There are a lot of those under the hoods of nearly every Japanese or Euro car made , hit the boneyards ....
Sarge
Sarge
1970 FJ40 restoration (3 Viewers)
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I like this part!!! where do you get it!!!!
nice progress !!!
All of the wire separators came with the OEM Toyota spark plug wire set.
Amazing build!!!!
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I made some good progress this weekend. The brakes and clutch are done, as well as the steering and shift linkage. Even though everything was bagged and tagged, I spend the majority of my time looking for things or trying to remember how they go back together.
thanks !!
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Parking brake restored and installed. 
I misplaced one pin and had to use a bolt for now. I've got a new one coming.
I misplaced one pin and had to use a bolt for now. I've got a new one coming.
Beautiful restoration. The hardware really makes it.
lelandEOD
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You have no idea how much use I'm getting out of these reassembly photos. I thought I took all the pics I could ever hope for when I tore my truck apart. But, even with all the shots i took, there were a few things that I just didn't capture. Also, since my truck was a V8 hack job, I didn't have the advantage of seeing how the engine compartment should look. I'm really looking forward to seeing this come together.
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I have a lot more photos if you are looking for something specific. Just shoot me a PM if you need something.
wow!! you are doing an awesome job!! makes mine look like old junk!!
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I finished up the wiring harness, and to prevent another melt down I installed a fusible link. Coolerman provided me with the fuse link and the connector. Since it is a critical connection, I soldered the terminal on to the harness. It attached to the starter like the original did.
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I ordered a bunch of grommets and body plugs from www.rubbertherightway.com, I had to make a grommet for the emissions lines that come out near the filler neck. I used a 1 1/2" body plug and put two holes in it with a 5/16" hole punch.
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a few more pics. The cowl vent gasket I made from McMaster Carr 8507K15 weatherstrip
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A few more pics. I received my gauge restoration kit from Gauge Marks , so the cluster is the next project. After that, I just need to install the fuel tank and battery to fire it up.
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I just realized while looking at my post that I put the dome light switch in the wrong hole. I'll need to fix that.
QUOTE=zags;7496072]I bent up the new supports in my home-made plate brake. I use rotary broaches instead of drill bits in sheet metal and lighter plate. They make fast, perfectly round holes with no flash clean up. The new support is much beefier than the original.[/QUOTE]
Do you have a better pic of how you made the bending brake???
Do you have a better pic of how you made the bending brake???
lelandEOD
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I'm pretty sure Zags is using something like Caswell's Copy-Cad plating kits to refinish every last piece of hardware on that truck. It looks fantastic and I know how much work went in to getting all the brackets and fasteners to look that nice. Impressive.
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I bead blasted everything, including all of the nuts, bolts, screws and washers and then had them all replated by a plating company.
I considered the Caswell kit, but some of the parts like the brake lines and fan shroud were way too big to do with a home kit.
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Do you have a better pic of how you made the bending brake???[/QUOTE]
I will try to post some pics when I get home.
