Recent content by mdawg

Can anyone recommend a source for purchasing GMB 170-1890? I've looked quite a bit and everywhere has been Out of Stock.

I have not taken my Kendas off the pavement yet, but they ride very nice on the road and fit great with my 2" Dobinsons lift.

In my case, I connected the single red wire to the solenoid connection on the Fuji carb and it works great. When I had the Weber 38 installed, that red wire was connected to it... I believe for the electric choke.

Hi, @S.CarolinaFZJ80. I've been reading through this build thread and came across post #215, related to correcting the cruiser lean issues. I, too, have a '79, and have also replaced the worn out stock suspension with the Dobinsons leaf springs. I still have about a 7/8 to 1 inch lean to the...

Hey, all - a few weeks after putting on new OEM engine belts, I started getting a "whistling" sound when the engine comes up to temperature and the engine is at idle speed. I have triple-checked my belt tension(s) and they are within spec. Using a mechanic's stethoscope, it seems like the...

Cost was $125 per rim, which includes bath, sandblast, prime and powder coat. The entire rim is powder coated, not just the face; another place I talked to in Frisco only powder coats the face. The optional tire service is $25 per rim. I paid an additional $60 for the color, since it was not...

Not a RAL code, but I just had local powder coater refinish my FJ40 15" steel rims. I went there with the idea of either using RAL 7037, 7040 or 7042, but the owner compared one of the Prismatic Powders colors, Crest Grey, and it looked identical to the color of my existing rims (under the...

On the above recommendations, I just had Unit F14 powder coat my FJ40 15" steel rims. I went there with the idea of either using RAL 7037, 7040 or 7042, but Drew (the owner) compared one of the Prismatic Powders colors, Crest Grey, and it looked identical to the color of my existing rims (under...

Interesting, I'm kinda surprised how much I can shape it with a 12" crescent wrench. As for thickness, it is 10 gauge. I'm gonna take a shot at how much I can shape it with hand tools and no heat, and we'll see how it goes. Thanks for all of your insights above!

My '79 has some fairly booger'd/bent/warped ends on the rear crossmember (pics below), and I would like some insights on the best approach to resolve it. Here is my current thinking on options: Reshape existing crossmember, using heat, clamps, hammer, etc. For heating, I would need an...

Thanks for the help, y'all. So, I got both front and rear suspension installed now. Here are some notes/observations that may be helpful to others: For the rear hanger pins, I had to round off the lip of the hanger seat in order for it to fit through the eye in the chassis. I also filed on...

I don't think that the hanger pin is straight at the moment, but I'm confident that the sides are not bent. I think that one side just isn't fully seated, and some targeted hammering will get that to fully seat.

Sad to hear about some negative experiences with the Dobinsons stuff. I bought the kit back in May because I had read pretty good stuff about it. Hopefully I got a good setup, will chime in once I get it all installed.

Ok, I got it in, mostly. I did take a metal file to the inside of the pin seat and removed the hard angle so that it did just barely taper. Then, I greased the pin seat and the eye, and hammered on it to get it started. I think the real trick here was to incrementally snug the 2 machine...

FJ40 March 1979 VIN FJ40-301839 ENG 2F 352977