So after much cajoling from my Brother Kling-on, I'm finally starting a build thread on the FJ 40 with a Chevy 305ho that he gave me:
Here is the obligatory before photo:
Today I built some Kick panel mounts for speakers for the Fj40,
First i laid out a paper template in Adobe Illustrator.. If folks want it I can export it as a PDF, it fits on 2 pieces of legal sized paper. Taped it up cut it out and did test fitting and adjusting with that...
Then i cut two of them out of some 1/4" abs i had laying around, and cut them out, then using a strip heater that i built out of plywood uchannel and some stainless wire + my car battery charger (i can post pics, if anyone wants to see it's stupid simple) and put 2 90deg bend in it for stiffness, I could have just as easily used metal and a brake to bend it, but my brake hasn't arrived yet and I was impatient, yet i wanted it to look nicer than hammering over the edge of the anvil.
Tomorrow I'm going to run get some self tapping screws and affix them down.
Here are some pics if one propped in place so you can see how they look: (with crappy phone pics)
Here are some pics of my other projects.. if anyone has questions feel free to ask and I'll add info.
"Fancy" tail gate sticker to give her a name:
40mm ammo can locking center console, with leather cushion, Cup holders you might recognize, and leather steering wheel wrap.
leather shifter boot for my transfer case, (still need to make a matching one for my gear shift)
Mini truck power steering thanks to Orange45 (no good pics of it done yet, yet here are some progress pics)
including a nifty heat sink style PS cooler (again from Orange45)
Quicky Refreshing the Knobs in place, (I triedt o do a turotial on this but the pics didn't turn out took about 5 min per knob and I didn't' ahve to remove them:
Refreshed the speedo (Clean and paint needle orange again) and replaced a bad Oil pressure gauge(yes I know it crooked I'll get it next time I'm in there) added reflectors and EL-wire to make the speedo more visible at night. (i need to get a darkness pic)
Swapping all the lights (except one I missed) to LEDs, and fixing several electrical gremlins...
Converting the factory choke cable to a throttle cable,
And swapping out the Choke cable for one that was long enough to work correctly.
wiring up teh relays and switches to make the lights on the bumper work as they were non functional bling when i got it
Oh and Joel/Kling-On gave me a Grey Kayline/STC style soft top to go on it too.. I"ll try to get a pic of that from Katemcy last weekend, from Joel...
Well that catches e up to today, I'll start adding stuff as i do it.. I've got lots of other hobby's so i expect the progress to be slow..
Having fun though!
Thanks Caladin/Eric
Here is the obligatory before photo:
Today I built some Kick panel mounts for speakers for the Fj40,
First i laid out a paper template in Adobe Illustrator.. If folks want it I can export it as a PDF, it fits on 2 pieces of legal sized paper. Taped it up cut it out and did test fitting and adjusting with that...
Then i cut two of them out of some 1/4" abs i had laying around, and cut them out, then using a strip heater that i built out of plywood uchannel and some stainless wire + my car battery charger (i can post pics, if anyone wants to see it's stupid simple) and put 2 90deg bend in it for stiffness, I could have just as easily used metal and a brake to bend it, but my brake hasn't arrived yet and I was impatient, yet i wanted it to look nicer than hammering over the edge of the anvil.
Tomorrow I'm going to run get some self tapping screws and affix them down.
Here are some pics if one propped in place so you can see how they look: (with crappy phone pics)
Here are some pics of my other projects.. if anyone has questions feel free to ask and I'll add info.
"Fancy" tail gate sticker to give her a name:
40mm ammo can locking center console, with leather cushion, Cup holders you might recognize, and leather steering wheel wrap.
leather shifter boot for my transfer case, (still need to make a matching one for my gear shift)
Mini truck power steering thanks to Orange45 (no good pics of it done yet, yet here are some progress pics)
including a nifty heat sink style PS cooler (again from Orange45)
Quicky Refreshing the Knobs in place, (I triedt o do a turotial on this but the pics didn't turn out took about 5 min per knob and I didn't' ahve to remove them:
Refreshed the speedo (Clean and paint needle orange again) and replaced a bad Oil pressure gauge(yes I know it crooked I'll get it next time I'm in there) added reflectors and EL-wire to make the speedo more visible at night. (i need to get a darkness pic)
Swapping all the lights (except one I missed) to LEDs, and fixing several electrical gremlins...
Converting the factory choke cable to a throttle cable,
And swapping out the Choke cable for one that was long enough to work correctly.
wiring up teh relays and switches to make the lights on the bumper work as they were non functional bling when i got it
Oh and Joel/Kling-On gave me a Grey Kayline/STC style soft top to go on it too.. I"ll try to get a pic of that from Katemcy last weekend, from Joel...
Well that catches e up to today, I'll start adding stuff as i do it.. I've got lots of other hobby's so i expect the progress to be slow..
Having fun though!
Thanks Caladin/Eric
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