destins 1964 fj40 FST restore thread

[Lucy_FJ55]

Right on Destin! Any day now...

 

[destin]

Right on Destin! Any day now...

Thanks!

I cannot wait

 

[a.greenspan]

thanks man, i cannot wait either, been a long time coming, and the weather is perfect for cruisin

... but only in the shadow or in the evening .
We have such temperatures since last week with a short break on
tuesday & wednesday.
Current local time in Germany – Berlin – Berlin

Glad that this event ( classic cars & aeroplanes)
www.classic-days-bb.de is not this weekend .
Hope it doesn`t rain, forecast is a bit bad (rainy) for July 17/18/19

Enjoy your first ride, first trip and the rides & trips that are coming.
Cheers
Peter

 

[destin]

... but only in the shadow or in the evening .
We have such temperatures since last week with a short break on
tuesday & wednesday.
Current local time in Germany – Berlin – Berlin

Glad that this event ( classic cars & aeroplanes)
www.classic-days-bb.de is not this weekend .
Hope it doesn`t rain, forecast is a bit bad (rainy) for July 17/18/19

Enjoy your first ride, first trip and the rides & trips that are coming.
Cheers
Peter

We had a rainy june in oregon ( portland ), but it is crazy hot now

Looking forward to driving the cruiser to the beach with the dog and swimming in the ocean

I will take tons of photos on the maiden voyage and post them here.
Very excited to drive it again

Hope you have a dry weekend!

Cheers!

 

[destin]

www.classic-days-bb.de

Wow!

That looks amazing

 

[a.greenspan]

Looking forward to driving the cruiser to the beach with the dog and swimming in the ocean

I will take tons of photos on the maiden voyage and post them here.
Very excited to drive it again

Hope you have a dry weekend!

Cheers!

Can`t wait to see pics of your doggie with a nice swim suit, snorkel and flippers , he he he
Cheers
Peter

 

[destin]

Can`t wait to see pics of your doggie with a nice swim suit, snorkel and flippers , he he he
Cheers
Peter

hehe

 

[Living in the Past]

thanks man, i cannot wait either, been a long time coming, and the weather is perfect for cruisin

Oy yeah the humidity is the killer for sure, not a big heat person myself, but damn, humidity just makes it worse hehe

Hope you're hiding in some AC

You need to come to Phoenix in July and August. Then it will feel cool when you get home. You park a soft top cruiser out here a couple of summers and you will be driving topless. The sun will eat a top up that fast.I will be out of town all weekend where the high will be 80 degrees with a chance of rain all weekend. There are spots in AZ that are good for cruising in the summer. Phoenix isn't one of them.

I bet you can't wait to get it back. It going to be like a brand new FJ40

 

[destin]

You need to come to Phoenix in July and August. Then it will feel cool when you get home. You park a soft top cruiser out here a couple of summers and you will be driving topless. The sun will eat a top up that fast.I will be out of town all weekend where the high will be 80 degrees with a chance of rain all weekend. There are spots in AZ that are good for cruising in the summer. Phoenix isn't one of them.

I bet you can't wait to get it back. It going to be like a brand new FJ40

haha yes Arizona can get HOT!

I do like the dry heat, but anything over a 100 kills me

Hopefully i be rolling around next week, fingers crossed

 

[destin]

crraaaappp!

seams liek the clutch release fork is slightly bent ( the part the throw out bearing sits on )

anyone know where i can get one quickly?
or is this something to not worry about so much

man, just when i thought it was smooth sailing

I post some photos of the part i am talking about in an hour.

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Did you call Mark?

 

[destin]

cool found one

here are some photos of the bent clutch fork:


bent on the side

looks like a plasma cutter hit it here

twisted...

 

[Bill McC]

Pintle found!

Still have not found a pintle hook that matches the bolt pattern on the back, i might have to make some modification down the road or keep searching

A small military trailer would be cool down the road

Oh come now! U.S. Army surplus pintle fits mine perfectly. I got it from an online surplus place in P.A. I will look around and let you know.

Ta Da!!

http://store.colemans.com/cart/pintle-hitch-p-1459.html

 

[destin]

Oh come now! U.S. Army surplus pintle fits mine perfectly. I got it from an online surplus place in P.A. I will look around and let you know.

Ta Da!!

Pintle Hitch [218701] - $35.00 :: Colemans Military Surplus LLC - Your one-stop surplus store with Army/Navy products for hunting gear, camping gear, emergency products, and survival products

yeah i bought and resold a few dif pintles trying to find one that matched ( all had slight dif bolt patterns )

I guess i need to find just the right one, or weld and reinforce the rear for one i have

 

[Bill McC]

Pintle

I got mine from Colemans and it did bolt right up with my metric bolts. These are the same holes my ball hitch fits too. Would you like measurements?

 

[destin]

I got mine from Colemans and it did bolt right up with my metric bolts. These are the same holes my ball hitch fits too. Would you like measurements?

that would be awesome man

measurements from center of hole left right and top bottom

Maybe my cruiser was drilled for something dif, or the pintles were for some other vehicle...

 

[fj404life]

Im thinking you could probably straighten that fork out...but you can get new ones still from Yota I believe. That sucks wonder why it got all twisted up?

 

[destin]

Im thinking you could probably straighten that fork out...but you can get new ones still from Yota I believe. That sucks wonder why it got all twisted up?

yeah i dunno man, it is pretty burly steel , but looks like it was mangled at one point in time.

I figure since the whole engine and clutch kit are new, why not make this bit new, ordered a new one form toyota

 

[fj404life]

good work!

 

[destin]

good work!

hopefully i can get it running by this weekend

Maybe i can drive out to boise and visit the wifey on her last medical rotation for school

Looks like the sawtooths have some dope offroad s***e too
( will change the oil on the way likely after the break in miles )