Recent content by JamesTsully

excellent mate, thanks :) hoping to head up to the cape in the next year or two...would love to see your rigs in the flesh!

looking good ken! do you recall whether cygnus white was the same white all through the years? i think from what research i've done that my 84 had cygnus white roof/bezel but i'm not 100% sure

yeh i don't think the pto was in the best condition, needed a bit of work on it...but yes a good nick one i would be silly not to take it. i don't plan on running large wheels on this, so factory ps would be best, trying to keep this rig as stock as i can. I've already put all the wiring back to...

love a beige 40 :P i considered swapping the visor for a PTO a little while ago, someone offered me one but i decided it's easier to come by a pto than a good nick visor so it can stay for a while yet lol. definitely wouldn't mind finding some factory p/s, a/c and pto down the track though! one...

So it's been hard rubbish collection this week, and I can never turn down something I can use lying on the side of the road! Found a rear bench seat in almost perfect condition to go in the shorty, got some material off an office chair to put together a new transfer shift boot as my one was...

this colour suited my patina :)

For those of you needing to replace the lining that goes around the center dash or the breather covers on the back of their ute cab, here's something I did recently which keeps a stock look and should last well. I didn't know where to buy the stuff so I used brown wire laying around, and cut...

can't say i like gassless mig, but it did the job!

been plodding along fixing things, replacing seals and getting wiring etc back to the way it should. this week i've been attacking some stress fractures in the fenders and patching up some holes + rust in the roof from where a PO mounted an antenna with bolts + sikaflex. pain in the arse as the...

well, you know you bought a good ute when even mum thinks it runs well! in other news, has anyone had to replace a broken busbar? does any piece of metal the right size work fine? or does it need to be a certain guage. i'd rather not hook up just a wire that runs along the glow plugs

haha ^ this guy.. not to mention a face shield for the bugs n stones! So the guy i bought this from has offered me a brand new, complete wiring loom for this for free! and he's got a brand new floor mat, never fitted that i can have. thinking i'll fix the wiring in there temporarily so that it...

yeh t-case park brake. as per most of them, it doesn't really do anything...will need to refurbish it when i do all the seals. i imagine for the most part the windshield holders aren't there because (in my opinion) these weren't really made to have the roof off and windshield down. all the...

well, not exactly and fj45...but close! Brought this girl home on friday. took a little bit of love to get going (starter motor issues), but she's a beauty. nothing but surface rust and all the usual spots are clean, still has original paint. just need to remove some horrid PO wiring and get it...

Thanks lostmarbles! Yep, sunnies will be coming off as soon as i get some new tyres on the splits that are sitting in the shed. I actually really like the visor, i've always been a bit torn as to whether i like it or not...but i reckon it adds character! The guy i bought this from gave me two...

thanks all for the kind words! looking forward to working on this :) will keep you updated with progress :cheers: thanks peter, just assumed this would go under 40/55 series...didn't even bother checking for that!. and yeh, something this nice i couldn't bring myself to do anything BUT keep it...