Picked up this '77 last week. Seems to run pretty well and minimal rust, but definitely bondo in the typical areas. Has a few electrical issues I'm going to track down. Wipers don't work, headlights/taillights don't work. Horn doesn't work (PO put what looks like a doorbell on the dash to the left of the steering wheel, which I discovered is the horn) Also has a main/aux switch on the dash. Haven't figured out what that does yet. I didn't see a second gas tank underneath? Some of the gauges don't work, so the PO installed a few aftermarket gauges when the ash tray went. Eventually will get a new gauge cluster and get rid of those. For now, want to get the lights and wipers working, change all the fluids and have the engine looked over, to make sure it's running correctly. Then plan on driving it for a while and do little things here and there as they crop up. Eventually get rid of the doorbell-horn and get the real one working again.
Have a few general questions
When I shut either door, there is a gap up top, towards the rear of the door, between the window and the body. Can the doors be adjusted inwards. Looks like the door would have to come in tighter to the body by 1/2" to fill that gap up?
On the roof, about 8-10" back from the front of it, there looks like 5-6 screw or nail heads starting to pop up through the roof. Can I just glass those back in?
The PO filled in the entire rain gutter, around the roof, with silicone. Eventually will scrape it all out but are there fasteners under it that can leak? I can't tell what's underneath all the silicone.
On the drivers side, right above the side vent (right in front of the driver door) there are 2 sets of holes. 6 in a circle pattern and two right on top of each other. You can see them in the last photo I posted. The two on top of each other look like maybe a radio antennae went there. I can't figure what would have gone in the circle of holes. Looking at other FJ's there doesn't appear to be anything factory that was in there. Any thoughts.
Have a few general questions
When I shut either door, there is a gap up top, towards the rear of the door, between the window and the body. Can the doors be adjusted inwards. Looks like the door would have to come in tighter to the body by 1/2" to fill that gap up?
On the roof, about 8-10" back from the front of it, there looks like 5-6 screw or nail heads starting to pop up through the roof. Can I just glass those back in?
The PO filled in the entire rain gutter, around the roof, with silicone. Eventually will scrape it all out but are there fasteners under it that can leak? I can't tell what's underneath all the silicone.
On the drivers side, right above the side vent (right in front of the driver door) there are 2 sets of holes. 6 in a circle pattern and two right on top of each other. You can see them in the last photo I posted. The two on top of each other look like maybe a radio antennae went there. I can't figure what would have gone in the circle of holes. Looking at other FJ's there doesn't appear to be anything factory that was in there. Any thoughts.
Nice looking truck. By the way, watch out for the FJ police as some take umbrage at the association of "FJ" with these classics as opposed to the modern FJ Cruiser.
