 |
|
05-25-09, 04:02 PM
|
#601 (permalink)
|
|
Waiting for more parts
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rainy State
Posts: 2,513
|
took the body, and axles off. Meh.
|
|
|
|
05-25-09, 05:37 PM
|
#602 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sunshine Coast, B.C./ Halifax N.S.
Posts: 37
|
took off my hard top for the summer! 
__________________
73 fj40 on wrong side on continent
(putting up with a Dakota  )
|
|
|
|
|
05-25-09, 09:00 PM
|
#603 (permalink)
|
|
Dog is my co-pilot.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle, USA
Posts: 2,716
|
Hi All:
Trollhole," wow!  
Looking forward to seeing how the project looks when completed!
Regards,
Alan
----------------------------------------------------------------
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trollhole
Today was going to put the bondo on and sand the cruiser down. I hated the idea of covering up crap so I'm cutting the rear fenders off and making new ones. Oh and making a rear sill. Fun stuff.
Went from this today
to this
to this
to finally this all in about 6 hrs.
 |
__________________
www.seattlecruiserheads.com
"Cruiserdrew" wrote:
" The very worst thing you can to to a cruiser is half thought out mods that are underfunded and never quite get finished. Then you end up with hacked junk that doesn't work, and some future owner will curse you and all of your children."
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 10:42 AM
|
#604 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 834
|
My not quite gay 2F is almost ready to go in. Just need to get the water pump and alternator/power steering brackets on it and it will hopefully will be good to go. It's been an incredibly expensive and long process and I'm hoping to have the truck up and running this weekend. I've built a couple of motors and I've checked and double checked everything as I went but i'm still going to be nervous when I turn that key.
__________________
79 FJ40,85 Mustang GT,05 Tacoma,00 4Runner,89 pickup
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 11:56 AM
|
#605 (permalink)
|
|
Site Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Brainerd, Minnesota
Posts: 2,191
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ken_79-fj40
My not quite gay 2F is almost ready to go in. Just need to get the water pump and alternator/power steering brackets on it and it will hopefully will be good to go. It's been an incredibly expensive and long process and I'm hoping to have the truck up and running this weekend. I've built a couple of motors and I've checked and double checked everything as I went but i'm still going to be nervous when I turn that key.
|
Very f'ing cool man!!!!!!!! wish I had a motor!!! :-)
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 12:04 PM
|
#606 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 834
|
You still have a motor, it's just not in one piece or currently anywhere near your cruiser. My truck's been sitting with the nose pulled off and drivetrain out since last October. The truck always used oil and turned it black pretty quick, but ran fairly well until last season when it started to smoke like crazy and the oil consumption went up to about a quart every 100 miles. The last few pages of your build thread had me double and triple checking everything as I assembled my motor. That's gotta suck but at least you know it will be right this time.
__________________
79 FJ40,85 Mustang GT,05 Tacoma,00 4Runner,89 pickup
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 12:08 PM
|
#607 (permalink)
|
|
Site Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Brainerd, Minnesota
Posts: 2,191
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ken_79-fj40
You still have a motor, it's just not in one piece or currently anywhere near your cruiser. My truck's been sitting with the nose pulled off and drivetrain out since last October. The truck always used oil and turned it black pretty quick, but ran fairly well until last season when it started to smoke like crazy and the oil consumption went up to about a quart every 100 miles. The last few pages of your build thread had me double and triple checking everything as I assembled my motor. That's gotta suck but at least you know it will be right this time.
|
very true!!!! glad you double and triple checked everything... do you have a thread of your stuff or not?
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 12:55 PM
|
#608 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Kamloops B.C
Posts: 315
|
destroyed a 35" bfg m/t km . it still had about 75% tread to . i didn't realize how paper thin the sidewalls are in those tires . now i get to try and find some were that will sell me one for a new spare .
__________________
74 Fj40-350,sm420,60 series axles,36.5 swampers, aussie locked, saginaw.
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 02:37 PM
|
#609 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 834
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by apeterson
very true!!!! glad you double and triple checked everything... do you have a thread of your stuff or not?
|
No I don't. But if I did it would probably be a lot like yours. Sometime I'll have to do a ROTW and explain the whole process I went through building it over the last several years.
__________________
79 FJ40,85 Mustang GT,05 Tacoma,00 4Runner,89 pickup
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 02:47 PM
|
#610 (permalink)
|
|
Site Addict
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Taylorsville Utah
Posts: 1,756
|
Lessee...
Painted the Stinky twice  added some hippo liner accents  and started to put body parts back on, Welded up the steering stabilizer bracket I broke on the last trip it was out
Started to part out Red Dwarf.
