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  1. mdsims

    South America FJ40 (1974) - Add Heater/Defrost?

    What did you end up doing to get defrost? I’m currently in your same predicament.
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    Building a new house and shop

    You can have doors fabricated with varying jamb widths. My older home is plaster on 2x4 studs, so my walls are a tad thicker than normal and I order 5 1/4” jambs. In exterior doors I order up as well. You can probably do the same depending on who your vendor is.
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    Building a new house and shop

    Any more details on that olive/nebula 43?!
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    FJCO Wheels = 25% off!

    Any plans to offer another promotion on these? I missed the 20% early 2024 offer. Thanks
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    For Sale  California Bay Area: (5) OEM 40-series 16” split rims and tires (Lima Caucho Pioneras)

    Posting up a feeler. Full set of (5) 16” splits, in great freshly-repainted in gray shape. Tires appear to be relatively unused, guessing less than 500 miles on them. However, date codes imply 2018 build date. Came attached to a new vehicle I purchased out of South America. Looking to move...
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    Building a new house and shop

    Sounds like good progress!
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    Building a new house and shop

    Not generally required in that location. Usually don’t have to mess with expansion fittings until you see runs over 100’ IIRC. Where’d that damn code book go…
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    Building a new house and shop

    Good work. Next time, find an offset nipple. Works like a dream and the way they can infinitely rotate helps align all sorts of holes, various backspacing, etc., assuming you don’t desire the cans/enclosures to be perfectly aligned bottom/bottom.
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    For Sale NIB Kyosan Denki Fuel Pump

    No sir, it was sold in 2014.
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    FJ45LPB scratchbuild...

    That is very satisfying!
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    Building a new house and shop

    You inspired me to keep moving on my window replacement project. Just got my quote back from Milgard: 18 weeks!
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    Building a new house and shop

    Glad to hear that progress is approaching. I’d imagine drying in the house will allow you to make small but meaningful steps on some of the interior scopes that maybe you’re planning on doing yourself? Lumber prices are falling!
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    Are there any OEM parts on a 40 that were chrome ?

    Pivot ball for the clutch fork pivot was hard chromed. Obviously a small piece, but if you’re running a batch of chrome (and your rig is in pieces) toss it in!
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    For Sale 1990 BJ75 LHD PU cable lockers

    It’s not a real ad, it’s a repost type deal. Following the trail, the listing dealer is/was real but listing is long expired. The mileage change and turbo work is what caught my eye. The rest of the rig lined up with the one you sold, while I have seen some others substantially similar. Anyhow...
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    For Sale 1990 BJ75 LHD PU cable lockers

    Who did this end up going to? I ran across it on another site, for sale, only about 1200 more km than this advert. Also, seemingly a turbo was added somewhere along the way. I didn’t notice if the linked ad is active or if it sold a while back, but would appreciate if anyone else has any intel...
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    HZJ40 RestoMod v3.0 (New, improved, and now with fewer sparkplugs)

    One of the reasons for this was to help add some clearance between the intake manifold and the brake booster. Depending on booster selection, it can get pretty tight back there. Spacing to the passenger side with shims under the mount is pretty common on most of the old 3FE build threads I've read.
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    HZJ40 RestoMod v3.0 (New, improved, and now with fewer sparkplugs)

    Glad you found it, and now you have a spare valve! If your vents are merged, in theory the fuel and pressure could use the vent system to migrate between tanks.
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    HZJ40 RestoMod v3.0 (New, improved, and now with fewer sparkplugs)

    I looked at the valve schematic a while back, and just seems hard to believe it could be a valve issue. I guess if a number of seals are shot it could mix chambers, but the design itself seemed pretty robust to prevent cross system bleed through. I assume you’re running the fuel tank vents...
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    HZJ40 RestoMod v3.0 (New, improved, and now with fewer sparkplugs)

    Is it possible you have your front and rear tank return lines crossed? Obvious question but seems fair to ask.
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    Shop/Garage lighting

    That’s not how watts work. The fixtures will still be wired in parallel, so the tombstones will only see the wattage of the LED tube, not the wattage of the whole circuit! I also disdain ballast bypass tubes, but for a different reason, safety. Some tubes require ballast bypass, others can...
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