destins 1964 fj40 FST restore thread

[IDave]

Yep, sweet! Great that you were able to go out and enjoy it!

 

[Icantdive55]

I'm Jealous

Mines still sitting on the rotisserie and you're driving yours for Destin. Looks Great!

Oh well I did get a small beat up section of the body cut out and replaced this weekend and I have the areas I need to cut the rust out of all marked off so at least I got something done

 

[waiting for time]

Congratulations Destin on a job well done.
Are you going for the next level?

 

[a.greenspan]

Thing seems to have over all great power, maybe running a tad rich, but i was pushing 60 on the freeway and had more floor space to go faster ( not safe in my opinion ) Getting an alignment on wednesday as well

Well, nice pics but I missed your doggie, hope you haven`t sold her/him to pay all the bills ...
..okay back to serious , don`t know how old your tyres are, old tyres getting harder and harder ( unsafe) so new tyres would make her a bit smoother and safer also new shocks.
The original Toyota shocks are not the best.
If you grease your leaf springs between the leaves (I use chain spray for bikes) riding get a bit smoother and it prevents rust between the leaves.
Cheers
Peter

PS: Would control all major screws and nuts after 600 miles.

 

[destin]

yeah i need to go through the whole thing and look for loose stuff

Unfortunately I am buried in work

sooooooon

 

[destin]

some beach camping photos from tuesday

Did not get many cruiser photos unfortunately

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

How long do you figure it will take me to make the drive over from Montreal?

Nice pics

 

[destin]

How long do you figure it will take me to make the drive over from Montreal?

Nice pics

Thanks man

 

[Lucy_FJ55]

Great pics! Love the coast, need to surf soon. Very happy for you Destin. Enjoy it!

 

[destin]

Great pics! Love the coast, need to surf soon. Very happy for you Destin. Enjoy it!

Thanks



aligned the front end yesterday, man it tracks smooth now

 

[fj404life]

Come on over! Trail run Saturday up near Mt Bachelor!

 

[waiting for time]

Great pictures, nice to see your dog havimg fun on the beach.

I geather the cruiser also loved the beach

Enjoy

 

[destin]

thanks guys

Hey if i did not have to work I would totally cruise out there

Take photos and post them up of the trail day

 

[JohnnyC]

sometimes you just got to say....ahhhh life is good

now get to work on some cruiser photos LOL

 

[IDave]

What is this "work" you speak of?

 

[destin]

sometimes you just got to say....ahhhh life is good

now get to work on some cruiser photos LOL

will do

 

[destin]

What is this "work" you speak of?

hehe, working on a project for The American Cancer Society, and the timeline of course is getting all sideways

a lot of work today and throughout the weekend.

 

[destin]

Bad news fellas

Driving the rig over the bridge, all is great cruising along, and put a lil gas on the down hill, sounded like it was firing on two cylinders.. white smoke blowing out the pipe..

rounded the corner and parked it and had it towed back home.

Oil pressure looked fine, temp looked fine.
Opened the hood, looked like coolant everywhere ( think it is coolant, the break in oil is green as well, but assuming coolant ) Coolant all over the inside of the hood, could not find where it was coming from.
Maybe blown head or gasket? ( dunno what would cause that much white smoke, and engine sounded pretty bad, not at idle but when i put on the gas to round the corner and park it.

I hope since it all happened so fast and i parked it right away all is cool.
Will tow it to the engine rebuilders monday when they open and hopefully get some answers, if you guys know what it might be chime in please.

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Bad news fellas

Driving the rig over the bridge, all is great cruising along, and put a lil gas on the down hill, sounded like it was firing on two cylinders.. white smoke blowing out the pipe..

rounded the corner and parked it and had it towed back home.

Oil pressure looked fine, temp looked fine.
Opened the hood, looked like coolant everywhere ( think it is coolant, the break in oil is green as well, but assuming coolant ) Coolant all over the inside of the hood, could not find where it was coming from.
Maybe blown head or gasket? ( dunno what would cause that much white smoke, and engine sounded pretty bad, not at idle but when i put on the gas to round the corner and park it.

I hope since it all happened so fast and i parked it right away all is cool.
Will tow it to the engine rebuilders monday when they open and hopefully get some answers, if you guys know what it might be chime in please.

...Destin...just don't know what to say other than this news sucks
Keep us posted on the findings...hang in there...

 

[destin]

thanks bro

I hope it is sorted quickly and easily...

This is all getting kinda old hehe

Glad this did not happen on the trail, man!