volvo gearbox rubbers

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Bracketry for throttle, and bowden cable..

2018-07-30 15.26.22 by Vc1r, on Flickr

APPARANTLY someone placed a airshocktower RIGHT where the AC/fan unit sits, so gutted the AC components and cut it off, gotta get me some fiberglass and polyester for that and patch it up.

2018-07-30 15.26.32 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Hmm.. WHat the hell..

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High low shifter, that was the only round bar i could find so..

2018-07-31 13.32.44 by Vc1r, on Flickr

 

[Victor]

Ordered me a chev hydroboost and brake cylinder, big ol' kit to fit..

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Got started on the 4wd lever..

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Then it was time to mate the S10 tree shifter to the merc auto box..

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Noticed i quite couldnt get 2nd gear to lock in, so had to grind me some in this plate..

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Fitted for testing..

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[Victor]

Update!

Got some help machining down the axle that bolts to the orbitrol, and also making a socket to fit between it and the steering axle..

2018-08-11 15.12.45 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Was missing some stuff for the hydros, so cracked on with the brake servo instead..
After much tinkering around this was the best osition i could come up with..

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Had to point it out a wee bit..

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Kind of like so..

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But then! It struck me like lightning! the hydrobooster is a pressurized hydraulic unit, so it dont care which way it is mounted, quick googling confirmed this, so i quickly flipped it over!

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Me flipping it made it possible to get it square to the firewall!

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Minimal cutting in the firewall..

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Out with the pin in the pedal, in with a m12 rod, some nuts and voila!

2018-08-17 16.09.16 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Bloody aesome weather today, so decided to do the fixing on the A/C unit, first time working with fiberglass!

2018-08-19 13.28.19 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Not showroom quality, but good enough for me..

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Mounted and in place.!

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[Victor]

Got some pics since last weekend to show..
Got stated on the hydro bit, gonna make a rubbersuspended mount since it's being mounted to the chassis, and the cab is mounted with rubber too..

Started out with a exhaust clamp, welded to a 5mm steel plate..

2018-08-25 15.34.59 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Cut and folded a piece of 5mm around the hydro, then welded it to the plate..

2018-08-25 16.13.57 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Fabbed 2 mounting points, and also a lower support..

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Cushions on..

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That's where it'll end up, lower plate will be welded to the chassis..

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[Victor]

Lite update igen..

All welded up and done..

2018-09-18 19.40.33 by Vc1r, on Flickr

The rims were a bit tight between the spokes so had to get these bad boys..

2018-09-29 11.21.35 by Vc1r, on Flickr

And this week i ordered some new goodies, a new radiator (31x18") with built in trans cooler, exh. manifold kit, and this sweet steering wheel coupled togehter with a Snap-off hub

2018-09-29 16.14.32 by Vc1r, on Flickr