My first '40 and the venture (4 Viewers)

[sogncab]

Sleep? Sleep is for the weak.

I think half the reason my trip went so well last year was the insane level of obsessive planning and scheduling Chris and i put into it.

I've got a pretty good rough list going.

I'm also preparing to drop my rig off for paint and all of the pain in the ass that goes with that.

A dyno run is just masterbation. And to do it right, you needed to measure it before you did anything for a baseline. I wish I would've done mine day one and watched that 60hp get thrown down.

 

[sogncab]

I would add to your list if you do a h55 and a split case, doing the 3:1 gears in the tcase. That's on my list

 

[Chungas Revenge]

“Sell 1 kidney & 1 eye to fund above.”

This won’t hurt I promise. Im’a lower a rope down the rabbit hole, I want you to wrap it around your waist and snap the carabiner closed. Exhale slowly during the assent. Don’t want you gett’en the Restoyotabends.

*RestoYotabends - Is a condition and sickness (abbreviated RY) also known as LC Owners syndrome, the Yotabends, Rabbitholeitus, and credit card deficit disease. RY is a medical condition caused by the over modification, unwarranted restoration or the upgrading of previous upgrades, to any and all functioning TLC Fj40’s, whereby the owner, in an acute state of delirium, believes his fully functioning LC in the garage, has somehow devolved over night, into a non functioning useless 4x4, bereft of intrinsic value and lacking something real or imagined. Caution must be taken when dealing with the owner. A systematic yet subtle “intervention” is often the only suitable treatment.

RAPID EMERGENCE FROM THE RABBIT HOLE WILL OFTEN SHOCK THE OWNER INTO A SEMI LUCID STATE OF ETHERIAL CONCIOUSNESS, THUS ALLOWING ONE OR MORE OF HIS FORUM BUDDIES TO QUIETLY TALK HIM OFF THE LEDGE. Owners should not consume alcohol during the recovery phase as this can cause an immediate relapse and delay a full recovery.

If Left untreated, the owner may suffer from bouts of depression, credit card dysplasia and rapid garage space expansion.

 

[OlYellr]

@Chungas Revenge - appreciate you (and others) looking out for me!! It is a goal not an absolute. Kind of like the dream you get when you buy a $2 dollar power ball and the bounty is 500M+ - the dreams one can have for 2 bucks.

All the rig really needs are...

• Good brakes (And I think mine are - just double check)
• shield on the fuel lines.
• lean drop the carb
• adjust valves
• I was planning on the knuckles/hubs & front diff anyway over the winter - new springs etc, not critical but do have the parts for the front
• Alignment - It will not align right now - think bearing in the front is bad - hence the knuckles got called up.
• & broken zerk in the center link
• Previously talked to Valley for a quote to rebuild TC/Transmission - I think my syncros are starting to go. That IS the rabbit hole - just a few dollars more = 5speed

 

[RevISK]

Karl @sogncab, did you sleep between SAS registration and the event? I made a list (below) in my head last night and don't think I slept. I keep adding too since it was -20 this am and I don't want to go tinker with Yellr.

I made a to-do tab, bring along tab, and parts to buy tab on my spreadsheet.

Below is my "I'd like-to-do" to Yellr for SAS (I have other stuff not listed)- I will edit this post as I go along = next 204 days (thanks Karl for posting the time remaining!) Will see how far I get!

Priority	Item	Sub Item	Sub-Sub Item	Comments
1​	Dyno			Was interested in it anyway with the performance pistons - baseline
1​	Rebuild TC/Transmission			on fence to buy 5 speed - pro/con stage
1​	Lean/drop carb post Dyno
1​	Steering	Shackles & Pins		Have Pins and 1 set of Shackles
		Leaf Springs		Need to order rear -
		Shocks		Need to order
		Bushings		Have
		Shims (4 degree)		Have
		4Plus Flip Kit		Have
		Top coat TRE		missed some spots - surface rust
		Center Link zerk issue		busted zerk
1​	Axles	Knuckles		Have all OEM parts yet need grease
			Birfs? Hubs?	Don't know condition
		Rear Axle rebuild		Need parts for FF axle (OEM vs Kit from CruiserTEQ)
1​	Brakes	Check Front/Rear - replace		Have Front Brake parts - some rear
		New Brake Lines?		Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40 Brake Line Kit Brake Line Kit -1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980 - Classic Tube Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40 Brake Line Kit Brake Line Kit -1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980 - Classic Tube classictube.com
1​	Alignment
2​	Diffs rebuilds	Locker in rear?		Locker not a priority - Need parts
4​	Tires			lower priority
2​	Propeller Shaft	Ujoints		Need..... OEM vs Koyo?
2​	Body Mounts			Have half of them - Order rest going OEM)
3​	Rattles	SMG Pins		Have
		Amb door strikers etc		Have
3​	Weather Stripping			side member and tub for sure. Have
3​	Wiring	clean up engine bay
2​		new headlights by Toyota		Have Toyota Kit
1​	Quick Connect			build bracket for @Fourrunner winch quick connect system
1​	Front Door			window cranks hard -
4​	upgrade to 80 amp alternator	Coolerman's conversion kit		Need RMAN - have Coolerman Kit
4​	Install Power Steering			EPS from Racer
3​	Paint & Powder			misc - skid plate, frame, axles, etc
1​	Heat Shield Fuel Lines			Potato Launch said a must for SAS
1​	More Tuning - I.E. Valves
4​	Dyno			see if change - doubt it
.5​	Sell 1 kidney & 1 eye to fund above.

