Hello everyone. I recently acquired an April 1970 built fj40. The previous owners have done the tasteful mods to keep it trail, and road worthy. Leaf springs, distributor, carburetor, exhaust header, power steering. Has a GM tilt column. 3spd...
I stowed my steel doors. Taking down the canvas and frame was such a chore there’s no telling when I will feel like putting it all back on. Next chore is making a storage bag for the canvas.
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Took advantage of the Cruiser Brothers spring sale and ordered a transfer case. Nothing planned at the moment but was hard to pass up on the deal. The savings offset the machining costs for a 3 to 1 planned re-gearing (way down the road) so it...
Installed a new rear main seal and finally got my oil pan reinstalled. My old oil pan gasket was extremely difficult to remove but reinstall wasn’t so bad. The only thing that concerns me is my flange was quite deformed. I got it flattened out as...
In the middle of my rear seat ‘rebuild’ and got these straps off eBay. They’re fine for me, the ends didn’t pull off with a quick test.
Nixon481 is the seller.
Engine mounts were welded in at 3 degrees tilt to the rear and thats how the whole shebang is sitting in there now. Engine is offset 1.5” to the driver’s side. Looks like the steering shaft will work out perfectly running below the power steering...
Engine mounts welded in. Saginaw box and adapter kit in. Advance Adapters sold me the FJ60 transfer case support/crossmember but it isn’t going to work. Will order the propeller mount.
Coolest thing though was being able to adapt my original...
Got the shop cleaned up enough to chip away a bit on this. Minimal body and paint planned, just want to get it back on the road (and off) and enjoy it.
Spent some time out in the desert, enjoying a beautiful Arizona spring day. Also bought a cool World War II aviation cockpit clock, and Velcro’d it to my dash.