TheHardWay

Two coax cables, and a spring loaded inline fuse wire. Car radio antenna booster.

Flux capacitor, put it back where you found it!

enjoyed an evening exploring between Star and Emmett Idaho. Found a spot to set up and shoot some ground squirrels. Snapped this beauty of a pic from one of the hill tops

For the Trans Amazon Rally. Dug it out of my shed..... Now it sits like this.......

First thing is year/model/market, then if your are using non stock parts. I have never seen a LC flywheel without a BB, the little pointer under the cover could have been broken off. I'm guessing you have all that smog stuff and I'm not into...

So I'm borrowing shop space over the weekends to do my larger painting in. The shop is set up with an industrial 120 gallon NAPA brand air compressor. Very nice and actually surprisingly quiet too. When I've painted in my garage I've used a...

Couple more photos from painting this weekend.

Thought I would also show the powder coating booth. Using steel shelving with casters added, I created a box using I/4” MDF primed and then clear coated for easy clean up. Then installed fan with filter. It’s simple to pull out to use and then...

Restored and powder coated (had to also make the booth) a late model carb cooling fan 16360-61023 and retrofitted it into a 1976 40. Created a small upper bracket to catch the two #4 M6 bolts. Used neoprene 3/4x3/4T to close gap between fan and...

I have a few refurbished/fully tested 77 emission controllers.

I drove my Fj40 for the first time since late December early January. albeit only 10 feet but It moved under its own power after a engine swap back to a 2f from a SBC. I still need to button up a few things but I am excited to say the end of the...

I chatted with Topnault and provided the video links. They will be reviewed by the team in China to assist with further modifications to their manufacturing processes. I was also promised a new replacement tub with the appropriate updates based...

Let me see if I understand correctly; you want to find a used odo just like yours but with turning dials and legible numbers? Because your numbers are faded and the dials don't turn and you can't find a picture of how it comes apart? But you did...

I got back yesterday from Maine. I was up there for a week and away from working on the fj40 for 2 weeks. Was really cool up there and I took lots off photos. 11 rolls of 35mm film and 5 rolls of medium format. and 500 some digital photos. The...

I sewed a cover onto the 80 a while back. Knowing what I know now... I'd order two. Install the first one. Cut the first one off. Immediately install the second one with knowledge acquired installing the first one. YMMV

Gotcha. Thanks for the reply, looks great.

Did that steering wheel wrap on my first VW beetle. As simple as it may seem I remember in 1970, I had trouble sewing the thing on and that was 54 years ago… some things just stick with you for a long long time

HaHa, the instructions say about one hour, but that's for people who don't have spatial dyslexia. I got lost at least six times and had to undo the thread 4-5 holes to pick up either a missed hole or wrapping the thread over instead of under the...

Was installation that bad? Need to do this on the 62, don’t like the thin wheel.

Splurged on a leather wheel cover! Went from this: To this: To this: To this: And it only took five and a half hours, with frequent screaming breaks! So worth it!

Wow, three posts in and the story is starting to come together. Whatever the source of the relay, the manufacturer should have a schematic with the information you seem to be seeking. Otherwise, pry the cover off and figure it out.

I bought one of the full tubs for a 77'. Basically this is a generic tub that requires a lot of adapting for a 77' FJ40. We (myself and a welder) had to redo most of the body mounts to fit my frame and redo a lot of the firewall accommodations...

How about that, I was in town picking up materials and getting a hair cut. I needed a test run to see if the new springs and rebuilt shocks would settle some. Crazy wind really hurt the gas tank. The wind was blowing so hard on the way home it...

Here in Taos I didn't even go outside yesterday the wind was so bad. We can always use the moisture but the wind was a bitch, 5''s of snow though.

I’m thinking other direction…”All my friends know the Low Rider”. 😎