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Yes, the coolant can flow too fast to transfer heat properly without a thermostat.

Hi, I am Larry Zager and I own Zag's Garage in Glendale, AZ. We do honest, high quality work on your Toyota 4x4 at a fair price. With over 20 years of experience with Land Cruiser, mini, 4runner, Tacoma and rock buggies, we can do everything from maintenance and repair to gear swaps, EFI and...

With 12V jumpered directly to the + side of the coil, do you have spark while cranking? Also, the plugs may be fouled from cranking it for a while with the bad ignition switch.

Super nice survivor! It was converted from column shift to floor shift. It could be a 4 speed now.

Hey all, It has been while since I have been on the board. I have been super busy lately and have had zero time to get on the board. Does anyone know who owns my '40 now? I aw that it was featured in Popular Mechanics magazine to represent the Land Cruiser in the article "51 coolest trucks of...

The top bid when I had it on ebay was 36K.

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It is an 8/'70, titled as a '70. It has the original seats, as well as all of the the related emissions parts. Here is a better pic:

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I love those cars! Nice!

I want to apologize to those of you who have been following this thread for not keeping it up to date. I have been focusing on getting it finished, and really wasn't taking any photos along the way. It turned out nicer than I ever imagined in the beginning, and enjoyed building it more than any...

You may be able to salvage the engine if you are in a bind. I am not saying this is the right way, but I have been able to do this a couple of times over the years with success and the engines ran fine afterward. Odds are that that the bearings overheated and seized themselves to the crank. The...

As long as the ring gaps end up okay, you can use standard rings. That being said, honing will only take off a couple of thousandths, which means it won't remove scratches, fix taper or an out-of round condition. If you can feel a ridge at the top of the cylinder with your fingernail, it needs...

Engaging the two bottom tabs first then snapping in the top tab by giving it a good downward smack with a rubber mallet or the heel of my palm works best for me.

I sourced some of my grommets including the firewall from Specter , http://www.sor.com You'll have to go through the diagrams and pick them out. I was able to find the body plugs and the rest of the grommets for the whole vehicle from http://www.rubbertherightway.com. I used a vernier calipers...