twin their new life - 1984 fleet vehicles

[cmineo2]

i plan on documenting the restoration of these unique set of twin vehicles. #1 which I purchased first will be restored back to a fleet vehicle, #2 will be done over as my daily driver, new fresh paint and upgrades.

 

[cmineo2]

day of my pickup. Capitol Auto used #1 in their yard up until the day I picked it up. It runs but runs a bit rough, It needs attention with a cam bearing leaking oil and some blow by, poor little 4cyl did it job but paid the price

 

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[cmineo2]

I took the whole custom cage out of the bed to see the floor … there was probably 1” to 2” of grease on the bed floor, it saved it plus the 3/4” of slate dust (who knew its a rust proof product as well)

 

[cmineo2]

broom swept

 

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[cmineo2]

i finally got a chance to start scrubbing down unit#1

https://youtube.com/@chasman6

 

[cmineo2]

pulled 4cyl from #2 … looked original

running a few tests to see if it runs ok or not, no real definitive feedback from the previous owner, new fuels bits here and there which matches up to what he said… im happy i didnt break anything or hurt myself getting this out

new powerplant going in

 

[cmineo2]

took off the safari front bumper setup on #1, cleaning it up so it goes back on.

we are going to have to pull #1 motor out to see why it doesnt hold oil pressure at idle, bad feeling the bearings are all needing to replaced in the cam and crank because of lack of oil

 

[cmineo2]

taped up the extra fuel lines and battery cables that run out the front

 

[cmineo2]

heading to the shop to get the motor refreshed

 

[cmineo2]

both 4cyl motors are shot … mileage wasnt the problem here it was the idling time, both twins have years of idle time on the motors, unit #1 runs but has zero oil pressure at idle, cam bearings are shot and major scoring on the crank… its a total loss

#2 motor was torn apart, 28000 miles on it and i was told the motor had fuel issues … nope, worse wear from no to low oil pressure, bore on 2 of the 4 cylinders were oval beyond any kind of rebore, sleeves are needed … so

unit #1 motor is going in to the maintenance wood shed for some serious repairs

#2 motor is going to sold to titan as a core

 

[Belizeit]

Wish I had known my 84 4 cylinder, running fairly well, was worth something when I removed it. Went straight to a metal dumpster. I got over 238,000 miles out of it though.

 

[cmineo2]

its been awhile since i had the chance to upload the progress on here

sides are all fixed on #1 unit with oem scrambler sides from a junk tub … painted olympic white … i left the front alone so i could patina the new sections to rematch what was there before

 

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[cmineo2]

i was able to recreate the patina in the newly painted areas

 

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[designerRob]

Sure looks good. How do you go about recreating patina?

 

[cmineo2]

https://youtube.com/@1984scrambler

also uploaded the videos of it being loaded up yesterday so the refreshed original motor trans and refreshed tcase are put back in