ih8mud inspired build

[TractorDoc]

Thanks for keeping an Eye on me Dagha. . .
Glad to hear you've been productive even if it has involved some interior decorating. I went thru something similar after acquiring an older farmhouse years ago; You must be a better carpenter/drywaller/floor 'n cabinet installer/painter/plumber/electrician than I because it took me a year plus to get everything to livable standards. I even had help from family. . . but only had the weekends/evenings to utilize around the job.
Looking forward to more of your adventures and "helpers" out in the bush. If you near Ohio next time back in the states give a shout, would be happy to buy lunch/supper and talk.

Also, why is the woman half dressed in your cartoon? Or is that just what the ladies wear over yonder?

 

[Dagha Boy]

Hey TractorDoc

If you ask the MWFD she will tell you that it is all in the supervision. This one was not too bad. I'm fortunate that I have full days but there are many distractions.

I grew up on farms so learnt to do many of these things from watching and getting in the way. The Old Man used to buy, fix and sell farms as a sideline so for most of my growing years there was always work being done somewhere.

Ohio is on the list for next year. I plan on spending more time in the mid-west - Debi still has a farm and family near De Kalb so we go every year, but this time I want to travel around a bit more. Mouline/John Deere is a must. Would be great to have lunch and see that blue boy in the flesh.

Some of the ladies down here do in fact wear very little, but the story that goes with the cartoon actually has a good explanation. It also describes quite nicely the South African attitude to life in general. I'm attaching scans of the article. Quite funny.

Some translations:

"matric daughter" matric is 12th grade - final year at school +/- 17 to 18 yrs old.
"standard 7" grade 9 about 14 years old.
"geyser" electric domestic hot water heater
"bakkie" pick-up truck

 

[Vossie]

great story. reminds me so much of what i and my father have gotten up to in the bush.

when i was a child, he had a HZJ75, the bakkie that started my love affair with cruisers. he had the spare mounted behind the cab, upright on the drivers side. it was in the perfect spot for me to sit on sideways, so my legs dangled off the side of the cruiser and i could hold onto the roll bar and still sit high enough to look over the roof of the cruiser. i was only 4 or 5 years old at the time

thats where i grew up, atop a cruiser on dust roads. stories like this one you posted remind me so much of fond childhood memories, going anywhere and everywhere with my pa in his cruiser.

 

[Dagha Boy]

Well, so much for "...finishing off in July 2017... and selling it in June 2018..."

The sad truth is the Dagha Boy got moved into the storeroom/garage while I was doing the work for the house in its space. Tools and the truck have been 50m away from each other. There it sat and slowly but surely got stuff packed on top of it.

Until today that is! I went down there for something this morning and decided bugger this, when a ladder fell over onto the hood - deep scratch right there. I decided to start work again next week when I get back from the bush and started clearing the worst of the stuff off so that I can move it.

While scratching around I found two old white reflectors. I have been hunting for years without success to get new ones, so I fitted them just to be able to actually make a start again.

TWO REFLECTORS FITTED = SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.

CLOSE UP

I have not seen these reflectors on the USA or Aussie ones. I think it must have been for the SA market and new white reflectors of this type are simply not obtainable anywhere. Blue, green, amber and red but not white!

 

[D21FJ60]

Well look who came up for air

 

[DSB345]

Good to see you back.
Dave

 

[Grant Woodbridge]

great Find on the reflectors.

 

[Dagha Boy]

Aargh! No LC progress.

The last two weeks suddenly got consumed by a smoker project. I acquired a taste for Texas BBQ earlier this year and with the nearest BBQ restaurant 10 000km away I was forced to make a plan. I ended up building one and taking it out to my favourite bush pub so that they can put brisket on their menu. We did a trial run on Sunday with some chicken and a leg of mutton. We are still far (very far) from Franklin's quality but it was at least edible.

And to make matters worse I notice I have some very nasty rust appearing on the FJ75 after just more than a year of being carefully rustproofed. I suppose leaving it outside within spitting distance of the ocean is not the best way to avoid rust. Some really nasty patches coming through on a front fender and the roof. It will have to be attended to chop-chop.

And October is set aside for a trip to the bush...

 

[Grant Woodbridge]

Bad news about the rust. But with the price of fuel in SA, who can afford to drive a land Cruiser anymore

 

[Dagha Boy]

Ja, rust is a bitch.

With regard to fuel price...

I was lucky to bump into a very nice Nigerian guy. He is a pastor, chemical engineer and businessman. Any way we got to talking about the cost of fuel and he was kind enough to let me have one of the "MK1 FUEL PERPETUATORS" he has developed. It all came to him in a dream, even that he would be given the opportunity to help me with one. All this for less than the price of a tank of fuel and it lasts forever!

It looks just like an ordinary fuel nozzle - but no pipe - no pump - no tank! Best of all no cost!

Unfortunately it dispenses one kind of fuel only, but he is working on one that can switch between petrol and diesel.

Another problem he is working on is that it only works when the fuel tank is completely empty. He said that if you try to use it to top up a tank it will not work and there is a danger that its sensing mechanism will be destroyed in the process.

I cannot wait to run out of fuel so that I can use it for the first time.

Such a nice guy - he even blessed it and (for an extra R100) said a prayer to protect the Cruiser from harm so now I've been able to cancel the insurance. Another saving!

