Project De-MexiTy...
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J_SULLIVAN
A&P slave monkey
Re: Project De-MexiTy...
Do you ever plan on just moving the Ty to the east side of the state or does your grandma drive it when you're gone?
Do you ever plan on just moving the Ty to the east side of the state or does your grandma drive it when you're gone?
SYO237
SyTy Registry
Re: Project De-MexiTy...
Rather than start a whole new thread, might as well continue the saga here.
MexiTy now resides at my house. Flew out to KC a few weeks ago and meet up with Zach at the airport and he drove me out to his parents where the truck sat ready for me to make a seriously long drive home. Jumped in, Zach kindly filled me up with a tank of gas on his dime and headed out towards St. Louis. Made a pitstop at Jas and Heather's for some beer, steak, ice cream and sleep (in that order) and made the 16 hour drive from their place back to home in one day. Truck is Rox's, not mine... I'm just the full time mechanic on it.
The De-Mexinization has continued and I have plans to also de-92 it as well. Yep.... anything that is 92 specific, is coming out and getting changed to 93. Ripping off the eschuceons, seats, glovebox door, tailgate bezel, rear view mirrors, sun visors, installing overhead console, and finish painting off the grille (the upper portion under the hood is not painted). The only thing staying 92 will be the door jam decal, and the emissions decal on the core support. So to answer the question before it gets asked. Why did I buy a 92 then? It's a super clean truck (no rust) that was at the right price I was looking for, mileage was good, and being that I've known Zach for quite some time, I was more comfortable to buy from him rather than someone who I didnt know or trust. Plus, it's the damn MexiTy...this thing has history!
Also plan to swap out rims (going black), doing black decals, and doing something a bit different on the engine that I havent personally seen yet....so I'll keep that under wraps until it's completed....no, not doing a swap, it'll stay the stock 4.3 turbo that's in it now. And yes, its still sporting the black lower intake and brackets with red and blue metal flake. Honestly, it looks decent in person and not as bad as the pics make it out on page 1 in this thread. The flakes are really small...the camera makes them look huge. Sadly, it will not stay....maybe I'll keep one misc bracket alone just to keep the memory of MexiTy alive.
Been fixing miscellaneous stuff on it already... vac kit, tripodometer, fuel filter, rewired the IC pump correctly, swapped out the orifice tube and clutch cycle switch on the AC (still need to address the pigtail harness for the switch) and waiting for my new Freeze12 line to refill the system again. Its got a 9/11 TC with stock turbo..which is coming out and going back to a stock TC. It's way to much stall for the turbo and the low end growling and vibrations you get from a 9/11 sucks for this being a daily driver for Rox. Its got some other misc interesting wiring issues that need to be resolved still... foglights/gauges/TC lockup...blah blah blah
So MexiTy contiues to live on now in FL. Big thanks to Zach and Jas and Heather for making the trip an uneventful one.
Here it is enjoying the warm FL sunshine. I'll do more pics over time.
Rather than start a whole new thread, might as well continue the saga here.
MexiTy now resides at my house. Flew out to KC a few weeks ago and meet up with Zach at the airport and he drove me out to his parents where the truck sat ready for me to make a seriously long drive home. Jumped in, Zach kindly filled me up with a tank of gas on his dime and headed out towards St. Louis. Made a pitstop at Jas and Heather's for some beer, steak, ice cream and sleep (in that order) and made the 16 hour drive from their place back to home in one day. Truck is Rox's, not mine... I'm just the full time mechanic on it.
The De-Mexinization has continued and I have plans to also de-92 it as well. Yep.... anything that is 92 specific, is coming out and getting changed to 93. Ripping off the eschuceons, seats, glovebox door, tailgate bezel, rear view mirrors, sun visors, installing overhead console, and finish painting off the grille (the upper portion under the hood is not painted). The only thing staying 92 will be the door jam decal, and the emissions decal on the core support. So to answer the question before it gets asked. Why did I buy a 92 then? It's a super clean truck (no rust) that was at the right price I was looking for, mileage was good, and being that I've known Zach for quite some time, I was more comfortable to buy from him rather than someone who I didnt know or trust. Plus, it's the damn MexiTy...this thing has history!
