Hi everybody, I'm very new here! I've been a frequent member of StanceWorks for a little while now and I recently picked up a 76 Hilux, around that time I also discovered this forum. You guys seemed to have a pretty tight little community and a lot of knowledge about these trucks so I thought I would sign up and see what another forum is like!
So here I am, and here is my truck!









It has a 1980 20r with 80'000 miles, it also came with a new distributor and a timing problem, I seafoamed it and it runs a little smoother but still needs some gas when you start it. Suspension wise it has 4 inch blocks in the back(I think, haven't measured), I don't know what suspension mods have been done in the front, I can't tell if any have. But I want it lowwww, so any insight or tips will be much appreciated!

Thanks for looking!! Updates soon!

 

That looks sweet! Welcome to the forum!

 

That thing looks really sweet. So much potential there. Since you're on stanceworks, i know you're gonna blow us away with a whole bunch of pictures right? Lol

 

So I removed my spark plugs to find that the middle electrode is completely gone, so new plugs. And while they were out I rotated it to top dead center on the compression stroke and took the distributor cap off and the rotor is in the right place.. Does this mean I don't actually have a timing problem? It seems exactly where it should be, not a tooth off. But it still seems to sputter and misfire. Any ideas?

And let me know if these super high quality pictures blow you away enough!





Snapped this one while the pool guy wasn't looking


Thanks for looking!

 

When i get a new one, i normally do cap, rotor, plugs and wires, all factory toyota. Other than that, i guess just play with it?

Pics are so good, i can't tell how good good is with this computer screen.

 

Hey everybody, I know it's been several months since I posted an update, I haven't ACTUALLY posted one yet, but it's not like I've been slacking, so here comes one giant consolidated update!

So pretty much the first thing I did after my last post was crack my valvecover from tightening it down too far


Here I am sawing my seized bed bolts


The poke I wish I had


I got in a drifting accident and and messed some things up and my lug nuts were so tight I made this ghetto breaker bar


The aftermath


Rattlecanned my hood


So I rode hoodless for a day


I was also sitting on bumpstops up front, so after trimming


One of my 8 inch wheels up front


I rode bedless for a few months(I say rode, I can't drive it) and finally got around to mono-leafing it


Sorry about the shakeyness


Before


After


Painting


GREEN!


My truck next to my friends Dakota


Aaandd BED! It doesn't seem like it through the pictures, but I was bed-less for a really long time, most of the time I've had the truck


Got some steelies


Wrong bolt pattern hoping to get adapters soon


Tail light cover before


And after


I went for the matte look, you can't really tell


Trucky truck truck


Cleaning and painting my rusty floors






Cancer




Invisible cancer!




I dunno..


Official drift team stickers from the girlfriend!

 

Had a problem with my rear drum brakes locking up when you step on the brake pedal, so dis-assembled this, cleaned, and put it back together.
No more locking up!


New jack for christmas


Rollin'






Took some beauty shots yesterday






Wait what?


Baby dinosaur armrest!!!!!!!



Thank you for looking!!
-Link

 

Damn the bed looks Loooooong. Love the progress and the baby arm rest

 

Finally, a 2nd gen on starions! Where are you? I want them if you're putting them silly steelies on. lol. Truck looks pretty slick. They can get reaaaally low if you want them to.

 

Truck looks great. What are your plans now?

 

Truck is clean, good luck with it