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JAC, Welcome to the forum. Another option not mentioned is a fiberglass tub offered by a Canadian company called Gozzard Composites. Gozzard is really a yacht builder, but they build a number of fiberglass parts for LandCruisers...

You're not seeing a lot of FJ40's around because the owners are emotionally attached to them so there not for sale, and the owners are getting old. Like most of the members on this forum that say they will never sell theirs. They get parked in...

I daily my 45!! Drive 5 hours to rubicon, do the whole trail and drive home!! ih8 new cars!!!

If it was mechanically perfect (or close to it), runs, drives, etc. amazing, and YOU can do all the body and paint work without farming it out AND you have the time, money and talent for the project, then it could be worth taking on. Price? If...

Hard pass

From my experience..... Thats a whole can of worms you're looking at....l can see its potential but do you really want to pay (lets say) maybe $3k+ buying it... not knowing what's coming at you down the track...you'll have to seriously consider...

It does come with a new steel 3/4 tub. Not sure how makes the replacement tub so if anyone can shed some light on the tub, it would be great. If that is a typical Colombian tub, it may require massive rework to get it to fit the hard top (and...

These also work well...

I have a hammer drive impact screw driver from JC Whitney 40 or 50 years ago seldom used. A while back I bought some JIS bits that fit the 5/16 drive from Amoron - they look like good bits - haven't used them yet.

Something to keep in mind with the impact drivers is the bits that typically come with impact drivers are what I'll call "standard Phillips bits". Toyota uses JIS fasteners, and it would be better to use a JIS bit. (JIS = Japanese Industrial...

I like Kroil and time.

Absolutely agree with 65swb45. To me drilling and tapping is an absolute last resort. It sounds easy, but in practice drilling through the center of the bolt and maintaining the drill bit's alignment with the bolt is really difficult. It can...

Smoke wrench heat works really well. I watched a guy in Iowa pull the hinges off of three windshield frames in a row. Every single screw came out. Hint: propane torch isn’t hot enough. Mapp gas or oxy acetylene for the win.

Jet engines have starter duty cycles. This is from deep long term memory so it may be incorrect, but I recall one engine had a limit like "one minute on, three minutes off, then one minute on, 30 minutes off". The point being if you're concerned...

Either way works. The beauty of cranking to fill the float bowl is you're building oil pressure at a lesser rpm. It'll probably only require about 10 seconds of cranking. We start our boat like this for the 1st time every yr. The only...

That is beyond ridiculous.! The prices I mentioned were just for the valve job at the machine shop, with me removing the cylinder heads and reinstalling afterward.

It depends on what they find when they disassemble and inspect your head. Usually a shop will mill the head very slightly to clean the surface. If it's warped, they'll need to take more off. How are the valves? Do any need to be replaced? How...

I would recommend a cylinder leakdown test before you make the decision to rebuild the engine. Results from the leakdown test will show you where your engine is losing compression, and it could very well be a quality valve job will be all...

I think in this case the bore diameter had to do more with pushing more volume and 8 wheel cylinders. When they went to frt disc brakes they went to a 7/8" bore size. I found this out when I went to a Dana frt end with larger calipers than...

4 wheel disc's using stk Toyota in the frt and GM rears and be done with the nightmare. My 1st swap was in the 90's on my 72 and never regretted it. I recently added 4 wheel disc's on my new to me 75 b4 i ever put it on the road.

Respectfully, Holy ****! A set of pistons and rings will set you back $1,750-ish. And... your wallet is just getting warmed up. FWIW, I think I paid $2,200 for a complete LS1 from a wrecked Corvette with 22K miles, then add a couple hundred for...

I will just put this out there....:) https://www.gmperformancemotor.com/parts/19435098.html

A lot of places have discontinued the "testing". With the price of gas it pays to keep your rig running its best. If you can't afford that good chance you can't afford to drive much either. I ran the numbers once, a single B52 sorte has a...

That sounds crazy, but it's true. I was working in the parts department at a dealership and the town drunk's wife finally had enough and left him and cleaned out the bank account, so he needed money and walked in and asked if anyone wanted to buy...

Five years into my resto, I've finally decided to start a thread so I can quit spamming the "What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?" thread. 🙂 MARFJ40 is a April '76 U.S. spec FJ40. Mar is what my dad goes by now. His name is Lamar...