Chamba

Much more better. Found my 40 series transfer shifter knob. Small victory. Thanks Matt. Hard to tell add they seem to be riveted to the same place.

Thank you Matt. You'll be my first call if my mate Chris can't get this harness for me in Australia. While you're here: hooking up the fuel sender to my Dakota. Any idea which of the two prongs are better to send to the module? Both show...

So no surprises really, but this head MAY have been 'rebuilt', but certainly wasn't tanked.....

Five different wires spliceded off the hot side of the brake pedal actuator. Trying to figure out where each one goes and get then their own source. I used to say t connectors were my biggest pet peeve....I stand corrected. Future note to self...

Dont forget @Coolerman for the electrical supplies and adaptor harnesses.

I would love to do a Painless; I did one on the Scrambler and it was fantastic. But I an missing many of the plugs on this one: the front and rear lights are hard (soft? Twist? 'Hard' seems the wrong word to use for this particular...

Rustic green. Sorry, that's what I was thinking but said hunter. 72 is my favourite year 40. Here is me at 3 or 4 years old on front of our 72 with the Wind River mountains behind us. 1973 this would be. I'm about half way done installing...

Yes- 12/71 in 621 Rustic Green. Take your time laying out the wiring, you can shorten anything coming from the Dakota senders to keep things neat. I like to use either open barrel or uninsulated butt connectors w/ adhesive shrink tubing to keep...

All the wiring in this critter is twisted with electrical tape. No soldering, not even crimps. Cheap Chinese cluster next to original they pulled at resto. This Dakota will make things much easier here. A mate mine may have found a harness for...

Having actual gauges is great. I like having a tach.

It’s tough, knowing full well what the 3rd world rigs come with, but still wanting that extra length of the 43. Just has some odd appeal to it that’s hard to avoid. I remember looking at 43s on Tucarro maybe a decade ago. Bit the bullet about 18...

So this just turned up... ordered it when I thought this would be one of the big projects for me. Will still be a fun project, but it'll be like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic if I don't get it drivable. I put the Dakota Digital in...

Hey @Chamba. Not happy to hear your lament but knowing your vast knowledge on these 43’s clearly tells me you’re going to defeat all of the negatives. The only sting here may be the initial cost and feeling a bit deceived. That will change as...

Small, rewarding project: leather steering wheel cover. I've had one on every 40 I've owned. And the wipers are no longer silver.....

I wish I could recall how I did the transfer case shifter on my 83..... but I can't recall. It looked very good though. I think I cut and welded the cane, but I'm not certain. I did have a 40 series top loader which I'd gotten in Australia...

H55F was never a factory option on the 40 series long wheel base. Even the incomplete long wheel base that had the hand brake on the rear axle five speed was not used. Have an interesting story about trying to trade a Land Cruiser stamped bezel...

Beautiful stash!! I love those 82-84 shift covers too with the raised centre so you can clear the H55: great score! Mine at least has that, though the hole is moved aft of course. If you're keen to sell an H55 40 series transfer case linkage and...

Chamba's Law says Murphey was an optimist. Wish I'd known about that one too....

@Living in the Past When I put the H55 in my 83 FJ40 back in the 90s, I used the original H42 shift cane. I simply flattened the knob on the end enough to put the neoprene cap on and it worked perfectly. I believe any '81-'84 H41/42 cane can be...

Matt is a legend. He's been talking with me in private about what else we are going to do; very knowledgeable. I didn't realise that about the 3F bell housing, but it makes sense looking at the isolator. Yet another thing I'll correct... the...

If you didn’t order the seats yet, we sell those too! :D Looks like you have a 3F bellhousing with the stock 8/80 crossmember. Those are angled 7 degree, but your original crossmember is not so that puts the transmission mount and motor mounts...

And some more wiring I'll have to deal with..... going to be no shortage of wiring to deal with here.

The list of parts I'll be getting from Cruisermatt keeps growing. All the rubber brake lines look to be original. Also a few of the brake pipes will need to be ordered. I figured out why I couldn't adjust the hand brake: they had spacers which...

My previous H55s all had the 40 series top loader with the 40 series cane. The position of this one is not good. I don't plan on spending the money for a 40 series top loader (I will keep looking for one each time I'm back in Australia, but not...

@Shyrock here's the bumper part number