Recent content by vvrustbucket

I'm a newbie and would take pics if I could, I'm not sure how much space should be between the pads and the rotor, but it looks like they're touching. When I drove her I smelled something burning and after a mile when I stopped the outside of the rim was fairly warm to the touch, I assume that's...

maybe against the rotor? I just looked at the caliper and that's what I saw, maybe that's a bad thing?

1977 fj40, drove it and smelled burning, I wondered why I could only go 35 in fourth gear, made it home ok, looked underneath, saw that the pads were tight against the ?drum? , sorry newbie. If I pump on the pedal first pump is easy, then by the 4th, it's hard to move the pedal. On the road the...

well another productive day, I did clean the fuse box and reinstalled it, everything seemed to work. I then also was able to get one side blinking, so that was thrilling. The other side is giving me fits, but I'm going to try to struggle through, thanks to all for their info!

Ok, so bad ground, is it something where it requires rough sanding or am I talking getting out the angle grinder and exposing a complete new section of bare metal? Or are we talking the wires are hitting somewhere else along the line and that's making a bad ground? I looked at the light combo...

Hello all. I am a complete newbie so bear with me please. Three months ago I bought a 1977 fj40 from an older guy who just ripped through rivers etc. It was $450, so I assumed plenty of work would be needed. I now have it idling fairly well, so I thought I might try and hook up turn signals...

that's how I feel about wine too, but it's easier to talk about my fj with my high school students, especially the boys. I can just imagine you bumping around the vineyards in your fj, sounds ideal

new fj owner, rusty old beater i got for $450, and wine lover, i am going to have to have my friends check out your winery that live in san fran area, as will myself. sorry if it's off topic