Not being lazy paid off!

[Benjaman]

So when I took my 85 4x4 Pu to the wreckers on Thursday, it arrived with very little value!

Most everything I could use on my new 62 came off the truck!

The intermittent wiper switch, the Grant steering wheel, the rock crawler rims and fresh tires, stereo, alarm, headlights bucket seats, remote oil filter, allen head drain plugs and a few other things. I did leave the royal pine tree.

I feel good about junking the truck since I got it new in 86(last one on the lot).

I put 425K on the clock and I'm sure it would have made it to 500K with ease.

But the little guy had been rolled an beat on it's whole life.

So today I thought I'd try some of the truck stuff on the 62! The PO put in H1 high beams with out new relays and burn out the HB switch. Also the 62 has a halfazz intermittent wiper system. The stuff went in the the 62 without a hitch! and works great.

 

[doug720]

Nice work!

Was the wiper switch plug and play? If so, that's a great upgrade.


Your old truck served you well!


Doug

 

[Benjaman]

Nice work!

Was the wiper switch plug and play? If so, that's a great upgrade.


Your old truck served you well!


Doug

Yep, plug for plug the same. Only difference is the E-flasher button toggles front/rear instead of side/side. Needed 3 minutes with a file.

If I wanted to tear the switch apart, may have been able to switch the hazard button as well.

It was a cool mod on the truck, but it's more cool on the LC. Nice to see Toyota did not go overboard on designs.

 

[vipergrhd]

loved your steering wheel man,that is cool.is it still available from grant?it looks like an old design but looks great.

 

[Spike Strip]

yeah, that's the first steering wheel I've seen that looks like an improvement over stock.

 

[klinetime574]

Yeah that steering wheel looks sharp.

Is that red cover just covering the hub of the steering wheel or is there a security purpose to it?

 

[Benjaman]

loved your steering wheel man,that is cool.is it still available from grant?it looks like an old design but looks great.

Is nice! I first bought it for my 4Runner. The 62 has the same color scheme, so it looks good.

I'm sure Grant still makes something like it. This was a $125. wheel made out of man made materials, They make a version just like it with real leather that list for over $200. I missed out on a used one off Ebay by about an hour, that closed at $37.!!!!! I had watch that sucker all week and forgot to bid!

 

[Benjaman]

Yeah that steering wheel looks sharp.

Is that red cover just covering the hub of the steering wheel or is there a security purpose to it?

The cover is a thick steel, that will slow a theft down. Needs a key to remove, and the wheel snaps in place.

Can be used with most of the Grant wheels. This sellers on crack, with the walnut only thing.

GRANT NO WHEEL NO STEAL SECURITY SYSTEM : eBay Motors (item 350359808545 end time Jul-26-10 17:46:25 PDT)

 

[Zhenya]

So what you are saying is that the wiper/flasher stalk from a 84 p/u ( and probably from every other toyota that gen) plugs right into the 60 and gives you adjustable intermittent wipers?

Yep, plug for plug the same. Only difference is the E-flasher button toggles front/rear instead of side/side. Needed 3 minutes with a file.

If I wanted to tear the switch apart, may have been able to switch the hazard button as well.

It was a cool mod on the truck, but it's more cool on the LC. Nice to see Toyota did not go overboard on designs.

 

[Benjaman]

So what you are saying is that the wiper/flasher stalk from a 84 p/u ( and probably from every other toyota that gen) plugs right into the 60 and gives you adjustable intermittent wipers?

Yep, thats it. My 85 PU was a base model(paid $7995.) and came with nothing!

Over the years someone on OffRoad.com tried the intermittent wiper switch and WOW! Before I junked the PU, I took a look under the LC steering column and the plug was the same. The stock LC intermittent control is not the end of the world, but I got use to the variable timer circuit of the other, and I like it!

You need the one on the right.

 

[sirenmoses]

nicely done. RIP to your pickup, nice that it lives on in the 62.

 

[Zhenya]

Thanks! I'll check the yards next time i take a trip out there

 

[Cruzerman]

Don't want to steal the thread but I have an old '85 Supra and the turn signal / wiper assembly look just like that. Anyone know if that is indeed the same for a plug & play install?

 

[Benjaman]

Don't want to steal the thread but I have an old '85 Supra and the turn signal / wiper assembly look just like that. Anyone know if that is indeed the same for a plug & play install?

I'd take a guess and say yes.