Pretty solid rattle can skills also! That looks great!
Mike's 1978 FJ40 Build
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Thanks Bud!
The build looks great. Curious about the paint. Were these engines painted at the factory? I know they get all corroded, but just curious because if the paint peels or lifts due to rust, etc, it may be a visual problem rather than a benefit. Would media blasting the block be useful? Wondering mainly because I'll be into this exact project in the next several months.
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Jeff, No I did not bake the paint, they'll get pretty hot when I start running it again.
Sorry for the delayed response I've been taking care of my wife after surgery for several weeks now and just now getting back to responding to questions. I don't know why I missed your question before.
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Looks like I haven't seen your thread for a long time.... It's coming along...
Keeps up the good work
Thanks Johnny! It's been a slow process, now that my wife is on the mend I'll be working on the 40 every day till it's done.
Looking good.
One tip for you, swap the rear calipers side to side that say the bleed screw is on the top. Much easier to bleed them that way.
Ryan
One tip for you, swap the rear calipers side to side that say the bleed screw is on the top. Much easier to bleed them that way.
Ryan
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Thanks Ryan! I'll look into it.
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Installed steering knuckle and upper and lower trunnion bearings
Over greased steering knuckle
Disassembled the CV joint cleaned it
and reassembled it. I also filled and packed the cavity with grease, the grease will hydraulically lubricate the balls,etc. when the axle shaft is pushed back into the CV (constant velocity) joint
Prepared the half shaft for refitting in the CV
The black tie zip trick was supposed to hold and compress the inner snap retaining ring, however, it did not work for me so I used the screw driver method illustrated in the FSM and it worked like a charm
Here's the shaft inserted in the CV and the automatic greasing of the balls. The half shaft required some persuasion to be fully seated in the CV and the grease came gushing out and lubing everything in its path including my face unfortunately
and inserted the half shaft and birfield into the steering knuckle and secured the trunnion bearings with the steering arm and torqued all bolts to spec
Over greased steering knuckle
Disassembled the CV joint cleaned it
and reassembled it. I also filled and packed the cavity with grease, the grease will hydraulically lubricate the balls,etc. when the axle shaft is pushed back into the CV (constant velocity) joint
Prepared the half shaft for refitting in the CV
The black tie zip trick was supposed to hold and compress the inner snap retaining ring, however, it did not work for me so I used the screw driver method illustrated in the FSM and it worked like a charm
Here's the shaft inserted in the CV and the automatic greasing of the balls. The half shaft required some persuasion to be fully seated in the CV and the grease came gushing out and lubing everything in its path including my face unfortunately
and inserted the half shaft and birfield into the steering knuckle and secured the trunnion bearings with the steering arm and torqued all bolts to spec
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Mike, you've been busy! Great work!
Keep going, Mike! Go, go, go, go...
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torqued bolts
torqued the wheel hub big nut to 43ft/lbs then backed off 1/8th turn
lock nut torqued to 73 ft/lbs, next I'll be installing the Warn locking hub, currently soaking to remove old grease and clean, and last the brake caliper
torqued the wheel hub big nut to 43ft/lbs then backed off 1/8th turn
lock nut torqued to 73 ft/lbs, next I'll be installing the Warn locking hub, currently soaking to remove old grease and clean, and last the brake caliper
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This all looks vaguely familiar...
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This all looks vaguely familiar...
I guess you've been there done that?
Well done, Mike