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Elpho
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 8:07 am Posts: 11 Location: Tasmania
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 Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:33 pm |
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Hey,
i've had my 1979 lj81 sitting in my dads shed for 6-7 years now, it worked well when i bought it, planned to fix it up along time ago, but now i finally am getting around to it!.
the Body is quite rusted, the floor has almost rusted away, not being able to put much weight on it. the main problem is that the chassis
im planning on restoring it so it can pass the pits and it can be back on the road once again. i dont have the biggest budget, but obviously it needs to be a decent job.
i also have a Picture version of the owners and service manual.
any advice would help thanks!
oh and i live in Tasmania BTW.
Photos aren't the best quality, but all i got ATM.
Cheers,
Elpho.
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hooki
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Joined: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 1785 Location: perth, WA
Vehicle: 85' LWB Sierra, 01' S15
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:05 pm |
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How are you with a welder? If you have a decent mig welder then it's all pretty easy. You'll obviously have to remove the body from the chassis to do the floor properly and the main thing is taking your time with it. the
Front clip looks pretty rusted, it may be easier to find a replacement rather then fix it.
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95' & 97' sierra (sold)
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Elpho
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 8:07 am Posts: 11 Location: Tasmania
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:05 am |
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Hey,
I've got a Mig, just not confident enough to use ot on panels yet, i'll have to practise some more!.
I'm looking into a replacement, but im going to bog it while i wait... see how i go.
working on making room to remove the body tonight.
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Elpho
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 8:07 am Posts: 11 Location: Tasmania
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:07 pm |
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bump, gonna call some places in a minute!
found brand new fenders from NZ for around $190Aud without postage yet.
and this place can source parts for lj80's
http://www.citroa.com/
didnt see prices though!
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something_else
Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 819 Location: Pimpama
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:12 pm |
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Goodluck with it mate I was lucky to have one with very minimal rust. It's at the panel beaters ATM getting a respray. You should start by getting a wire wheel onto a rust spot and take it back until it's all gone. Then you'll know weather to rust kill in and put weld there. Or just cut it out and weld a new bit in.
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Elpho
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 8:07 am Posts: 11 Location: Tasmania
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:00 am |
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Thanks!,
im thinking about buying one of the engine restoration kits off ebay, you think thats a good idea?, and dad told me that one of the diffs has something wrong with it, so i'll look out for some, otherwise i found where i can get some new ones.
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JayKay
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Joined: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1144 Location: Down Under Down Under
Vehicle: 2008 Jimny Standard As :-)
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:03 pm |
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Elpho wrote:
oh and i live in Tasmania BTW.
Photos aren't the best quality, but all i got ATM.
Cheers,
Elpho.
You'd have to be Daniel's brother.
I finally get to see the Zook he's told me about.
Good luck on the restore 
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Elpho
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 8:07 am Posts: 11 Location: Tasmania
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:28 pm |
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JayKay wrote: You'd have to be Daniel's brother. I finally get to see the Zook he's told me about. Good luck on the restore Yeah, picked up an f10a engine(i need to strip it down) and 2 new seats cheap few weeks back.
still no room ATM to do much on it, hopefully soon that will change. 
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