It pains me to do this but I just don’t see myself putting the time in that this deserves. So up for sale it goes to someone who can give this the time and attention it needs. I’d prefer local pick up and hopefully someone wanting to keep this original…
1971, mostly unmolested, FJ40 with...
This is for a 8/71 but I believe something in the 3/69 to 9/72 will work. Screw in cable no indicator lamps on speedo. If the guages don't work, that's OK - just need a functional speedo to fix my broken one.
Thanks
I need some help with working out the most efficient way to get the original paint back. When I bought this 71 40 last year I knew it had paint issues, but that didn't worry me so much as the body/frame was in good shape:
After working on it and addressing the major issues I decided to...
The crank wouldn't turn so I initially thought I'd put some oil in the cylinders and let it soak. Then I started looking around: plug holes, manifold, etc and then decided to take the head off:
Block:
Cyl #1 (water pump end)
Cyl #2
The liquid is the excess oil that didn't...
Update: Thanks BlueHZT60 for the 2F replacement. No longer looking thanks.
My new to me 1.5F has bad compression and oil in the radiator, so I'd like a 2F that will last me a while or can be rebuilt in the future.
Thanks for looking
Well it's taken me about a year to take the jump and bring a 40 home, but today was the day. It's been pretty hard to find one that hasn't been too modified, but I think this is as close as I'm going to get.
It's an 8/71 that seems to have lived in Northern California for most of it's life...
So I'm looking for a mostly unmodified 40, pre-1975, and struggling to recognizing what has or has not been modified. It's mostly the subtle changes like lights, reflectors, mirrors, that I'd like to understand.
Does anyone have any example sites/images of completely stock 40s?
For...
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