What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (40 Viewers)

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Hard top side repair. Then drove it to get some fireworks!!

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Nice (and practical) trail cover! Cool rims too!
Pics of the other parts (City Racer floor mat and body mounts)?
For the earlier years a little nip & tuck is needed. No pics of body mounts because I already packed the OEM ones away in a bin. My only grip is the SAE hardware 2 of which were too short for the running boards. I’ve gone thru the truck and removed the few 13mm & 11mm odd ball nuts and bolts.

OEM 15 wheels painted in Rattle in a can Rustoleum "smoke grey" awhile ago.

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Finished my onboard air install.
Everything starts with ARB twin cylinder air compressor. I built a shelf to mount it on and it turns out I've bolted a lot to this shelf including the fuse for the switch pros, breaker for the stereo amps, relay for the winch/battery switch-over and numerous wire harnesses mounted below.
I ran stainless steel 1/4 tube to the air locker manifold. Since it crosses the red-arc battery switch, had to cover with a cheap wire split loom. The manifold is wired up for ARB lockers, just need to buy and install them.
I used DOT air brake line to run air to a rear firestone 2 gallon air tank mounted to the four bolts that hold on the hitch receiver. Overbuilt a 3/16th inch bracket to hold the air tank.
I wanted a large volume of air to seating beads so I ran a much larger tube from the tank to a wits end 6 way manifold and then larger tube to a brass bulkhead fitting in the rear bumper.
On the rear bumper, install a quick disconnect for airing tires, seating beads or air tools.
I then ran a second DOT air brake line back up the frame rail to the front where I came out below the front bib and through the frame rail. Installed another brass bulkhead and quick disconnect. With the smaller line, this is mainly for tires.
The things I liked about this install include, the awesome push connects for the DOT brake line and barbed push connects for the larger tube. I was also impressed with the wits end manifold, it was high quality and came with mounting hardware.
I wasn't happy with the size of the hold I cut in the inside frame rail to fit a 1" socket to tighten the bulkhead connector. Also don't like how high the 90 degree elbow sticks above my air compressor. I might redo that line with the DOT brake line and push connectors.
 
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Changed fuel filter, adjusted the throttle cable, and parallel parking in NYC - both drivers had space behind them, so I wasn’t blocking them in!

Tourists were filming the park, so I had to make it!

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I regularly do the same with my 21’ long ambulance. A standard space is only 21’ long so I’ve got very good at parallel parking. I’ve had people yell at me saying I hit their car… when I called them on it, they acknowledged I was close… very close.
 
Changed out the radiator on my '82 FJ43 this weekend. A previous owner must’ve stripped out the radiator bolt and covered it in caulk or something because it was nowhere to be found when I began the flushing process:

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Got an OEM unit installed with a few new hoses and it's running great:

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Struggled with valve adjustment. Got impatient and installed the fan, radiator, hoses, etc.
Thought about it for a couple days, asked around.
Pulled the radiator back out, loosened up the valves and started over.
Spun the rotor 180*, readjusted the valves, and started putting stuff back on.
It’s not going to be ready for the PMC swap meet next weekend but it’s a lot closer than it was 2 days ago.

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Trail cover from Dirtroad tops aka Anchor Stitch (@Julie2006) .

City Racer floor mat. (@Racer65)

Energy Suspension body mounts. Shout out to Energy Suspension’s Scott for taking care of me. I bought the kit from a non approved vendor, it was missing parts, they warrantied it and replaced those items! I cannot believe what a difference it made the ride. I was doubting other’s testimonies. It really is night and day difference! I just wonder how they compare to Daystar with Metric hardware(?).

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Yes the energy suspension body mounts make a noticeable difference!
 
Daycare was closed for an extra day after the 4th so I took the day off to watch the kids. My oldest wanted to wash a car, so the 40 got volunteered while the youngest was napping.

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