Made a front license plate holder for Clementine as well as fixed the rear bumper side I tore off while wheeling on her maiden voyage, repaired some of the turn light housings too.
Things I hope to start in the coming week are...
Finish wiring Stinky, Check out the front axle on Clementine and Red Dwarf to see what usable parts I can make one good axle out of, Maybe part more from Red Dwarf so I can possibly start on the trailer project.
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 04:46 PM
|
#611 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Tooele, UT
Posts: 30
|
I haven't done anything to mine, it's still sitting in the warehouse. :( I hope to get over there and inventory what is missing and start ordering parts from Kurt next week. We'll see. 
|
|
|
|
|
05-26-09, 08:41 PM
|
#612 (permalink)
|
|
Site Addict
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Taylorsville Utah
Posts: 1,756
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by tacoma73
I haven't done anything to mine, it's still sitting in the warehouse. :( I hope to get over there and inventory what is missing and start ordering parts from Kurt next week. We'll see. |
Ordering from Kurt is always a pleasure 
|
|
|
|
|
05-28-09, 12:41 PM
|
#613 (permalink)
|
|
Knight-errant
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sacratomato
Posts: 2,458
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pighead
...picked up the phone and called Bobby Long...
|
Then I picked up the phone and called Kurt, at Cruiser Outfitters...
Then I picked up the phone and called Sean, at River City Differential...
Made an appointment for next week, the Pig's gonna be in the shop all day.
Gosh, owning a LandCruiser sure does require a lot of time on the telephone.
|
|
|
|
|
05-28-09, 06:14 PM
|
#614 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 126
|
Received my OME suspension for my 40 and also go this...
Aqualu 27" stretched tub with tailgate and liftgate option. Now if I can only get the guy to stretch my frame...
|
|
|
|
|
05-28-09, 06:30 PM
|
#615 (permalink)
|
|
Waiting for more parts
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rainy State
Posts: 2,513
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pighead
Then I picked up the phone and called Kurt, at Cruiser Outfitters...
Then I picked up the phone and called Sean, at River City Differential...
Made an appointment for next week, the Pig's gonna be in the shop all day.
Gosh, owning a LandCruiser sure does require a lot of time on the telephone.
|
But its so worth it to get out there in it if you don't have to pick up the phone then! hellos... operators.... can you get me the AAA's please.
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-09, 10:29 AM
|
#616 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 834
|
I spent a good solid 12 hours working on my 40 yesterday. Put the engine/transmission/transfercase in as one unit. Much easier than messing with a tranny jack after the motor is already in. At 10:30 last night I turned it over and got nothing, even after priming the fuel system with an electric pump. Poured a little gas down the throat of the carb, hit the key and it fired right up. I only ran it for about 5-10 seconds just to make sure it had oil pressure, then I cleaned myself up and went to bed. Hopefully i'll do the 20 minutes at 2000 rpm break in tomorrow, set the timing, re-adjust the valves, change the oil, and get the sheetmetal back on if all goes well.
__________________
79 FJ40,85 Mustang GT,05 Tacoma,00 4Runner,89 pickup
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-09, 09:07 PM
|
#617 (permalink)
|
|
Dog is my co-pilot.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle, USA
Posts: 2,716
|
Hi All:
Yep, I've torn-out the sidewall on both second generation and third generation BFG MTs. Haven't given the fourth generation (KM2) a try; went to the bias-ply Super Swamper TSL instead.
Regards,
Alan
Quote:
Originally Posted by craptabulous
destroyed a 35" bfg m/t km . it still had about 75% tread to . i didn't realize how paper thin the sidewalls are in those tires . now i get to try and find some were that will sell me one for a new spare .
|
__________________
www.seattlecruiserheads.com
"Cruiserdrew" wrote:
" The very worst thing you can to to a cruiser is half thought out mods that are underfunded and never quite get finished. Then you end up with hacked junk that doesn't work, and some future owner will curse you and all of your children."
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-09, 09:09 PM
|
#618 (permalink)
|
|
Dog is my co-pilot.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle, USA
Posts: 2,716
|
Hi All:
Yes it is - can't argue with that statement!
But, be aware that he is pretty busy currently. He does run a small shop!
Regards,
Alan
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vitesse_6
Ordering from Kurt is always a pleasure |
__________________
www.seattlecruiserheads.com
"Cruiserdrew" wrote:
" The very worst thing you can to to a cruiser is half thought out mods that are underfunded and never quite get finished. Then you end up with hacked junk that doesn't work, and some future owner will curse you and all of your children."
