1990 Tow Yard Cruiser & Progress

[tmxmotorsports]

I just did the chain thing on a 60 i am working on had three small chains one came out on its own the other two had to fish out..
Good luck and welcome to the party
Tommy

 

[Prime]

I like your style, will be following along. Good luck on getting it running!

 

[SKURG]

New rivet

• SKURG
• Jan 17, 2019

Quick fix on the pump cradle. New ground, had to order the pump cushion from Toyota as the original one was gooified by bad gas, or ethanol? Fuel Tank spent an extra day in the hot tank. Should be back in on Sunday.

 

[old87yota]

Excellent work so far!

You will know this vehicle better than the back of your hand by the time you are done!

SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS WHEN POSSIBLE.

Yes! This ^^^ (as I write this from an independent local coffee shop)!

Especially go to the local small specialty stores and shops as they are disappearing pretty quickly, and offer services not found at your Walmart quick lube and tire.

 

[Wayne Jacobs]

If the switch panel is broken or worn......

Toyota Land Cruiser Window Switch 1989-1990

Only comes in brown, but I painted mine grey.....and I had to swap a couple of wires but that was no big deal so long as you have your old one as reference.

There are instructions on the swap in this thread: FJ62 Master Window Switch Issue

 

[Wayne Jacobs]

Ill open with the facts. I work full-time selling Airstreams! (best job!) I leave the house when its dark, I get home when its dark (in winter) We have a project property, toddlers and teenagers, a dog and a snake on top of a head full of dreams and an unreasonable amount of "someday" projects.

DAY I
First things first. After an hour or two of walk around, poking and fiddling around with stuff on a fresh battery, I found the Cruiser to be very well intact. Besides the stock stereo being MIA the entire vehicle appears to be clean, stock, and complete. The window lock switch is busted, the antenna motor is there but no whip. The electric door locks pretend like they're trying to work, but dont. Drivers window comes down but starts to sound like it struggles and slows so I rolled it up and left it alone for now. The girls helped wash it and into the garage by power of the four-wheeler (Honda rancher now outside )

Helpers

• SKURG
• Jan 15, 2019

Good luck with this and keep us informed on your progress. It seems that there are some with "brass" Land Cruisers that think they are "gold", and some with "gold" who see them as "brass". I hope that your's is the latter!

I do see a big problem here, and it's the same one I have. With one Land Cruiser and more than one child, expect infighting about which one gets the Land Cruiser when it's tiem to pass it on...

Of course, we could remedy that by having more than one Cruiser!

Wayne

 

[SKURG]

Thanks guys & gals. Today was low key. Radiator shop kept the fuel tank over the weekend, I found the “leaking” brake was a broken hard line. I tried my hand at a double flare flange and split the line. I’ll try NAPA tomorrow before seeking one online. They’ll all get done eventually but I just want to baseline and health check before I go nuts. Going to try rusto dark brown on the console lid, looks to be pretty close! Did some detailing today, blew out gas lines changed fuel and air filter. Little stuff.

Broke

• SKURG
• Jan 20, 2019

Split

• SKURG
• Jan 20, 2019

Brown

• SKURG
• Jan 20, 2019

“Dark brown” rustoleum satin

 

[emac]

Looks like it is still available for about $7 from toyota. i think this is the proper part. Not worth messing with making your own.

Here is a good site for part numbers and schematics

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 62FJ62LG-PNEA - TOOL-ENGINE-FUEL - | Japan Parts EU

 

[diesellibrarian]

, I found the “leaking” brake was a broken hard line. I tried my hand at a double flare flange and split the line. I’ll try NAPA tomorrow before seeking one online.

I just replaced those hard brake lines on my 62. Used short piece of spare line and a $9 bender from FLAPS. You need a bubble flare, though. Double flare is the wrong flare.

 

[Prairie Swamp]

Even I elected to buy the short hard lines to the caliper rather than fool with making them. If you can wait.

 

[cruisermatt]

That hardline on the caliper/knuckle is one of the dumbest designs on these trucks. I can also clearly see the rubber soft line that it attaches to is in poor shape as well, just get a longer soft line and be able to remove the caliper without bleeding brakes.

 

[SKURG]

NAPA had this on the shelf. Perfect length and about $4. Bled the system and got pressure back. It’s got the stop, it’ll get some go tomorrow.

 

[SKURG]

It’s aliiive. I stayed up late to reinstall the fuel tank. That wasn’t fun by myself but I got it. Double and triple checked everything, had already blown through the lines and changed the filter and just like Magic it fired right up! Sounded pretty good, ran for about 2 min with the garage open. Phone got a 3 second video before shutting down. Up next, everything else! I’ll get it out this weekend

 

[4Cruisers]

It’s aliiive. I stayed up late to reinstall the fuel tank. That wasn’t fun by myself but I got it. Double and triple checked everything, had already blown through the lines and changed the filter and just like Magic it fired right up! Sounded pretty good, ran for about 2 min with the garage open. Phone got a 3 second video before shutting down. Up next, everything else! I’ll get it out this weekend

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Yep, that fuel tank is a bear to remove/install by yourself. I've done that at least a couple of times in the past three years.

 

[georgebj60]

It's a lot easier with this!

 

[SKURG]

Sunday: rolled er out and ran engine a few minutes, it would get too warm and burning off what has accumulated over a few years. Shut er down, I bled the brakes again and got really good pressure. installed new marker lights. Spent most of the day cleaning upholstery and putting panels back after the fuel tank project.
Monday: filled the radiator, drank about a gallon+ and ran the motor for an hour. Not hot! It would go up to about halfway+/- and hold. Now that I know it’s functioning well it’s time to flush and start new. Pulling in and out of garage on it’s own power, ATF was low so it was shifting slow after adding a quart I had a hard time telling where the mark was on the dipstick. Probably should have waited longer. I hope 2 quarts wasn’t too much. I filled at the dipstick so it was picking up a lot of what was in the line. No definite mark. I’ll check in the morning. But with the added ATF it ran and shifted nicely! Up and down the street is all, a few times but a giant smile the whole time! Im feelin lucky! Nothing strange, exhaust is Burning clean, good power, everything seems to work.... I got to figure out these little connectors and fixed passenger parking light. I like the details. next up, valve adjustment!

 

[cruisermatt]

Excellent. Looking more and more like you got the good end of a deal. You didn’t mention what you paid but I’m going to guess not much... which is always nice.

 

[Simcoe]

Man that thing is cleaning up very nicely indeed. Glad to see the progress that you have made on this project so far and I look forward seeing more in the future -

 

[SteveH]

Congratulations!

 

[ss95003]

Congrats, nice work.
I think it is odd that it has the brown interior with the two tone greyish exterior.