Recent content by Littlebilly

@Alex1118 –I didn’t forget about you . I had to run by my upholstry guy to get the details on the chilewich fabric . Here you go—domes in multiple colors—I almost went with the blue, but very happy I went with the black and grey.

I used a plating shop in San Jose ca. They reluctantly took on my job, and the deal was that I had to wait for the plating—like when they got slow they would throw a guy on it . Well they were hardly ever slow and it took over 6 weeks for them to complete the job . I started to get...

thank you

I use a plating shop in Santa Clara California, but they are a production shop that do computer parts for the tech industry. They were a little reluctant to take my job on.

Inclinometer must be from a Fj60 or fj62 NOT a 4Runner

Sorry I don’t have the part number —I sourced mine off eBay. There are usually a couple for sale on there —I have noticed that there are not as many forsale as their used to be, and the price as just about doubled from a couple years ago

After building 4 fj40’s I had to switch it up. This is much more refined machine !—with the air conditioning and plush interior —but with its red exterior it really does have that cool vintage look when you get it out amongst all the modern garbage on the road today

My enjoyment with these projects is the journey. They are a life size model for me . I grew up building plastic car models—once that plastic model was finished I couldn’t wait to start on the next one . It’s kind of the same thing —now I’m building life sized models !—and love it . Torn on...

Thanks one of my favorite pictures also. You usually see that shot/angle done with a hot rod — never one of these

the accuracy of mine was off slightly—even the fine tune knob was not enough—so before install I took it apart and had to turn the display done by hand to get it in the cross hairs —again simple process to handle

super simple wiring On the back of the inclinometer : Red= constant B+ blue=switched B+ black= ground 2 green= illumination I ran extra wires down from stereo circuit for inclinometer—there are a couplewires close to grab illumination from

Man that was easy ! The inclinometer looks great in the dash ! Zero dash mods — when I did a couple fj40’s I sourced complete factory pto winch set ups —twice!!—and got it all working —for that cool factory accessory

I always like to add a factory accessory to my builds —just in from Australia—I’m going to see if I can make this puppy work out

not sure where your ps pump is leaking but on first start up mine leaked from the o ring on the long bolt that must be removed to get the reservoir off—I also put a new o ring on the reservoir where it fits into the pump — Easy fix

Great looking fj60’s! My plan when I bought mine was to get it running and drive it —but I got frustrated with how dirty and greasy it was—everytime I tried to do something on it I got filthy —that’s no fun! The decision was made to do the restoration was the best decision I made . Not only...