Winter project

[SHREG]

I hesitate to call this a restoration project. It has a date attached to it..

after owning Roy for all of 3 months and considering our options for full resto. I decided to simply pull the engine and trans and freshin her up. This winters project will included interior restoration as well as an under the hood refresh. I also want to clean up the firewall and repaint the interior of the engine bay.

first step... get the stuff out.... Next weekend everything will be power washed....let the cleaning begin!!

 

[SHREG]

Interior... nice not having to deal with rust. Also nice to have a pickup bed!!

 

[SHREG]

among allot of other stuff i am in need of a late carb. This F135 is currently sporting a Carter carb... and i dont like it...

 

[SHREG]

Firewall cleaned up and ready for prep. We also blasted the exposed frame. Got all the hard parts with the blaster, i will flap wheel the flat stuff.

 

[In2cruisers]

is that a true 45 fuel tank?? if so...can I get a picture of the bottom?? Do they have a belly to fill the floor pan depression??

 

[FJ45Dude]

Looks like a great project! I am looking forward to watching the progress.

 

[SHREG]

is that a true 45 fuel tank?? if so...can I get a picture of the bottom?? Do they have a belly to fill the floor pan depression??

Yes it is, When i get back this week i can snap a pick for you. Its never been removed from this rig. I cant tell the difference between this tank and any one I have removed from a 40..

 

[Poser]

Yes it is, When i get back this week i can snap a pick for you. Its never been removed from this rig. I cant tell the difference between this tank and any one I have removed from a 40..

Angle of the fuel filler inlet is significantly different.


Nice Land Cruiser.

 

[SHREG]

Angle of the fuel filler inlet is significantly different.


Nice Land Cruiser.

Thanks Steve, i meant to call you on Sunday, i was going to see if you had any front disk axles. It turned into a Sunday Funday.... got a front disk axle?

I will get the pic on Friday or Saturday...

 

[Michael Hanson]

So what is the original color? MIke

 

[SHREG]

So what is the original color? MIke

"double mint".. Mint green, just so happens thats my favorite cruiser color.

 

[mtgski]

The Seafoam Green is a great FJ45 color!!

 

[G-Cat]

And.........Subscribed.

 

[SHREG]

Got the flapper disc out and wire wheel. Cleaned up the frame and painted. Spray bomb... main idea was to get it CLEAN.... 46 years of grease and oil made it a real pain to work on.... Next i will do some touch up on places i missed, wait for it to dry and begin cleaning and reassembling the associated firewall parts..

 

[SHREG]

Picked up a "new" front axle for my winter project yesterday from Poser. I will clean it up this week and hopefully install it next weekend. I am going to do some searches for the booster and dual master cylinder conversion next. Once i have that stuff i can re-route the break lines....

 

[SHREG]

Pulled old front axle tonight. New one is on the rack and getting the treatment. All new tie rod ends etc.

Almost ready for reassembly.... some more stuff to clean... should have it under the truck this weekend... Then i can get back to the trans/transfer case...

Is there any reason to hang on to the old drum break parts? The old school axle shafts are cool, bit i dont have the space to store all the extra stuff. Let me know if you need the axle shafts or old lock outs.

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

ball and claw are pretty much worthless unless someone actually needs them. I have a couple of the "balls" kept to make a shifter out of later in life.. THe diff could be reused if you put in new spiders and redrilled the holes to accept the 10mm studs. I toss em. we did donate one to utilize the front wheel bearing assembly for an M416 6 lug conversion to a club member. You can make one into a bird bath? I'd scrap it for steel weight.

 

[SHREG]

Lots of progress today, lots of time in front of the parts washer. Got the axle partially reassembled, waiting on proper 3rd member. I buttoned up some stuff on the firewall and cleaned up the transfer case. Nice putting stuff back together finally. Starting to take shape..... trani gets a bath on Sunday... then the Packers game!!

 

[SHREG]

New tie rod ends etc. then on to the transfer case.

 

[SHREG]

Nse cone has a busted tab.....no good