Recent content by willyhoff

Bump. Price drop to 4k for everything. Willing to separate tub and frame. Had a sale fall through but in taking pictures found this spot on the rear driver side that i missed that will need to be welded.

1977 FJ40 project for sale. $5,000 Purchased in Feb 2020. It was a wheeling rig for many years. Clean NY title. Have the original VIN tag as well. Frame has been sandblasted and powdercoated. New OME suspension. New brakes (drum rear, disc front) New body mounts from SOR included not...

Had to wait a painfully long time for spring plates after waiting a painfully long time for suspension and finally had the time to get the plates mounted this weekend. The front shocks seem to be sitting kinda cockeyed putting stress on the bushings. I followed the directions (i think) but it...

edit - after some more research there look to be some decent after market options. Went with the Warrior 1760/1765 U Bolt Skids. The 1765 has the rear shock mount needed the 1977 axles. TLDR I made a rookie mistake and need to find a full set of 4 spring seats/plates for my 1977 axles. Story...

Thanks! I am pretty sure I read your entire thread the day i got mine. Following yours as well.

Frame has been welded, blasted and powdercoated. I got a bit ahead of myself with the PC timing and i still have some broken bolts to drill out. Going to have to be careful to not mess up the powdercoating but that's what I get, I guess. **the frame is now on jack stands, just needed to make...

Frame went off to the welder today. He was a recommendation from a few people up here so I feel pretty good about it. Also was able to sell the old swampers and MT's to a kid who will get way better use out of them than I will. With the frame out of the garage I'll have some extra space to...

Steering components out. Came off easy with the help of my $20 Amazon pickle fork set. Wheels off and surprise! I have disc brakes in the front. Never thought to check. U bolts nuts are siezed but hit them with wd40 and will fight with them tomorow. Side note - got a new ryobi wired sawzall...

Engine/tranny/tcase are out. Had a buddy who with a hoist that swung by and got right to it. Whole thing took about 45 mins (plus all the time spent spraying the bolts with wd40 every time i walked in the garage). Its sitting a bit more precariously than i would like but it is certainly secure...

I completely agree. The top rail was the least of it though. That could have been cleaned up honesty. It was the bondo over sheet metal over bondo over OEM tub in the rockers that was beyond repair. I so badly wanted to salvage the OEM tub but there was nothing to salvage besides the cowl and...

Thanks, Matt. Noted on the crossmember. I am not going back to stock. I am trying to get it back on the road (which it hasnt been since the 90s) the quickest i can without half assing it. The cut out rear and rockers doesnt bother me (now) but i still have some time until im ready to drop a tub on

I think i found a decent tub on the east coast about 3.5 hours from me. I know its rusty but looks repairable versus a new tub for $$$. What do y'all think? Looks to be hacked up a bit on the rockers and fenders. I have good front aprons i salvaged from my rig so that can be fixed. I keep going...

Back at if after some quarantine home renovations. Got the tub off and it is beyond unsalvageable. Some parts were OEM metal, bondo with oem paint, sheet metal, bondo, paint then rattle can in that order. That plus the holes all over the tub made it scrap. I have saved the cowl and windshield...

I think I am going to. Upstate NY and I plan on driving the rig pretty frequently. Aluminum seems to make sense.

@middlecalf i was thinking that would be better than the heat gun. @Kris Step 1 buy an air hammer. Step 2 buy that tool Thanks y'all