Recent content by DistrictFJ40

Thanks Brian - this looks like it should be a fairly common or sacrificial item - mine mostly crumbled when it was removed so it may not come out of your parts car well... I have done a little more searching but thought i might need to reach out to a body shop to find out if this is more...

Stupid fat thumbs… this is an ‘83 not a ‘93

Hi there. I recently acquired an ‘93 pickup from a fellow member but have had to replace the windshield- can anyone tell me where to find or even the correct term to search for the compression chrome gasket trim on the surround? My original crumbled during install so need to replace. Any advice...

Just sent you a personal message- very interested.

great looking rig! 4 or 5spd? Love the hammock hooks, subtle but so smart!

Great looking build. Nailed it on the Beaker reference too

just spent my sunday morning with a cup of coffee reading through the whole post and the history of your rig - great progress and great info along the way! Keep at it!

wow, thanks everyone for the help- did not know this had a swapped transfer case but this makes more sense now. Guess I should get a new instruction plate at some point to match!

If I want to test this theory, I should get on a gravel road, lock the hubs, the. Yank the lever down to h4?

That tube connects to .. nothing it appears 🤔

Engine bay pics attached.

I’ll get some shots of the engine bay- it’s got a 3.9 straight six. No idea if original though. Anyone please feel free to weigh in on what you see under the hood :-) just reran a bunch of wiring and put in a new alternator last week as well (dual battery setup was installed not quite right).

the Long pull- out vacuum control I see on earlier models does not appear to be here, but has perhaps been relocated. Did the 68’s have the dash mounted pull out for “FD”? Anything I should check for vacuum lines that may have been re-run?

Hi, longtime lurker of the forum/ site and I've recently purchased a 1968 FJ40. The truck is pretty well taken care of and it's had lots of little upgrades along the way many of which i'm still discovering - new Warn manual hubs up front, along with front disc brakes and lots of various Man a...