Recent content by Picz34

Looks like that bolt I refer to might be on the bottom of this one. There is a piston in there that moves back and forth with the pressure from the pedal. If that Piston is out of position it would feel like you are hitting something with the pedal before you get all the way to the floor.

Yes I agree. Had the same thing happen to me. See picture below. If this bolt has been removed the piston on the side may not be in the correct place.

After a couple of years of restoration I have my 40 back on the road. I've got it dialed in and have really been enjoying it. Over the past few weeks I've had it not turn off when I tried to shut it off. The first time I turned the key off and got out to open the hood and it turned off by it...

After years of work to get my 40 back on the road we were finally able to take it out to dinner for the first time!

I just replaced the seal on my steering box that was leaking. If you want my advise get an actual pitman arm puller (a gear puller will not do the job). Once you get that off get yourself a seal puller. I spent an hour trying to get the seal out. After I got the seal puller it came out...

Yes, ground directly to the battery and hot directly to the battery. I have moved the switched wire around several times as well.

Yes, I found this online as well. I did buy the in-line resistor and it didn't help. I really doesn't think it has anything to do with the RF. I removed the radio and wired it to a separate battery and held it up under the dash and it worked fine. I think it has something to do with when the...

Yes, they list everything under the sun as a possible problem. They are even worse when you call them.

I bought the retrosound radio and have had nothing but problems with it. The radio works great when the key is on accessory, but when the 40 is started the speakers just cut in and out. I've talked to their tech support, moved the ground, moved the hot to the battery, moved the switched hot...

A few more pictures of some recent work.

No, the only way to drain the tank would be to drop it and flip it upside down

What is the condition of your master cylinder? I had a hell of a time as well. Turn out the master cylinder was bad. Also when I was doing mine the cap to the master cylinder had a small vent hole in it. I was able to push air in there with the air compressor to bleed the brakes with air. It...

I bought the one off Amazon. Best price out there. It doesn't have the OEM drain on the bottom. They don't make the straps for this any longer. I ended up making some out of steel strapping. https://www.amazon.com/Spectra-Premium-TO16A-Toyota-Landcruiser/dp/B000C7W3ME/?tag=ihco-20

I'm glad to hear that you seem to be headed down the right path. I didn't know it at the time but I believe I was one of the first people to order a rear tub from LCH. When mine showed up it wasn't primed (just had surface rust), Frank shipped it on a pallet which disappeared on its way here...

That's rough to do when you pay upfront. Guess it was too much to expect to get a product to fit my model as advertised.