Recent content by Dextorbius

Thanks guys. The shop I have been working with ended up finding one in Alberta. A friend of one of the people at the shop spotted an 40 on a farm while on a hunting trip. I think he bought it for parts but I don't have his name. Anyway, I got the part and it has been machined and it is now...

Hi all, I am trying to get my 1970 FJ40 back on the road and need to replace the flywheel. Anyone have one for sale that can be shipped to Ontario, Canada?

Until the early 80s my grandfather had a brake and tire shop in a small town called Kindersley, Saskatchewan. I had my uncle send me one of the last key chains that exist for the shop to use for my keys to the 40.

I bought Alexander Wohlfarth's "the Land Cruiser Legend" on Amazon a year ago. It gives a nice general overview of the history of LCs. Not really a super detailed technical book but serves as a good intro for production years and traces model changes quite well.

The old tires were unsafe to drive so I replaced them today. I put on a new set of Goodyear Armortrac 235/75/R15. Not really what I wanted but I have found that anything considered a speciality tire in Peru is much more expensive than the North American price. These will have to do for a few...

Thanks for the advice. For the rad, it has been flushed and new coolant put in. There is still some rust that surfaces in the rad but not too much. I have been monitoring any leakage from the differential s and transfer case. So far it has been minimal. Will wait and see before I do anything...

Thanks, and apologies for the double thread on my truck. I will post more photos as soon as I figure out how to do it.

It really depends on if you are in Lima or if you are in the provinces. For a $100 flight and $300 in transport costs I figure I saved $3000 by shopping in the provinces. I paid $5000 use for the truck.

A few more photos

Hello to all, New to the forum so please allow me to introduce myself and my 1970 FJ40. I am currently living in Lima, Peru and we will be here until 2019. After seeing all of the FJ40s on the road down here, I decided see if I could get one, put some work into it and bring it back to home...

Hello to all, New to the forum so please allow me to introduce myself and my 1970 FJ40. I am currently living in Lima, Peru and will be here until 2019. Seeing all of the FJ40s on the road down here, I decided see if I could get one, put some work into it and bring it back to home when I...