What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (74 Viewers)

[YODA 88 62]

So is this something that you will do once in a lifetime kind of thing?

I’m no pro, but I have most of the right tools for the job. Took me about 4 hours to tear down the first one and get it cleaned up enough that I could reassemble if looks didn’t matter. Second one took just a little more than an hour to tear down.

Now, I’m in the deep cleaning phase, because I’m going to paint everything and make it look new before I reassemble it.

Here’s my timeline.
Day 1: An evening of learning and wallowing in grease as I tear down the first one.
Day 2: go to the store for more rubber cloves, paper towels and a gallon size tub of grease…. Tear down the second side with remarkable ease, now that I know how it’s done. Clean, clean, clean. Mask and paint.
Day 3: assembly and celebration (hopefully. Ask me tomorrow)

I’ve done two or three rebuilds. The last one was much quicker. It started with a good soak of engine degreaser l. Then hit it hard with a pressure washer. Did my best to get the majority of the grease off using the water. Then scraped and picked the as much grease as I could off before disassembly.

I also painted the knuckles with several coats of rustoleum to make life easier for the wipers.

It’s a full filing process. Especially when you get good at the birfield snap ring and knocking the cone washers out.

 

[GreaseMonkey]

This week I finally got to use the LandCruiser for its intended purpose: I went on a 6 day hog hunting/camping trip with my Dad and Brother. We did some spectacular missing, but practice makes perfect I suppose. The 40 got to traverse plowed fields in a river bottom, a sandy coastal field, and some gnarly overgrown trails up the side of a small mountain/rock. We left with empty coolers but some great memories, and some new Tennessee Pin-Stripes down the side of the 40 . I didn't have the foresight to get enough pictures, I was having too much fun! But here are a few of the campsite:

 

[-MaTTi-]

Red Block in a harder version of the OEM "pucks" same size Only the chassis upper black pucks are 2 inch^^

Same size?

 

[ERNRAM]

Installed tires

 

[ERNRAM]

Georg built 5 speed and T case
New in box Con-Ferr aux tank.... made in 1979...43 years in the original box

 

[ERNRAM]

The TSM T/C brake did not fit so I had to find a 40 series full float

 

[mt72]

Same size?

okay a little bigger

 

[85roktoy]

With or without? Help me decide.

 

[graham5david]

With or without? Help me decide.

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Without

 

[phroger]

With or without? Help me decide.

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Not a pickup line but, why hide the beautiful eyes...? Vote is without.

 

[Catching Neutral]

Hate to agree….without

 

[letterman52]

With or without? Help me decide.

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With. Haters are going to hate. Just jealous because they can’t find one.

 

[Jellybean]

I got her started

 

[YODA 88 62]

With…all day. Especially on a 45.

 

[Jellybean]

Managed to run her out for 5 minutes to check the transfer box and high/low range. Very smooth

 

[YotaRecon97]

Managed to run her out for 5 minutes to check the transfer box and high/low range. Very smooth

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Nice looking cruiser you've got there! What size tires are those? Looks like they fit the wheel wells nicely.

 

[Jackson Hanes]

With or without? Help me decide.

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With!
Also what is that, where could I buy it?

 

[Pighead]

With or without?

Are you expecting something large in your headlights soon? Deer? 'Roo? Ex- wife?
If so, with.

 

[85roktoy]

With!
Also what is that, where could I buy it?

Front brush guard made by Dave at 4Plus.

 

[Jdc1]

With or without? Help me decide.

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I like with, sets it apart from the rest.