I like wing windows. My '65 thin door has them but my '77 fat doors do not.
I came across a BAT auction of a 1983 FJ40 that has fat doors with wing windows and I'm wondering whether mine could be changed over to have some. :
My white cruiser, '77 fj40, seems to have decided that it liked life in my shop better than life outside so it spewed a small piece of metal out of the oil hole in #4 main and locked the engine up. Not much damage as it ran fine one day but would not turn the next.
So even though it had a...
...but maybe not. I was browsing parts in ebay and noticed the background in the photos in this auction. Look familiar?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOTA-LAND-CRUISER-FJ40-1975-1978-BODY-TUB_W0QQitemZ4589138256QQcategoryZ42611QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Old Man Emu spring sets come in light, normal, and heavy duty versions depending on the weight you intend to make them carry. Is the difference between them determined by the fat straight bottom leaf in the rear?
Are you supposed to be able to change a heavy duty set to a lighter duty set by...
This may be the forum's dumbest question but can someone explain to me why I cannot establish a 12 volt supply for accessories by simply making a circuit from one of the two batteries, independent of the rest of the vehicle's 24 volt system?
More clearly, couldn't I use one of the painless...
The tank you see is mounted to the left side frame behind the vacuum can (I'm guessing on that). That label isn't readable but the first letter is a 'J' and there is a hose connection to each end which puts the thing into the fuel supply line from the fuel tank.
It's not OEM as nothing...
Hey, I've installed pyrometers before - into Cummins manifolds each time and think that the gauge is a necessity for any diesel engine's happiness.
So I'm gonna' put one in this little no turbo "B" engine and look at the manifold and wonder "Where?" There's no meat to cut threads in..... or...
I've searched the forum for anything about exhaust brakes for the diesel powered cruisers and found exactly nothing.
An exhaust brake is a relatively simple thing which places a flapper valve into the exhaust flow from a diesel. The valve closed can dramatically slow a vehicle without the use...
My '77 FJ40 has a bent rear axle. The axle shaft is bent with approx. .10" of runout that starts, best I can tell, at the wheel flang and ends about a foot in toward the differential.
I figured this out after my wife noticed the l/r wheel wobbling when she was following me up the road. I...
I need to put a power steering pump onto the bracket left by the [gone] air pump on the driver side of a 2F. It's got the OEM smogpump bracket so it ought to be used, no?
So what kind of Saginaw pump/bracket/pulley can be bought to fit there? It'd have a mount like an alternator has - can they...
I'm going through the hoses and doing minor floor and paint repairs to the interior of an FJ40. The vehicle has a working rear heater with the original metal/rubber tubing inside the cab. I'm wondering whether I need that heater to keep warm inside with hardtop on in our relatively mild winters...
Does anyone find something wrong with the way that Toyota fit the transfer case output bearing in pre-1980? The inner race is a fairly light press fit onto the splines of the transmission output shaft and that's normal? Press fit to a splined shaft?
To me it seems like once the bearing is...
I've installed lockers front and rear and they work fine.
But I've never thought much of plastic tubing for oil or air. I know that it's used everywhere now with a lot of success but it sure looks vulnerable in this case.
I know about the ARB 'heavy duty' rubber line that goes from chassis...
Can anyone tell me if crushed sleeves for setting up a differential after ring and pinion gear changes work as claimed here: http://www.tpi4x4.com/lcinp9_5.html ? TPI says: "We use crushed sleeves instead of shims to eliminate the tedious work involved in setting up pinion preload. This...
I'm just about to start to install f/r arb lockers into my '77 FJ40. In looking over all this stuff it occurs to me that the compressor needs to run for the whole time a locker is engaged, or am I wrong about that? will they hold the air pressure until released?
Seems like having the thing...
I've got a Koenig PTO winch, a PTO gearbox, PTO drive shaft, and the shifter that goes with that I got a few years ago from a guy who said it all came off of a cruiser. It looks like the box will fit, and the driveshaft connects to the driver side where the hole in the crossmember is.
i've...
I have a set of stock FJ40 wheels that are powdercoated a light grey and am thinking about spraying them whiter with rattlecans.
Does anyone know what would happen to the powdercoat if I later want to remove the paint with, maybe, lacquer thinner?
I know that there's one out there but I'll be damned if I can remember where I saw it..........a pliers looking contraption that is touted to be able to make breaking down a tire/wheel assy. a one person job without any air or Coats tire machine or any of that usual stuff. A tool that was...