Builds Build thread - Japhy the Canadian FJ62

[kirvesmies]

ok, gotcha

 

[DEADSALT]

as per the winch or what’s left of it, it’s a warn 8274

 

[diesellibrarian]

as per the winch or what’s left of it, it’s a warn 8274

It's actually a 5687, which is was replaced by the 8274 in the mid-70s. I've tested the winch, and it works, so I'm going to keep it and run it on one of my trucks.

 

[PapaGiamati]

Got a little work done on the 62 over the holidays, but first me and the family got out of town over Christmas to do some skiing. Love these little adventures in the Land Cruiser:

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But once we got home, it was all business. I am kind of sick of working on fenders, so I decided to turn my attention to a large hole in the floor of the cargo area. This meant also patching a smaller hole in the rear passenger fender. It's pretty bad, as you can see:

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The first step was to make a small patch for the fender:

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Here's the fender patch welded in place, and the hole in the floor opened up to allow me to clean things up before installing the new metal. I coated the inside of the body mount with POR-15, even though it's not in terrible shape. An ounce of prevention, am I right?

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And finally, the floor patch tacked in place. I used panel adhesive to glue the patch to the flat surfaces of the body mount, as well as the outer lip and the part that connects to the fender patch I'd just installed. I don't have clecos so I just used sheet metal screws to clamp the patch to the body mount while the adhesive cures. The adhesive will also act as a seam sealer in this area, to hopefully prevent future rusting.

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Word to the wise if you're working in this area: make sure the rubber undercoating is removed before you start welding, as it can start to burn.

Anyway, this was a challenging patch to make and install. Back to working on the fenders I guess!

Did you need to lift the body off the frame at all for this? Im worried about cutting up or welding to that cross member just under the floorpan there.

I could be out to lunch and that is just a body reinforcement structure.

Happy to finally be reading through this thread to give me inspiration for my upcoming welding. Ill be getting after it starting the easter long weekend. Cheers.

 

[diesellibrarian]

Did you need to lift the body off the frame at all for this? Im worried about cutting up or welding to that cross member just under the floorpan there.

I could be out to lunch and that is just a body reinforcement structure.

Happy to finally be reading through this thread to give me inspiration for my upcoming welding. Ill be getting after it starting the easter long weekend. Cheers.

You don't need to lift the body off the frame to fix the floor there, and even if you do, that cross member will come with it, because it's spot welded to the cargo floor. If you cut carefully, you should be fine - and if you happen to cut into the cross member a bit, just weld it up!

I've since scrapped that truck, but I did a bunch more similar repairs on my other FJ62, detailed in this thread, starting around page 4.

Good luck!