Recent content by John Smith

The rear sill has obviously been replaced. There is something strange looking on the right hand side where the bed and the door jam meet. The rear wheel wells were cut and repaired a little off. Both ambulance doors appear to be bent, left at top, right at bottom. What I can see of the frame...

I'm pretty sure that is Jonas Durney, who breaks down local rust buckets from what I can tell, and sells the parts on social media. He pops up in my feeds almost everyday with parts for sale. I have never bought anything from him. You may want to post something in the local club section if...

LHD FJ40 that has been sitting like that a long time. Considering the winch and cast HiLift jack is still there, along with all the other parts, tells me this is on private property. Otherwise it would have been stripped for easy to grab parts by now.

It appears your steering column is barely bolted to the firewall. So many sheared off bolts, yikes! Please pull all that out, remove the headless bolts and redo properly.

Your TRE clamps are not installed correctly. Get that FSM in the link provided earlier.

It's a dash light.

If you are running the stock master cylinder there is a residual valve that needs to be removed for the rear circuit. It's a white puck thing under the brass nut where the brake line threads into.

Looking good Thom! I see Karl has added a FJ55 and FJ60 to the collection, very nice!

I have no idea how the DMV in your state works. However, based on my experiences I would just get the title transferred to your ownership and not create possible issues. Your FJ55 is a 1979 model based on information you have provided. You should verify the data plate VIN matches the number on...

OP, I have the same unicorn dizzy in my 79. It looks like your bushing is shot. Buy a large cap FJ60 along with the coil and ignitor setup before those are gone. I noticed used have really jumped in price. Otherwise go HEI like the DUI aftermarket.

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Start with making sure the temp and water gauge wires are attached to the senders, and they are good corrosion free connections. Are you sure you fully seated the harness on the back of the gauge cluster? Did you disconnect the battery before you pulled the gauge cluster? Use a multi-meter or...

I notice you are running narrow belts and you have a mix of wide (stock) and narrow (not) pulleys on your accessories. VintageAir sells a wide pulley for that compressor if you want to run wide Toyota belts. I had awful belt squeal at high RPMs until I got rid of all my narrow pulleys, and...

Yes, you should sell the thermonuclear exhaust manifold to someone in California who really needs that part.

If you have a timing light, hook it to each individual cylinder plug wire and verify all are firing. Next pull the plugs and inspect. That should help point you towards ignition issues, or carb issue.