HaHa, the instructions say about one hour, but that's for people who don't have spatial dyslexia. I got lost at least six times and had to undo the thread 4-5 holes to pick up either a missed hole or wrapping the thread over instead of under the wheel.
Your results most certainly will vary ;)
Splurged on a leather wheel cover! Went from this:
To this:
To this:
To this:
And it only took five and a half hours, with frequent screaming breaks! So worth it!
Since yesterday was my birthday, and Monday is my wife's, and since I, uh, forgot to get the cheesecake on my Walmart grocery hunt yesterday (and, uh, tomatoes), I took a Cruise this morning to rebalance Chi and Karma (it was so fun):
"You can amortize the cost over those seven years, for accounting purposes with the princess."
Amortize - derives from the Vulgar Latin Admortire, meaning To Kill.
So yeah, in this situation, seems about right!
Whoa, Dude - where'd your headlight switch get moved to? There's a tach commandeering that dash spot! :hmm:
Edited to show where your headlight switch should be. By the way, should you find any comments, advice or wise cracks useful (or funny), click the like button in the lower right...
Running the 5 wires from the passenger side under the dash to the driver side was really slow and no fun, and the factory intake manifold mounting holes didn’t work for the thermo sensor mounting bracket because the manifold spring was in the way of the sensor, so I made an extension plate and...
AND NOW, THE REST OF THE STORY
Plan A did not pan out (no surprise there), but a couple of Mudder Brudders stepped up and helped me get going with Plan B.
What I did
I already had the fan, control relay box and thermo sensor:
All I needed were a control box male plug and wire terminals...
I've been following your build thread since April last year when I suggested you give your firewall a good cleaning ;) and if my classified doesn't yield results, I will gladly take you up on your generous offer. If I could just get a female relay timer control box plug, the rest would be easy...
Just posted in Classifieds: Wanted - ’78 FJ40 carb cooling fan wiring sub harness – or whole wiring harness! - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/78-fj40-carb-cooling-fan-wiring-sub-harness-or-whole-wiring-harness.1315679/
So if you know of anyone who might fit the harness profile, please let...