Recent content by herb27

went the gentle route as to not crack the windshield or what’s left of that rust and filler in that corner with the ol saw or grinder. Got the job done and came with a free hat that can sit in my garage for 20 years. Win win.

Drilled out the link pivot holes. Wire brushed the hell out of the inside of the dash where any rust was lurking cleaned and repeated then painted before installing the link. made myself a cardboard stencil with the measurements and used a harbor freight rotary tool with a cutting blade and an...

Yeah Thank you! Thanks to all for the help and info. New windshield frame will definitely be a must down the line, along with some other panels. But, for the time being I’m going to Macgyver up something solid, doesn’t have to be pretty for me just functional for now. Building a new...

its added to the list now of things to do to keep it alive / bring it back to glory but for now i just want it to pass nys inspection so i can drive it without the worry of a fine.

I just figure if I don't have that hole cut just about right the motor won't connect to the link. so, I a tape measure across the top motor cover screws and then one along either side of the motor cover screw holes then id be able to measure the correct placement and just have to cut and drill once.

Bodacious! Thanks for that! Still, I can't seem to figure out how to google search the dimensions of those holes. user error im sure. Would like to do a decent job on this so, if someone could throw a tape measure over the hole from either side if they have an empty frame hole id appreciate it.

So that’s a picture under the wiper cover and a picture from the inside under the defroster. It appears like the area may have been rusted to hell and they riveted some sort of metal to reinforce and then maybe some sort of body filler and paint. It’s entirely possible I’m over thinking this...

So one of the previous owners filled the hole through the dash under the wiper motor cover when they removed the wiper system for whatever reason and painted it over so I don’t know the correct placement of the motor mounting holes or wiper link hole through the windshield. Just want to be able...

Hello all, been lingering here for about a year now. My fiancé (now wife) knew I always wanted a 70's era FJ40 and surprised me last year about this time with a 78 sbc 350 swap. My first project car! been awesome learning as I go. Got myself a Haynes book and found this forum and my journey...