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Which thickness and fitness did you order or would you recommend?

What kind of spare tire carrier do you have?

That blue is awesome!

Windshield Gasket cleaned and installed with (non permanent) 3M Marine Sealant for metal/rubber. notes: when laying down the bead be sure you cut enough of the tip off—I didn’t. The diameter was too small to where I had to squeeze the tube too hard and the backend of the tube exploded. I was...

After testing wiper motor I’m relieved it is operating correctly. Will pull cover(s) and re-grease, then work on connection from wiper switch to motor. Motor test instructions: connect 12V (red) to solid blue wire running from motor, then ground blue/black wire (high speed), observe. then...

after testing the wiper motor I’m released that the motor is operating. Now, I need to work on wiring from wiper switch to the motor.

Did you find any steering components in your stock?

Based on advice I’ve started my rebuild thread. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1971-fj40-restoration-in-austin.1225130/ Open to advice on how to improve rebuild thread, mainly to help future “rebuilders.”

Jump Seats: I spent a few hours grinding rust of the jump seats this weekend. I lubed them with silicone and these seats are opening/closing smoothly! Lots of instant gratification! I’m comparing options between ordering the Upholstery kits (coral color) From SOR for front and rear seats vs...

Steering Gear Box: Since the steering system malfunctioned I’ve received lots of feedback on solutions...Thank you guys so much! I’m planning to grind the current box off and replace it with one that is rated to handle my vehicle. I didn’t mind the manual steering and will likely go back to...

Front Windshield Gasket: I pulled out the windshield gasket/pad and it’s in surprisingly good shape. Not perfect but salvageable & im happy to not spend $300 replacing it.

Windshield Wipers: Wipers & motor pulled. Before pulling, the wipers were inoperable but I’m hoping it was caused by a bad connection. I attempted to test it last night but I was only able to create a lot a “sparking.” I’ll be doing research this evening on how to do this correctly.