Which eye and how much?

 

[Chungas Revenge]

@Chungas Revenge - appreciate you (and others) looking out for me!!

I think I missed the mark with the humor. ^^^ My satire is running a little rich.

Truth be told, the day I joined MUD I went headlong into the abyss. In fact, I’m role playing my own version of Sisyphus, forever pushing the Mule uphill only to have the parking brake fail. Raise your hand if you’ve ever “waxed your charcoal canister”.

But, I‘m fortunate to have a MUD support group ridding shotgun during 2.0, acting as the voice of reason keeping me grounded and in check.

We get together on Tuesday evenings.

“Hello, my name is Chunga and I’m a Yotaholic”..

 

[dlzadl]

This won’t hurt I promise. Im’a lower a rope down the rabbit hole, I want you to wrap it around your waist and snap the carabiner closed. Exhale slowly during the assent. Don’t want you gett’en the RestYotabends.

Like the words of that Reba song "Where were you when I could have loved you" I think you were lurking when @Jdc1 and I fell deep in the hole and started the 72. Chalk it up to we were noobs then. And look at where it has led. It's only a sickness if you acknowledge it or you have more than one and keep digging. I think we both meet the description. We do have to figure out our office space at RCLC so we can keep an eye on what's new and exciting.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

It's only a sickness if you acknowledge it.

 

[OlYellr]

Which eye and how much?

Ian, Clint Eastwood taught me and eye for an eye.

For you, how ‘bout and eye for an aye ()?

Someday I’m making my way down to you. I’ll give you a warning so you can take a vacation or something

 

[OlYellr]

think I missed the mark with the humor.

I got it on first read. Helps when your go to mood is sarcasm.

I left some time pass before reply and ending talking on the phone with another MUDer who is going and said I might need to find some more bodies for parts to sell with that list.

The thing with sarcasm- it is rooted in some truth- f%ck, is this our first group session on this thread?

And yes, I waxed the charcoal canister before and now I’m wondering how can I powder coat the thing and if I ever went sniper, it would need to go. So why?

Yeah, I’m a Yotahaulic. I dropped a few Benjamins last night on OEM bolts and some body mount parts, etc. Don’t want to get it all at a once. Then what would I do? Looking at parts to me would be looking at porn to others.

 

[RevISK]

Ian, Clint Eastwood taught me and eye for an eye.

For you, how ‘bout and eye for an aye ()?

Someday I’m making my way down to you. I’ll give you a warning so you can take a vacation or something

Aye aye Capt!

Come on down, anytime. Another option is that I’m typically at my land for the summer in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Mountain trout and 10’s of thousands of acres of state land to explore within a couple miles.

Our summer cottage.

 

[RevISK]

Also, signed up for SAS wait list, but if it doesn’t work out, I may just try and get a small group together for an impromptu version. My cousin is in Durango and wheels an old 4Runner, he’d be a great jumping off point.

 

[Green Bean]

I too have a 3 speed to 4 speed conversion with rebuilt transfer case from Valley on the horizon. But waiting on @OlYellr to pave the way and fully document in painstaking detail the complete process.

 

[OlYellr]

waiting on @OlYellr to pave the way and fully document in painstaking detail the complete process.

Mark, can do! Been reading the other work needed for cross members - e brake changes etc... and I drink.

