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I have purchased a 1970 FJ40, which my brother picked up about a week or so ago. I will getting back from deployment soon, but until then he is being an awesome brother and helping with the truck. (He is the one with a lot more know how when it comes to vehicles!)
This thread is going to be as much as it is for me to keep track of my build as it is to entertain yall and show you there is still someone out there that knows less about you!
A little about the truck:
1970 Land cruiser
-900/16 xl Michelin radials w/aluminum rims.
- 2000(yr) 4BT Cummins turbo Diesel. Intercooled. In-line P-Pump injection. Torque splitter over-drive.
- 1984 4speed transfer case.
- GM power steering components
- Front, after market Warn bumper
- 2 high-intensity halogen lamps.
- Aftermarket bucket seats
Goals for the truck:
My plans are to have this truck primarily as daily driver. I like to take it off=road, but that won’t happen for a-while until this truck is reliable. I love the outdoors and camping so it will be geared towards that.
The bad:
- The wiring is all over the place from the swap.
- All of the gauges are out of whack, they all need to be tested to see if they even work.
- One of the over-flow reservoirs is a Fosters beer can.
- The power-steering is some crazy heavy-duty CAT construction equipment system….with a non-fillable res? Who knows….
- The body needs work….replacing the driver side rocker and the driver side quarter panel.
- Replacing the “barn-door” tail-gate due to bad rust issues.
- There is no parking brake……don’t really know where to go with it….seems the only alternative is to replace the rear axle with an FJ-60 one.
- I need to find a place to move the battery since I hate that it’s just sitting in the cab….I would like to place under the driver seat, but not enough room there.
- Only one jump seat came with the truck….got to find that
- The throttle cut off need the switch redone
- The electric fan need an on/off switch ran to it
- Possibly need to replace the radiator/fan….looks dinky….but we will see how hot it gets when the gauges actually work! Haha
All trailer-ed up….
Paint stripped applied to the rattle can paint job to see what we are working with…
Progress….
It goes….
Cut out the badly infected rocker…
No top…
The fronts done…
What’s upcoming on the build let’s see….
- Front disc brake kit
- Center console
- Carpet kit
- New bolts and nuts
- New quarter panel
- New driver rocker panel
- Gas hood struts
- New seals for all the doors and hatches
- Mounting the battery somewhere…
- That’s all I can think of for now….
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I have limited knowledge about diesels and Land Cruisers in general, I am trying to learn though!
**I have purchased a 1970 FJ40, which my brother picked up about a week or so ago. I will getting back from deployment soon, but until then he is being an awesome brother and helping with the truck. (He is the one with a lot more know how when it comes to vehicles!)
This thread is going to be as much as it is for me to keep track of my build as it is to entertain yall and show you there is still someone out there that knows less about you!
A little about the truck:
1970 Land cruiser
-900/16 xl Michelin radials w/aluminum rims.
- 2000(yr) 4BT Cummins turbo Diesel. Intercooled. In-line P-Pump injection. Torque splitter over-drive.
- 1984 4speed transfer case.
- GM power steering components
- Front, after market Warn bumper
- 2 high-intensity halogen lamps.
- Aftermarket bucket seats
Goals for the truck:
My plans are to have this truck primarily as daily driver. I like to take it off=road, but that won’t happen for a-while until this truck is reliable. I love the outdoors and camping so it will be geared towards that.
The bad:
- The wiring is all over the place from the swap.
- All of the gauges are out of whack, they all need to be tested to see if they even work.
- One of the over-flow reservoirs is a Fosters beer can.
- The power-steering is some crazy heavy-duty CAT construction equipment system….with a non-fillable res? Who knows….
- The body needs work….replacing the driver side rocker and the driver side quarter panel.
- Replacing the “barn-door” tail-gate due to bad rust issues.
- There is no parking brake……don’t really know where to go with it….seems the only alternative is to replace the rear axle with an FJ-60 one.
- I need to find a place to move the battery since I hate that it’s just sitting in the cab….I would like to place under the driver seat, but not enough room there.
- Only one jump seat came with the truck….got to find that
- The throttle cut off need the switch redone
- The electric fan need an on/off switch ran to it
- Possibly need to replace the radiator/fan….looks dinky….but we will see how hot it gets when the gauges actually work! Haha
All trailer-ed up….
Paint stripped applied to the rattle can paint job to see what we are working with…
Progress….
It goes….
Cut out the badly infected rocker…
No top…
The fronts done…
What’s upcoming on the build let’s see….
- Front disc brake kit
- Center console
- Carpet kit
- New bolts and nuts
- New quarter panel
- New driver rocker panel
- Gas hood struts
- New seals for all the doors and hatches
- Mounting the battery somewhere…
- That’s all I can think of for now….
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I have limited knowledge about diesels and Land Cruisers in general, I am trying to learn though!
