Recent content by Jawsh

Horridly low resolution photos, but getting the underside of the '70 cleaned up. She's held up well for 40 years in NZ's damp climate, but due some love.

New water pump in the 70! Looks a little out of place, given general state of everything else… I think previous owner had been putting just water in for many, many years…

Got one on the way! Getting anything shipped down to NZ is brutal as usual, but so is not having a running Cruiser.

Woah, been a minute since I've been here. Slowly getting my life in order again, which includes attending to my neglected 70. Needing a new waterpump, mine is pissing like a race horse out of the shaft seal. Open to rebuilding too if it's not too much mucking about, or vastly more economical...

Mine is in basically perfect condition, so would prefer to not do too much butchery. Cool use of yours though

Picked up one of those oh-so-80s dash top altimeter + dual thermometer units. Less cool than the inclinometer. More useful. Surprisingly and conveniently, it's also 24V, same as my Cruiser. Anyone done a retrofit of one? I was struggling to find the thermometers or relevant harness bits on...

Cool truck! Mine's almost the same colour, and started in similar condition.

Finally got the dash reinstalled after having the heater core fixed. As usual, took 3 times longer than expected. Been sick as a dog, and working in the dark and the rain has made it hard to stay motivated. A few detours were made along the way to repair cracked trim pieces, as well as un-seize...

Update: I am stupid. The heater core tubing separates when you lift a little spring clips off that keeps them retained. I only discovered this after detaching my AC lines (thankfully already completely empty) and pulling the evaporator housing so that I could pull the heater core housing...

Decided while I'm replacing my dash plastics, I should stop putting it off and remove my heater core. Bought the truck with it bypassed. The rear one is still plummed, but pretty slow to warm the cabin. Oh man... I didn't know there were this many fasteners in the whole world. I followed the...

Apologies for reviving a very old thread. I've gotten all the way to the heater core, but can't figure out how to get it removed. My BJ70 has aircon, so it looks a bit different. Can't figure out how to pull the two copper lines out. Attached extremely solidly to the heater core. There's also an...

Hadn't looked at them yet, was focusing on separating the flogged universals. Is rust on the bearing pillows a known issue?

Been procrastinating finishing my winch PTO job - No fun crawling around on a wet driveway after dark. So I ordered a big box to replace interior bits that have been bugging me. Cracked dash and instrument plastics, a missing air vent, rubbers for the sliding windows, and a few little things to...

I hate this design. Accessing wheel bearings and hub should be a straightforward job, but due to the hardline section being mounted to the brake shield, it makes it necessary to disconnect your caliper and brake shield fluid lines. It would have cost nothing to put the first hardline mount on...

I need to get my head around this, but a mate reckons the crankcase volume is non-constant with piston position. Big pistons = quite a lot of huffing air. Need to sanity check