Builds New project, 1969 fj40 (1 Viewer)

[charliemeyer007]

I think they are welded nuts. Mine were sort of rusted out so I tapped them to the next size up likely ASME and used stainless steel socket head bolts and large area washers back in 83. Good rivnuts would work.

 

[knuckle47]

@6f40j9 … I can feel the sand and dirt dropping into my eyes and teeth as you describe the spinning bolt. Yep…I envy the fun you’ll be having

 

[6f40j9]

@6f40j9 … I can feel the sand and dirt dropping into my eyes and teeth as you describe the spinning bolt. Yep…I envy the fun you’ll be having

I pulled the truck out into the weeds we call a back yard and pressure washed the underside and as much of the inside of the frame as I could before taking a grinder to the bolt head. I ran through a battery and only got halfway through

 

[6f40j9]

Got the offending bolt head off, and the ‘nut’ and remaining bolt pulled right out the top.
I discovered just how full of gunk my frame is though.
Any ideas on cleaning it out? I shot water in through the back and have pressure washer degreaser, but I don’t think it works very well, especially on built up stuff.

 

[knuckle47]

I did find a pressure washer tip that sprays backwards towards the spraygun trigger. I have not used it yet (3 yrs so far) but the concept seems reasonable depending on the level of “stuff” in there

 

[6f40j9]

I did find a pressure washer tip that sprays backwards towards the spraygun trigger. I have not used it yet (3 yrs so far) but the concept seems reasonable depending on the level of “stuff” in there

Somebody in the Facebook group mentioned a pipe cleaner attachment with a hose and a nozzle like that. Pondering it but I don’t need a 50’ hose. I may just try a garden hose with a simple brass twisty nozzle on it. And a bunch of oven cleaner sprayed in first.

 

[6f40j9]

Cleaned up the taillight wiring after a few years of a temporary fix after removing extra stuff and initially fixing the taillights.

 

[firemanj92]

Cleaned up the taillight wiring after a few years of a temporary fix after removing extra stuff and initially fixing the taillights.

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That added at least 5 hp!

 

[knuckle47]

It’s remarkable how many wire nuts I had removed from automobile wiring in the last 40 years. That looks SO MUCH BETTER @6f40j9 and feels so right

 

[6f40j9]

It’s remarkable how many wire nuts I had removed from automobile wiring in the last 40 years. That looks SO MUCH BETTER @6f40j9 and feels so right

I’ll use them here and there if I know I have to get back into whatever it is, but not as a permanent thing. This has been bugging me forever but it was an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ thing until I finally got around to it.
I used male/female bullets in case I ever want to add a trailer pigtail (yeah, right lol).

 

[knuckle47]

@6f40j9. Here….this is for you. It’s incase you have other projects. It worked for me

 

[6f40j9]

Made its front yard debut finally.

 

[6f40j9]

And a quick little walk around video.

 

[6f40j9]

I had gotten a notice from Etsy that my daughter had sent me something for Father’s Day.
It showed up yesterday. I thought it was pretty thoughtful of her to find it and get it for me.

 

[6f40j9]

Figured I’d go through the rear brakes again in the last couple days.
Finally got the right adjuster.
…
I pulled the wheels and drums off because I was struggling with the rear adjusters on both sides, and the last time I reassembled them, I had both the springs behind, instead of one in front.
Fixed that, anti siezed the adjusters, everything flows.
Reassemble.
I follow the cues-adjust themall the way out until they stop.
Bleed them.
Yay, pedal!
Back them off a click or two.
Go to move it.
They’re obviously still way too tight.
Go to adjust them and the rears (bottom) give me trouble again.
Off come the wheels, drums slide right off (with some drag but not too much).
I adjust them with the drums off and the bottom works fine.
Reassemble the passenger side, it spins but with drag.
Check the driver side. Can’t turn the wheel or adjust the rear cylinder.
Pull it apart, everything works fine.
By now I’m flustered but I back them off a click or two, reassemble. Drum turns. Install wheel, can’t turn it. Loosen lug nuts-wheel turns, adjuster works.
Now I’m: loosen adjuster, tighten wheel, check. Loosen wheel, adjust, tighten wheel, check.
Repeat.
Going bleeping bonkers.

 

[knuckle47]

Totally off the wall thinking but…is it a possibility the backing plate is flexing? I have had something un-related to brakes do something where once tightened there was a flexing of the back due to a washer and locknut it created movement when torqued

 

[6f40j9]

Totally off the wall thinking but…is it a possibility the backing plate is flexing? I have had something un-related to brakes do something where once tightened there was a flexing of the back due to a washer and locknut it created movement when torqued

Anything is possible I guess. I think I’ve always had trouble with the rear adjusters and just put it up to my inferior skill and tools. But they work fine with no wheel torqued on.

 

[6f40j9]

Not sure what I did to piss off the Cruiser Gods, but it is not my week. Got home from church and on a whim, opened the hood. Front of the engine was wet, overflow bottle empty.
Hoping it was a hose, but it looks like the radiator. It’s a few years old, but only a couple hundred miles on it.

 

[6f40j9]

Ordered the radiator last night, came in this morning.
My buddy Mike at Novato Toyota FTW.

 

[6f40j9]

Bam. Done. (Almost-ran out of coolant).