Builds 1979 FJ40 Preservation-ish Project (1 Viewer)

[OPMACHINE]

Only thing left is to decide is how much of the door felt I want/need to replace. The upper, inner and outer felts are original but in decent condition. I don't know if the upper door felt needs to be removed to install the lower felt? Do my kids need to go to college?

 

[N919HJ]

No need for college. Send them in to the trades. We need people to pay for all the school loan forgiveness. I’ve had door felts waiting for more than six years. Still putting off the project.

 

[firefighterjed]

Drivers door, rear lower felt channel, is squeaking obnoxiously against the upper felt channel. The hole in the door the secures the lower channel is thin and broken out. I am assuming this is root cause of my drivers door glass rattle.


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I have not decided if it will be best to TIG weld filler rod or weld in a patch panel from a donor door (stalled half door project)

Drill the hole oversized and TIG in a flat washer, flush. Don’t scavenge from your half door project !

 

[GatorPlater]

I found the exact door felt, perfect fit for replacement at about 1/4 the cost. I will shoot you the source when I get back from the 24hr

 

[OPMACHINE]

Well, I have already ordered the lower. I am going to keep the original upper, inner and outer for now. (I think) Need to get my door in the weld shop first

 

[OPMACHINE]

I spend some time going thru the gauge cluster. Now it looks pretty

 

[OPMACHINE]

I originally pulled the gauge cluster to address the cooling fan that was put on a rocker switch. There is a 5 amp inline fuse behind the gauge cluster that controls the cooling fan control module/relay that had been bypassed.


I replaced the inline fuse and now the cooling fan works properly.

 

[OPMACHINE]

I was able to find an OEM speedometer cable, and things got interesting.

My 2/79 US spec fj40 has a (5x18) speedometer driven gear. I have not been able to find any information anywhere on a 5 x 18 driven speedometer gear in a FJ40 transfer case. My truck should/did come originally with a (6 x 16) driven gear.

 

[OPMACHINE]

I have the only one in existence. - How could I be so lucky?

 

[TheRealFJ40]

I'm curious to find out if you've been at or near actual speed indicated on the speedometer.

 

[wngrog]

I'm curious to find out if you've been at or near actual speed indicated on the speedometer.

Easy it you build it right

 

[OPMACHINE]

My actual indicated speed is pretty far off, but I had always assumed it was the tire size. At 50 mph indicated on the speedometer I would be moving around 60-61mph via GPS.

 

[OPMACHINE]

Back to the doors, I am going to weld in this little 14ga patch.

 

[OPMACHINE]

Just replacing the original brake booster with a CityRacer unit. Easy install with fantastic directions.

I should have replaced the brake booster when my master cylinder failed some time back. lesson learned.

 

[OPMACHINE]

I was hoping to get more than 1000 miles out of my new rear front brake cylinder.

 

[wngrog]

Toss. That. Junk.

Disc brakes. Go.

 

[OPMACHINE]

I have been resisting the temptation to convert the rear to disk. Mostly because I have been sitting on OEM brake cylinder. I am going to rebuild the rear axle and give the cylinders one more change.

 

[wngrog]

I don’t hate rear drums to be honest. They work fine. It’s just when it comes time to spend real money and real time on them I can toss a set of TSM discs on in just a couple hours

 

[cruisermatt]

8/80 drums would be awesome since you already have floor mount brake handle, figuring that out on a 79-older is the only bad part of that conversion

 

[OPMACHINE]

8/80 + rear axle would be ideal! I am assuming they would be hard to find.