Toyota Freestyle GT

Demon
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12-01-2020, 04:47 AM

#511

Sorry i didn't update this sooner but i got side tracked yesterday with the help of a bottle of Rum! But now the rum is all gone so its time to update this, although just typing this is giving me a headache (huge hangover!!!!)

This week has been hectic, ended up staying late monday, tuesday and wednesday in the vain attempt to get the buggy ready to drive on Thursday morning and it was looking like a no go!

Everything was going great until i started filling it with coolant at 8:30pm Tuesday evening and it was gushing out the back of the engine. At first i thought it was a hose that wasn't connected properly but after removing the inlet manifold it was clear that i had a NA inlet gasket fitted and one of the water channels that should be blocked on the race tech manifold was not sealed.
Water way can be seen here.....
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There was no way i was going to get a new gasket before thursday so at the moment the inlet is sealed with hylomar but a new gasket is on order and is on its way from Japan as we speak.
After a few more problems, including the fact i can't get the rear brakes to bleed i left work very late Tuesday evening with the thought that it just wouldn't get done for Thursday!!!!!

Then after a early start wednesday and a late finish all had changed, or so i thought! We rolled the buggy out of the workshop and tried to start it up. Not good news, sounded like this......

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Was revving up without me touching the throttle, we tried franticly to fix it but ran out of light, so it was rolled back into the workshop.

Then came Thursday and after my alarm clock went off i thought about going in early to try and fix the problem or just admitting defeat. Decided to go in early and try in a vain attempt to get it fixed. To be honest i thought it was pointless as it just wasn't going to happen. However after fiddling about with the throttle cable a little and the TPS i tried one last time to start it and it and i couldn't believe it! IT WAS ALIVE!!!!!

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Happy can not even describe how i felt, really wanted to get it working for my 30th birthday and i had finally done it, so again it was wheeled out and started it up, sounds a little better now....

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Took a few pictures of it outside, always looks so much better when its outside the workshop and on the road....
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And then a little drive, nothing too fast as it was the first time its ever moved around and just wanted to check everything works. Plus i only have front brakes so can't really go too crazy.

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Looks so mean with the staggered fittment of the wheels and im actually really happy the back got widened now Big Grin

There is a knock coming from somewhere, its not engine related as if its out of gear and i rev it then its fine! Might be clunky cv or something but im not too fussed as i will get to the bottom of it. Its also leaking slightly on the clutch master cylinder, has a small coolant leak on the back of the water pump and there is alot of oil leaking out the side of the cambelt cover but again these will be resolved when the engine comes out and the frame goes to the powder coaters.
and a little inside footage, sounds like the devil's tractor....

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This just made my birthday! Finally i feel like im getting somewhere, i know its only a little closer but it just feels more real now. After nearly 6 years of building it finally its been driven Big Grin

Girlfriend is taking me away for the weekend now just for a break but i will be back on with it next week.

Any comments welcome Big Grin

Jason

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12-01-2020, 05:01 AM

#512

Congrats mate! Now with the fine tuning.

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toxo
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12-01-2020, 07:00 AM

#513

F**king winning!

dandydons
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12-01-2020, 01:48 PM

#514

Great stuff jason - congrats. Happy birthday and enjoy your break . Looked and sounded sweet going round the car park with the dump valve working well.

Demon
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07-02-2020, 05:56 AM

#515

Well it’s been a few weeks without an update so I think its about that time. As usual work has been mental, it never seems to ease up to be honest but its just getting more and more crazy.

Anyway since running the buggy a few weeks back a few problems where clear. Have a oil leak which I believe is the oil pump, not a huge problem as when I take the engine out later I will sort it out then. Can be seen here….
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One of the copper coolant lines also needs re soldering as there is a small leak on one of the joins and I still have to get to the bottom of why the rear brakes won’t bleed. I just need to find time to get on with a few bits.

Despite the lack of time I have been working on a few parts on and off now and then.

Firstly I have made some weld on tabs that will be added along the frame to fix the ABS side panels on. Rather than drilling into the frame I have decided to keep the frame free from holes and add brackets on that will secure the bodywork in place. Got down to homebase and bought some steel brackets that where then modified, way cheaper than going the laser cutter route.

Started off like this…
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Sanded down, drilled out holes…..
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Then cut up into individual brackets, nice and light as well……
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Still need to order up some ABS sheet but I want to hold off until the brackets are on the buggy and I have some card templates made up also.

The other job I have been looking at is the induction pipework. I have the air filter already mounted on its own bracket but have held off on making the pipework for it as I was still unsure about what turbo I will be running. Recently decided I should just keep with the little original CT9 turbo. Its only small but am I really going to need more power? Spools up well and replacements are nice and cheap so why change it.
With this finally decided I could make the induction pipework up. The turbo inlet size is only a measly 41mm and the K&N filter I have has a 89mm size hole in it. So its clear I was going to need some reducers to get this to work. Firstly I looked at the filter side of things, got a alloy single piece reducer from ebay which was a 65-45mm reducer. Then made up a nylon ring to fix it to the filter….
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And all put together and trimmed down….
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Then I needed to look at the turbo side of things. The air filter is lined up perfectly with the turbo so its just a straight line to join the two together, that is of course if the oil filter wasn’t placed in the way! Now I could get a relocation kit for the oil filter and I still might do this but it doesn’t give any more room as the oil filter bracket is still in the way. So I needed to create pipework that goes up and over the filter. I could have done this with silicone joins but this gets expensive and looks a bit bodge job. So I planned on doing it with stainless mandrel bends.
Firstly got a lime green reducer 90 degree bend, this fixes directly to the turbo and bends up away from the oil filter and steps the size up to the 45mm size that is on the filter.
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These pictures show the oil filter smack bang in the way and what route the pipework needs to take…
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So then done a deal for 3x 45mm stainless steel tubes with nice tight radius bends….
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And then a lot of cutting, sanding and fettling I was left with this…
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Cut a small section of the silicone bend down to use as a joiner on the filter side and got it test fitted…..
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Then the pipework was sent off to a complete legend, Steve (from Muddybuggies Forum). Wasn’t expecting a quick turn around and to be honest I wasn’t in a rush but he got it welded up and back to me very quickly indeed. When it arrived it looked like this….
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Very happy with it and Steve insisted that I should polish it up. Wasn’t really too fussed as its mostly out of the way but thought I would give it a go anyway.
Got to work with a wire wheel and some scotch bright and a little after it looked like this….
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More than happy with how it came out but thought I should give it a go with the bench polisher we have in the machine shop and the results speak for themselves….
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And fitted in place…..
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Steve’s welding is great and its nice to have some of his work on the buggy.

That’s pretty much it for now, although im already starting on the next update. Have got some stainless flat bar that im going to use to add some strength to the arch’s as they rub against the tyres when they bounce up and down when driving along and hopefully get the welder at work fixed so I can start welding the brackets and a few more bars onto the frame so I can build the bodywork.

Another update soon people.

Jason Big Grin

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Moley
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09-02-2020, 09:24 AM

#516

Looking great Jason , but you should have sent me up the pipe work to get welded !!
Then you would have seen how it should look .

You still could of you want it to look better mate

Edited 22-03-2013, 07:00 PM by Moley.

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dandydons
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09-09-2020, 12:31 PM

#517

Why no update - hope all is well ?

Rabster
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16-09-2020, 08:22 AM

#518

he has been busy with the house i know he has played with it outdoors a few times Smile

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dandydons
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17-09-2020, 04:37 AM

#519

Thanks rabster good to hear - was hoping there was a reason like that.