I love it when I’m faced with an issue on this truck and someone is posting about it at the same time. This thunk has been driving me crazy - thought for sure it was something in the steering column or transmission tunnel. Then it mysteriously almost fully disappeared. It wasn’t until I read...
Looks very much like mine did initially. All those leaks are great rust prevention, but will take time and $ to track down and remedy. Agree that the birfs need to be redone. Loose steering can have several culprits - fixing mine included a rebuilt steering box, new tie rod ends, center arm...
Impressed, as I felt I had no room to install the inner/outer window felts, especially the inner with the ####ing! fidgety wire clips. Also, the upper track felts on the later model 40s is not rigid, so seemed impossible to get down in the door and attached to the lower track with the window...
Old thread but figured I’d answer since I am going through this now. Yes, window needs to be uninstalled, but not necessarily removed. I found you can just place some towels in the bottom of the door, roll it up to remove the lower back felt/metal channel, roll the window back down where you...
Anybody solved this annoying firewall knocking for the later fj40 collapsible column (81+)? The lower shaft has a new rag joint, but the upper end of that shaft are the firewall has play and this pictures bushing is toast. Having issues identifying the parts to correct and the procedure to do...
Rebuilt the center arm recently. Might try tightening it a bit. Candidly, could tighten the steering box a bit more, just worried about doing too much and increasing wear.