Another Introduction

[74fj40]

Max installed a later 40 or 60 coulumn in his but had a heck of a time with the wiring - they just are not easlily interchanged. - Finally had to buy a trailer wiring conversion kit - worked sorta - his turn signals now stop when he hits the brakes, but everything else works....

Got the engine tranny and transfer case out all at once - gonna put the replacements back the same way - you7're welcome to drop by as soon as we figure out when - we may be working on it little by little during the week and then go after it wholesale on Saturday.....

Quick buy the place with the garage before she changes her mind!!!!!

Thanks Max and/or Rob! Have you done anything to any of your 40's steering? If so I'd like to know about it. I hear you're making progress on Kiel's 62, when's the motor going in? Need another body to help?

As you know I don't have a garage and drive to my kids house when I need one. I came home from picking it up and was looking at places to buy with garages. What a woman!

 

[Front Range 4x4]

Max installed a later 40 or 60 coulumn in his but had a heck of a time with the wiring - they just are not easlily interchanged. - Finally had to buy a trailer wiring conversion kit - worked sorta - his turn signals now stop when he hits the brakes, but everything else works....

Got the engine tranny and transfer case out all at once - gonna put the replacements back the same way - you7're welcome to drop by as soon as we figure out when - we may be working on it little by little during the week and then go after it wholesale on Saturday.....

Quick buy the place with the garage before she changes her mind!!!!!

I get a pig and garage, gets a new place - it's a win/win situation.

If Saturday's your major install day I may just stop down, would be nice to see Kiel behind the wheel again.

 

[InsanityIsBorn]

Hopefully I will be down on Saturday Morning...trying to figure out if it would be cheaper to fly or drive...especially since I am in Robs 40...a 200mile drive in that thing doesn't sound fun...

-Kiel-

 

[Front Range 4x4]

Yes. There was a change in the window frame in '76 or so...the leading top edge angle was rounded off where the A pillar meets the roof. Any wind-wing door will fit your '69. And a one-window door from a '74 or '75 will also fit. A '76 and later door will fit an early Pig, but will look funny. An early door will not fit a later Pig without mods. A wind-wing can be installed in a '74 or '75 one-window door (I've done that). Don't know if a one-piece window can go in an earlier door, never tried that.

Thanks Pighead, very good information to have since it looks as though I may choose to replace rather than repair both front doors.

Quick buy the place with the garage before she changes her mind!!!!!

C'mon Rob, you're an "old married man" so you know once you say okay to a new place it can't be taken back. Probably her idea all along.

I'm reading up on Pigs and she keeps handing me her laptop with another listing. Funny how the price keeps creeping up.

BTW, just finished reading "Best eBay Purchase Ever" in TT and want to congratulate you on a fine article!

 

[InsanityIsBorn]

Thanks Pighead, very good information to have since it looks as though I may choose to replace rather than repair both front doors.



C'mon Rob, you're an "old married man" so you know once you say okay to a new place it can't be taken back. Probably her idea all along.

I'm reading up on Pigs and she keeps handing me her laptop with another listing. Funny how the price keeps creeping up.

BTW, just finished reading "Best eBay Purchase Ever" in TT and want to congratulate you on a fine article!

Rob you got an article in Toyota Trails?? about Max's 40 huh?

-Kiel-

 

[PabloCruise]

Nice Pig!

Good job, and congrats!

 

[rsbcruiser]

Wow! side turns that stick out of the upper fender. Did not know. Beyond cool. Check out my hinge rebuild thread. The ol 55s' have quite a few "qwirks" you will need to get familiar with. Like those side turn signal lights, bet they are hard to get. Another is the rubber flaps covering the rear frame to body mounts. Check those out. They are a mud and dirt scoop if they come loose allowing rust. Does your pig have the in cab heater shutoff? Those are another can't get. I think you can use one of $ORs $100 Fj-40 heater valves. You will have to modify the thing to make it work. Have not tried that one so if you do let me know how it turns out. Turn signal relay is a can't get. Brake booster rebuild on mine (74) was $400. I wish I had switched to disc brakes prior to dumping money into the brakes. Honest, all that and I know the 60 has better engineering and all but.......well we pig people just know. I dont really even know what it really is but I have not found a good explanation yet. Sinnin grinnin when I drive mine. Part of it is that everywhere I look is evidence of a machine designed for heavy offroad use. The 60 has features that are "more civilzed", paved road compromises, IDK. Welcome

 

[Front Range 4x4]

I'm enjoying my new toy and am quite happy with it and am the first to admit there's a lot I have to learn rsbcruiser. I didn't know the turn signals were rare or even existed until it was pointed out by pighead. Yeah, I'm sure they're hard to find. Rubber flaps? I'll have to look for those, thanks for the heads up. In cab heater shut off? I don't know, the front & rear heaters are there but the blower for the front is in a box. I get some radiant heat from the heater hoses but nothing appears to make it to the heater. It's on my to-do list which is very long to say the least.

Right now I'm trying to take care of major things like two front doors that are shot. Drivers glass is cracked, inside handle doesn't work, the top and bottom were poorly repaired and the door drops a couple inches when opened. The passenger side is bad but isn't nearly as bad and has the biggest bondo patch (falling off) that I've seen in a long time. The hood is pretty sad, obviously opened at speed some time in the past and whacked the roof. The roof wasn't damaged but the hood was and was bent back into a somewhat semblance of original. The interior is pretty poor but that's not a big issue since the headliner is pretty good.

The good stuff is that the PO did put discs on the front, it runs well, the floorboards are not rusted through and the rear window works. The rockers are pretty much intact, the fenders has rust in the usual spot up front but the back is pretty good, the roof is great with a funky rack and everything is pretty good overall for a 38 year old truck.

Yes, it doesn't have the engineering of the 60 series not to mention the 62 which is my DD but when I get in the pig, I love it. Driving the 62 afterwards I see what a refined truck it is.

A couple pics, first is the repair of the cracks in the floorboards by the drivers side seat mount. Simple cracks easily welded along with a couple smaller stress cracks from the drivers seat mounting. The second has a couple wires that I'd like to identify. There are 3 wires that appear to run to the rear heater, one's connected the marked ones are not. Can someone rell me what they're supposed to be connected to? Yes, I have a FSM on the way but until then I'm curious.

 

[FineWynsFJ40]

It's nice to finally have one, how's yours?

Rusty