scoobiedubes
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Finally got this baby put back together and home last week, wow what a difference! Fires RIGHT up, plenty of power now, and the header sounds pretty amazing. I still don't know that I'd really want to cruiser at high speeds on the freeway with this thing, but at least now it doesnt take it so long to get moving. We live on a bit of a hill too and it cruises right up without any issues now. I haven't really even gotten into 5th gear on my drives with it yet, but I'm loving where 1st and 2nd are now.
Had to use a later model air cleaner lid to get it to fit (the correct one for a 66 was too tall), but kept the same air cleaner. Also installed a crossmember from a 60 series, had read that it may not be necessary but that was something I didn't want to leave to chance, turned out pretty nice. The ebrake kit is from redline land cruisers.
I have a couple more things that need to be worked on still before I get to drive it regularly. Unfortunately as many can relate, when you start messing with stuff you always end up with more to fix than you anticipated. Found that the alternator was bad so we got that replaced, and while doing so one of the pulleys developed a pretty good wobble so I've got to get that replaced now. The brakes I keep fighting with, lots of trial and error, so I've got those adjusted hopefully where they need to be now but need to get some miles on it to be sure, new booster (I know, not correct to the year but PO had already installed a dual circuit brake system so I'm trying to get it to work right). Also, the new gas pedal that had to be installed for the 5sp swap needs to be bent in to drive it comfortably - got some shin cramps driving it the other day
. I've also got a battery drain thats been driving me nuts ever since I bought this thing, the wiring really needs to be completely redone at some point it’s quite a rats nest. For now I just plug it into a battery tender whenever I park it. Overall I'm a happy camper, just a few things left to tweak.
Had to use a later model air cleaner lid to get it to fit (the correct one for a 66 was too tall), but kept the same air cleaner. Also installed a crossmember from a 60 series, had read that it may not be necessary but that was something I didn't want to leave to chance, turned out pretty nice. The ebrake kit is from redline land cruisers.
I have a couple more things that need to be worked on still before I get to drive it regularly. Unfortunately as many can relate, when you start messing with stuff you always end up with more to fix than you anticipated. Found that the alternator was bad so we got that replaced, and while doing so one of the pulleys developed a pretty good wobble so I've got to get that replaced now. The brakes I keep fighting with, lots of trial and error, so I've got those adjusted hopefully where they need to be now but need to get some miles on it to be sure, new booster (I know, not correct to the year but PO had already installed a dual circuit brake system so I'm trying to get it to work right). Also, the new gas pedal that had to be installed for the 5sp swap needs to be bent in to drive it comfortably - got some shin cramps driving it the other day
. I've also got a battery drain thats been driving me nuts ever since I bought this thing, the wiring really needs to be completely redone at some point it’s quite a rats nest. For now I just plug it into a battery tender whenever I park it. Overall I'm a happy camper, just a few things left to tweak.
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