Build 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ62 Build

[arnak]

Removed 90% of the rust and found a nice hole I’ll show you in lol this gel spray is bomb

 

[arnak]

Did a degreaser and a rust remover gel works like a charm agitated with a brush and then pressure washed off

 

[arnak]

Some interior shots before the rust discovery channel kicked in and made it dramatic
Also got some nice used snap on stuff from eBay
Working on the Fj with snap on tools adds 25 horsepower

 

[arnak]

Beautiful 16” by like 4” rust hole right on the drivers floorboard … now I gotta find a floorboard and weld it in

 

[dbbowen]

good lord thats some deep cleaning. I like how the hardgrip ratchets match your truck hahaha

 

[arnak]

good lord thats some deep cleaning. I like how the hardgrip ratchets match your truck hahaha

Just getting started $328,972 of parts needed to finish it gonna take my sweet time

 

[arnak]

Took off the rear seat bench found some surface rust, cleaned it up only to watch a video online of a lady switching her seat covers to leather from specter off road to see there was rust on the inside too, took off th whole pad. Spray, wax on wax off repeat … comes off pretty easy takes 10-15 min

 

[arnak]

Instead of leaving it bare metal I decided to paint it with rust proof paint black / and put it back together I was thinking of putting all leather seats but I’ll keep the original seats on it as they’re classic looking

 

[bentonrover]

Instead of leaving it bare metal I decided to paint it with rust proof paint black / and put it back together I was thinking of putting all leather seats but I’ll keep the original seats on it as they’re classic looking

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Very smart idea

 

[arnak]

my first time taking out the Spare tire, it was the original that came with the truck, that chain lowering system is so cool it worked flawlessly after 35 years of being built, imagine! Also whoever the genius is at Toyota that put a 17mm drain plug on the fuel tank. THANK YOU! That made my life so much better, I drained about 10 gallons of old fuel

Going to remove the fuel tank soon, inspect it leak test it, probably paint it clean it up and put it back together

I did order the fuel tank straps and bolts etc from Japan as well as a bunch of other available parts from Toyota, found a cool site that has everything in case you’re interested 98% of the parts on this thing is available

They also have the floor boards

 

[tmxmotorsports]

Beautiful 16” by like 4” rust hole right on the drivers floorboard … now I gotta find a floorboard and weld it in

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Send me some better pictures of the floorboard I have a 60 in the part out section I may have what ya need .

 

[arnak]

Send me some better pictures of the floorboard I have a 60 in the part out section I may have what ya need .

I’ll vacuum off the old stuff tomorrow and send it over! That would be great

 

[arnak]

Round two on seat cleaning cloth seats this time I use a softer detergent from regular clothing washing detergent

 

[arnak]

Progress

 

[Rabrownmkiv]

Good job attacking this project head on! Love all the progress you've made so far.
For your fuel tank, I recommend changing all your vent hoses. Check out CruiserMatt's Off-Road & Performance - https://cruisermatts.com/
He has all the vent hoses, and filler neck stuff. Right size, length, clamps, etc.

I re-did my fuel tank last year and used the Rustoleum Professional Industrial oil-based paint. Buffed to bare metal, primered, and brushed 3 coats of this stuff on and it still looks like a brand new tank today.

 

[arnak]

Couple bucks on Amazon white masking tape
Permanent markers, small Ziploc bags

Never lose your bolts again

Easily find what belongs where

 

[arnak]

Good job attacking this project head on! Love all the progress you've made so far.
For your fuel tank, I recommend changing all your vent hoses. Check out CruiserMatt's Off-Road & Performance - https://cruisermatts.com/
He has all the vent hoses, and filler neck stuff. Right size, length, clamps, etc.

I re-did my fuel tank last year and used the Rustoleum Professional Industrial oil-based paint. Buffed to bare metal, primered, and brushed 3 coats of this stuff on and it still looks like a brand new tank today.

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Oh wow this is great, thank you!!!

 

[arnak]

Good job attacking this project head on! Love all the progress you've made so far.
For your fuel tank, I recommend changing all your vent hoses. Check out CruiserMatt's Off-Road & Performance - https://cruisermatts.com/
He has all the vent hoses, and filler neck stuff. Right size, length, clamps, etc.

I re-did my fuel tank last year and used the Rustoleum Professional Industrial oil-based paint. Buffed to bare metal, primered, and brushed 3 coats of this stuff on and it still looks like a brand new tank today.

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just ordered the same kit, looks super clean! also i got something coming for ya'll LOL

 

[arnak]

So I was kind of bored and instead of doing traditional welding, I decided to give this a try, $10,000 setup for laser welding, it also cuts & removes rust via laser I’ll post pics soon maybe do a YouTube video with a link for you guys

 

[arnak]

And it arrives