Recent content by Ethelbertfj40

Careful buying on on Ebay. I bought on for my 72 fj 40 and it fit but when I put it in reverse it blew a fuse. The light is grounded at the light itself so the switch switches the hot wire. This after market switch grounded out to the case mid-travel and power was off when plunger was fully...

Trying to get the water temp gauge in my August 1972 fj40 to read correctly. At rest (power off) the gauge reads all the way to the right (hot). Key on and sender wire attached gauge reads just above cold. Ignition on and sender wire unhooked (infinite resistance) gauge reads hot, ignition on...

I could have written this same thread, right down to my wife's being burned out on brake pumping. I got a vacuum a bleeder from a friend and did not get success from that either. So, despite bleeding my system multiple times, I'm still needing to do one pump of the pedal in order to prevent the...