Recent content by jefcur

With the amount of rust that would be the best plan.

In the past I have removed as much loose rust that I can. I then applied Eastwood rust converter, 2 coats. After that I applied Eastwood rust encapsulator. The rust converter has to be top coated with rust encapsulator or paint as converter is just a acid/polymer and offers nothing but a...

I’ll get some tomorrow

Finishing body prep for new paint. 11 months into a restoration on my 75 FJ 40

They look like factory installed nuts identical to the others on the firewall.

That it is!

OK, my 75 is tagged made in Feb. My serial number is a Jan build date. Looks like I have a 74 tub.

Feb 1975. M6 is standard, guess I just got the odd ball.

Purchased a very well refurbished accelerator linkage and pedal assembly for my FJ40. This gentleman who we all know really does a great job on these assemblies. The reason I'm writing this is the pedal mount hole diameter is clearanced for a M6 bolt. For some reason my rig has M8 inserts on the...

I just don’t know if the Auburn has the space to install the c clips. I have a Auburn in the front, nice unit.

SOR offers a limited slip differential. They just told me it would fit the semi float rear diff. I just wondered if anyone has installed one of these in their FJ40 rear end.

Just ran into this old post and wondered if you still have any rebuild kits around? I would need 3 kits. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I already have the carb and have delt with Weber carbs in the past. You are not the first one to suggest OEM and I will keep that in mind.

Wondering if anyone has done a recent install of the Man A Fre Weber 38/38 kit? I have a 75 FJ40 and ordered a kit for that year. Any issues with the installation or lessons learned? Looks pretty straight forward and I figure my jetting will need some work.