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im going to need to work out some dents and such but im trying my damnedest to avoid using bondo so i will have to pick up some paint stripper tomorrow.
im going to need to repair or replace the driver side tail light area of the bed its bent in at the nub the tailgate locks on and below from the old bumper hitting it. as well as repairing some bondo the previous owner had on the passenger door that cracked.
i have my dad and my uncle to help out with the final stages of body work and the painting, im doing the interior and most of the engine work myself with help during the install, going to have the exhaust done by a local shop.
i have a good idea of what im doing for the interior now im working on a sketch of, will start on that while i get the engine ready and find a transmission. once i figure out where the new shifter hole is going to be i can start making a center console the dash is going to be modified a little bit for the new gauge panel im making, getting these gauges + the tach. http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Auto-Meter- ... c3&vxp=mtr

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

got my block and crank back

they painted the block black like i was hoping, im not a big fan of the orange. i gave every surface of the block that wasn't painted a good spray down with wd40 so it doesnt rust before i hit it with the solvent washer and start assembly

crank looks great, has a good layer of grease on it so im not worried about it rusting but man is that stuff sticky
cant wait to start rebuilding

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

I found something Mister! I think you might like this, portland.craigslist.org/clc/ptd/3813814229.html

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My House Is Guarded By A Shotgun 3 Days A Week. Guess Which Days.

you sir are correct now if i can just squeeze 275 out of my nearly tapped account i will be in business but i think they have that weird np231 transfer case that mine came with, not a manual shift case maybe i can buy the trans off them and pick up a better case

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

glad you liked that find. I want you to take me to 4.3 school my friend.

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My House Is Guarded By A Shotgun 3 Days A Week. Guess Which Days.

class starts next week finally ordering my rebuild set and such this week, a bare block just looks wrong, pretty but wrong... pending sale on my weber will fund my set of 96-97 heads and new stem seals for them.

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

well the weber sold, have spent the last 2 days at pick n pull getting a pair of 97 blazer vortec heads ready to come off.. had to go and come back both days for misc tools. went back today and came home with these

I need to clean them up still


again dirty but working on that as soon as I post this, I know it looks like there is a fat crack in it but that must have been the gasket I saw it in the pic and went to check and I cant find any sign of a crack.


plastic valve covers really sturdy though, they do their job of saying look at me im vortec swapped"

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

little bit of time with a razor blade and a poly abrasive wheel on my drill and I have this so far. thankfully no cracks spotted yet


edit:
after a few minutes of time and a $4 set of harbor freight wire wheels I ended up with this



also got the hollow push rods with the heads for free. between the cost of the heads and the wheels to clean it up I only have $118 into them. GM says these heads flow as good or better than their stage 2 bowtie heads in stock form overall im pretty happy with the pair of them cant wait to put them on my block

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

got a basic off the shelf rebuild set ordered, debating between a comp cams hr266 or hr260 for it.

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Nice lil luv truck ive been looking for a 4x4 lucky u got one goood luck wirh ur project....lol nice u got some datsun 510 ive been looking for one also lol wanna sell one?

never made the trip down to pick the 510's up no space to work on them, he still has them sitting at his pace so when I finally finish my luv I will let you know whats up with the 510's

just placed my order for a set of 4.3 swap mounts+ rubber cushions+ bolts from power by ace
will be hunting for a transmission next weekend so I can get started on making the new trans crossmember and get everything mocked up finally coming together

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Thats nice lol i went to the junkyard and i found a 4x4 chevy luv all stock thinking bought buying it hmmmmm....lol do u know how much he wants for the 510? .....my friend said the v6 heads that came with it originally arw better then the vortec heads but hey when u finally finsih it and get it running let me know i might be building my lil chevy luv a 22r with turbo see how that comes out for me

I read a lot into it, hotrod magazine thinks the VERY early 4.3 heads with the perimeter valve cover bolts flow better than the first center bolt ones, but the vortec ones flow more than both by far, the early one have ports similar to the old 305 v8 heads while the vortecs ports are based on the LT1. gotta be careful tho, they started saying vortec on them a while before they went with these heads, anything pre 96 will flow a lot less. ported pre 96 heads have a hard time matching stock 96+ heads I have seen flow bench results

an he didn't want much for them, can probably get both for under a grand he has too many cars and no time for them

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Nice nice thats good to know i didnt know that.my friend knows alot about those engines because well he likes those engines alot and said i should put one on my truck but i said no i prefer the 22r with turbo.that lil truck will be fast the only problem is gonna be when i have to smog -____- ima have to get it passed...cool i juss want one 510 theyre both stick shift right?i might be interested in juss buying one...u said one of rhem didnt have the motor in it right?

yep one has no motor, good body, one runs and drives but got rolled.
the 22r idea would be considerably easier to fit

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Lol u think he will take 400 for the one dat dont have a motor or anything in it?is 2 door right?...lol my dad put a 22r in one of these trucks a long time ago till the truck got wrecked and well ended up at the junkyard ima ask him to help me convert it....hows the motor coming along

I will talk to him when I see him

aand today I broke out the grinder and took off all the rough and jagged casting on the block



also spent a couple minutes filing a bit of a chamfer at the bottom of the cylinders to get the rough edge off

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Thanks let me know.....nice nice whrn are you gonna stary putting it together its gonna be one fast luv

rebuild set will be here tomorrow or Wednesday, picking up a transmission next so I can mock everything up and cut the new holes in the floor etc.
starting to re-wire everything and get the new electrical system laid out with the jeep relay/fuse box, switch panel and dash layout. picked up a piece of tinted plexiglass for the gauge cluster and switch panel faces.
will spend a good while working on it this week lots of time off hoping to knock out a lot of the wiring and get it cleaned up more.

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Nice nice lol i cleaned up the wiring on my truck all i left was the coil and the twmp switch and oil switch and the fuel pump all the other unnecesary wiring is gonw