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The 40 is on break for 2 weeks, sitting in the garage. I’m in Italy with my son. We’re tracing our family ancestry.

Picked up GF in the 40 series at LAX! Here is the 40 series waiting for her arrival at the IN&Out on Sepulveda. And watching the airplanes come in.

Four days in Death Valley

Drove from Las Vegas, NV through Zion National Park and stayed in Orderville, UT for the weekend. Cruised around 65 mph. Outside of no AC, wasn't bad at all.

I drove over 1100 miles in my 1977 FJ40. Stopped in Idaho for one night and Colorado for the next. I went and got a tour of Proffitt's Resurrection Land Cruisers.

Had to take a break as the shower passed. Cruiser pulls the little blue trailer up around the house to unload it. Hopefully the shower will pass soon…

Yes I have a FJ40 1974

What part of Houston? I drove mine today over in Friendswood, it was hot out there!

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply! I’d much rather modify the Gen IV than the FJ.

I didn't feel like making a separate thread for this, but I did want to document an unusual problem with a carburetor. Customer already had the carburetor rebuilt elsewhere, and got a new float in the process. Sent the carburetor to me because...

Unscrew the zerk and the driveshaft will compress just fine. AND you will have exactly the right amount of grease inside the shaft when you’re done! :idea:

You are in Houston? Me too. Nice truck. What’s that red thing on the floor? Plow controls? I briefly had a 76 the same color.

The story on this rig is as follow: My grandfather bought it in Utah. He would take it off roading in Noth Western Colorado to place like Little Flat Tops and other mountains around Steamboat Springs. He mostly used it to plow snow in front of...

Hi all, I joined this forum to learn more and get advice in restoring / preserving the 1977 FJ40 my grandfather left me. I’ll include some pictures of its current condition. My goals for the vehicle are just to preserve it so that it is drivable...

I am gonna get beat up something fierce for this. If i was gonna go non toyota power in my 40, it would be some flavor of Chevy small block. It is a well documented swap that would fix your concerns without reinventing the wheel. This makes it...

Rather than the considerable effort and expense of a motor replacement, I would suggest a swap back to a factory carburetor and see how it works. If later on you decide a different motor is what you prefer, then you’ll have a 2F with OEM carb to...

Have you driven it at a lower elevation to verify that is, in fact, the power problem? In other words, how does it run closer to sea level?

I am an old mechanic AND an old guitar player!

Drained the block and radiator as I filled it up with water after replacing the radiator/hoses/rebuilt water pump and put in pink coolant so now everything in my driveway uses the same type. By the way, that block drain is worth its weight in...

Higher lifts are achieved by bigger arches. Bigger arches mean longer springs. Longer springs equal increased potential range of motion. Increased range of motion requires longer shackles.

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Also replaced all of the shock bushings - they were completely rotted off in some corners. Greased all the zerk fittings- little things lol.

Just wanted to give an update. I ended up replacing all 8 brake cylinders and all lower hardlines. Adjusting the shoes took a little bit of back and forth driving then adjusting again. But I finally found the sweet spot. As far as bleeding is...

Mine do.