John Staton
SILVER Star
Ok, so I am working on my 1983 FJ60 I purchased about a month ago. Some of the windows are hard to roll up and I am going to go through each door and clean up the inside and lubricate the mechanisms. I bet a lot of folks have done this and here are my questions.
1. What parts would you replace with each door outside of the panel clips of course? I did already order 4 of the little plastic discs that fit behind each window roller.
2. I have one door and it sounds like the glass is loose...works fine, but if I can order the fix for that before I take it apart that would be great...any ideas?
3. any other advise before I start this project.
Also, something I found out and will pass along. When I got her one of the locks would not work. I ordered some lock spray from amazon, which is graphite based. It fixed the one that was not working and I went ahead and sprayed all of them. Consequently, the driver side door lock would not turn...grrrr. I talked to a lock smith and he told me to not used graphite spray in warm climates like Texas. He also said that mixing graphite and WD40 makes glue. His suggestion was to spray brake cleaner in the lock and run my key in and out of it. I did that and it worked. Lesson- if it aint broke, dont fix it.
1. What parts would you replace with each door outside of the panel clips of course? I did already order 4 of the little plastic discs that fit behind each window roller.
2. I have one door and it sounds like the glass is loose...works fine, but if I can order the fix for that before I take it apart that would be great...any ideas?
3. any other advise before I start this project.
Also, something I found out and will pass along. When I got her one of the locks would not work. I ordered some lock spray from amazon, which is graphite based. It fixed the one that was not working and I went ahead and sprayed all of them. Consequently, the driver side door lock would not turn...grrrr. I talked to a lock smith and he told me to not used graphite spray in warm climates like Texas. He also said that mixing graphite and WD40 makes glue. His suggestion was to spray brake cleaner in the lock and run my key in and out of it. I did that and it worked. Lesson- if it aint broke, dont fix it.