Operation Rebuild Chaos Edition

[YotaFun]

Congrats on the rebuild.

My motto to myself comes to mind when I see this build...
If it needs to be fixed or replaced, why not just upgrade.

And since you will be changing to a tubed front end, its an upgrade.

Wish I could help, but my mechanical skills are still in the nill...
(I already have my own issues to deal with...)

Good luck, and gods speed on the recovery!

[Bob98SR5]

this should be fun today, i helped lance cut the sheet metal..well actually, i was holding, he was cutting. though lance let me take the sawzall to the front portion for kicks i'm going to have to do this to the veggie benz to cut out the rust and weld some panels in, so this is good practice.

lance showed me the designs. shoudl be cool and a good learning experience. i am sure it will look as good as this when it is all finished:

[Good Times]

har har bob! that's it, you're not gettin any of my scrap metal to practice welding on!

Here's some more pictures... the freaky stuff!

[img width=800 height=532]http://chaosedition.com/photogallery/images/misc/Operation%20Rebuild%20Chaos%20Edition/DSC_4764.jpg[/img]

[img height=600]http://chaosedition.com/photogallery/images/misc/Operation%20Rebuild%20Chaos%20Edition/DSC_4765.jpg[/img]

cuttin up the sheet metal was fun. didn't take much to really cut into the metal. now I just need to clean up the mess and start on the tubing work

[img width=800 height=532]http://chaosedition.com/photogallery/images/misc/Operation%20Rebuild%20Chaos%20Edition/DSC_4760.jpg[/img]

[img width=800 height=532]http://chaosedition.com/photogallery/images/misc/Operation%20Rebuild%20Chaos%20Edition/DSC_4762.jpg[/img]

thank you bob and sunny for dropping by to give me a hand tubing work will begin shortly. well as soon as I get all of the equipment/parts for em.

[MTL_4runner]

Lance, can I state the obvious and say now would be a good time to change your engine belts.

J/K

Keep those pics coming!

[slosurfer]

Lance, nice progress. Sometimes just getting started is the hardest part.

I have a broken ass shade popup you could borrow so that you aren't working in the sun.

[iceman601]

Wow that looks like a pretty big chunk you cut out. Were the inner fender aprons and wheel wells all bent up beyond repair? Are you going to replace all the needed parts with OEM ones or the taiwanese parts?

I took on a project similar to this about 2 weeks ago when my brother rear ended his camry. I hacked off all the damaged parts and replaced it with the taiwanese parts because I was on a tight budget. I finished the car in 3 days and I can tell you that the taiwanese parts need a lot of work and adjustment to fit properly.

How far are you from the San Gabriel/Alhambra area?...I think I can lend a helping hand during the weekends in hopes to it running for Pismo.

[Good Times]

Chris, you didn't return that canopy? man if you didn't my bad dude... tell me how much it was cuz i owe ya for the boo boo on my part. if you want, I can pick one up locally and just bring it up to pismo for ya.

Jamie, the first thing I did before cutting stuff up was making sure the engine runs smoothly. it started up like crap but did run (surprised though cuz many of the sensors were disconnected!). I checked the belt (actually removed it and checked for wear and tear) and it's still good. Well it only has 51k or so miles so it's not much. Though I am probably gonna do a major clean up while it's got plenty of room!

iceman, the only parts I'm going to get are a radiator/auto tranny cooler, a/c condenser and an air box (the box definitely ate it). The sheet metal will not be replaced as I'm just going to tube the front end. It'll look interesting as the front end should look like a race truck once it's done. guess it'll definitely one unique 4th gen. I'm minutes from KKD so if you ever want to drop by let me know. I probably won't need help for a few weeks until I get all of the parts and equipment sorted.

[slosurfer]

Chris, you didn't return that canopy? man if you didn't my bad dude... tell me how much it was cuz i owe ya for the boo boo on my part. if you want, I can pick one up locally and just bring it up to pismo for ya.

I just haven't had time to return it. I'm sure it won't be a problem. I was just kidding you, plus you only made it more broken, it was kind of broke right out of the box. The only thing that could happen, is the store doesn't take it back and they make me go through the company for the warranty. I don't think that will happen since it was broke right out of the box.

Seriously though, you may want to consider getting one to work under, so you are out of the heat.

Edit: I returned it today with no problems, other than needing three different employees to figure out how to put it in the computer.

[Seanz0rz]

i used mine to work on the vehicles as i cant fit 2 of them into the garage (mine and dads f250) until one of the legs broke at a weak spot. i still need to fix that...

ive had so many weird sunburn lines from working on one side of the vehicle all day and being burned in a line from the hood!

[Bob98SR5]

well, the project has taken a step in the positive direction. this weekend, i headed up to lance's place to help him install his tube bender. i rented a rotohammer for the job and we headed to home depot to pick up some red something or rather concrete sleeves for the 1/2 bolts.

ok, this was pretty fun! so here's some pics:

holes marked
[img width=800 height=600]http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/bob98sr5/Tube%20bender/IMG_4392.jpg[/img]

poser!
[img width=800 height=600]http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/bob98sr5/Tube%20bender/IMG_4393.jpg[/img]

and here's a little vid of the drilling:


drilling the hole w/ that beast sure was fun! went thru 4" of concrete like butter. oh, think of the possibilties:

- my brother's ex-wife
- a former boss, that forked tongue beotch
- noam chomsky