Recent content by Kayaker

Don’t know that it would look stupid, but if I did it I’d feel stupid afterwards because it would sit too tall to clear the header on my garage door. Care to guess how I know….

I’m near Jacksonville, Fl.

Well, after only about 30 years I finally decided to rebuild those leaky knuckles. It wasn’t a difficult job but it was as messy as everybody said it would be. That YouTube video I watched only took 28 minutes but It took me about ten days to complete the job. What’s with that!? I’m guessing...

It may be the angle of the camera, but it looks like the horizontal piece is not level with the body. It looks like rotating the horizontal member clockwise a bit so that it lines up with the horizontal line of the hood would line that vertical member up better with the windshield. Just a...

The original The original color was Horizontal Blue but after having waxed the top layer of paint off all the ridges (and before "patina" was cool) I decided to paint it in 1999 to ward off the rust that we are so famous for in Florida. Anyway, the color is Ford Baffin Blue and I'm told it's a...

Well thanks! I’m in NW St. Johns County just south of Jacksonville.

You bet ya. In addition to the regular runs to Home Depot and the grandkids house, she and I have had some great adventures since that was posted. We've made three trips from Florida up to North Carolina for the Carolina Relic Run and a bunch of local trips to parks and to just explore. She...

Hardtop and Doors for sale. Metal in good shape but rubber needs replacement. Asking $4,000 for top and doers or $1,000 per door and $2500 for the roof. Call Doug 904-813-3777 for details or to make an offer.

Anybody need a hardtop and/or doors. They are off a 69 FJ40. These are located in Jacksonville and the owner (not me) is asking $4,000 for all or $2500 for the top and $1,000 per door. He says the glass is good, little rust but the rubber seals are toast. The photos tell the rest.

So here we are a year plus down the road and it never occurred to me to check the wipers for damage during this incident. I don’t drive my LC much when its raining so that’s why it took so long to discover. Turns out both shafts to which the wiper arms are attached took a whack and were bent...

Just for fun, I disconnected all the wires from my sending unit, then cleaned and reattached them. No change. Did the same on the dash gage; pulled the dash, cleaned the contacts and reinstalled. Again, no change. I then ran a ground wire (like Sleepycruiser) directly from the battery to the...

When I purchased my LC in 1972, the gas gage, like that of Charliemeyer007 above, would read above full when full, they would slowly make its way to half a tank over the next 200 miles of driving. When it hit the 1/2 mark, I could drive 50 miles until it was dead empty. Over the years I got...

I purchased my Warn (previously Belleview) winch in 1974 and it was already being marketed as a Warn Model 8000. It was replaced by the more common Model 8000 soon thereafter and the biggest difference was the power in - power out feature, and the ribbed casing rather than the smooth finish of...

Has SOR ever cited a reference their chart? Might be a good question to ask.

Mine seems to present an anomaly. Using my frame number as a reference, I have always assumed the numbers on the SOR frame chart were last number assigned during the month, not the beginning number. Consequently I thought mine was born in the middle of the month (of March). That was the only...