My Mexican 1965 FJ40V Build Thread (1 Viewer)

[Garrissey]

Bravo, compadre

 

[MexicanNewby]

Steering joints were also replaced but managed to rescue the little grease tits, don't know what they're called.

 

[MexicanNewby]

Engine mounted, new mounts. Also, rockers were fine tuned and inner rings redone.

Note, new OEM shocks too.

Sourced all the transmission parts from Amayama, took three months to arrive form Japan. New clutch from fjparts.com too.

Alternator is NOT OEM though, it's an old OEM Chevy that works, same with fuel pump.

Harmonic balancer was off so, in the process of repair, the crank bit had to be cut off in order to be able to get into the inner wedge.

 

[MexicanNewby]

Bravo, compadre

¡Gracias!

 

[MexicanNewby]

Forgot a few pics,

1) A small repair we made on the steering system base.

2) Freshly greased up join.

3) The ONE AND ONLY Sr. Ríos! He hates having his picture taken. He allowed this one.

4) Crankshaft installed on Engine Block.

5) A small repair we did on the diff mounting plate. It was incredibly worn off so the plate was redone.

 

[MexicanNewby]

And....¡It's alive!

What's the best way to load video to mud?

 

[Garrissey]

And....¡It's alive!

What's the best way to load video to mud?

Maybe through YouTube

 

[MexicanNewby]

Now onto the body.

There was rust on the tub, specially on the rear corners and the wheel wells that were covered up with a nasty bond thing. The rear floor looked ok until we noticed it was just a sheet of metal placed on top of the rusted floor.

 

[MexicanNewby]

Wheel wells and rear sill:

 

[MexicanNewby]

Repairs to the wheel wells, rear floor and sill:

 

[MexicanNewby]

Final result to repairs of wells, floor and sill. Some are video stills, so sorry about the poor detail.

 

[MexicanNewby]

Rear corners:

 

[MexicanNewby]

Other corner:

 

[MexicanNewby]

Rear barn doors before, bondo hell:

 

[MexicanNewby]

Repairing rear barn doors:

 

[MexicanNewby]

More on the further repairs of the rear barn doors, can't seem to get them in exact order, keep finding more and more pics! But I imagine you guys can put a sequence to them:

 

[MexicanNewby]

The rear bifold door wasn't so bad, but the little rust spots were completely cut out and patched up.
Does anybody have the measurements of the little wheels that guide the door up and down in the rear panels? They were lost in mine and can't figure out how to source them as I have to reference as to measurements, materials, etc...

Fully repaired!

 

[MexicanNewby]

The front doors clearly accumulated water inside them, you couldn't tell the extent of the damage till the door was completely polished, again bondo madness!:

 

[MexicanNewby]

Interior damage and repairs to front doors:

 

[MexicanNewby]

More on the front door damage and repair as well as side panel damage and repairs:

Repairs to side panels, specially the channel that guides the bifold door: