Builds 1969 FJ40 named Mavis (2 Viewers)

[120mm]

Please use the Contact Us form and let us know which products and your zip code. There has to be a dimension error on one of the products that is throwing off the shipping drastically. Our ecommerce team will solve that in minutes if they know which part number and zip codes are having an issue.

Sent the message. Working the issue.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Sent the message. Working the issue.

Sweet! I'm on the road but the team at the shop will get that solved. Thanks!

 

[Land Shark]

I have said it in other threads and I will say it here. Those folks at Cruiser Outfitters are top notch. Send them an email or call. They will get it squared away asap.

 

[120mm]

We found the glitch. The windshield pad has a code that indicates pallet delivery. But since I'm happy with rolling it up and putting it in a box, we can pry skip that.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

We found the glitch. The windshield pad has a code that indicates pallet delivery. But since I'm happy with rolling it up and putting it in a box, we can pry skip that.

That is hilarious that it wanted that to ship on a pallet. I guess they are wide when unrolled

Thanks for helping us sort that out!

 

[120mm]

Just received the door rebuild kits, transfer case gasket set and the windshield pad

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

$350 LTL shipping?!?!

 

[120mm]

$350 LTL shipping?!?!

Technology is great, until it isn't.

Good old fashioned "dude putting an item in a box" fixed this issue

 

[120mm]

Parked Mavis in our barn for the first time.

It really feels good.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

I really, really really this truck. Not sure why. There’s something different about it. It’s like that Italian girl in the 4th grade with the peach fuzz mustache I had a crush on.

Nice garage!!! And LC..

 

[120mm]

Slapped that new gasket in there. Kinda pricey for what it is, imo, but man does it make a difference.

The old gasket has shrunk that much. Ironically, the new gasket was that much two wide, until you played with it a bit.

I had no idea the gasket was supposed to show along the bottom of the windshield. Nice!

 

[clrussell]

Slapped that new gasket in there. Kinda pricey for what it is, imo, but man does it make a difference.

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The old gasket has shrunk that much. Ironically, the new gasket was that much two wide, until you played with it a bit.

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I had no idea the gasket was supposed to show along the bottom of the windshield. Nice!

Now I need to go look and see if mine is like that.. I replaced the gasket and have a terrible air leak still.

But not the same supplier on the gasket

 

[royal cake]

I had initially bought a cheaper version of that windshield seal and it was nothing like the OEM or a good reproduction. I ended up with the City Racer version and it worked perfectly.

 

[pb4ugo]

Slapped that new gasket in there. Kinda pricey for what it is, imo, but man does it make a difference.

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The old gasket has shrunk that much. Ironically, the new gasket was that much two wide, until you played with it a bit.

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I had no idea the gasket was supposed to show along the bottom of the windshield. Nice!

I don't think it's supposed to be exposed like that. How's it lay at the hinges. I run with the windshield down a lot and have to push the gasket back and play with it while raising the w/s. I found resistance when raising the w/s when it's exposed.

 

[120mm]

I don't think it's supposed to be exposed like that. How's it lay at the hinges. I run with the windshield down a lot and have to push the gasket back and play with it while raising the w/s. I found resistance when raising the w/s when it's exposed.

There's a rubber lip that runs along that gap. Don't know how it can't be exposed. My old one lacked this lip completely. I assume it wore off.

 

[pb4ugo]

Mine has a lip too. The gaskets' application is for 1965 to 81. This is 75. The gasket, as far as I can tell, is original to the 40. It takes a bit to get it positioned while raising the w/s. I push it back a bit while raising it. Once it's in position there is no resistance when the w/s seats.

 

[120mm]

I don't know what to say. The gasket fit naturally in that position and the windshield frame seated perfectly. My frame hinges are slightly boogered up, but I can't see anything wrong with the fit.

 

[120mm]

I've had issues with my wipers since I got it running. Initially, it worked kinda sorta, but it froze up hard on route 66. I got it working, but the drivers side taper has been stripped out, resulting in some flop.

Fixed it today with a beer can shim.

 

[charliemeyer007]

Good release agent and metal set epoxy.

 

[120mm]

These rigs are really meant to be driven.

Gotta call late last night that there is a Cane Corso at risk of euthanasia 584 miles away in Virginia. So of course I jumped in Mavis this morning and head out to save a Good Boy.

I have no idea how I'm going to fit him in. No worries though.

The drive was beautiful for the first 10 hours.

That's Tennessee to Kentucky, to Virginia, to West Virginia and back to Virginia again.

And then s*** got real.

The last hour the skies opened and lightning struck nearby. And then flash floods threatened to sweep me off the little roads I was on. Found out later those signs I kept whipping past warned that I shouldn't drive there during rainstorms. Oops.

Saw a metric shed load of deer. At least a dozen males in velvet in one field and a conservative estimate of 100+ does with fawns scattered along the route. They were all moving due to the storms.

I'm hanging out in a hotel room, anxious to meet Zeus tomorrow morning.

Damn, I feel alive.