Another cold morning today.
First job was cleaning the rear side windows and their rubber seals.
Used the pressure washer to blast all the mud out.
Hung the wing up ready for cleaning.
Both cleaned and ready for rust treatment.
I consulted the manual which covers the body, and read how Toyota say to fit the windscreen. They say to use a piece of cord/string and soapy water.
My mate turned up to help me install all the glass.
First job was the windscreen.
Cleaned the rubber seal.
Came to fit it onto the glass and decided it would be better if we soaked it in hot soapy water first, to soften the rubber up a bit and make it more flexible.
We pushed the rubber seal around the glass, then pushed a piece of washing line cord into the groove in the seal. Positioned the glass over the hole, and as I applied pressure to the outside pushing the glass inwards, my mate pulled the cord out and the screen popped in!
Soapy water sprayed all around the cord and rubber really worked well.
Put the rubbers for the rear side windows into soak.
Got the front doors fitted.
Decided to try and use my original door on the drivers side, as it has virtually no rust and I wouldnt need to change the lock over.
As suspected the top was a little bent.
Easily managed to tweak it till it was just right.
Slight bit of damage to repair.
So onto the rear side windows.
First job was cleaning the apertures.
Noticed some rust so gave it a spray of rust killer.
Drivers side first.
Same technique as the windscreen, so I pushed on the outside, while my mate pulled the cord on the inside.
I didnt think lowering the roof 2-3mm (which is effectively what weve done, what with the thickness of a cutting disc) would make these side windows quite so tight a fit.
I found it helped to push the top seal under the gutter, as my mate pulled the cord.
One done!
Other side.
With the glass and doors all fitted my mate left and I made a start pressure washing the front end ready for re-assembly.
The intercooler was totally full of Lincomb sand.
Connected the door electrics up.
Treated all areas of rust on the insides of the wings.
Dinitrol next.
Would be very difficult to effectively coat the inside of the wings with them fitted to the truck, so decided to give them a good coat while their off.
Made sure all the mud/water traps got a good coat.
Really should have done the wings yesterday ready for fitting today.
Was a bloody messy job to fit them after spraying them full of dinitrol.
Re-fitted the battery and tray and connected everything up.
Going to sort all the electrics out before I export it, so all the dodgy under bonnet wires and pipes will look a lot neater then.
Grill next.
I then decided to start the truck and let her tick over for a bit.
Climbed in the truck and noticed what I thought was a crack in the middle of the screen.
Gave it a wipe over and prayed it was just a scratch.
No such luck, bloody crack right up the middle of the screen.
Fitted the bumper next.
Louvre panel next below the screen.
The plan has always been to grind down, fill and sand over the seem of weld. But that can wait a few weeks till the truck is off the road for 7 weeks before being exported.
Crack.
Fitted the bonnet next.
Needed to bolt the front of the rock sliders back on. I had to unbolt and lower the fronts down in order to access two of the bolts holding the wings on.
These are the bits that go from the roof down to the cab. Wiring loom for sun roof and lights, and drain hoses for the sun roof.
Fitted the wiring loom first.
It was noticed on the donor KZJ70 that the roof came off, and also on my LJ70, that there is a spare electrical connection above the drivers side rear side window.
Im going to investigate as to whather this can be used for an interior light in the rear of the truck. I suspect that is what it is there for, maybe on a different. model.
Sunroof drain hoses next.
I started with the drivers side but couldn't get it to go all the way down to the sill, which is where it goes to. Even using techniques I'd normally use when rodding drains such as twisting/turning whilst pushing and pulling I couldn't get the hose to go down.
Managed to get the other side down, but only by going through a different hole in the roof.
Backs were dead easy.
The backs connect to the plastic grill on the side of the rear quarter and drain out there.
Tarp down and packed away I moved the truck ready for driving to work tomorrow.
All in all quite a productive weekend, but the cracking of the screen has put a bit of a downer on it for me.
Not sure if I will replace it before I export it.
Might wait till its in OZ, the truck has got to be worth less with the dents, shit paintwork and cracked screen.
Lower import tax here I come.
Still not sure how/why it cracked.
