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Restored and powder coated (had to also make the booth) a late model carb cooling fan 16360-61023 and retrofitted it into a 1976 40. Created a small upper bracket to catch the two #4 M6 bolts. Used neoprene 3/4x3/4T to close gap between fan and...

Yeah 622 for the green and 012 Cygnus White for the roof and front grill.

Issue resolved. I removed the old ballast resistor since it read 0 ohms and noticed immediately that the coil wire was rusted and broke. As a temporary test, I rewrapped the ceramic rod with the same gauge wire. Reinstalled the ballast resistor...

On the Magic Purple car transporter, loaded up at 1:30am local time, driver said he'd be there at 10pm. Seller is a stand-up dude for dealing with that nonsense. And no, it's not loaded up with parts or anything...nothing to see here... Should be...

So………. this ski thing you do is just something to kill time until your more important hobby is in season? 🤣 A reminder: Got a chance to fish a ‘Trophy’ stream today with a good friend - I’ve not fished in a while so was a bit rusty (missed a...

I've been noticing the t case has been whining lately so I decided to check the oil today. Added about half a jug. Checked the tranny oil level. Drained about a half a jug. So I decided to go ahead and put the bypass hose back in between...

Ah, my favorite thread rises to the top... Flashback to last summer- my little helper waxing her up. ...the results. She done good.

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Oh yeah, I also installed this beautiful piece of bad assery.

Installed a new rear main seal and finally got my oil pan reinstalled. My old oil pan gasket was extremely difficult to remove but reinstall wasn’t so bad. The only thing that concerns me is my flange was quite deformed. I got it flattened out as...

Finally got to use the 55 to do "truck things" with a run to Home Depot. Turn signals still don't work. I still don't care enough to dig further.

Passed the CA smog test, again. It surprises me how well this old truck does. This is the first year I didn't monkey with with the fuel. I worry about this Fed truck in CA, so for past tests I'd roll into the shop on a nearly empty tank with a...

And positioned the 40 underneath the new hoist. I still have to build support arms to grab the roof under the doors and lower brackets to pull the top in the back, but getting closer to being able to easily remove the top.

It's getting real. 2024 could be the year!! Edit: I'd like to rebuild the original Brake booster. Suggestions? Are there kits available? My searching has come up empty.

I used black steelit paint, city racer decal and new nos clamps from @ToyotaMatt on my air cleaner refresh

Continued from above... On the road: The tires are waaaay quieter than I expected. I've read that others reported that these are a quiet mud tire and that's exactly what I found. I hear the mechanical symphony from the 40 over any tire noise...

New shoes & a new look for the 40! Wheels, Tires....and Decisions. I love the look of OEM wheels/hub caps on a 40 and knew when I purchased mine that I wanted to install a set along with tall skinny tires. For me tall skinny's are a perfect...

Finished this one up, all the way down to new brass butterfly screws and every steel part zinc plated. Well that’s a lie, the slow cut valve rod isn’t - which I need to find a way to remove without breaking the aluminum.

Washed off all the mud from last weeks hunting trip..

Pops and I took the 40 for a ride up in the hills today. Weather was windy but sunny & beautiful on this winters day. Hodakaguy

FJ40 fuel & temp gauges stopped working. Recently while driving around town my fuel & temp gauges would randomly quit working...both at the same time. They came back to life a couple times then just quit all together. With it raining today...