I don't think my ash tray has ever had actual ashes in it - but it's a great place to contain loose change, rnadom bolts, candy... all kind of crap that would get thrown around as soon as you leave pavement.

i liek teh idea of starting w/ a fresh flat console plate though, now you can lay it out however you want.

exactly .. I am going to use the 2 accessory ports from the original 4Runner .. I did keep the wiring intact for those for exactly the reason you mentioned . 1 in the front (dash) and 1 in the rear .






no ash trey , I want the room for "other things" .
I know what you mean about the "little things" being tossed in the ash trey , my DD is the same . I have thought about this , and I am going to be building a center console .. so I will have the room there , as well as cup holders <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

not set on the lay out of the dash yet , I just know for sure , where the heater controls are going ..



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Are you gonna throw in an inclinometer just for kicks?

nope .




so little more to add .....

got the POWER antenna mount done ... and mounted



also .. continuing working on the dash ..

trimmed the fiber dash base



and "hammered" out a new corner dash piece , and welded ..





and started on the other side





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made the Left lower dash plate today .. in the same manner as the right.. hammered out a piece , and welded it together .
Last piece is the center piece . Then I can start to make the "cutouts" for the switches and such .





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got the center section done today ..





now I can lay out my switches , sterio and heater controls
then .. time for some body work and "tweeking" , paint .. 2 part foam and sewn leather top


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not much to add ...

have been "tinkering" on it every "now and then" .
I have pulled off the back 1/2 again .. because I wanted to wire the LAST pieces .. pump and sender .. pump works awesome , sender NO .

1 of the issues is the fuel warning lamp . /83 dosnt have .. /99 does (dash cluster)

I dont know of any way to wire this issue .. so I'm going to have to use a /99 fuel tank sender and build my own sending unit .

under way

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got the sender done today ...
here's what I had to do ...



first I made the top , just cut it out of some 12G scrap I had ..then I drilled the mount holes ..



trimmed , and finished to a perfect circle (well maybe NOT perfect .


I had a few difficulties figuring out the support .. because the hole on the tank is so small .. there was definatly some "grey matter working " but I got er' figured !!

the mount support , off-set to fit into the smaller hole





and with a little "massaging" I was able to finally "roughly" mount the sender , and stuff it into the tank .

once I was able to fit it .. I needed to support it .
so I made some little brackets , and drilled and tapped the support holes .




this is a pic of the sender as it came out of the /99 is tank ..


and after cutting the original mounts and ground off .. heres what I have now .. with the new clips new ground wire and main support I made .



and all together



and mounted and tested .. it works YEAAAAAH !!!!



so now I want to send it out for anadizing .. then I will seal the wires ..



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installing the SUPERCHARGER ... finally .. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />



finished ..




supercharger WHINE .. is so cool .... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />


but I really have to put some coolant in , so I can run it ... this weekend for sure !!!!!



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Dang Corey, I'm excited for ya. Gotta be killer doing it with what little spare time you have. Way to stay with it! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />