Bought My First Pig (1 Viewer)

[FLMikem]

Dang, seems like your PO was unencumbered by lack of knowledge or skill...

Not. At. All. There was no job to big or small they couldn't booger up. Yeah there is no oil filter. I was dreading looking at the bearings but they seemed fine. I'm assuming it hasn't been filter-less for too long. That's going to be fixed now though.

 

[FLMikem]

Can someone check my work here? Throw out bearing on correctly?

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

Yes, perfect! Proceed.

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

Replace the pilot bearing in the crank too. Use the bread method. Just did it on my 45. Post 8 here:

'64 SWB and '65 LWB 45 Irish twins

Been blessed to currently own 4 Land Cruisers, 2 of which are 45s. I grew up with lots of memories of Land Cruisers and 4 wheeling in the mountains of southern NM. We pulled out a lot of CJ5s and 7s with my dad's 40 and when driving along the cliffs of Long Ridge in the Sacramento mountains...

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[scrapdaddy]

Just to throw it out there, make sure the disc plate is facing the right way. Make note of how the old one looks and install the same way. I like the bread method, too.

 

[FLMikem]

Yes, perfect! Proceed.

Thanks. Yeah currently taking the PB. My slide adapter is a touch too large so creative bread etc is next

 

[FLMikem]

Never have I ever scrubbed a headliner. At least it smells like clean laundry now instead of old funk.

Pivot ball, speedo cable, and oil lines came in and installed. Waiting on some other vanity stuff.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Wow, that's sure a difference!

 

[bobm]

What you use?

 

[scrapdaddy]

Elbow grease!

 

[FLMikem]

What you use?

Laundry detergent and water and lightly scrubbed with a green scotch bright pad. A large brush about the stiffness of a toothbrush would've worked as well. It was mostly dust ,dried mildew, and some mold.

 

[MudDauber]

Dude, just re-read your build, no oil filter...wow

Did you get a new inspection cover? There was one listed in a hodge-podge of parts in classifieds if you need it, no grenade special effects...maybe it would work for you, maybe not depending on what you are doing at this stage. Parting Out - North Atlanta GA: Last parts from our 1973 FJ55 part out - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/north-atlanta-ga-last-parts-from-our-1973-fj55-part-out.1300813/

Keep up the good work!

 

[FLMikem]

Dude, just re-read your build, no oil filter...wow

Did you get a new inspection cover? There was one listed in a hodge-podge of parts in classifieds if you need it, no grenade special effects...maybe it would work for you, maybe not depending on what you are doing at this stage. Parting Out - North Atlanta GA: Last parts from our 1973 FJ55 part out - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/north-atlanta-ga-last-parts-from-our-1973-fj55-part-out.1300813/

Keep up the good work!

Yeah there's been a ton of under the surface stuff on this so far. Lots of correcting bad/horrible and some just downright wrong repairs.

Yeah @cruisermatt hooked me up with a side cover, transmission stuff and some oil filter things. He's been a huge help.

 

[MacDaddyRabbit]

Yeah there's been a ton of under the surface stuff on this so far. Lots of correcting bad/horrible and some just downright wrong repairs.

Yeah @cruisermatt hooked me up with a side cover, transmission stuff and some oil filter things. He's been a huge help.

Kudos to cruisermatt...

 

[FLMikem]

Took a crack at cleaning up the manifolds. Got super lucky and came away with no broken bolts or nuts. The long manifold clamping bolt almost got me but enough heat, lube, patience, and impact guns got it. Found some more PO surprises though. Any guesses what these welds are supposed to be doing? Not much I suppose. Either way,.might be going header sooner rather than later - MIGHT.

 

[bobm]

HEADER

 

[FLMikem]

HEADER

Any recommendations?

 

[cruisermatt]

SOR. expensive but very nice. Just installed a set on the red 69 here.

I JUST sold the perfectly good exhaust manifold off the 70 parts truck too

 

[FLMikem]

SOR. expensive but very nice. Just installed a set on the red 69 here.

I JUST sold the perfectly good exhaust manifold off the 70 parts truck too

Bummer! The SOR ones hold up nice over time?

 

[bobm]

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