Builds New project, 1969 fj40 (4 Viewers)

[ratpin]

Did you just use palmolive and water to clean up the white on the faces of each gauge? Looks good! Im always afraid to clean those as I have a history of using a cleaner that removes the paint too

 

[6f40j9]

Did you just use palmolive and water to clean up the white on the faces of each gauge? Looks good! Im always afraid to clean those as I have a history of using a cleaner that removes the paint too

I tried that and purple power on a q tip.
I was worried about the same thing.
thanks!

 

[Rusto]

Be careful on the easy off oven cleaner! Took more than the top layer of paint off mine.... went all the way down to metal.

 

[6f40j9]

Be careful on the easy off oven cleaner! Took more than the top layer of paint off mine.... went all the way down to metal.

I plan to be very cautious. I think the passenger rear quarter is bondo’d like the driver side. I’m going to experiment there first.

 

[ratpin]

I tried that and purple power on a q tip.
I was worried about the same thing.
thanks!

ok so purple power wont damage them then? is yours dilluted? I wanna do this right.

 

[6f40j9]

ok so purple power wont damage them then? is yours dilluted? I wanna do this right.

I don’t think I diluted it, I normally don’t. It might be simple green purple stuff from Home Depot.
I was kind of winging it because they were so bad anyway I figured if I screwed one up I’d need a replacement regardless.

 

[6f40j9]

For $1.00, I have a speedometer needle I can see again. I did the rest to match even though they weren’t bad. A bit more red than the originals, but I’m not concerned.

 

[6f40j9]

Some used emblems and more paint removal today.

 

[6f40j9]

Dented the face a little (pesky tabs are strong!), but it’ll do for now.

 

[TEQ]

Well done!

 

[6f40j9]

I had a little bit of time today to work on the truck.
Uncovered the reflector mounting holes that a PO had bondo’d over on the left side, and got some more paint off the right side. For some reason they left the reflector on that side.

 

[6f40j9]

They had also cut holes in the rear crossmember for turn signals that never worked. I need to make a long strap to bridge the gap to bolt the reflectors to.

 

[6f40j9]

Threw the taillights, badges and reflectors on.

 

[6f40j9]

Got back to it after a couple weeks off.

 

[6f40j9]

Went for a drive with my son and finished the bib un paint.
Still need to install the new headlights and bib lights.

 

[TEQ]

How's it drive?

 

[6f40j9]

How's it drive?

Bouncy, slow, loud.
Like it should, lol.
Last time I got it up to ~45 and it felt fine.

 

[6f40j9]

While the cruiser sits under a tarp for now, I spent some time on the ash tray and glove box.

 

[6f40j9]

Started to pull the dash apart to strip the beige off.
Anyone have a spare H knob or two they’d part with?
Are snap ring pliers the trick to removing the knob bezels?

 

[6f40j9]

Knob time.