Recent content by Roastchestnuts

True that. they are way better now than when I first started it. too tight and too loose on most.

thanks! I think one more round of carb tuning, timing, and maybe one more slight valve adjustment and it will be perfect.

this thing purrs after the valve adjustment. I did the valve lash the other day and holy crap at TDC on #1 the first two valves were so tight. I think sombody did an adjustment with it running by ear or just guessed or somthing but none were close. I think I can dial them in a little more but...

Fuse has continuity. I did check that. just not power to the fuse block there. Ill re sand the clips and see. might just replace the whole thing as I am having issues with other electric stuff like my heater and the radio comes on and off. I swapped the horn and headlights on the fuse panel and...

Let me be the first to say I am not an electrician. I think I have figured out that I am not getting the headlights working. seems I am not getting power in the fuse block on the fuse that the headlights go to. I swear I checked and got power there. but maybe the issue is a loose connection or...

Updates: Still no luck on the head lights... I am atleast getting power to the red wire to the switch. I am going to do some more test this afternoon. I have some other good and bad news. Ill start with the good. I notticed some wierd idling noises so I decided to adjust those valves. and holy...

there is the one marks adapter that keeps the tcase and trans in the same spot. Its for a sbc though. I think thats what I will do if mine blows up to be honest. that or diesel swap. who knows though, in the future there may be some really cool electric swap. Anything to keep these pigs on the...

small block chevy time.... JK. I would "burp" the system. Get one of those funnels that attach to the radiator. Then put the front of the truck on ramps or jack the truck up in the front. I have also filled the head with a funnel through the temp sensor port. thats gotta be air in the system.

I am happy it went to good people who I know on a personal level who I also know will appreciate it. You know if you sell something like that you never know what will happen. Now I have another funny land cruiser to fix up! you'll have to come check that one out. I have it running driving and...

It looks good with those new springs!

Mine seems to be on the column. Its cooler on the floor though.

I didnt have alot of energy today. I caught a cold the first week back working... probably the stress. I did double check to see if I had power to that switch. I just wanted to share what I found. This terminal on the connector to the head light switch has 12v power. I guess I need to check what...

dang! Yeah we are headed up for a wedding but I am going to have some free time for sure.

I have not gotten around to working on the electrical on the fj55. Yesterday I started catching a cold so I just layed low after work. I did buy a muffler though. The old one was too shot and I cut it out had welded in a strait pipe. Partly because I had to use the down pipe from the other fj55...

yeah that would be great. It really is a shame nobody is making them. I cant remember who but sombody made a run of clear front bib lights for early fj40s. Maybe I can figure out who that was and ask about it. I am sure he'd make some money from pig guys!