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I might as well Post up this garbage too
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Been in the new shop maybe two weeks and already getting things piled on it

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started with a bunch parts left over from a couple scrapped projects and a samurai truck cab

parts list ls 5.3, 4l60e, prototype northwest fab landcruiser black box combo fourteen bolt rear and landcruiser front axle

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Image cab the day I brought it home.
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Grabbed a piece of I beam from work and got busy cutting some 1.5x3x1/8 wall tube
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After slinging some crossmember in there it was time for axles


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Rear got a narrowed 14 bolt in the pics it was sitting on 60 series land cruiser springs. But they proved too long and it now sits on Toyota 4Runner springs


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Front is a threelink with a panhard bar


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This came in a tmr shipment the other day. Third one I’ve bought as I sold the last two. So I opened it up and installed this one


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It’s a moulded piece as well as having the different diameter outlets


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not really liking the clamps that came with it and will probably change them out for a silicone hose style clamp

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pointsnorth wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:39 am Image
This came in a tmr shipment the other day. Third one I’ve bought as I sold the last two. So I opened it up and installed this one


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That's one way to make sure you make progress, actually install the parts rather than selling them to customers. :lmao:

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Is that prototype LC BlackBox something you got used? Or were they hoping you'd run it as part of their prototype testing?

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I originally got it as part of their prototype testing and I know the output bearing and shaft have changed now in the production model. for all i know it will end up being a 3k paperwieght

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Pulled these out of the box of goodies I’ve got stashed at home


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Those look nice.

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Stripped them down and just installed the shock bodies to give me a perspective on where the upper shock mount will end up and how much uptravel i will have without putting the shocks thru the hood looks like I’m probably going to tip them back 12-15 degrees to give me more room in the front of the engine bay.
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