badsamaritan

I bought a 5.3L LM7 from BD Turnkey engines and have been very happy with that motor (now going on 11 years). My current combo is: 5.3L LS / SM420 Trans / 3spd Tcase. I'd like to go to a NV4500 or H55F / Splitcase for some more useable gears...

Great meeting ya. Oooh, that 40 is sexy

Ran into @Boston Mangler at Escondido cars and coffee today. Always good to meet another cruiserhead.

SOR is the only place selling them new from what I could find. I bought 2 which was over 100 bucks. 1 showed up with flattened threads on both the M12 and M16 side. I used a die for the M12 side and a metric thread file for the m16 side...

Here’s a pair of the correct turn light housings that even work.

yeah if they are the same that would be great. I'm also not sure if I need the black cap that looks like it may hold the bulb in place like this one

Earlier clusters have the push in bulb housing that looks identical to the one you posted. Just a thought. I may or may not remember to check on my '70 when I get home later tonight.

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I think the ones in the back of the cluster are small, black, twist in style. The dash ones look like what is pictured above. I have all autometer gauges in this rig so no original cluster to confirm. I am going off of this image from cityracer

@ToyotaMatt I recently purchased the pins that the front shocks connect to and had to go buy corresponding dies to straighten out all the threads. Pretty disappointing especially for a 45.00 part.

hi Raymond sir , :) :wrench: :wrench: i have found since day 1 long ago .... The actual little Baby Chrome Bling Laden KOITo green , red , blue , and yellow lenses ..... to the ratio of good usable bulb socket you are looking for has...

I will check to see if I have the turn signal bulb sockets and wire harness needed. One went out a couple weeks ago. John

I have the chrome surface mount turn signal housings. I'm looking for the actual bulb holders and wiring that goes behind the dash. Pictured on the right, below. Shipping would be to 92029.

1 year of re-ownership down and I celebrated with some new bilstein's for the 40. It had some old ranchos from the 90's in there that had long since failed. I could compress all 4 with almost no effort. New shocks feel great, rig rides a lot...

Thanks Kevos, I think I'll take them. SOR sells aftermarket ones, which I picked up. I'll use one and keep the others for spares.

$40 plus ship $10 flat rate

Both of mine have threads that are beyond repair. Search says they are NLA from Toyota. Looking to find a useable set

@theoii the bolt next to the tool box I added, all the others are factory holes that I re used. Hope this helps

Me too.

I'll snap some pictures tonight. I never had factory seat frames. Only ghetto fab PO brackets

Post #7 is the only other picture I have of the build process. I had to have a local guy weld them up for me. It's using the factory frames bolt holes, so it's shifted to the drivers side

I haven't fully decided against it yet, but a couple issues I have are: I'd like to have a regular 5spd with no granny 1st gear. I like how they shift vs. the more clunky truck feel of the NV They are hard to find, and if buying a reman they...

Do you have any more pictures of the seat mounts in the rear? I've been trying to mock mine up and don't want to lose the seat belt mounting nuts if possible. Also how thick are the seats? My old seat mount (homemade) with generic universal...

Nice looking 40. Body lift? Why did you decide against the NV4500?