69 fj40 arizona complete rebuild/restoration

[peiserg]

wow you picked up a hell of a lot of info in your high school class!!

Some tips..

beware the original fuel tank. they typically rust out, and at the MINIMUM should be taken to a radiator shop and powersprayed cleaned out. I had my carb rebuilt FIVE times before i did that! Yeah. That sounds like it sucks, mostly because IT DOES SUCK!!

The minitruck PS conversion is pretty cheap. I used it for 10 years, and recently swapped to saginaw. I prefer the saginaw. fewer moving parts gives me less slop in the steering. Downside is it is more pricey.

where in AZ are you? Sedona? Sierra Vista? that sure as shyte isnt phoenix or tucson.

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

EVEN MORE

LOOKING A LIL SHADY UNDER DASH HIT WITH POR15 SHOULDNT GET MUCH SUN

THIS SHOULD BE OK FOR NOW WITH THE CLUSTER

MODING THE LIGHT TO FIT THESE LED I PICKED UP AT HARBOR FOR 16 BUCKS

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

sweet

thanks alot was a college course but its still a learning prosses haha... nice tips just might build my arms for a while till i can go with the saginaw aswell thats the fams farm in Gilbert AZ idk 40 min east of PHX

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

oh and with the tank was about the only thing i didnt sand blast... i was able to eliminate all rust with a wire wheel there was minor pocketing but after i ran a three rince cycle with the inside then painted i feel with a lil luck it just might work haha

 

[peiserg]

oh and with the tank was about the only thing i didnt sand blast... i was able to eliminate all rust with a wire wheel there was minor pocketing but after i ran a three rince cycle with the inside then painted i feel with a lil luck it just might work haha

no no i mean on the INSIDE it's rusty. a LITTLE flake will screw things up quite nicely in your newly rebuilt carb. Did i mention rebuilding carbs 5 times by reputable people and shops sucks?

 

[mattcamp]

nice job, you are putting a hell of a lot of sweat into the rig instead of money, I really like the tail light mod, I might have to steal that idea. Oh and peiserg, he said he did a three rinse cycle on the inside of the fuel tank, so hopefully he wont need to worry about rust getting in his carb, me myself I just run three fuel filters.....just kidding, I should cause I keep getting rust in my carb...ha

 

[peiserg]

nice job, you are putting a hell of a lot of sweat into the rig instead of money, I really like the tail light mod, I might have to steal that idea. Oh and peiserg, he said he did a three rinse cycle on the inside of the fuel tank, so hopefully he wont need to worry about rust getting in his carb, me myself I just run three fuel filters.....just kidding, I should cause I keep getting rust in my carb...ha

ha. laugh (if you must!) but i DO run two filters, after all the frustrations of the carb. It helped, but not much.. i guess if the FIRST filter isn't catching the particles because they are too small, the SECOND filter isn't going to catch them either.

I distinctly recall the mechanic, 2 weeks after a rebuild... telling me i need another one... me questioning his expertise, and he in turn turning the carb on it's side, and knocking out sediment from the tank right in front of me! doh!

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

thanks guys

the tips are totally needed and appreciated is there a good way to check the inside of the tank just to make sure? when i ran some solvent with a lil gas even the first time after letting sit and shaking the tank all around i pored it into a bucket first to check and looked clean is there a better way?

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

thanks matt

ya im pleased with the tail lights i just know ill fab a new bumper at some point but for now was worth doin for the price... i did have 2 trimm a lil bigger hole with the origanal brackets im sure you could figure it out but let me know if u need more pix or info

 

[equus]

gorgeous build sir. congratulations for what youve done so far.. good luck and have fun for the rest of your journey!

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

My poor baby

To all that care i have been soooo busy with this contracting company i fired up i havnt had the time or the extra cash to work on my FJ total bummer... on the other hand the company is going really well and i really hope here in the near future i can get back under the hood of my FJ!!!

alot of landscaping, fencing, home referbs if you want to check it out i just fired up a website for the company aswell... hjgcontracting.com anyways my next post will be of my cruiser cant wait for the day!

 

[69 FJ40 ARIZONA]

I'M BACK! and with a little luck I will finish the cruiser up this time once and for all! I'm excited motivated and saved up a lil cash for the parts I need! I just spent the last 2 weeks un burying the cruiser in what they call a garage but looked more like a dump! Lol first I had to store some stuff somewhere so I installed a attic ladder









and built some shelves up there



then built some shelves in the garage



and after getting some bakers racks and countless I mean COUNTLESS hours of organizing setting up throwing away boxing cleaning finally got down to my cruiser was able to roll her out and give her a quick spit shine more like dusting the thing for more work






I'm so excited to get back into the cruiser and the fact I can walk around in there, know where everything is given it's all organized now!
Sooo back to the wiring where I left off I picked up the EZ wiring kit and it just doesn't seem to be that easy for me at times it's pretty simple but guess the fact it's just been ripped apart for so long and having nothing but the kit and diagrams to go buy it's taking a while!
Can anyone help me out a bit that has used this 12 circuit EZ wiring kit hope it's a good enough harness and is worth the time!? If so please send pix pointers or let me know if you completed it so I can pick your brain ask some questions good to be back and thanks for your help cheers!