Well here we go. A little history on this FJ. Bought this a few months back from a fellow whom worked overseas, yes...S. America FJ out of Peru. He owned the vehicle for 5 years, brought it back with him and it sat in storage for a few years. Story goes wife wanted him to sell it, to which my response was "you can always get rid of the wife", lol.
Anywho, went and looked at it and since it had been sitting in storage for some time, it was running a little rough, but the body looked in decent shape from what I could see at the time. We drove it around the block, checked the 4-wheel drive, etc. and it all seemed good-to-go. Came back a week later and picked it up for a decent price. Took the FJ to a local mechanic friend of mine, and he showed me how to do a general tune up, change all the fluids, new battery, etc. We did so and the vehicle came to life running significantly better day-after-day the more I drove it. Drove it for about 3 weeks and then decided I was going to start restoring it.
Now keep in mind, I have never worked on a car, ever, period. It has always been a goal of mine to learn how do to so to teach/learn how to become more mechanically inclined. So I enlisted the help of a buddy or two, and just started diving in the last two weeks. My goals with this resto-mod/build are straightforward and simple:
Anywho, went and looked at it and since it had been sitting in storage for some time, it was running a little rough, but the body looked in decent shape from what I could see at the time. We drove it around the block, checked the 4-wheel drive, etc. and it all seemed good-to-go. Came back a week later and picked it up for a decent price. Took the FJ to a local mechanic friend of mine, and he showed me how to do a general tune up, change all the fluids, new battery, etc. We did so and the vehicle came to life running significantly better day-after-day the more I drove it. Drove it for about 3 weeks and then decided I was going to start restoring it.
Now keep in mind, I have never worked on a car, ever, period. It has always been a goal of mine to learn how do to so to teach/learn how to become more mechanically inclined. So I enlisted the help of a buddy or two, and just started diving in the last two weeks. My goals with this resto-mod/build are straightforward and simple:
- To learn how to be more mechanically inclined
- To fully understand ever square inch of this ride, and attain the satisfaction knowing that this has been done by me, for me
- To build the FJ I have always wanted since I was a kid and originally fell in love with these trucks