CheNasty build. ‘91 FJ80 Chevy 6.6 V8.

[PandaMonium 428]

I made one of these already but I cant find it anywhere. Anyway This is CheNasty, my 91 FJ80 with a fuel injected 400 small block chevy engine and built 700R4 tranny coupled to the Toyota tx case and standard running gear.

Father in law is a mad scientist and combined the Cruiser and Chevy engine he rebuilt in his shop. Engine has 3500 miles and the truck has 140,000 original miles. It was sitting in his back yard since 2011.

I saw it and fell in 2016 and have been working on it every time I visit. (He lives 140 miles from me).

Replaced the fuel tank, fuel sender unit/pump. Rebuilt a few things and some normal maintenance for a vehicle thats been sitting for a while.



This is it the day my wife trailered it home to me, caught me completely off guard.



Drivers seat is forked. Gonna need new pair of fronts!



After wash number one, lots of oxidation and pollen.



Getting cleaner.

Before



After



Ill get some more pics but plans are to make her a nice camping rig.

Kind of like this.



Long way to go but making progress every day!

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Also need to fix the sunroof waterfall!

 

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Cleaned out the engine bay, it looks a tad better than it did for sure. Really need a new bumper! Anyone have any good headlight retrofit write ups? He retrofitsource seems to have good reviews. May just have to be the one to make the write up!

Before the wire brush attack.



Not a whole lot better :/

 

[JCWages]

Subscribed! What a fun project.

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Big difference a can of flat black from walmart makes!

 

[PandaMonium 428]

So long story short, my oil pressure gauge isn’t working. It was, now its not. So ordered a new cluster and im assuming the 91 and 93 guages are vastly different because they dont match at the back AT ALL.

That was a wasted $100.

Put the old crappy one back in.





And back to not working.



Sunroof is leaking like a damn waterfall.

Seems like the rear isnt pressed all the way up against the seal. Inside is soaked.

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Its been a while. Apparently spraying silicone on all the rubbers over and over again fixed the leak and softened up the window rubbers. Cleaned up the interior and quick painted the seat mounts. New plans are

1. Dual battery setup of some kind. Apparently the FJZ80 tray goes on the driver side so ill grab one of those and throw a battery in. Fab up some kind of wiring and new terminals all around.

2. Get a tuna can filter set up leading into a snorkel down the road at some point.

3. Pimp up the engine bay and tidy wiring and pull out the aftermarket cruise control.

4. Gauges still aren’t working.

5. Rear suspension is saggy as F. Need new.

6. Front seats are fubar.

Here are some pics
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[PandaMonium 428]

Dirty girl has some work coming. Specially a drawer system for the rear. Has anyone seen part 5 of The OB rig sleeper platform build? Havent been on in a while and the new app nav is taking a second to learn.

 

[OVRLNDFX4]

Very nice sir!

 

[BCMoto]

Very nice build you have going on, not the engine I would have chosen but its your build not mine. Still very cool none the less

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Very nice build you have going on, not the engine I would have chosen but its your build not mine. Still very cool none the less

I didnt choose it, but i agree. A diesel would have served the purpose better but its what i have lol

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Very nice sir!

Thanks! Any idea about Micheals rack build?

 

[BCMoto]

I didnt choose it, but i agree. A diesel would have served the purpose better but its what i have lol

I dont know about diesel but a better LS engine would have been my choice

 

[PandaMonium 428]

I didnt choose it, but i agree. A diesel would have served the purpose better but its what i have lol

I think a 1.9 TDI engine or a cummins or cat engine would be good. Or a normal 5.3 lm7

I dont know about diesel but a better LS engine would have been my choice

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Sad news. Due to unforeseen circumstances, CheNasty is for sale. If anyone is interested or knows anyone who is, i would appreciate it!

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Just kidding. Nobody wanted the old girl so shes staying mine. Went to start and shot fuel all over the engine bay. Ripped the whole intake off, replaced the fuel pressure reg diaphram and all the o rings in the ruel rail. Back together after some bleeding here and there shes alive. Gonna baseline her and get her on the road and quickly off the road think i might make a youtube channel for the whole thing.

The filter hides the blasted clear coat

 

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Went crazy today. Replaced the brake lights AND the side markers.

 

[PandaMonium 428]

Well well well. Its been a minute. Installed some Rough Country spots.

 

[PandaMonium 428]

After what feels like forever, time to dump money into this pig and get on with it. Got a HF 12k winch, new brakes up front, smittybilt gutter mount legs, amber spots and mounts, auxbeam bluetooth controller, chase bar for the bavk, rock lights i will be using as rock lights AND making some brackets for the rack to use as camp lights, they,re also bluetooth and RGB/dimmable.

Going Fox 2.0 shocks and some OME springs. Trying to figure out if I want Ko2, or AT3W’s. I have the Ko2’s on my pickup and love them, and the wildpeaks on the 80 now. They’re just old and need to be replaced. Running 33x12.5R15’s if anyone has opinions, they would be welcome. Also aware of the ko3 and AT4W but havent looked into them yet.

Anyway, rant over, pics to follow.

 

[PandaMonium 428]

After what feels like forever, time to sump money into this pig and get on with it. Got a HF 12k winch, new brakes up front, smittybilt gutter mount legs, amber spots and mounts, auxbeam bluetooth controller, chase bar for the bavk, rock lights i will be using as rock lights AND making some brackets for the rack to use as camp lights, they,re also bluetooth and RGB/dimmable.

Going Fox 2.0 shocks and some OME springs. Trying to figure out if I want Ko2, or AT3W’s. I have the Ko2’s on my pickup and love them, and the wildpeaks on the 80 now. They’re just old and need to be replaced. Running 33x12.5R15’s if anyone has opinions, they would be welcome. Also aware of the ko3 and AT4W but havent looked into them yet.

Anyway, rant over, pics to follow.

Washy wash. I also installed an aftermarket fuel gauge, didnt work, just reads almost empty regardless. I NEED to figure that out. Cluster fuel gauge is dead, don’t want to buy another one until i rule out the wiring.