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Found a used rear view mirror to replace the glued on one.
Build "Falcor" the 1984 FJ60
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All five shined up great!
Die grinder, 2” buffing wheel, chrome polish and time.
After
All five shined up great!
Die grinder, 2” buffing wheel, chrome polish and time.
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New shoes
33-10.5-15 Toyo M/T
33-10.5-15 Toyo M/T
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Out with the old and in with the new much brighter LED headlights.
I’ll go aim them tonight.
I’ll go aim them tonight.
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Also, so I’ll avoid the near miss of my scull on the rear hatch…
2 new struts. Direct fit. $20.
2 new struts. Direct fit. $20.
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Carpet kit from @dnp went in smoothly. I still need to put the rear wheel well and tailgate pieces in, waiting for spray adhesive.
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The only spot I can't seem to figure out is that little square toward the right hand side of that sill plate above. No matter what I couldn't seem to position the second row carpet so it would go away without affecting other areas in such a way that the carpet didn't fit. I'm hopeful the wheel well sections either cover it or I can use a scrap there.
It looks great and was super easy!
Before
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The only spot I can't seem to figure out is that little square toward the right hand side of that sill plate above. No matter what I couldn't seem to position the second row carpet so it would go away without affecting other areas in such a way that the carpet didn't fit. I'm hopeful the wheel well sections either cover it or I can use a scrap there.
It looks great and was super easy!
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Desmog done. Used the plugs, caps, pulley and block off plate from TLC Performance. PM me if you want what came off including a very new air pump.
Doing this got rid of about 3 small exhaust leaks. When I get the exhaust replaced I’ll remove the pipe that runs up the driver’s fender to the air pump, until then its hillbilly AF.
I also replaced the upper T-stat housing with the new one.
Doing this got rid of about 3 small exhaust leaks. When I get the exhaust replaced I’ll remove the pipe that runs up the driver’s fender to the air pump, until then its hillbilly AF.
I also replaced the upper T-stat housing with the new one.
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Wish I could find a brush guard like that, I think they look great on 62's
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Yeah, funny enough, when I first got the rig I didn't love it, now I'm really digging it.
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Yeah I always Imagine my 62 as squinting, like it needs glasses (and my 60 was wide eyed obviously), and the brush guard is the glasses.
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I got some time in Falcor yesterday. I drove it around to run a bunch of errands, one of which was to the local Toyota dealer. Here's what I learned.
It still diesels like a mofo when shut down warm. I ordered a City Racer aftermarket desmogged carb to replace the Weber, if anyone wants the Weber PM me. It's a good carb, just want to go back to factory and this is a good excuse.
I went to adjust the timing only to find the slot that the distributor bolt hold down goes through was broken by someone along the way. I was still able to adjust it and put the chunk of slot back in when snugging it down. With both vac lines disconnected at roughly 750rpm it had 18 degrees of timing. I took it down to 10 degrees.... it still diesels when shut down warm. I'm hoping the carb may fix
Here’s the chunk…
The intake/exhaust manifold gasket is wasted. I ordered a Remflex, that worked well on my 40. Not super excited about that job but it shouldn't be too hard.
Toyota is going to give me a new gas tank and some seatbelts under a recall... so that's cool. I asked about getting a clutch and rear main done while it's in there and he quoted me $3900.... no thanks. I can do it with all factory parts for about 1/6th of that and it gives me an excuse to buy a nicer jack with a trans holder.
A good chunk of the exhaust from the cat back is rusted out really badly. The best muffler shop in my area for custom exhaust, Muffler King in Kirkland is now under new ownership. They quoted me $1900 for new exhaust.
I'm still laughing about that. When I told them that I did my 40 there for $400 they said they "stick by their quote". I'm super bummed, this place WAS amazing. I guess I'll need to find a new place or get the parts from the dealer here and do it with factory parts. I did a quick search and including the cat and muffler it will be less than $600 in parts.
I took some time to rewrap the winch cable with a little drag on it. This took all of the kinks out of the cable and gave me a chance to test out the winch. It works well.
It still diesels like a mofo when shut down warm. I ordered a City Racer aftermarket desmogged carb to replace the Weber, if anyone wants the Weber PM me. It's a good carb, just want to go back to factory and this is a good excuse.
I went to adjust the timing only to find the slot that the distributor bolt hold down goes through was broken by someone along the way. I was still able to adjust it and put the chunk of slot back in when snugging it down. With both vac lines disconnected at roughly 750rpm it had 18 degrees of timing. I took it down to 10 degrees.... it still diesels when shut down warm. I'm hoping the carb may fix
Here’s the chunk…
The intake/exhaust manifold gasket is wasted. I ordered a Remflex, that worked well on my 40. Not super excited about that job but it shouldn't be too hard.
Toyota is going to give me a new gas tank and some seatbelts under a recall... so that's cool. I asked about getting a clutch and rear main done while it's in there and he quoted me $3900.... no thanks. I can do it with all factory parts for about 1/6th of that and it gives me an excuse to buy a nicer jack with a trans holder.
A good chunk of the exhaust from the cat back is rusted out really badly. The best muffler shop in my area for custom exhaust, Muffler King in Kirkland is now under new ownership. They quoted me $1900 for new exhaust.
I'm still laughing about that. When I told them that I did my 40 there for $400 they said they "stick by their quote". I'm super bummed, this place WAS amazing. I guess I'll need to find a new place or get the parts from the dealer here and do it with factory parts. I did a quick search and including the cat and muffler it will be less than $600 in parts.I took some time to rewrap the winch cable with a little drag on it. This took all of the kinks out of the cable and gave me a chance to test out the winch. It works well.
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Stoked to have that problem solved.
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Yeah, I thought really hard about a Sniper. It kind of got me thinking about the whole scope of Falcor. I came up with "Simple and Original". I won't lie, $$ played a factor as well. HA!
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You too?
Hit me up next time.
Will do! I'm thinking of heading over to SLC to see the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum as soon as the 40 is back together. It's in two pieces right now. HA!
While there it would be criminal not to take the short hop over to Moab and do an easy trail. I was there a few years ago with some friends, we did a few trails and lots of mountain biking. Such a rad place. Arches NP is also really cool.