1976 FJ40 For sale

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At the risk of derailing this total cluster of a derail, I'll reply...

wanabecruisen said:
Just having fun with ya man. I'm sure when Jordan And Anna S. Looked at the 80 they were thinking WTF! I thought I would clean up the engine bay the evening before and did a quick spray with the pressure washer. Took it for a drive after and all was good. Next morning they took it for a test drive and it ran like poo. Took me a week to get everything dry under there again. Lesson learned...
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Anna and I would have left with your 80 had you not tried to wash the engine, and that was a blessing in disguise. It went to someone who truly cherishes the 80, and it just wasn't the right vehicle for us come to find out. So, it all works out in the end. You're still my first call when it comes to Toyota - and often times life - advice :grouphug:

If you're into Cruisers with the money always ringing around in your head, I don't think you're being honest with yourself. These trucks are expensive sometimes, but they are also a lot of fun. And more than that, it's about the people you meet and who both spend their money and help you spend yours. That's what it's about for me - at least - and I'm a cheap-ass with a Toyota mini :meh:

Thanks for the entertainment :D
 
Jordan you couldn't POSSIBLY derail this thread anymore.
 
J.T...........compression test numbers?
 
This thread is officially..

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Ok.
Looks like if I were Michael J. Fox I'd take the DeLorean back a year ago to Mardis's house and tell him to just say no.
I'd go to Mitt's house 6 years ago and tell him it's not gonna happen ever...
I'd drive that gull winged aluminum beast back to 4 days ago and tell Shush to NEVER f with the Bossman.

There is one green truck that all of you need if you don't want to spend $10 grand on a $5000 truck and Trained Killa has the key.

Y'all wear me the out.

Oh I'd also go back and sell that WorldCom stock...
 
wct49 said:
Ok.
Looks like if I were Michael J. Fox I'd take the DeLorean back a year ago to Mardis's house and tell him to just say no.
I'd go to Mitt's house 6 years ago and tell him it's not gonna happen ever...
I'd drive that gull winged aluminum beast back to 4 days ago and tell Shush to NEVER f with the Bossman.

There is one green truck that all of you need if you don't want to spend $10 grand on a $5000 truck and Trained Killa has the key.

Y'all wear me the out.

Oh I'd also go back and sell that WorldCom stock...
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AWESOME....THATs RGAN
 
Bomar said:
Come on he knows it was a turd....that is why he sold it. Mike you should be in a supercharged 80 right now.
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no :flipoff2:
 
wanabecruisen said:
Hey, that was a nice 80. You don't see Claudia posting every few days about something else crapping out, going bad, or falling off do ya? ;)

Just sayin.......
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:flipoff2: the front brakes/rotors needed replacing, the EGR was carbonated shut, the power steering reservoir leaks, and the body mounts had 'creative solutions' to them, not to speak of some PO hack wiring :hillbilly:

it IS a nice truck - we love it :cheers:
 
oh, on that 40 for sale:

the rear sill looks much better than on mine
 
DSRTRDR said:
:flipoff2: the front brakes/rotors needed replacing, the EGR was carbonated shut, the power steering reservoir leaks, and the body mounts had 'creative solutions' to them, not to speak of some PO hack wiring :hillbilly:

it IS a nice truck - we love it :cheers:
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THANK YOU.... they are all always a work in progress. It's always the POs fault!

DSRTRDR said:
oh, on that 40 for sale:

the rear sill looks much better than on mine
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yeah wondering where JT is on that truck.....rear sill and quarters were in great shape
 
DSRTRDR said:
:flipoff2: the front brakes/rotors needed replacing, the EGR was carbonated shut, the power steering reservoir leaks, and the body mounts had 'creative solutions' to them, not to speak of some PO hack wiring :hillbilly:

it IS a nice truck - we love it :cheers:
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Claudia, this is all news to me. I am most concerned about the body mount issued an PO hack wiring you note. Drop me a note and let me know what is going on. I'll make it right.
 
wanabecruisen said:
Claudia, this is all news to me. I am most concerned about the body mount issued an PO hack wiring you note. Drop me a note and let me know what is going on. I'll make it right.
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thanks a bunch, but really not necessary :lol: - it was meant jokingly (doesn't always come across so well on the interwebs) - we got it all covered


I don't think it was your wiring, the corrosion on the wire terminals looked too old - there was a short at the horns (which we had never tested until recently :meh:), and one of the headlight sockets had melted at some point - when we looked under the hood at your place, we had noticed that one of the fan wires was ready to break off at the battery terminal, so took care of that, and installed a relay for the fan, too


now, the rats nest that is the alarm/key fob wiring was obviously done way back at the dealer :rolleyes:


the four middle body mounts were in different states of looseness and two had lost their nuts - someone had tried to tension by adding some home-made spacer plates that didn't work so well for this purpose, probably forgot to put locking nuts on again - we fixed that temporarily with washers that we had left over from Michael's Blazer :hillbilly: - new body mounts in box from CDan already received :D


we didn't look under the truck in the greatest detail when we bought it :meh:, brake wear is normal with age :meh:, the power steering leak is difficult to notice and tiny :meh:, and we only got into the EGR thing because we installed silicone hoses :flamingo: (upon which the EGR input nipple promptly broke off revealing that it was completely plugged :doh: why it didn't throw codes is a mystery to us)


all in all, minor things in our book - honestly, we are cool with it, enjoying it every day :cheers:
 
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Man, I hate hearing you had so many issues I didnt catch! I understand brake pad wear or a slight leak but I don't get the body mount stuff. I can't imagine who would have been screwing around with the body mounts. Glad you aight that before it became a problem.

There was a Slee headlight wiring harness in the stuff I gave you wasn't there? Did you put that in or go another route?

Also, that security system was unusual for sure. It seemed to work well though so I never had a reason to mess with it. Did it give you trouble or just feel funny about it?
 
wanabecruisen said:
Man, I hate hearing you had so many issues I didnt catch! I understand brake pad wear or a slight leak but I don't get the body mount stuff. I can't imagine who would have been screwing around with the body mounts. Glad you aight that before it became a problem.
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gave us something to tinker with ;)

wanabecruisen said:
There was a Slee headlight wiring harness in the stuff I gave you wasn't there? Did you put that in or go another route?
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we fixed what was in place with new bulbs/wiring (I had sold off the harness before)

wanabecruisen said:
Also, that security system was unusual for sure. It seemed to work well though so I never had a reason to mess with it. Did it give you trouble or just feel funny about it?
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not giving any trouble - when I needed the alarm model number to program new key fobs for it, I discovered the nest of wires just hanging around - we plan to tidy that up a bit eventually

we also installed new speakers, a couple stickers on the rear bumper, and fuzzy dice :flamingo:

we are having fun with it :steer:

:cheers:
 
somebody should have fun with that 40 - too bad we don't have a bigger garage
 
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