Barn Rebuild: The family heirloom

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Weber Sarge said:
Take a look at the Matco tube flaring kit or Eastwood's unit , both are excellent and provide perfect flares every time with no guesswork . I've used the Matco for 15yrs now and no other kit including Blue Point comes close due to Matco's indexing design on the u-press frame .
Sarge
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Thanks for the advice. I borrowed a flare tool kit, since it is a rarely-used item. If I buy, I'll compare those with the Rigid system, which also looks solid.

Back to tasks at hand, I flared up a couple lines on the rear after rebuilding the slaves. The length and shape aren't quite up to my expectations. Life goes on. If they seal (in however much time it takes to actually test them out), I'm happy. There's more to do, but I was tired...

Next weekend is another opportunity.
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Still making brake lines. Things are coming along nicely, albeit slowly. I need to remember to pick up some sheet metal to bend into brake line guides along the frames and axles.

Question for you all: should I use sheet steel, steel strapping, or sheet aluminum? I'm leaning towards sheet steel. Thin enough to cut with snips.
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One of the tube flares was over-tightened by either the factory or my uncle so badly that the threads were not fixable. Bummer.

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Now I need one of these. It is 3-way tee connector and M9x1.00. If you have one left over from your brake conversion, PM me please.

If nothing turns up, I'll get a new tee fitting for M10x1.00 and just have to build the lines a little bit off factory spec. I consider that a small sacrifice for a vehicle that I plan on driving from time to time.

Until then, here are some pics of today's progress.
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Also, I happened to bring my spouse along. She flared some fittings and we made the line that connects to the rear circuit. I needed the passenger fender to get the bends just right.
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Heirloom said:
Used the brass brush to try and restore the badge on the fender. Model FJ40L ? What does the L mean?
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Left hand drive.
 
Um, unless I'm mistaken that also means you have a factory soft top on your hands. A factory hard top would be an LV. Do you have eye bolts on your door frames and a light on the far right of your dash? Any brackets in the rear inside corners of the tub?

Sent from my iPhone using IH8MUD at 85mph in an FJ40
 
I have a hard top, but no FST parts. It does explain the twist-lock holes drilled all around the tub.

If FST, why are there no holes in the dash for door straps?
 
subzali said:
Um, unless I'm mistaken that also means you have a factory soft top on your hands. A factory hard top would be an LV. Do you have eye bolts on your door frames and a light on the far right of your dash? Any brackets in the rear inside corners of the tub?

Sent from my iPhone using IH8MUD at 85mph in an FJ40
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Didn't the V not come in until 75 with the advent of the ambulance doors as an option globally (standard in US)?
 
It has the barn doors at rear. I thought the FST came with tailagate and hardtop had the barn doors. The '65 and '72 FST I have both have tailgate. Both have the large eyebolt for straps and the half hinge (cant think of a better term) for soft doors. I have found hardtops to replace the soft tops for both.

Heirloom, you are very welcome on that part; glad I could help. This is a hobby and we are all trying to get these older 40's back on the road
 
ar2stp48 said:
It has the barn doors at rear. I thought the FST came with tailagate and hardtop had the barn doors. The '65 and '72 FST I have both have tailgate. Both have the large eyebolt for straps and the half hinge (cant think of a better term) for soft doors. I have found hardtops to replace the soft tops for both.

Heirloom, you are very welcome on that part; glad I could help. This is a hobby and we are all trying to get these older 40's back on the road
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Thanks again. The splitter you sent was in better shape than most of the hardware I reused.

The tub has no eye bolts or holes for eye bolts in the dash/door pillars. I have barn doors. The sill (what was left of it) had no tailgate holes. The sill looked factory drilled for the barn door deadbolt. The pinch rail around the top of the tub is drilled for the twist locks. None of my buckets of parts have turned up twist locks (correct name?) yet. There is a full compliment of footman loops on the tub. Barn doors have footman loops, too (I think they all did).

What say the experts?
 
I figured someone could have swapped out the tailgate for barn doors for some reason. I must be mistaken on the soft top idea, josh must be correct

Sent from my iPhone using IH8MUD at 85mph in an FJ40
 
Started organizing my mess today, since the drivetrain is next. Transmission shifts by hand to every gear. Driveshafts are complete. Bell housing is in great shape (preserved by various leaks that encapsulated it in oily sludge).

I have already had the head rebuilt. I need to take the engine to a machine shop and have it measured. Everything moves freely and there is no play, but the cylinders are polished and ever so mildly stepped by the rings. The water jackets are rusty, so I think the block needs to be dipped. We will see what they advise when the machine shop gets the block.

Here are a couple before pics:
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