Hey everyone, I just became the owner of a 1989 blue fj62. My car, 99 Taurus, broke down and a friend had it sitting in his driveway for the longest time so he let me give him a couple bucks for it so his wife didn't have to look at it rusting away. It is a New York car and the frame rust is something awful.
I did not discover my love for this vehicle until after about 2 weeks of driving it full time. I am new to Land Cruisers, and new to Wrenching in general, but I am definitely smart enough to understand and deduce mechanical systems. Electrical is a bigger learning curve, but hey, I have time for that.
Anyways, when I first got the car I noticed a spongy brake pedal.....figured it was the master, but I went ahead and got all new rotors, pads, calipers, shoes, drums, wheel cylinders, and master. So I was off on my very first actual car repair/maintenance mission, bright eyed and bushy tailed I jumped in head first. It took 3 fkn months for me to get it all done.......So I am a carpenter by trade, I am 29, but I do everything from tile to masonry, framing to finish carpentry, and cabinet building. So I only have weekends to work on the LC, and my sunday is preoccupied with Fantasy Football.
I finished the rear brakes in a couple hours and went to start on the front. Hard brake lines disintegrated upon loosening them. I knew I could do this so the next weekend off to harbor freight to get a brake line bender and flare tools. Got the tools, brake line and hardware, and finally got down to the rotor, didn't want to leave the axle end exposed to the elements for a week. Find out that the wheel studs arent long enough. Reassemble everything, head inside, shower, rock auto, order to longer bolts for the same year. Next weekend rolls around, disassemble everything, bolts to short, FKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, reassemble, shower, rock auto, confused, NAPA. finally find the correct wheel stud which is from production year 1983.
Anyways, the new brakes are in and they work and the vehicle is back on the road. I will be damned if I let this car rot. My name is Aaron, live in Gastonia.
Hello all, nice to meet you
I did not discover my love for this vehicle until after about 2 weeks of driving it full time. I am new to Land Cruisers, and new to Wrenching in general, but I am definitely smart enough to understand and deduce mechanical systems. Electrical is a bigger learning curve, but hey, I have time for that.
Anyways, when I first got the car I noticed a spongy brake pedal.....figured it was the master, but I went ahead and got all new rotors, pads, calipers, shoes, drums, wheel cylinders, and master. So I was off on my very first actual car repair/maintenance mission, bright eyed and bushy tailed I jumped in head first. It took 3 fkn months for me to get it all done.......So I am a carpenter by trade, I am 29, but I do everything from tile to masonry, framing to finish carpentry, and cabinet building. So I only have weekends to work on the LC, and my sunday is preoccupied with Fantasy Football.
I finished the rear brakes in a couple hours and went to start on the front. Hard brake lines disintegrated upon loosening them. I knew I could do this so the next weekend off to harbor freight to get a brake line bender and flare tools. Got the tools, brake line and hardware, and finally got down to the rotor, didn't want to leave the axle end exposed to the elements for a week. Find out that the wheel studs arent long enough. Reassemble everything, head inside, shower, rock auto, order to longer bolts for the same year. Next weekend rolls around, disassemble everything, bolts to short, FKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, reassemble, shower, rock auto, confused, NAPA. finally find the correct wheel stud which is from production year 1983.
Anyways, the new brakes are in and they work and the vehicle is back on the road. I will be damned if I let this car rot. My name is Aaron, live in Gastonia.
Hello all, nice to meet you