NIGERIAN FUEL PERPETUATOR MK1 (95 OCTANE UN LEADED).

On a more serious note, I dropped in on Steve Barretta at R40 Spares in Nelspruit while in the bush. He was on the point of fitting electric drive into two of his game-drive Cruisers in the new facility he has built to do this conversion as part of his Land Cruiser business.

He has worked with a German company and they now have a system that mirrors the performance of a diesel powered 79 Series Cruiser. Range is now 320km and cost to charge from Eskom grid is about R80. Simple solar charging is of course free. Charging time from the grid is about 4hrs - can be even quicker off solar.

There is an article on the conversion at the link below. Specs are from the earliest proto type and much improved now.

The Toyota EJ79 – The world´s first full electric Land Cruiser

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

You know, Land Rovers are far more efficient when they go into the bush - 50% more efficient.

 

[Grant Woodbridge]

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

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[rkymtnflyfisher]

@Dagha Boy my daughter found a little friend hanging out this morning!

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

What an awesome thread. Just read the whole thing!!! I am glad we connected on finding a SA tailgate for Old Landy. @Cowboy45 will be excited to read this in its entirety because he is just about to get into it. He will also be thrilled about the potential to source a tailgate. I will let him know about the Campershell similar to Old Landy that you might be doing as well.

BTW I have a ton of H parts that came with Old Landy that I will not be using. Some are in original Toyota OEM packaging. If there some parts you need let me know. I will be listing them for sale.

Parts are listed individually in this thread. Parts list and pics start on page 9. Attached a pic of the loot.

 

[Dagha Boy]

@Dagha Boy my daughter found a little friend hanging out this morning!

I missed that! I'm glad the little guy still brings some joy. I really miss all the critters that used to hang around the shop in the bush, especially the giraffe. Brings back good memories. I have been avoiding the thread because the lack of progress is somewhat of an embarrassment due to no progress but preparation for some really complicated and nasty litigation in Feb has had to take precedence. Nearly there.

@ceylonfj40nut, fortunately both the H engines I have are fully rebuilt and I will not have to revisit them.

That is quite a stash of parts you got with Old Landy. What I really love is all the workshop space.

I didn't manage to get hold of Steve yesterday, but hopefully he will return my call today.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

I missed that! I'm glad the little guy still brings some joy. I really miss all the critters that used to hang around the shop in the bush, especially the giraffe. Brings back good memories. I have been avoiding the thread because the lack of progress is somewhat of an embarrassment due to no progress but preparation for some really complicated and nasty litigation in Feb has had to take precedence. Nearly there.

@ceylonfj40nut, fortunately both the H engines I have are fully rebuilt and I will not have to revisit them.

That is quite a stash of parts you got with Old Landy. What I really love is all the workshop space.

I didn't manage to get hold of Steve yesterday, but hopefully he will return my call today.

I will take your space with petrolhead and other creatures any day of the week! Thanks for the update on Steve!

 

[Dagha Boy]

Inertia has been overcome.

Yesterday I evicted the Fortuner and moved Dagha Boy from the storeroom into the garage with adjoining storeroom so that I can finish it.

It was filthy so I hosed it all down with the pressure washer which revealed all the little scrapes and dings it has acquired over the past two years. Fortunately nothing that can't be fixed.

Finding and sorting out all the parts has been a bit of a mission and there are still some things like door stops I can't find even though I know exactly what the box looks like, but I can't find the damn thing.

Sensing that this searching was going to lead to unnecessary delay I decided I HAD to DO something so I fitted the tail gate latches. No big deal but alt least I'm going again.

DAGHA BOY PEEPING OUT ITS NEW HOME.

 

[Dagha Boy]

Today's planned task for the stop-start-stop-start project is to do all that needs doing to get the clutch operative. About 2 years ago the engine and gearbox were mated, and since then have not been touched.

First problem encountered:

I cannot fit the slave cylinder even with the pushrod set at its shortest - the holes don't line up...

I tried to push back on the clutch fork, but cannot move it - I am assuming that that is normal as the clutch springs are too strong (?)

I undid the inspection cover plate at the top and see the following from the top: (Bear in mind this RHD so clutch fork from right.)

The green line is the edge of the gearbox.
Red is the clutch fork
Blue is the "tab" on the release bearing assmbly - machined where the fork makes contact.
The yellow line is the rear edge of the release bearing assmbly. Between yellow line and green line you can see the grease on the shaft. The space between them is about 10mm.

When I use a tire lever to push back on the fork (where the slave cylinder would press) the release bearing operates easily) but only returns to the position as in the photo and will not move any further back.

I now notice that the clutch is disengaged all the time...

I have tried to pull the fork out, but it is very tight and I am a bit afraid of breaking it...

I am thinking that either I have been given the incorrect release bearing assembly (with the tab located too far back) or that the fork should be relocated to the front of the tab....?????

It is an H Engine with an H41 transmission...

Could it be that the engineering shop that did the engine put the wrong clutch back....???

HELP PLEASE!!

 

[2fpower]

Been a long time since I worked on a clutch; however, I thought the fork goes between the tab and and the bearing, so it is fixed. That would be on top of your blue line, where your fork is below the tab.