HDavis
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- Feb 13, 2019
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Well i was too excited to stay away from doing more work on the Stout and managed to get everything stuffed in the bay. The clutch and brake master cylinders are bolted in place and although i had to drill new holes for the studs and remove the booster ( i wanted to keep it but the last 2 cars I've had have had manual brakes) they bolted right in, who would of thought the original clutch and brake pedals would work too, i sure didn't. The gas pedal still needs mounted but that should hopefully be pretty simple. I also got the lower section of the steering column connected and what luck, the firewall bypass fits great! I still need to cut the columns up so i can marry the Stout steering wheel and column with the 4runner shaft but that should be pretty straight forward and easy.
The fan was occupying the space my radiator needed to be so i removed it and the stock radiator slid right in. I was able to quickly fab up some brackets to mount it in place and ordered some electric fans to make up for the absence.
The air box just isn't going to fit with the whole set up so I ordered a cone filter to connect to the mass air flow sensor tubing and it should fit in there, although eventually i would like to fab something up to pull air from the fender since there is loads of room in there.
The fuse box and evaporative stuff fits and still needs mounting holes drilled but that will be quick work. I will need to order a longer positive and negative cable since the battery is staying in the stock Stout location, which it fits.
Underneath I have got some work to do still, i didn't want to mount the body until i had everything in the bay figured out incase it needed to move a little for a specific component. There are both wins and losses when it comes to the body mounts, there are 4 mounts that line up with the cab great and just need holes drilled and bolted in, the cab had 5 mounts originally and i need to make a 5th one to mount the front which is simple and straight forward. The bed is going to be tough, on the passenger side i can use the original Stout bed mount which also interlocks with the cab, however on the driver side the gas tank occupies the space where the other mount needs to be. The rear mounts are off about 3 inches on each side between the 4runner body mounts and the Stout bed mounts, i figure i can pull the bed off and just weld in new mounts to line up with the 4runner mounts.
But really, this time, i think things will slow down a bit....Although id love to have it driving by the annual rising sun rally...
The fan was occupying the space my radiator needed to be so i removed it and the stock radiator slid right in. I was able to quickly fab up some brackets to mount it in place and ordered some electric fans to make up for the absence.
The air box just isn't going to fit with the whole set up so I ordered a cone filter to connect to the mass air flow sensor tubing and it should fit in there, although eventually i would like to fab something up to pull air from the fender since there is loads of room in there.
The fuse box and evaporative stuff fits and still needs mounting holes drilled but that will be quick work. I will need to order a longer positive and negative cable since the battery is staying in the stock Stout location, which it fits.
Underneath I have got some work to do still, i didn't want to mount the body until i had everything in the bay figured out incase it needed to move a little for a specific component. There are both wins and losses when it comes to the body mounts, there are 4 mounts that line up with the cab great and just need holes drilled and bolted in, the cab had 5 mounts originally and i need to make a 5th one to mount the front which is simple and straight forward. The bed is going to be tough, on the passenger side i can use the original Stout bed mount which also interlocks with the cab, however on the driver side the gas tank occupies the space where the other mount needs to be. The rear mounts are off about 3 inches on each side between the 4runner body mounts and the Stout bed mounts, i figure i can pull the bed off and just weld in new mounts to line up with the 4runner mounts.
But really, this time, i think things will slow down a bit....Although id love to have it driving by the annual rising sun rally...
