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Maiden Voyage!

09/18/18 1977 Toyota Chinook, Projects by Grant Kohler Leave a Comment on Maiden Voyage!

Got the Chinook over to the DMV and registered! Still waiting on front brakes to show up. Still outlining the work that needs to be done on the door frame and sealing/re-framing the roof. The sink faucet needs to still be installed, and a base 3D printed to replace where the hand pump faucet was.

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Suspension Day

08/26/18 1977 Toyota Chinook, Projects by Grant Kohler Leave a Comment on Suspension Day

Installed new front and rear shocks on the Chinook. Also took the time to replace most of the linkages and ball joints. The old upper and lower ball joints had about a cm of grease and dirt coating them. A shop towel or bin came in handy to collect all the junk i scraped off […]

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Intake is Fixed

08/25/18 1977 Toyota Chinook, Projects by Grant Kohler Leave a Comment on Intake is Fixed

The new intake block plate looks great. As always, LCE Engineering delivers. Cleaning the old silicone off took the most time, next to removing the manifold with the carburetor on it. Drained half my coolant before disconnecting all my hoses. Drained the remaining coolant and gas from the carburetor by holding it upside down for […]

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The Intake is leaking!

08/18/18 1977 Toyota Chinook, Projects by Grant Kohler Leave a Comment on The Intake is leaking!

So it turns out the metal coolant plate under the stock intake isn’t a very good design. it’s a dissimilar metal from The Aluminum Intake and it looks like it’s Stamped Out of sheet metal and coated in zinc. I cleaned mine since it was super corroded and thought I could reuse it but apparently […]

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Toyota 20R engine started

08/12/18 1977 Toyota Chinook, Projects by Grant Kohler Leave a Comment on Toyota 20R engine started

We reinstalled the gas tank and got a gallon or two of gas in the tank. We then did a compression test, and confirmed compression stroke /w top dead center on the first piston. Reinstalled all new Silicone vacuum lines and Placed the timing angle at 13* (high altitude) and turned the 20R engine over! […]

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Engine Rebuild

06/20/18 1977 Toyota Chinook, Projects by Grant Kohler

The engine is back from being bored, pistons and rings in hand. Identifying work that needs to be done on the transmission. Assembling the low and top end of the engine. Cleanup of bell housing and oil pan. Clutch kit is on order.

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