Builds 1978 US Market FJ40 Factory Restoration (1 Viewer)

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Continuing work on the emissions/vacuum/charcoal canister work.

Does anyone have a lead on #3, 96221-20706?

It would be cool to find a clean used tube, but shipping would have to mash it flat or twist it and looks to be fairly easy to make one - other than the bends along the firewall.

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Hello Dallas Sir . :)

i have more then a few
NOS Part # 96221-20706 ....... :idea:

how many would you like me to mail out on Monday ?



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Worked on replicating the factory tar paper on the transmission hump. Mine was trashed, so I cleaned it all off to start over fresh. There was no way to salvage the old tar.

Primed and repaired transmission cover:

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Using photos and measurements from the original tar, I started to trace and cut out the new pieces. Evercoat 100117 is almost a spot on match, albeit a bit thinner than the factory stuff.

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Using the handle of the scissors and a heat gun, this stuff is VERY easy to mould and work with.

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Ready for paint:

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Productive weekend and great weather.

I had previously just sprayed black epoxy hi-temp paint on the manual steering box. As mentioned above, I finally received the Toyota parts to service it. I started with swapping out the seals, bearings and gaskets.


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I then worked on priming the rest of the body pieces.

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Everything is just about ready for the last bit of paint.

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The joy's of a 1 car garage.

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Beautiful work. I also have a ‘78 and I really appreciate your attention to detail because to me it is “all in the details”. I need to have my manual steering box rebuilt due to bigger leak recently. How difficult is it to remove the box so I can get it to the rebuilder?? Thanks. Tom
 
Few more pics of finished pre-paint transmission cover:

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I know its not as nice as original, but pretty close eh?


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Next in researching the splash guards, I found I had the wrong splash guards. I am in the process of putting in the correct splash guards for 01/78. This is what I had:

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Correct splash guard for 78:

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My running boards were so bend and and trashed, I ordered a new set:

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I am working on the last of the body work. Sanding the primer with 600 and then working on the hood and hard top sides.

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BAD NEWS...grrrr. The hood is garbage, worse than a golf ball.

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That may be the first time I’ve seen someone do the tar paper on the transmission hump! Love that detail!
 
good evening Dallas , :)


- as your personal Toyota Genuine Parts Professional & Vintage
TEq Technical Concierge ..

- as we flow towards 1978 FJ40LV-KCJA Manifest here , i will be that everything is everything & that's that with all tat too .

- please refer to the 2 TECH. photos below , they will communicate through Period Correct imagery , in details matter job scope Spec. both to conclude and address on you end a needed step by step and or parts installation required or both as well ....

- please let men know if you have any questions Via the SKUNK-WORKS Shop-TECH. Hot-Line ☎️

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- so , enough paperwork here , LETS Discus the below TECH images Please ......

- what's missing on your 1978 and what's present and correctly in- place on @Ackcruisers / Everybody's SOLID MUD Buddie's Paul . 1976 FJ40 ...

- this is a critical mission NEEDS part.






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Thanks Matt. I have one, just need to install when I get to the electrical portion of this project.

To be honest, stuff like that is fun. Detail work, installing boxed Toyota parts, etc. what I miserably failed to do…was to anticipate the volume of bodywork required to even have a halfway decent cruiser. It is a magnitude of horror I am going through and a daily lesson of financial loss, time loss, anger, hate, lost Saturdays, overspray, building arthritis from endless sanding, and it’s still not “great” when I’m done.

That being said, I did it. Every square inch, is a product of my hands and brings such great pride. Which too, has been a lesson for me in giving credit to others’ projects and work…even if I don’t love the car…I know the volume of hours and dedication it took to build it.

Sunday rant.
 
Thanks Matt. I have one, just need to install when I get to the electrical portion of this project.

To be honest, stuff like that is fun. Detail work, installing boxed Toyota parts, etc. what I miserably failed to do…was to anticipate the volume of bodywork required to even have a halfway decent cruiser. It is a magnitude of horror I am going through and a daily lesson of financial loss, time loss, anger, hate, lost Saturdays, overspray, building arthritis from endless sanding, and it’s still not “great” when I’m done.

That being said, I did it. Every square inch, is a product of my hands and brings such great pride. Which too, has been a lesson for me in giving credit to others’ projects and work…even if I don’t love the car…I know the volume of hours and dedication it took to build it.

Sunday rant.




remember Dallas ,

always try to use and apply the " the glass is half full " approach , and NEVER i mean do not view the Glass is Half Empty crutch approach ,,,

- Below is a image-tool i just created for you , i would like you to feast your Eyes upon for a for a while ....

- then report back ....
 
Continuing work on the emissions/vacuum/charcoal canister work.

Does anyone have a lead on #3, 96221-20706?

It would be cool to find a clean used tube, but shipping would have to mash it flat or twist it and looks to be fairly easy to make one - other than the bends along the firewall.

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@dmaddox - LMK if I can help you with any measurements from mine. Mine is a 9/77 build, so I wonder if there are any differences?
 
Thanks Matt. I have one, just need to install when I get to the electrical portion of this project.

To be honest, stuff like that is fun. Detail work, installing boxed Toyota parts, etc. what I miserably failed to do…was to anticipate the volume of bodywork required to even have a halfway decent cruiser. It is a magnitude of horror I am going through and a daily lesson of financial loss, time loss, anger, hate, lost Saturdays, overspray, building arthritis from endless sanding, and it’s still not “great” when I’m done.

That being said, I did it. Every square inch, is a product of my hands and brings such great pride. Which too, has been a lesson for me in giving credit to others’ projects and work…even if I don’t love the car…I know the volume of hours and dedication it took to build it.

Sunday rant.

Wow, somehow Dallas is posting in the Future!

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@waiting for time For sure....I could. In the right hands, any panel is salvageable. Personally, the trouble of stripping this hood is one thing....with the layers and years of paint on the top and bottom (some sprayed, some rolled and some brushed)...and the volume of filler used on it to even get it mildly topographic...just makes the "juice not worth the squeeze." Recall its just me, in a one-car garage and the only wheel I have is a grinding wheel. So, no matter what I do with this hood...it will still require filler, and I'd rather not use filler on the big open areas of the larger panels.

Will see if and when this new hood arrives what it will be.

In the meantime, I am hoping @65swb45 finds his box of air bypass valves...and that one is really nice / actuates with vacuum. I have purchased a few that don't hold vacuum - and I tried to buy the one "MegaZip" offered but received this, this morning:

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Well....yet again more bad news. re: New Hood:

"Thank you for your order.I'm sorry I can't excute your order.The goods is now in the warehouse in Los Angeles. ,we can only execute orders in the west of America, but not in the east of America.Becausw it's too far to the east and the freight is too expensive,the freight on this is not applicable."

The order was cancelled, leaving me back with this cursed hood and a bucket of bondo.
 
Well....yet again more bad news. re: New Hood:

"Thank you for your order.I'm sorry I can't excute your order.The goods is now in the warehouse in Los Angeles. ,we can only execute orders in the west of America, but not in the east of America.Becausw it's too far to the east and the freight is too expensive,the freight on this is not applicable."

The order was cancelled, leaving me back with this cursed hood and a bucket of bondo.
Start sanding the paint off and get a shrinking disc and a slapper, it will save you lots of bondo.
 

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