I'm changing body mount bushings on my 81 FJ40. I got all the bolts out and jacked up the body a little but I cant get the two bushings in the wheelwell loose. The ones that just look like a donut, no through bolts.
They lifted up off the frame but they seem to be bolted or screwed up into...
My project of the week is changing my old, flat, 28 year old body bushings. I got most of the bolts loose today, which wasn't too bad. Now I have to jack the tub up off the old ones and replace them. My question is: Do I have to loosen the front fender mounting brackets when I jack the tub...
I am replacing the 28 year old suspension parts on my cruiser. I got all the shocks done today and put the greasable shackles on the rear. When I jacked up the front to start on the front shackles, I found 2 steering stabilizers, which was a drag since I only bought one replacement.
Is one of...
I'm trying to order these things today before my club SOR membership expires. They are for my stock 81 FJ40. I know which spring bushings I need but have some confusion on the bolts. I think the ones I need are part # 102-03C-G but it appears that the bolts cost as much ($20.40) as the whole...
I am finally replacing my 27 year old factory shocks on my 81 FJ40 with bilsteins and at the same time, I want to put greasable pins in my factory springs. They squeak a little and I'm sure the bushings are shot. Is this a job a regular guy with normal tools can do or does it need to go in the...
When I got my 81, it had been stored for a while and had a bad vac leak. The dealership insisted that the manifolds were warped and that it would cost as much to machine them as to buy new ones. So they put new ones on my truck but the old ones just needed gaskets. They are not warped and the...
It seems like half the posts on here are about axle rebuilding so I thought I'd ask the question. My 81 FJ40 has 63000 miles on it and I am sure they have never been rebuilt. Everything works perfectly and the grease on the joints looks fine. Is it something that needs to be done just because...
My truck has 2 squirt nozzles or whatever you call them. One on top of the windshield and one on the hood. Neither worked but the motor pumps water, I disconnected the hose and checked. The one on top of the windshield was easy to fix. It was kinked when I folded up the windshield. The one...
My 81 FJ40 rides like a 27 year old truck, kind of mushy springs and stiff shocks. Not too bad but it has all original suspension, including 27 year old shocks. I was considering the 2 inch OME full meal deal light/medium duty kit with springs and shocks. TLC told me it would settle to about a 1...
When I turn on my headlight switch, the lights don't come on until I flip the hi-beam selector?
Is this normal or do I have a wire crossed somewhere?
Thanks
I found this pic somewhere and would be interested in doing something similar if possible. Reasoning is that I don't want to drill holes in my windshield for the bikini channel but something like this would bolt up from the windshield to the rollbar with a little fab work. I don't like the phony...
Check out the hose that is clamped on to the carb fan and just ends in the middle of nowhere.
It goes into a hard line, across the firewall, and ends in some kind of canister under the heater blower. Second pic.
Anyone know what it does and why it just ends there? It doesn't seem to pull a...
I have been dreading this job but it turned out to be fairly easy. My 81 FJ40 had the original cheesy two-tone graphics decals that made it look tired so I wanted them off.
I started with a heat gun to warm up the glue and lifted the edge to where I could grab it. Then I just peeled it...