Builds 1969 FJ40 named Mavis (1 Viewer)

[120mm]

I put off doing major work today to gather my courage and take care of some little stuff.

Tightened the top cap screws where it leaked the worst and figured out a clever way to fix the shrinkage gaps in the window welts.

Take your standard window welt material and cut it to whatever length you need.

Cut off the locking side, leaving just a little bit of the material.

Throw a thin layer of clear sealant where it touches the glass and metal, and pop that sucker in.

It's not perfect or pretty, but stops the leaks.

 

[120mm]

Finished restoring Dad's farm jack. I thought it would need some repair because it didn't work well, but cleaning off the caked 70 year old grease and installing a couple grade 8 bolts got it running quite well.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

I put off doing major work today to gather my courage and take care of some little stuff.

Tightened the top cap screws where it leaked the worst and figured out a clever way to fix the shrinkage gaps in the window welts.

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Take your standard window welt material and cut it to whatever length you need.

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Cut off the locking side, leaving just a little bit of the material.

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Throw a thin layer of clear sealant where it touches the glass and metal, and pop that sucker in.

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It's not perfect or pretty, but stops the leaks.

The sagacious art of field expedience…

 

[120mm]

I spent about 20 minutes looking for a 10mm socket in my tool bag and just lost it.

Looked over at a shelf and noticed I hadn't unpacked a tool kit full of antique tool and lead weights.

Unpacked it, cleaned it up and organized my tools for once.

 

[120mm]

I now have a fully functional dimmer switch thanks to FJ Parts

Quality part made in Japan and $50 shipped

 

[120mm]

Have been looking everywhere for a right hand defrost hose and failed. Local AutoZone had this Dorman 2 1/2 inch hose, which installed brilliantly.

 

[120mm]

Started to go after that clunk in the rear

Think I found it....

 

[120mm]

Replaced all the spring bushings. The ride quality after doing that improved to a ridiculous degree. The clunks and wobbliness upon turning is gone. Two big thumbs up for this improvement.

 

[firemanj92]

Next up are body mounts, it will make the ride 10x better (than just spring bushings)!!

 

[120mm]

Actually next up was new shocks.

Whatever was on it were both stiff and bouncy.

Went to a lighter duty Monroe shock. Interesting to see how they hold up.

 

[120mm]

Sent it off to the upholstery shop again.

Only the finest in work t shirts were used in this job.

Im thinking Amelia Island is a possibility at this point.

 

[120mm]

The big old tool chest isn't cutting it for off-road so I evicted my chisels from their tool roll and threw some basics in there.

 

[Thechief86]

I've got one of these tool rolls and absolutely love it. It has saved my arse all over the country. It lives in my motorcycle luggage most of the time.

Wolfy Tool Roll

Motorcycle Tool storage case for tools fits in any Wolfman bag. Made in the USA by Wolfman Motorcycle Luggage.

wolfmanluggage.com

 

[120mm]

Mavis, in her natural element.

A year and two months have paid off with actually using my rig to have fun.

I'm at Montgomery Bell state park just outside of Dickson Tennessee.

 

[61twpw]

You have certainly been busy. Great job on getting her back on the road.

 

[120mm]

Had a light 5 mile hike on Wednesday with the dog and attempted a 10+ miler today. At what i "thought" was the halfway point, my left heel told me it was done, so I took the so called short cut.

Unfortunately, hiking doesn't always have a logic, soni ended up doing 8+ miles due to terrain irregularities. Freaking beautiful country though. Dog successfully harvested all the ticks on the eastern seaboard though.

A pair of catahoulas showed up to camp next to us.

Freaking Tennessee beauty

Stopped by O'Brien's country cooking. It's been on a couple YouTube episodes and exceeded expectations.

 

[HelloKitty65]

You know when you discover an interesting, new to you build that's up to many pages and much time elaped, so you leap ahead to the latest post to see where it's today? Good to see Mavis kept her look.

Those paint colors almost make you want to grab the satin clear coat and go right over it. I guess you could patch the holes, first. Nice looking truck! Lots of potential!

@SteveH called it. Now to go back to the start.

 

[120mm]

You know when you discover an interesting, new to you build that's up to many pages and much time elaped, so you leap ahead to the latest post to see where it's today? Good to see Mavis kept her look.

@SteveH called it. Now to go back to the start.

The big challenge is how to incorporate the sill replacement into the overall scheme.

 

[120mm]

No pictures, but I've successfully solved all the electric gremlins except the temp gauge.

I was following the wire diagram too literally and didn't have power running to the brake switch. Both wires were green/white. Once I combined those two wires to one fitting and plugged the spare red/white power wire into the others, the brake lights and turn signals started working.

Only catch is the right turn dash indicator doesn't want to work, but it's wired correctly so I suspect corrosion.

Also, the left turn signal needs continuous pressure on the stalk to keep blinking. But that's ok, I call it self cancelling.

I have new seat covers coming today and I had my left rear brake lock up the other day and I think I have the fix for that. More later.

 

[Idaho Savage]

Had a light 5 mile hike on Wednesday with the dog and attempted a 10+ miler today. At what i "thought" was the halfway point, my left heel told me it was done, so I took the so called short cut.

Unfortunately, hiking doesn't always have a logic, soni ended up doing 8+ miles due to terrain irregularities. Freaking beautiful country though. Dog successfully harvested all the ticks on the eastern seaboard though.

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A pair of catahoulas showed up to camp next to us.



Freaking Tennessee beauty

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My balls are sweating just looking at that picture. I don't know how you Southerners do it!