Also plan to swap out rims (going black), doing black decals, and doing something a bit different on the engine that I havent personally seen yet....so I'll keep that under wraps until it's completed....no, not doing a swap, it'll stay the stock 4.3 turbo that's in it now. And yes, its still sporting the black lower intake and brackets with red and blue metal flake. Honestly, it looks decent in person and not as bad as the pics make it out on page 1 in this thread. The flakes are really small...the camera makes them look huge. Sadly, it will not stay....maybe I'll keep one misc bracket alone just to keep the memory of MexiTy alive.
Been fixing miscellaneous stuff on it already... vac kit, tripodometer, fuel filter, rewired the IC pump correctly, swapped out the orifice tube and clutch cycle switch on the AC (still need to address the pigtail harness for the switch) and waiting for my new Freeze12 line to refill the system again. Its got a 9/11 TC with stock turbo..which is coming out and going back to a stock TC. It's way to much stall for the turbo and the low end growling and vibrations you get from a 9/11 sucks for this being a daily driver for Rox. Its got some other misc interesting wiring issues that need to be resolved still... foglights/gauges/TC lockup...blah blah blah
So MexiTy contiues to live on now in FL. Big thanks to Zach and Jas and Heather for making the trip an uneventful one.
Here it is enjoying the warm FL sunshine. I'll do more pics over time.
SYO237
SyTy Registry
Re: Project De-MexiTy...
Man, your good. I'll find some spare money and put it on the list of parts. :tup:
Wait, what was that? Oh yeah, 93s do rule, i know
it looks like it needs a engine tiedown
Man, your good. I'll find some spare money and put it on the list of parts. :tup:
Wait, what was that? Oh yeah, 93s do rule, i know
alwayscode390
pppssssshhhhhtttttttttttt
Re: Project De-MexiTy...
Glad it made the drive, congrats ---
Glad it made the drive, congrats ---
SYO237
SyTy Registry
Re: Project De-MexiTy...
So after a small war, cold A/C now blows through the system. Had to chop off the pigtail that plugs onto the clutch cycle switch since one of the metal prongs decided to get all fubared from a previous AC fix (not by Zach), so had to cut it off and have some temp male clips to plug onto the switch.....and I also changed the switch since it wasnt operating the clutch as well. I'll have to get another pigtail and splice it back into the system. Also changed out the orifice tube since it was causing a blockage on that line.
Refilled the system with Freeze12. Thanks to DaveP and Gary Shannock, Ive been schooled in AC diagnostics.
Just an FYI, for you guys that still have R12 and still dont want to convert to R134 and use Freeze12, make sure when you purchase the special fill hose you need for the can and to fit the dryer, you get the one that has all metal fittings and lines at the end and not any plastic. I first got the plastic one and that POS broke on me. Had to spend another $20 and buy a good one with the metal ends.
So after a small war, cold A/C now blows through the system. Had to chop off the pigtail that plugs onto the clutch cycle switch since one of the metal prongs decided to get all fubared from a previous AC fix (not by Zach), so had to cut it off and have some temp male clips to plug onto the switch.....and I also changed the switch since it wasnt operating the clutch as well. I'll have to get another pigtail and splice it back into the system. Also changed out the orifice tube since it was causing a blockage on that line.
Refilled the system with Freeze12. Thanks to DaveP and Gary Shannock, Ive been schooled in AC diagnostics.
Just an FYI, for you guys that still have R12 and still dont want to convert to R134 and use Freeze12, make sure when you purchase the special fill hose you need for the can and to fit the dryer, you get the one that has all metal fittings and lines at the end and not any plastic. I first got the plastic one and that POS broke on me. Had to spend another $20 and buy a good one with the metal ends.
warmpancakes
New member
Re: Project De-MexiTy...
If you need a pig tail I have one
If you need a pig tail I have one
