Recent content by doublegun

More brake mystery Well my 40 sat up over night and I decided to try her the next day. Suprise the brakes were working fine. The pedal had more play and no locking up. I drove here for about 30 minutes with no problem. Then I decided to drive her to work today. She was fine. Drove home for...

2nd visit to the mechanic Well I got my 73 FJ 40 back from the shop after he went over the brake system. It worked for about 10 miles and then the rear brakes started sticking again. The brake pedal was adjusted so tight it only had about a 1/4 inch of play from return position to fully...

O.K. so I just get my truck back from a Aussie locker install and brand new Warn hubs up front and now my brakes are sticking in the rear.They seem to get progressively more sticky the longer you drive. I noticed a little extra slow down when I went from second to third gear, (three speed ),more...

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll save up some cash for another style power steering conversion. Until then I'll just keep eating my Wheaties . On the good side my wife never wants to borrow my 40. Thanks, Doublegun

I've seen where power steering units were used from mini trucks up to 1985 year models. I have a 1988 toyota extracab 4 x 4 that has a motor with a cracked block. Can I use the steering box and components to upgrade my 73 FJ40 steering? Also what about any other parts that could be used to...

I drilled mine I used the same size faring and I agree it is too small.I drilled my roof rack where there is an existing hole on top.Drilled through the bottom of the bar and just bolted the yakima cross bar to my roof rack.I originally put the bar on top of the roof rack,but that made the...

price? What's Downey charging for their lift kit?

How come there is no 4wd emblem on the FJ? You would think since this is Toyota's most capable off road vehicle ( according to them ) they would have 4wd somewhere on the truck. Maybe I can adapt an old fj40 4wd emblem for the rear of the truck.Also how come no shark gills on the front...

Well I was the first to get my cruiser here in Columbus,Ga.I had one blissfull week until that dreaded day I went out of town on business and left the FJ in the driveway next to my wifes car.Now I've got the first wrecked FJ in Columbus. I didn't want to leave the FJ at the airport as she...

4 wheel parts I got mine ordered from 4 Wheel Parts in Marrieta,Ga.They said it was part of a shipment of 50 that would be here mid May. They quoted me $ 1300.00 for just the winch bull bar without freight and installation.Is this close to what anybody else has been quoted? It seems rather...

91 octane or better The manual says 91 octane or better.

Vision Vision out the front is good.The only issue is with the flat windshield it's hard to see the red part of the stop light,if you are the first one at the light.Where I normally park at the light you can see the yellow and green light area only. The side vision is ok.There is a blind...

The only thing I can find wrong with my FJ is the fact that the sun visors are too short.When you turn them to the side they only cover about 1/3 of the window.It would be an easy fix if Toyota had used a little slider inside the visor to pull out when turned sideways to the window...

Doublegun's The First Hey Guys, I got my auto voodoo blue at 3:30 Thursday the 23rd.Can anybody beat that?If you can congratulations and let's go wheeling.

I got a call Thursday at 3:30 pm that my FJ had arrived.I have first dibs on the local dealer list.Of course I blew out of work and headed on over.Called the wife and kids to meet me for a test drive. On first seeing it in the parking lot I was amazed.It was all I had seen and read on the net...