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Hi, new here and new to fj40’s. Looking forward to asking stupid questions and talking advantage of all of your experience. I’ve always been a bike man, so what i know about 40’s you could more or less write on the back of a stamp. Cheers. Dicky

I got my E-Brake totally rebuilt and ready to reinstall along with a new T-Case rear seal. All Toyota OEM parts.

Removed the seat belt bolts today after Kroiling last night. No issues. Thanks again for the kind guidance… Chip

Predator blood shows up a little better…..

Assessed my newish dash mounted rocker switched back up/camping lights...

A few months ago I purchased the headliner from Cruiser Corps. Am happy to report it has been installed...

My 40 has a SOR heavy duty bumper & brush guard, which means I’ll only hit one when I’m driving the 370Z……

Some of the restored parts I got with the truck….

What a score! Very impressive! If it were mine I would get the bits & pieces restored to as new, as you mentioned, and leave the paint as it is. It’s a perfect patina. I’ve seen that done on rat rods and I think it looks pretty cool.

Got a set of these Kendra’s coming in Wednesday….

Check out the gas tank well, has 2 hole in front of the shifter??? I removed tons of bolts and only one broke in the trans tunnel amazed how they look new in the threads. Paint is cherry under dash pad. Check out the baby Swampers, 28x8.50x15...

I used the Omni system too and followed the instructions sheets. What Wasatch said. This was my 1st time doing something like this. I was told and read I had 72 hrs after doing the epoxy primer sealer to top coat it, with 2k primer or color with...

Any primer is going to have to be sanded between steps, epoxy primer gives the best adhesion and base to build off of.

Guys at the Tasco paint shop assured me that if I use epoxy primer I have a window of about 24 hours to get paint on or else the epoxy primer must be sanded. They further advised that stuff is a bitch to sand. YMMV.

Thanks. It's coming slowly. Got the fender lights on today. Light buckets next. Ignore my non-shiny wheels.

I think it was last year I ordered new axle seals from Toyota. I pulled the axle apart and found out the new seals didn’t fit. That’s when the remembering started. In the mid eighties I trusted my 74 to a “professional “ mechanic with rebuilding...

The problem: tire too close and too low on oe mount. The solution: change the mount.

Dusty old memories slowly filtered back in. Back in the mid nineties I had found this obscure part number supersession in the Toyota system that netted me a half dozen OE third members for $350 a piece! The regular list price at that time was...

New oil pump = peace of mind

Kit is going on. Got the tires mounted up, big franchise store right down the street from me would not put the 9.5 kendas on the 5.5 stock steelies due to "risk of them blowing out a sidewall". Drove 10 minutes past and paid the mom and pop store...

Hey guys, so I worked on getting the block unclogged today. I picked, drilled, used compressed air, hammered, started it and let in run for about 5 min. I got one drip out of it:mad: Anyways, is there a chance more than one of the water jackets...

Indeed. My FJ40 was in Oklahoma and the seller told me when the guys from the shipping company arrived they tried to get him to sell it to them instead, but he had already been paid and I already had the title. When they arrived here in Central...

My local NAPA counter person said, "I love what you did with that old mail truck!" Pic for ref, lol I wheel it, drive it, haul crap around the park... And i have no idea how much I've spent over the years. I have a binder full of receipts and...

Post a photo of where the rubbing is.

Replacing my door window track weather stripping runs with new track from City Racer and window felts. The biggest pain is removing the glass, but boy is it nice and snug now. Also got to evict a few more bugs and treat some rust spots...