ntsaint's FJ40 search and build

[ntsaint]

Brakes are done. Stops on a dime. Pedal is tight, no play or give. Of course at this point every single component of the braking system is new. Booster cylinder lines calipers.

Driving her to work Thursday. Pumped.

 

[ntsaint]

Signal lights wired up. Blinker switch is bad. Another $120. Coolant overflow bottle cap is broke. Another $60. She's fighting me.

 

[Bomar]

Hand signal that bitch.

 

[ntsaint]

Hand signal that bitch.

Remember this is LA. Have to have an 'inspection sticker' on the car. Signals have to work. Ticket for driving without is $350 and it's pretty strictly enforced. LA sucks.

 

[ntsaint]

Almost forgot. Added a little more bling today. Thanks @jasonbraswell for hunting down the measurement pic.

 

[Nottajeep]

Looks great!
You still painting?

 

[ntsaint]

Looks great!
You still painting?

Thx. Eventually yeah. Prob in the fall now.

 

[wngrog]

Nice yellow lights.

 

[ntsaint]

Nice yellow lights.

Maybe one day I'll upgrade to a high dollar setup. she ain't gonna get driven at night much anyway. That's way down the list for now.

 

[FJ60Cam]

... She's fighting me...

They do that on the home stretch. It's a good sign.

 

[ntsaint]

Doors

 

[ntsaint]

Tire carrier mounted up. Gotta get with Chris and get a 5th bfg. Think mine are old style tho, may be tough to locate.

 

[BMThiker]

Those look like KM2s from here.

 

[ntsaint]

Just put on all door hardware. 40 years old and it fits and operates like new. Unreal.

 

[wngrog]

Awesome.......

 

[ntsaint]

Those look like KM2s from here.

They are. 33x10.5 KM2. Thx.

 

[ntsaint]

Back on the road tomorrow. She's gonna ride like this all summer. May try to add power steering before paint, may not.

 

[Bodean]

Signal lights wired up. Blinker switch is bad. Another $120. Coolant overflow bottle cap is broke. Another $60. She's fighting me.

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The yellow lights are blinker lights. They are not supposed to burn with the lights on. The white lights are the clearance lights. Your wires are swapped.

 

[ntsaint]

Thx Jeff. I fixed that the other day.

 

[ntsaint]

Think I found the culprit on the leak around the xfer case. Bad oil seal in the speedo housing.

I have a replacement, as well as new brake shoes, gaskets, etc.

Have all the disassembled parts ready for soaking / cleaning, and will probably reassemble next week.

Also took the console and jump seat frame assemblies apart. Those are going for blasting and paint today.

Making some progress, while u guys are having a blast at boil. Snuck this in while my youngest is napping...