Project Toyota Hilux YN67
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Seeing these vents are no longer available, I had to come up with a plan to repair them. I did find some more information https://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/index.shtml#BpillarTrim |
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What I decided to do was cut up some square plant propergating pots to the size needed |
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I notched out a couple of vees so that the flaps could slide into the slides and butt up against the original moulding tags |
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Like so |
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Next I used industrial super glue along the top to secure the flaps |
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A view of the vent flaps from the outside |
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Vent the right way up so water and dust doesn't ingrese a well as letting pressure out of the cab as required |
Removing the wiper motor and linkages from a Toyota Hilux is pretty straight forward.
First you have to remove the electrical plug from the starter motor, followed by the 4 x 10mm bolts holding the wiper motor to the firewall. | ![]() |
Next, pull the wiper motor away from the firewall so that you can adjust it so that the linkage is poking through. Now using a 1/2 ring spanner undo the nut that holds the linkage to the wiper motor. Once the nut is undone, I use a large flat blade screwdriver and hammer to tap the back of the linkage to free it from the wiper motor. ( It doesn't take much, just a quick tap to free it from the tappered fine spline) | ![]() |
Next, undo the 6 x 12mm bolts that hold the linkages for the wiper arms. | ![]() |
Then you have to gently manipulate the linkage so that you can remove it through the hole in the cowl area furtherest away from where the wiper motor is mounted. | ![]() |
The linkage assembly removed. | ![]() |
Started stripping the paint off the ute
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Removed all the glass, window mechanisms and handles, along with most of the other interior bits and pieces. |
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Paint stripping back the doors. |
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Slowly getting there, have done the guards and doors, cleaned up with phosphoric acid and steel wool, should prevent flash rusting till I can get back to it. |
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Today's effort was to pain strip back the cab. |
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Cab stripped back to reveal some rust worm that I'll have to use phosphoric acid to dissolve the rust before I can paint it. |
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A close up of the rust worm I'm talking about. |
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Removing the body sealant, everything is looking good, have to do some research on a good sealant to replace what has been removed. |
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Back of the cab after a bit of a clean up with some phosphoric acid, just a little bit of fiddly work and it'll be ready for undercoat. |
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A close up of the roof, as you can see the phosphoric acid has got rid of the rust worm that was present before. |
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