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[Henry James the 47th]

another set. I discovered after shortening the rod that the pto shift lever is not in a great alignment with the actuator bar on the gearbox, but it ought to will work well enough if the rod sections are welded to each other along one side, which is my plan.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

A couple more shots of the linkage situation, the first being an alternative connection I was considering and then abandoned.

Then, 3rd, a picture of some wiring I have started in on. I decided to run the wires to/from the alternator, and also set up the wires in the dash to the glow plug controller from the glow plug relay.

The main power tap coming from the alternator, which goes to the fusible link at the battery is in heavy gauge white wire. I also hooked in the water temp sensor line, which is to be yellow-green in this case. The alternator wires besides the white output line are grouped together: white-light blue, white-green, and white black. All three of those go to the voltage regulator, with white-black being the ground wire. The alternator wires bundle together and feed to the front and across the lower edge if the bib to the right side fender. The yellow-green H20 sensor wire will go a shorter distance, directly back to the wiring port on the left side of the firewall near the brake booster. Then, the sensor wire from the brake fluid reservoir can group with it, as they both go to the same general area. Also, the line to the a/c clutch will be grouped with those two.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

More progress: Borrowed a special tool made by Proto (Amazon.com: Proto 5446A Drag Link Socket: Home Improvement)
for tightening the drag link end. The FS Manual said to tighten it fully, then back off 1 and 1/3 turn, which I did. In went the cotter pin, and another tick off the list.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Then I set to work on the hole I needed for the pto shifter. I had marked it out from below, and then used the hole saw drill to poke a couple of holes up through the floor. Then I took the hole saw to the topside. Unfortunately, a little chunk of metal snapped out before I was done, and I made a mess of one of the holes.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

To fix that, I clamped a angle iron piece to the lower side, and went at it again with a slightly larger hole saw.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the hole needed to be a little larger than I had originally thought. There's enough space now to drop the cab in right over the lever handle.

Before I could drop the cab into position, I welded (got another cylinder of gas this morning) the shift lever rod back together.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

another set. The hole turned out pretty well, though I needed to elongate it a little with some careful filing. Thie third pic shows the lever in the 'off' position.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

The first picture shows the lever in the 'on' position, and the second shows the clearance around the parking brake lever. I think the factory set up puts the lever a bit further forward than the bracket from a BJ70 which I have modified to fit the H41 I have. I think I prefer this actually, as the factory position puts the lever closer to where it might rub on the side of my right leg in using the accelerator. It's all good! The weird position of the accel. pedal in picture 2 is due to the fact I removed one of the mounting bolts for the pedal, and it has sprung over to the side.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Then on to completion of the p/s reservoir bracket, which is much stiffer as a result of tacking on the extra 'L' bracket.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Last one for today, showing the reservoir and bracket in position.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

A little bit more done today:

-fitted the rubber grommets, center spacers and so forth to the ends of the rad support rods. I picked up those items from SOR.

-then I bent up the other two brake lines and fitted them to the firewall as best I could. The longest Napa sells however is 61" which just isn't quite long enough to allow for 3 turns at the bottom of the line before it connects to the chassis-mounted junction. So, I'll buy a coil of brake line (the non poly-coated stuff though) and re-do the front one. The rear brake line will be connected to a proportioning valve, which I will pick up tomorrow, and it's shorter length is fine I went with the Tilton metric-compatible valve, and plan to weld a bracket onto the firewall to mount it.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

A couple of random shots

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Now here's a question for the 45-gurus out there: what is the little bracket on the back wall of the upper cab section used for? It is only present on the right side, and there are no other brackets near it, so I'm puzzled as to what it is for. Take a look, and if you have some idea, let me know!

I ordered the OME shocks today - N41's for the back, and N42's for the front, along with an OME steering damper. These seemed like the best match to the OME springs, and the quality, by all accounts, is good.

The shocks are yet another $500 chunk to spend, and the good news is that the number of these costly bits to come in this project is becoming a very short list now.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Was a small rubber gromet, pretty sure it was a stop for the back of the seat.

Now here's a question for the 45-gurus out there: what is the little bracket on the back wall of the upper cab section used for? It is only present on the right side, and there are no other brackets near it, so I'm puzzled as to what it is for. Take a look, and if you have some idea, let me know!

 

[Bear]

Chris,
That bracket does NOT show up on the 80-83 LHD FJ45 gassers.
I am SURE you will however find a good use for it!!

 

[Henry James the 47th]

"Was a small rubber grommet, pretty sure it was a stop for the back of the seat."

"That bracket does NOT show up on 80-83 LHD FJ45 gassers.."

Hmm, okay, I can see that it might have been a stop for the seat back. The cab upper section is after all off a RHD truck. Yet another little difference between LHD and RHD if that's the case. I may have to move it over in behind the driver's seat then.


I fired off the pictures to someone with the EPC data at their fingertips to see what they can find, and if a rubber grommet goes there, hopefully it can still be sourced. My seat is going to be all the way back as it is, and I wonder if I might just as well axe the whole idea of using the bracket, as the last thing I want is another part restricting the space, even if just a tiny bit. Also, I imagine that if it is a seat back stop, then that would work best on seats with a metal backing plate?

 

[Henry James the 47th]

So why would the factory put a seat back stop only on one side? I can't see anything that would stop them from having it on both sides

 

[65-fj45]

That bracket does have a rubber peice that attaches to it, it is for the back of the drivers seat, so as the seat back will not make contact with the rib on the hard top. there is not one on the passenger side due to the fact the seat was fixed and did not slide. The drivers side seat was the only one that had a seat slider.
Since you converted the truck to left hand drive, you will not need the bracket.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

That bracket does have a rubber piece that attaches to it, it is for the back of the drivers seat, so as the seat back will not make contact with the rib on the hard top. there is not one on the passenger side due to the fact the seat was fixed and did not slide. The drivers side seat was the only one that had a seat slider.
Since you converted the truck to left hand drive, you will not need the bracket.

Great, that makes sense. My truck originally had the bench seat - I didn't notice whether it adjusted fore and aft or not, but in any case, it looks like I can ignore the bracket. I may remove it, since it's just held there with a few spot welds. Thanks Mike.

 

[65-fj45]

if you look at buckroseau's 45 build page 25 there is a pick of the bracket on his top on the left side. did your truck have a 60/40 split bench or was it a full bench. if it was the 60/40 only the drivers side slid. by the way great job on the truck.
Mike