Newbie 73 FJ 40 build

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So i got my rig In April of 09 but haven't done much with it until now. I figured i would start posting my progress on mud to appease my cruiser fix in between paychecks

Here it is a while back when i first took the engine out

 

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Well i have tons more pics but im not to sure how to upload the rest..... guess i only can have a few?

 

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Ok nevermind i got it figured out. Can you tell im new yet?
So fast forward a few months and here is my engine. New paint job and some parts here and there. Good as new! Oh and check out my slick custom made engine mounts....

 

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Ok easy stuff so far but now is when it gets fun. Took my seats, tank and tranny hump out only to find plenty of healthy looking cancer....

 

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And now onto the removal of the tub. It was pretty tricky actually. We ended up hooking a come a long up to a cable my dad had stung up in a tree years ago for a tire swing. We had it all done on saw horses when i decided to exit the rear adding 200 lbs. You can imagine what happened. Needless to say we had to bust the come a long up and do it all over again.

 

[Roboosfj40s]

Ahh the blood, the fun, the new found vocabulary haa haa! Welcome to the insanity and to Mud. Looks like you are going at it pretty good. I definately know the pay check thing. I am medically retired and I still have to budget what I can do month to month. Good luck and keep posting.

 

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Took the axles off and started my frame cleanup. Also installing a frame boxing kit from Ruff Stuff Specialties.Its Shaping up to be a good build.

 

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Thanks alot Roboos! Yea it sucked falling out of my tub and having to slam onto its ass end. Wish i had stopped and taken a pic though. Will post more progress soon.

 

[Roboosfj40s]

I see you are in Loomis? I grew in Vacaville and Winters. Left Cali to head to Nam and never moved back. Miss the state but not the politics. My sister lives in Bella Vista near Shasta.

 

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couldnt have said it better myself roboos. Cali is extremely beautiful with all the lakes, rivers, mountains, forests and everything else in between, however, we have a bunch of morons running it. So sad......

 

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Here is the factory cross member from my frame, took me a while to get those rivets out though. Toyota really had those suckers in there.

Now I am contemplating if i should grind my old shock mounts out and use them or should I start from scratch and make/buy new ones. Anyone have any ideas on that?

 

[Bull22]

Welcome to the club....

 

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Join the club as in mud or as in building a 40 that consumes your life as well as your paycheck?

 

[subzali]

why did you remove the crossmember?

 

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For proper installation of the frame boxing kit. I have a new cross member going back in. New one is thicker and im going to run it through the frame for extra strength.

 

[mruff]

Looks good so far... I am restoruing a 74 right now.. Been at it around a year and am about 80% done... Ready to finish her up.. Should be done by Christmas...

 

[Cdaniel]

Looks like you're in deep and making good progress.
You have some interesting items lurking in your shop.

 

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Way cool Mruff. Do you have a thread for it? Would love to see pics. Thank you daniel, yea not sure what your checking out but there is a 55 chevy stepside next to my frame in the car port, a 43 british MG model TF and a 24 ford flat bed pick up in the shop by my engine.

 

[Cdaniel]

Way cool Mruff. Do you have a thread for it? Would love to see pics. Thank you daniel, yea not sure what your checking out but there is a 55 chevy stepside next to my frame in the car port, a 43 british MG model TF and a 24 ford flat bed pick up in the shop by my engine.

The MG caught my eye 1st. And the kettle looking thing behind the hanging engine.

 

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Haha yea thats our furnace. We burn just about anything in there