1981 FJ40 Restoration

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srgould41 said:
Or you could leave work early, get it done and drive it up to Seattle for a road test. The Seattle Cruiser Heads are meeting tonight in Ballard... Come surprise us :D
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That would be way cool to see some rigs and meet other members..


The last time I did that was 10 years ago after I bought a CCOT restoration and drove it to a Cascade Cruisers meeting.


Yes I was thinking they were the s*** and I would be happy.........Not even close.
 
I have never met up with anyone from Cascade Cruisers. I think they are more of an FJ Cruiser club.

The Cruiser Heads are more of an unofficial club... just a group of Toyota lovers who like to go on trail runs and camping trips in Toyota trucks and LC's, help each other out, hang out and drink beer once a month, harrass each other, etc... :D

Come on up, Land Cruiser or not. But if you bring that cruiser you will be the center of attention for sure ;)

AATLAS1X said:
That would be way cool to see some rigs and meet other members..


The last time I did that was 10 years ago after I bought a CCOT restoration and drove it to a Cascade Cruisers meeting.


Yes I was thinking they were the **** and I would be happy.........Not even close.
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srgould41 said:
I have never met up with anyone from Cascade Cruisers. I think they are more of an FJ Cruiser club.

The Cruiser Heads are more of an unofficial club... just a group of Toyota lovers who like to go on trail runs and camping trips in Toyota trucks and LC's, help each other out, hang out and drink beer once a month, harrass each other, etc... :D

Come on up, Land Cruiser or not. But if you bring that cruiser you will be the center of attention for sure ;)
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If it were local and I could get there in 30 minutes or so then yes. But you can only imagine the liability that goes along with something that is not yours. I feel like I am sneaking out my dads hot rod when I leave the garage in this thing and it is hard to relax while driving it.....
 
No kidding, I totally understand. I didn't think you would drive it all the way up here :D But it was worth the try ;)

AATLAS1X said:
If it were local and I could get there in 30 minutes or so then yes. But you can only imagine the liability that goes along with something that is not yours. I feel like I am sneaking out my dads hot rod when I leave the garage in this thing and it is hard to relax while driving it.....
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Where are you Shane? Maybe some of us could pile up in a few 40's, 60's, 80's and come see it.... I mean, how many times will you get an opportunity like this? Seriously...
I saw the thread last year and thought it was awesome, but now potentially being able to lay eyes on it... Trollhole's "Big Ghey 2F" looks awesome on mud but once you lay eyes on it, it's amazing. I will seriously take an evening or early Saturday to come see this if you're willing. We'll bring your favaorite beverage!
 
Land Speeder said:
Where are you Shane? Maybe some of us could pile up in a few 40's, 60's, 80's and come see it.... I mean, how many times will you get an opportunity like this? Seriously...
I saw the thread last year and thought it was awesome, but now potentially being able to lay eyes on it... Trollhole's "Big Ghey 2F" looks awesome on mud but once you lay eyes on it, it's amazing. I will seriously take an evening or early Saturday to come see this if you're willing. We'll bring your favorite beverage!
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Check the thread over the next few days and if I am killing bugs and burning gas I would love to meet up!

Starbucks? My house? Local deck seating at my local pub and view it while over looking the Oregon City falls and enjoying a good smoke......



bull said:
You should make an appearance tonight Shane!
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Unless you moved South, my balls and not that large.....Plus that is a 4 hr drive
 
brewhaw said:
shane, can you tell me where you got your rear hinge guards(protectors) from? SOR didnt have em. thanks
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My Toyota dealer.
 
The amp guage looks fine to me. Sitting idling, with nothing on, the amp guage may show a slight defelction towards the positive, or nothing. When starting, it should go to the negative side, then bounce to the positive side once it fires. Idling with all lights, heater blowers, etc on, may show a deflection to the negative. However, with the 50 amp guage and higher output alternator of an 81 2F, the defelctions may be pretty small. On my 73 with the smaller alternator, it moves quite a bit. I think the guage is labeled at 30 amps on mine, I think, so the swing is potentially greater.

The amp meter simply indicates if you are producing excess amps from the alternator, or if you are using amps as fast as they are produced. The majority of the time you drive, you should have the RPM's up, so the alternator is more effcient, and hope you are producing excess amps and charging the battery. Lots of idling with lots on, will draw the battery down.

Another indicator of good operation, and perhaps marginal grounds, is if you turn on the heater blower, or lights, and you get a big spike to the negative and then it recovers, you just pulled several amps to start the heater blower, and then it trimmed out.

Beautiful restoration Shane, mine was not that good, I did it in Highschool with my dad, but I remember well all the small things that were just too worn to save, or were not available or we found an alternative for the part. It all boils down to cost and time, we had well over 8000 in my 73 in 1997, and could have put several thousand more into it. I wish we had used Japan spec bolts, I ended up with a mixed bag of metric head sizes because you can't easily source the right ones. That makes a big visual difference right there. Of course MUD was not around then either, all mail order from MAF and SOR and such back then. Alot of great resources available now. Sadly I drove mine, the cancer came back, I have banged it up a few times, rolled on the side twice, and old dirvetrains just leak after awhile, but they are great rigs. I know I can appreciate a good restoration.
 
The best indicator for me is the turn signals. When they blink I get a rapid bounce down then back of the needle.

MoCoNative said:
The amp guage looks fine to me. Sitting idling, with nothing on, the amp guage may show a slight defelction towards the positive, or nothing. When starting, it should go to the negative side, then bounce to the positive side once it fires. Idling with all lights, heater blowers, etc on, may show a deflection to the negative. However, with the 50 amp guage and higher output alternator of an 81 2F, the defelctions may be pretty small. On my 73 with the smaller alternator, it moves quite a bit. I think the guage is labeled at 30 amps on mine, I think, so the swing is potentially greater.
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+++++++Special Thanks to Tim at Land Cruiser Specialties +++++++​


He personally dropped off a clean EGR cooler that I needed as this one was leaking. I could not get away from work to stop by his place and he offer to plan it at my door!. Thanks Tim :beer:


Ok, glass beaded the cooler and cleaned the threads, test fit all components and then bolted it up! LIKE A LOVE!

Also many thanks to my snap on rep and he loaned me every crows foot from 1" to 2" and that is a sweet tool along with a 12" extension and 10" 3/8 ratchet for tightening the tube nut to cooler and from cooler to EGR.

Food break!
 
FJ40Jim said:
Beautiful job, Shane. :cool: :clap:

You mentioned it is running bad. Could be because the vac hoses are not routed correctly.

Take a look at the HAC hoses. At least one is wrong. Which means at least one other hose is wrong.... The domino effect. could be several that are slightly out of place. Unfortunately, close is not.... close enough.

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Jim, I wanted to say thanks! I pulled every hose off it last night and started at the beginning. I have the drivers side finished and will do the pass side tonight.

Thanks again,

Shane
 
AATLAS1X said:
Another set of three.
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Shane - What color did you powder coat those wheels? Do you have a brand and color number to share? Thanks.
 
kvanoort said:
Shane - What color did you powder coat those wheels? Do you have a brand and color number to share? Thanks.
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White. Got a Les Schwab tire center close by? Thats who does all my wheels.
 
You gonna be around Friday? I'm heading up to Fry's in Wilsonville, thought I would drop in and finally take a look see. :eek:

Whats a good time?
 
thecrazygreek said:
You gonna be around Friday? I'm heading up to Fry's in Wilsonville, thought I would drop in and finally take a look see. :eek:

Whats a good time?
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I am at work from 6:45 till 6 pm. Know where I work?
 
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