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Once on the pavement I decided to see if I could upshift without the clutch. Turns out that’s actually not hard to do on a 40 so got it into 4th and home I went. Good job! Real men can do this, as well as shift unsynchronized tractor...

I had yesterday (Labor Day here in the USA) off, and decided it was time to get outside for a while. Fired up Otis and headed to a trailhead near my house. Took a nice 6 mile hike with good views of some of the early changing colors here. I still...

Otis came with a few boxes of random parts. Some cool stuff including: rebuilt starter trouble light and the little blue vinyl bag original touchup paint original style jack (unfortunately not working) extra set of the long jack handles carb...

After 30 years playing with old cars/trucks/motorcycles I’ve finally got a reasonable handle on what I like and what I do. Like a Land Cruiser, I’m slow but I get there eventually. :D

I'm glad you have clearly defined goals :)

I agree. And while I didn’t buy this 40 because it had a charming name, the fact that it has a charming name was part of the picture. :)

Looks nice. I follow seafair in than changing ship names is bad luck so Otis it is in my book. I'm guessing some moderator will magically assign the build badge.

This will be the build thread/documentation (not sure how I get the “Builds” tag) for my new-to-me 1976 FJ40 named Otis. The truck was named by the previous to the previous owner, and it fits so the name happily will stay. I bought Otis from...

OK finally got some garage time. After warming up the engine I pulled the valve cover off and adjusted the valves. They were good I only really had to adjust a few. I watched the operation of the valve train and everything seems to be working as...

+1 for counterfeit parts. It seems like they are everywhere; like $50 Rolex's. Back in the my Aviation days I spent quality time with a spark plug breakdown tester. New plugs right out of the box could fail completely (not very often) or the...

I had some new NGK plugs that ran the same way. Lots of stories about how to identify the real plugs from the imposters. I had the poor quality plugs. My engine ran like a top when I put real NGK plugs in. Just my experience in the last 6 most.

how long has it been sitting without running? Check your carb is not gummed up with ethanol fuel crap. I would start with a valve adjustment, timing, vacuum reading when idling. If it aint idling, check your carb idle circuit and solenoid. Also...

Those compression numbers are actually a little low for a 60 engine. Add me to the chorus calling for a fresh valve adjustment.

I'm frustrated with the way the engine in my 40 is running. It started a few months back, it wasn't idling quite right, left a friend drive it at a recent offroad event and it progressively got worse. Frankly I was embarrassed at the way it ran...

What do these go for now????? as a point of reference, I picked up one of these for my 82 for about $75, without the rods

Later model jack and rods… was in a 1980 What do these go for now?????

Brand new in the box, never used. Fits 1986-1998 Toyota 4Runner/Pickup/T100, 26 spline - Warn Premium Hubs PN: 28761 - Spindle nut conversion kit PN: 22918 Had these to put on my 1995 4Runner that I sold many years ago before I could put...

So far I've been driving the 45 pretty gently, but lately I've slowly been pushing it toward redline on occasion. I did notice that above 3,500 RPM, I was getting some hesitation. I hooked up a fuel pressure gauge to see what was going on, and...

Well the whole point of the chore list that my wife gave me was so that we could walk around the front to get to our storage closet in the car port. And with the tow bar on that can't happen. So off it goes. I do kinda like the vintage look of...

Sounds like you found and repaired your problem great job 👏 🥃. If you have ever had a tow bar fall down while driving you would have it in the back by now or in the garage.

If I take out my tool box to make room for other stuff, some failure will occur that I could have fixed had I had my tool box. I like my cheap electric fuel pumps, they transfer fuel nicely too.

So here is a bit of an update. Friday I had some time to work on her. Took the old fuel pump off because it wasn't holding a prime. @orangefj45 and Justin Robins both said it has to be a fuel pump issue as to why it wasn't working. I got a new to...

Finally done and working. It only took 8 years. :rofl:

Free / no shipping. Located in Pismo Beach Ca. Ramsey pto winch and pto box. Was on my 45lv when I got it. Never ran it . Missing driveshaft between box and winch. It’s for a 3speed t case

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