Recent content by bigring911

I will now! Thanks for the suggestion.

First off, thanks everyone for taking the time to respond. I genuinely appreciate the honesty, both the encouragement and the warnings. There’s been some really good advice here, and it’s given me quite a bit to think about. A few things that have come up repeatedly are the physical demands of...

Ha! I’m down for that. Just have to decide who’s going to move…..cold and snow 5-6 months of the year or dry and warm……hard decision 😄 I appreciate the responses to far - giving me lots to consider. Keep ‘em coming!

Meant to add that if one of the moderators feel that this post is better suited in another different forum topic to please feel free to move it.

Hi everyone, I’m 54 years old and have an opportunity to retrain for a new career. One direction I’m seriously considering is becoming a licensed automotive service technician, with the longer-term goal of getting into the repair, maintenance and restoration of older Japanese 4x4s, particularly...

Haven’t done anything to, with, or for my BJ42 but did score this on Marketplace locally: A 2007 Spectre Off-Road catalogue. 700 pages full of really useful diagrams and articles. Only wish that the prices listed were the same today! They even advertised fine bone China with a 40 on it.

That’s awesome to be working on this with your son. Will be following along - just got my first ever Cruiser (‘82BJ42) at the ripe age of 52. Have a 15 yr old teenage daughter I’m going to try and get interested in wrenching. Cheers!

She’s a beauty!

It’s not without its flaws but I’m super excited to have it. Will be starting a build page at some point in the near future. First priority is to update the steering and suspension. Stay tuned!

A few more….

Morning Fellas, just an exciting update….just got my first Cruiser. It’s an Ontario born and raised (originating in and spent its entire life in) 1982 BJ42 and I’m the sixth owner. It has approx 174,000 kms. I think she’s a beauty. Photos below:

Sweet Jebus! How did you get it so clean???

If you search Toyopat Restorations on You Tube (for some reason I can't embed or paste the link) he has a video titled "Chassis Rivets" which you might find interesting. It looks like others have posted similar videos - but might be nice to see another video if it helps. He does some really...

Thanks to all that have contributed and those who have followed along. At this point I’ve made an offer on the vehicle - $5k less than what he’s asking - based on the issues I’ve discovered and pointed out by you all. I’ll see what he says. I’ve waited about three years to find one and maybe...

Timmy, your cab looks rust free - amazing find!