I am getting to know that towel very well..
Builds 73 FJ40 Refresh
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I finished cleaning up the rear seat belts. They are still 50 years old but at least they are clean.
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One horn done.
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Next up, switch knobs.
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These, I think. The headlight switch knob is not a choice since it is back lit, no options there.
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Received these from @cruisermatt to mount my spare tire latch to the rear crossmember/sill. These are made for the tail gate hinges but the spare tire carrier latch is the same hole spacing. Very High quality.
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Inside door handles. The driver side was split years ago and I repaired it with some epoxy. Seems to be holding up ok.
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The clevis pins for the brake and clutch pedals use a cotter pin to retain them on the 40 series trucks. I hate standing on my head trying to install or remove one of those pins so I looked around and found these clips used on the 80 series trucks and a bunch of Toyota cars.
MAR FJ40
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Why couldn't you have posted this about two weeks ago? Haha
Harbor China as an assortment in a plastic box $7 150 in 4 sizes
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Continuing to organize parts as I am waiting for the body shop. I gathered the fuel filler area stuff.
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Bib stuff. This is productive in that I am finding stuff I forgot, like the Bezel screws and bib hinge bolts/washers/nuts.
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Hood. Dinner time.
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I was sorting parts again today and came across the two heavy plate washers. Any ideas where these go?
12.5mm ID x 39.5mm OD x 4.3mm thick
12.5mm ID x 39.5mm OD x 4.3mm thick
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As an aside, I am working on adding a rear camera on my 08 FJCruiser. There is a boss on the rear door for the grommet to feed the camera wire through but the part number for the grommet is a mystery. I found this one, not the correct one for the camera but is commonly used as a license plate wire grommet on Toyota cars. I wanted something with a neck on it to help seal out the water. It might work on the FJ40 rear wheel wells where the wires for the side markers come up through. I will check next time I visit my truck at the body shop. $8.37 from Mr. T, 90480-15194.
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I wonder if this would suffice as a door wire grommet for 60 series trucks?
I wouldn’t say with any certainty but since I am elbow deep in my FJ40 seats, there are washers like these under the bolts that hold the sliders to the floor uprights.
One thing I notice: the holes in the seat slides for the bolts are almost double the size of the bolts. It’s as if someone intentionally planned on potentially twisting the seat a few degrees left or right instead of a well- calculated hole alignment. Of course with a hole that large, a decent washer will keep the hex head of the bolts secured better that just the minimal edge of the 6-point head
One thing I notice: the holes in the seat slides for the bolts are almost double the size of the bolts. It’s as if someone intentionally planned on potentially twisting the seat a few degrees left or right instead of a well- calculated hole alignment. Of course with a hole that large, a decent washer will keep the hex head of the bolts secured better that just the minimal edge of the 6-point head
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They did come from inside the truck I think, this makes sense. I will put them in the seat bracket box.
