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  1. Grayscale

    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Well, if you do later hooks, there is not as much to modify? They don't need a dedicated hook on the hood to hold them in place when not in use. Although I'm in b+w, if you took my hook/windshield pads, you'd have unmatched paint. My guess is that you can get away with four pop rivets on...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    You can borrow my three speed floor drivetrain if you need to work out some stuff on the bench and keep the vehicle in motion.
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Not crazy if you have a bench seat configuration and original steering column. There is always a rattle from stuff that I put in my center console anyway, so all that stuff lives on the passenger seat where I can get to it easy, anyway. Now, I'd hate to have to ride in the middle, just like I...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Most of us have never seen anything before '68 up close, and being worked on.
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    About 11+ inches from center of the mirror will be these loops?
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Is there a pic of the inner side of the windshield frame? There needs to be a spot to catch them on. It makes sense if you already have the hinges, I'm sure Toyota wouldn't be offended at this point.
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    I once did some pretty heavy wheeling without hood hooks. Broke my windshield when the frame took some air and returned down with an impact and twist.
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    All the ones I've seen manage to stuff the weather strip behind the door striker piece. I didn't know that the upper frame on the top was stepped in like that. It looks good. Does the weather strip make the door bulge-out on the catch side? I was using a 3M product for glue that was a real...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    I had some new brake shoes from a good vendor installed when I got mine on the road. Probably not a problem now, and for you, but, it is apparently not uncommon to see smoke off of new brake shoes. I got on the road during June and was descending from 10,000'+ to 7,000' within a...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Original Cruiser cylinders in the mid 70's were cast "Teq." My current one had them and was probably a low-use truck as it had all kinds of interesting original merch that has no function due to age, wheel cylinders are not going to last but a couple years, decades, ?. The ramps help keep the...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Ramps, Adjuster slots. They draw the groove in the screw as a section-diagram/illustration. Aftermarket, skip the milled-in ramp / "tapered slots", it is not at an angle on top of the screw. Sometimes shoes don't fully fit in slot width of the new wheel cylinder screws, just barely. I had...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Skateboard grip tape? Would that work?
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Do you mean vinyl for running boards?
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    This is the wrong part number for plugs. There is a plug for the non-adjuster spots, and a plug for the adjusters, and they are different, iirc, mid '70's FJ40. Drum brakes are a 'crash course,' initially, but, I don't mind doing them. This is the view from the hardtop of the truck for the...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Unless your master is dual-circuit (leaking internally), or leaking anywhere, it should be fine. Knowing which way the adjuster turns to loosen/tighten gets me often. I wrote it down somewhere. The brake spoon from factory is nice but not imperative. What is most important is that the...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Maybe on this side? But here is the product that I have on the back doors now. It will squeeze down to about 3/16" with not too much pressure. It fits on this side of the frame. Like exactly the same width as the top section of door frame from '64 FJ45 shown, like yours. But, it might...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Someone in the past suggested the use of this. You could probably find bulb weather strip at the corner auto retailer. It will squish down very thin, but, it has a good reach. I don't know how well it will perform to settle door rattle, but, just for regular driving it will be fine. I'd try...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    The weatherstrip is not on the top of the door frame? I think the one you tried is for the ? up to '74 type window frames. The ? up to '74 frames are thicker at top. I admit total weatherstrip failure, and I stick to generic self-adhesive types. I see so many Cruisers with front doors...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    I saw this at the hardware store yesterday. They come in 1/2" and 5/8" iirc. They even have the offset that makes them shaped like a 9. They are intended for a pedestrian residential gate. The steel would be really easy to drill, and forgiving because they are forged. I wonder if they can...
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    Builds Salt wagon My first fj40 (build)

    Everyone can identify that the broken one, lower above, that it was welded? The space between the holes is now different. I wonder if you could fill the holes, then drill them out to the correct spacing, and use a regular hex-head screw with lockwasher? If there is room, that is. Someone...
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