And I will post my question to you here - Was talking to Karl yesterday and we were talking lockers etc. I like where you mounted your compressor for your lockers - Can you post a few more picts here on your location - I thinking imitation is a form of flattery, right

 

[Green Bean]

Ha! I'm trying to psych myself up for puling the trans/transfer. At times, it seems doable by myself, but then I stumble upon someone else's struggles and I re-think the whole endeavor. I suppose, however, that it is like a lot of things... part of the "fun" is the challenge of getting it all apart and put back together in good working order with minimal trips to the hospital.
The compressor mount is on a piece of 1/2" thick by 4" wide aluminum flat stock that is bolted to the frame with longer M12 SS tow hook bolts (the flat stock is under the tow hooks.) Since we don't have a winch, this was an option for mounting a shovel on the top. The decision to mount the compressor on the underside was driven mainly by not wanting to drill holes in body panels. Also, not really planning on hard core crawling so bashing it on boulders wasn't really a factor. I do recognize that the location isn't as ideal as perhaps in the engine compartment, but that option wasn't really something that my pea-sized brain could figure out.

Side view showing aluminum flat stock:

Underside of mounted ARB compressor:

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Ha! I'm trying to psych myself up for puling the trans/transfer. At times, it seems doable by myself, but then I stumble upon someone else's struggles and I re-think the whole endeavor. I suppose, however, that it is like a lot of things... part of the "fun" is the challenge of getting it all apart and put back together in good working order with minimal trips to the hospital.
The compressor mount is on a piece of 1/2" thick by 4" wide aluminum flat stock that is bolted to the frame with longer M12 SS tow hook bolts (the flat stock is under the tow hooks.) Since we don't have a winch, this was an option for mounting a shovel on the top. The decision to mount the compressor on the underside was driven mainly by not wanting to drill holes in body panels. Also, not really planning on hard core crawling so bashing it on boulders wasn't really a factor. I do recognize that the location isn't as ideal as perhaps in the engine compartment, but that option wasn't really something that my pea-sized brain could figure out.

Side view showing aluminum flat stock:

Is this the routing for your fog lights? Very Clean solution.

 

[Green Bean]

Is this the routing for your fog lights? Very Clean solution.

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Correct. I used a fog light harness procured from @Coolerman. Top notch.

 

[RevISK]

Correct. I used a fog light harness procured from @Coolerman. Top notch.

Sort of on topic… how do you like the fog lights from a functionality standpoint? They look cool, but how much useful light do they put out?

 

[Green Bean]

I think that they are plenty bright. The most practical use here is driving on the beach during daylight not so much for driving visibility as for allowing other pedestrians and occasional vehicles to see me and hopefully avoid running into me. As an aside, because I'm quite forgetful, I installed these headlight beeper/buzzers to remind me if/when I forget to turn off either the fog lights or headlights. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LAYWUDO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[OlYellr]

Mark/ @Green Bean ,

With the TC/Tran removal - I didn't document it well - OK at all - with pictures

I have the newer rig top cover design so it was 2+ person job as we didn't have the transmission holder some jacks have. IE Nolan

Older rigs with a larger top cover/opening can take the top cover off, wrap a chain to a cherry picker - slide out of the bell housing and lower it.

Got lucky to be able to use two screwdrivers to press and twist off the cap holing the shifter in place. Ordered the right tool from Racer and got it in time for putting back together. Removed the front drive shaft.

We had a strap (and someone inside the rig guiding it - and a person under with a floor jack on the TC/Tran & helping to guide the trans out of the clutch plate/bell housing. Once cleared - then lowered the jack and the straps helped make sure not rolled and damaged anything/body. The larger opening with the cover should afford a picker/chain setup making a 1 person job obtainable.

Going back together... the best thing was swiping @South Texas 97 idea in his thread about cutting some M12x1.25 bolts to put in bell housing so the transmission can track and slide on. I too, cut the bolt heads off with a dremel (I used 70 mm bolts I got from Ace) and then made a notch for a screwdriver to work in and out. saved a lot of lifting and getting it to go in. At one point - one person helping to guide and the other pushing it with feet. Those bolts were the best - could get it on the bolts and get the weight - then slide forward - remove one 70mm and put in real, rinse and repeat. Think ended up only using 2 70mm at the top of bell housing for a guide vs all 4.

this post has a poor quality pict of the a bolt from Ace...

My first '40 and the venture - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/my-first-40-and-the-venture.1307023/post-15126424

South Texas has better pictures of his experience and I think he did it as a 1 person job.

And I will do a better job documenting the removal. At this point - swapping to 5 speed - which I would like as I do a lot of highway speed driving vs city - will be a bigger can of worms and $$ with only 28 weeks left. What is getting me is moving e brake to rear axle - sourcing that - I may as well convert rear disc brakes while at it.... Then I got to deal with the cross member. I may lie down to let this feeling pass. I thinking I am suddenly talking nonsense.

Since it is cold, salt on the road - now would be a good time to drop/ship/rebuild/do the ujoints etc, and put back together. Could maybe have it done around end of Feb and know driveline/TC/Trans all in good shape.