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Man I missed it and would have loved to have seen that! Also I propose Matt, Matt Too and Matt Also.

I love getting accused of not thinking things through LOLOL Or That's never going to work. Today I finished up the air dam. Using strap steel sandwiched between the lower frame horns Now they are drilled out so I can adjust the angle of the air...

Don’t grind those welds down too far like I did. I made my metal so smooth that I didn’t need much body filler but the welds cracked in a few places after one year of driving.

I still love driving it, just life is in the way. Work gave me a shared commuter, so I don’t need to drive my junk as much. Nothing to complain about, just less reason to drive the 40. Funny thing is less driving means less desire to work on it...

I could be wrong but I think that @fjdiesel had the green stretched 40 with the Mercedes diesel under the hood and was camped in the RV near the office. Matt #3 also?

Smoke wrench heat works really well. I watched a guy in Iowa pull the hinges off of three windshield frames in a row. Every single screw came out. Hint: propane torch isn’t hot enough. Mapp gas or oxy acetylene for the win.

I am backing my out of the garage today to drive it to work. I’m not sure that I ever want to do another project where I remove every bolt, but here I am looking through the classifieds section for basket cases. The fender work is looking...

I bought an electric mtn bike, took the kid to ride at Whistler. Wife is loving driving the cruiser around the valley. Frame repair seems to holding, but I should check again. Still need to finish the winch upgrade and the tube fenders. Picked up...

No worries. I will keep an eye on that thread. Thanks for sharing.

Spoke too soon…clicked on the link I had posted here: For Sale - FACEBOOK several different 45's - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/facebook-several-different-45s.1229152/page-4#posts (post #68) and it appears it’s either been sold or the listing...

Yo. Updates?? 🍻

Nice 40. I would avoid the biggest mistake I see many people make with older vehicles…they try to do to much. Classically known as “while you’re in there”. Keep the 40 running and driving while you make repairs. Many 40’s have been taken...

Maybe, depending on the character of the truck. I’m not in a hurry to move fast. Do you happen to have a link?

I ended up buying a few things from Denscustoms and he shared some history on it. From what I can recall, it belonged to a guy that was out cutting wood one day and on the way back something happen with the saw and equipment in the rear of it...

Call Georg at Valley Hybrids, ask him to build you a kit using FJ60 knuckles and swap onto your existing axle housings. Youll be much happier than one of the kits that use Chevy junk. @orangefj45

Oh no, heckle on. Like I said, the pull handle is not quite working yet, at least to pass tech.

More pics before removal.

I didn’t realize this was the same one that I was looking at in WY. I guess I can’t build two out of one if they are the same truck…these pictures look better.

I believe it belongs to @Denscustom1 Some parts off of it listed for sale here: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/wild-wy-fj45lv-rarities-lot-toyopet-tailgate-handle-tail-light-lens-hood-spear-4wd-emblem.1356230/

Do you happen to have any history about this truck?

I initially started out with my original pull handle under the dash and it didn’t engage the brakes at all. I am impressed that you are able to get that much leverage out of your pull handle. Perhaps you’re stronger than me, which is a note to...

Do your Chevy calipers look like this? We talked about making longer levers there to get more force, but I had to adapt the 40 cable to the Chevy kits cables so I made this lever. The lever under the dash has enough throw with it attached in...

I think that you meant sway bars. Your roll bar is beautiful. Yes, my calipers look exactly like yours and I also had a lever like what you made but I removed the lever because my old handle didn’t have enough throw to work the lever. It only...

The FJ60 parking brake lever is installed and it is a way better product than the Lokar handle that I was previously using. The 60 has way more leverage and the locking mechanism has tighter teeth, both allowing me to lock the brakes a little...