Recent content by waternerd

Wheels and tires?

No, just the last couple of weeks. It's just taken me that long to do body work, paint, and rewire. I work slow and when I have the cash.

Thanks guys. I figured out that I didn't have the body and engine grounded to the frame. I ran some grounds and it turned over for the first time in two years. Thanks again!

Here's the basics of my problem. I have a 78 with a 73 engine. About 2 years ago I went to start it and it just "clicked". The starter was getting power but wasn't engaging. At that time I also had a sticky ignition switch that stayed on when I was trying to figure out what was going on with...

Would you take $250?

For what it's worth. I have a list of repairs on my 78 that pretty much matches this one and mine has 31,700 miles. I got this one from my wife's uncle so I know the mileage is correct. The original 2F blew up at around 30k and was replaced with an F engine with unknown mileage. Since I've...

Ok next stupid question... If I hook the HIC back up do I run the lines from the dissy and choke breaker through it or not?

Wow that explains a lot and I'm not too surprised knowing the PO. The 40 was in my wife's family and no one could actually tell me what was done when the engine blew. Now I know and have a lot more questions. Here's a couple of pictures of the carb and air filter. You probably can't...

Here's a couple of pictures of the engine compartment. There was a line running from the distributor diaphragm (closest to dist) that ran back into the distributor and another line running from the outboard diaphragm over to the 90 deg fitting on the intake manifold seen in the 3rd picture. I...

I just brought home a 78 FJ40 from Texas. It has 31,700 miles and a rebuilt 2F engine (stock carb and distributor). When the PO had the engine rebuilt it was desmogged. Pretty much everything related to emissions was removed. I just pulled the carb and cleaned and rebuilt it but every vacuum...

I'm looking for front and rear doors as long as there is a way to ship them to Colorado. What shape are the doors in?

Are the doors gone?

I'm looking for a set of doors (front and ambi) that will work on a 78 FJ40. Somewhere near Colorado would be best.