Dashboard question (1 Viewer)

[BeagleBJ40]

I'm a rookie here and just bought my first Land Cruiser, a 1978 BJ40-LV-KC. I'm learning as I go. Below is photo of the dash. The switch labelled "A" with a choke knob is a 3 position for the wipers; "C" is the lighter; "D" with a lights knob is the choke. The real switch for the lights is to the left of the steering column. My question is: What is the switch with the small knob labelled "B" in the photo for? It is a 2 position (on/off) push/pull but is not connected to anything. Thanks for your help.

 

[LandCrusher'70]

That small switch in my 1970 is for the courtesy/ dome light. I can’t give you a 100% that this is what it’s for on your Cruiser…

 

[BeagleBJ40]

That small switch in my 1970 is for the courtesy/ dome light. I can’t give you a 100% that this is what it’s for on your Cruiser…

It's not connected to anything now but I'll see if there are some loose wires that might run to the dome light. Thank you!

 

[spotcruiser]

 

[BeagleBJ40]

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Wow, that looks quite a bit different than my BJ40 dash. I'm guessing POs did some "rearranging". Thank you.

 

[spotcruiser]

Wow, that looks quite a bit different than my BJ40 dash. I'm guessing POs did some "rearranging". Thank you.

Yeah, that's a diagram for an FJ40. I would have thought a BJ40 to have basically the same layout, but maybe they're different. Certainly yours wouldn't have a choke and might have a switch/indicator for glow-plugs, but it seems like the rest would be common.

 

[spotcruiser]

Here's a photo of the dash from 1980 BJ40 that sold on Ebay. It's somewhat similar to yours.

Post your question in the diesel section. Those folks can probably answer your question.

Diesel Tech / 24 volts

BJ/HJ diesels (3B, 13BT, 1KZ, 1HZ, 1PZ, etc) and other diesel conversions (ie: Isuzu, Hino, 4BT, 6BT, etc)

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[LandCrusher'70]

Dash Configuration Reference

I would like to start a reference thread documenting the stock layout of 40 series dashboards. I think it would be useful to show a picture of the entire dash, side-to-side... or maybe 2 slightly overlapping pictures to increase our ability to see what is there. Along with this we can add...

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[BeagleBJ40]

Yeah, that's a diagram for an FJ40. I would have thought a BJ40 to have basically the same layout, but maybe they're different. Certainly yours wouldn't have a choke and might have a switch/indicator for glow-plugs, but it seems like the rest would be common.

You're right, of course, a diesel would not have a choke. Clearly, I wasn't thinking. I'm now guessing the "D switch" is the injection timing advance lever for cold starts. Thanks spotcruiser!

 

[BeagleBJ40]

Here's a photo of the dash from 1980 BJ40 that sold on Ebay. It's somewhat similar to yours.

Post your question in the diesel section. Those folks can probably answer your question.

Diesel Tech / 24 volts

BJ/HJ diesels (3B, 13BT, 1KZ, 1HZ, 1PZ, etc) and other diesel conversions (ie: Isuzu, Hino, 4BT, 6BT, etc)

forum.ih8mud.com

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[BeagleBJ40]

Thanks again. That photo does help. I'm move over the diesel board.