Recent content by FJ40fiji

I drove with my F engine at 80 mph a couple times after seeing an old ad claiming it was capable of cruising at that speed. On one of those drives the various parts of the engine realized they had irreconcilable differences and broke up at 80 mph on the freeway. Now I have a 2F under the my...

As luck would have it, my wife is taking the kids to her sister's house next week. I'm looking forward to meeting up.

Not to raise a dead thread, but I just moved to Alpine and am hoping to make an upcoming Beach and Toys meeting. In the mean time I am interested to meet other Landcruiser owners in So Cal, and I have the correct tapered reamer for 80 series rod ends.

I did this. Years ago on a college budget. I put together a 76 2f and dropped in my 9/71. I had a webber carb with an after market throttle cable on the F intake and headers and kept both manifolds, I had a pertronix ignition and so I kept all the ignition components including the dizzy. The...

I sold one in central CA with minimal rust, no holes just some stains showing in the white paint for $1,800 three years ago. Truly rust free, and in your market I'd ask for more than that. Good reproduction bows are $1,200+ and still need to be painted to match your cruiser; and a high quality...

Did you go through with this? I am considering the same for my 9/71.

I have 77' knuckles etc. that I got cheap and swapped on to my 72 years ago, but have wanted to change to the shorter style birfield so I can get some aftermarket shafts. I thought I needed a later model knuckle to do that, do I just need later locking hubs?

Too Tall, I'd be interested in those notes. I may want to paint my cruiser before the end of this year, and Fashion Green is certainly on the potential colors list. I may go with a matte finish though.

I'd love a mud jeresey, but I dont really race. I just ride around the sierra nevadas. Hate to admit but I do more 4x4 trails on my bike than I've done in my Cruiser.

10 hours X 2 Guys X $65/hr median shop rate = $1300 Do you trust them? Did some one recomend them? Have they been around a long time and work alot on Cruisers? Is the shop clean and organized and have a good reputation? Your break down of the estimate looks funny, and if that were given to me...

Is the resevoir on the master cylinder empty? My 72 has seperate front and rear reservoirs and when the rear has leaked out all fluid before, the front still worked fine and I had almost no loss of overall brakeing performance.

I put a 76 2f into my 72 when my F grenaded. It fit right in with no mods. If I recall correctly I even used the F flywheel and clutch. However, I am kicking my self because I put the alternator in the original location where it goes on the F, I should have moved the wiring and relocated it...

I am gathering parts for the same conversion. THe shaft I pulled had the U-joint. But I also "got" a flaming river U joint.

Your best bet is just to hop in a few and see how they feel to you. You might look for an FJ45 wagon (hard to find and expect to pay for it) or an FJ60-Fj62 which are wagons , newer , disk brakes, Power steering, available fuel injected, and when you are ready they can be sprung over or lifted...

That's cause they want to be in there soo bad:D