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-09, 09:39 PM
|
#619 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: the big blue marble
Posts: 104
|
ok all,,,
pick up my driver's seat frame from the media blasters... primered it again. bought new bolts/nuts/washers for the assembly. this is the last seat for re-upholstery... re-installd rear view mirror.
__________________
'64 FJ 40
'73 FJ 40
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-09, 11:31 PM
|
#620 (permalink)
|
|
Not so think as u drunk!
Join Date: May 2006
Location: In the basement
Posts: 2,091
|
Finally got my Saginaw scab plates welded on. Got the frame horns painted and the driver's fender back on and the steering shaft in.
__________________
Hugh Heifer
|
|
|
|
05-30-09, 04:27 AM
|
#621 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 47
|
worked on blasting the front clip,,,about 1/2 way thru the bigger parts,,,,
kicked back and dreamed of the future,,,
__________________
...the essence of democracy is the limitation of government,,,,
|
|
|
|
|
05-30-09, 06:28 AM
|
#622 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Australia
Posts: 111
|
Nothing again. Been laid up for two weeks now & it's shiting me. 
|
|
|
|
|
05-30-09, 11:19 AM
|
#623 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Wasilla, AK
Posts: 170
|
Got it running and took the kids for a ride. Tore the ps steering arm off. Get to do a rebuild and six stud arms a little sooner than I thought.
__________________
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" Rom 3:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord" Rom 6:23
"If though shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" Rom 10:9-13
76 FJ40 reBuild
http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series...192-score.html
75 FJ40 plow rig
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-09, 06:32 PM
|
#624 (permalink)
|
|
vroo000Ooommm
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: portland or
Posts: 1,174
|
crappy cell pics:
 
New tierods, shock absorbers and most of the gremlins in the carb are gone ( thanks James! )
Hopefully going to take the front bib apart and clean up the engine compartment this weekend
__________________
__________________
64FST FJ40
|
|
|
|
|
06-04-09, 03:26 PM
|
#625 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rockport, Texas
Posts: 31
|
I washed it for the first time in 12 years!
Bolted on the front plate - and trouble shot the left turn signal (not flashing)
__________________
Awake from a 12 year ‘coma…
1972 FJ-40
|
|
|
|
|
06-04-09, 03:44 PM
|
#626 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denver CO
Posts: 484
|
I got my FJ60 power steering and F-250 shock towers done (well, last week)!
|
|
|
|
|
06-04-09, 03:51 PM
|
#627 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Norcal
Posts: 214
|
Re-covered the front seats
Actually, it was last week. Added some extra 1" foam to the lumbar area of the seat backs and to the bottom pads. Wire-brushed all the metal and repainted everything and finally got the drivers seat to move on the tracks. Worst part of the job was getting hog rings up into the seat backs and seat base for the pull down loops...I pity the guy who has to do this for a living...his hands must look like hamburger. Turned out pretty good for a total amateur at upholstry...my butt even thinks the truck rides better now.
__________________
Some folks will just never know the satisfaction of taking $3000 in tools, and $2 in scrap and making a $7 part that can be bought for $1.50
' 07 FJ Cruiser to drive.
' 5/78 CA FJ40 to work on and play.
' 06 Chevy Silverado to haul the cruiser and parts for it.
|
|
|
|
|
06-05-09, 02:26 AM
|
#628 (permalink)
|
|
Knight-errant
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sacratomato
Posts: 2,458
|
Today, got the front ARB airlocker installed....Longfields went in at the same time.
Got 2 new stickers to find room for.
Plus, got a really complete, professional, hub rebuild...that I was not expecting, from Sean at River City Differentials (Rancho Cordova). Completely biased acclamation. That guy is a wheeler, knows his stuff and will not let anything half-assed leave his shop, even if it's just cleaning up after a dipshit customer...and without embarrassing him too much.
|
|
|
|
|
06-05-09, 12:18 PM
|
#629 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Las Vegas, Nv.
Posts: 642
|
pulled my motor, tc and POs wiring mess
pics of the removal
__________________
Luke BZ
1968 FJ40 56k Orig mi. in the midst of a mild build.
2009 Tacoma TRD Off-Road 4.0 4x4
|
|
|
|
|
06-05-09, 12:22 PM
|
#630 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Las Vegas, Nv.
Posts: 642
|
few more
BB pics
__________________
LukeBZ
1968 FJ40 56k Orig mi. in the midst of a mild build.
2009 Tacoma TRD Off-Road 4.0 4x4
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mikesta
Beastly
