'77 FJ40 buildup in Charlotte (finally)

[mcwinery]

Great post. Regarging the wiring book in post 194. Did that come with your wiring harness or is it a FJ40 book? Nice looking rig. I am deciding if I want to spray a liner on the underbody. If so what color. I like the look of yours but my rig is off white. I am thinking a simple off white under body to match.

 

[Cirbo]

That diagram is in the (chassis) Factory Service Manual.

I also agree on the spray liner. I've seen white trucks with black spray liners. IMO, they didn't look good.

 

[Cirbo]

I've been trying to wrap up the wiring, but I keep finding more wires that need pulled. I installed the three autometer gauges into the radio slot (oil pressure, water temp, and trans temp), which was a real tight fit. I found a small gauge panel at Summit that was almost a perfect fit, until it came to installing the lower dash pads. You can't see from the pictures, but both pads have been shaved with a sanding drum to fit the outer gauges.

The next thing to tackle was the gas pedal. MUD research indicated the need for a Lokar replacement of the stock pedal for the V8. Apparently, there is not enough throw in the OE assembly. I guess that folks have heated and bent the stock units to work, but this leaves the pedal pad pretty far off the floor. I build a little blank-off panel for the proper opening and installed the shortened cable assembly. I also flipped the pedal pad over to extend the longer side toward the floor.

 

[Cirbo]

After the gas pedal was installed, I could then shorten the throttle cable and make final adjustments on the transmission kickdown. I tried to route the cable for nice sweeping bends between firewall and throttle body.

 

[Cirbo]

Had to address a few leaks, but she's roadworthy...

WooHoo!

 

[Cirbo]

Pretty bad video, but what the heck.

The rattling you hear is the lower passengers seatbelt attachment flapping in the breeze (as there is no passengers seat installed)

 

[John Smith]

Sounds good, nice exhaust note but not annoyingly loud. Bet you had a big smile on your face during that drive. You do excellent work but the tilt-o-meter on the dashpad has to go, it ruins such a nice clean dash pad and screams tacky add on. On a 4Runner where it was stock OK, otherwise they just look terrible IMHO, unless it is a trail beater where it will be used to freak out the passenger.

 

[Southeast Overland]

Very nice!

 

[mtweller]

Congrats Jim, lookin' good! Hate we didn't get to wheel any together the other week. I look forward to you joining us more in the future!

Ramon

 

[yotaforce1]

she's a beaut.

i would advise keeping that garage locked.

 

[Cirbo]

Congrats Jim, lookin' good! Hate we didn't get to wheel any together the other week. I look forward to you joining us more in the future!

Ramon

Me too Ramon. Like a fool, I waited for the rover folks. After waisting too much time, I ended up going out with the next group of cruisers who left out of the outpost.

 

[fj40er]

Can you please take some pics of your gauge pods you put in your radio hole, I am going to do the same thing on my Cruiser.

 

[corporatemonster]

Query, what is the name of the paint used in the engine bay, under the guards and in the cab?

 

[voyager:01]

great to see it come this far.. nice video.. that thing must be fast.. does it do wheelies?

 

[Cirbo]

Query, what is the name of the paint used in the engine bay, under the guards and in the cab?

Line-X

 

[Cirbo]

Can you please take some pics of your gauge pods you put in your radio hole, I am going to do the same thing on my Cruiser.

Responded on your gauge posting with pictures and a part number. Let me know if you need anything else.

jC

 

[boombapslappy]

You have not been to the house to pick me up!!! I'm ok riding on a milk crate and holding the rollbar. (and don't try to play the "it's not registered yet" card.)

 

[Cirbo]

You have not been to the house to pick me up!!! I'm ok riding on a milk crate and holding the rollbar. (and don't try to play the "it's not registered yet" card.)

I don't know where the new place is!

The plate is on, registration up to date, and insurance in force.

jC

 

[jaacina]

Is that a TD5 in that photo? https://forum.ih8mud.com/3178695-post15.html

Study.....

Read MUD.....

Call Marlin and order the 2.28:1 Toybox. This would grow our already long driveline by .5 inches over the standard AA adaptor for an extra 6-700 dollars, but give us the needed numbers for a decent crawl ratio.

Marlin sent the tailshaft to TCI to be incorporated into a 700R4 that they would build to our specs.

 

[Cirbo]

300tdi that went into my parts chaser.