Okay...2 questions I have to ask.

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Interestingly enough......

I was able to sell my '81 124 ex-turbo car and it goes away tomorrow. The buyer got a very nice deal on it and all it needs is paint.

I rebuilt the front end, control arms, bushings, B-joints, drive line, motor, FI, Koni hydraulic sport shocks, some German produced progressive lowering springs, new tires, new brakes & rotors, electric fan and a bunch more stuff. 3500.00. AND it's smog exempt.

This could help...............:meh:
 
Tonight the Mrs gets a look.

This will be the tale of the tape. I sold one of my Fiats today so there's a bit more room. The moreI look at it the more attached I become but then I think about the hills to climb to get it where I'd want it. That's where the appeal wears off.

If you can't tell, I have trouble committing. :D

I pressure washed the motor and motor bay today and it looks pretty swizzy under there now.

Offer me 8k and I'm done. :bang:
 
I will be selling the '67 fj45lv

It just came along at the wrong time. I drove it up town yesterday for some new gas and that helped the performance a bit. When I got back I pulled the carb and did a minor rebuild on it since I was spewing clouds of black smoke on acceleration. In the process of removing the carb the idle shut-off solinoid wire pulled lose. I pulled the solinoid apart and there is enough copper wire the get a wire soldered back on. I have a tune up kit for it and will reset the timing and hope for the best.

It drives nicely and the brakes work surprisingly well. The clutch is the big deal. The truck will move along just fine but the clutch is dookies. That might explain the scritch when down shifting from 3rd to 2nd.

I'm working on a list of things done to the truck over the years and will post that later today. You know what I paid for it so what I might ask might leave a bad taste in your mouth. But that '63 FJ45SWB truck for 11k gives me a base to work from. On of the web sites I was looking at described the 45LV as incredibly rare.

More later.

Mike
 
Yes the LV's are rare, but I think even rarer is finding someone who wants to pay you serious money for one. JMO. If someone is going to pay you that kind of money they will not want to mod it and I believe the way they drive stock will not fit too many lifestyles these days.
 
If someone is going to pay you that kind of money they will not want to mod it and I believe the way they drive stock will not fit too many lifestyles these days.[/QUOTE]

So you're saying........? That's a bit confusing to me. If I cheap out on it then someone will buy it and tear it up? But if people who want to keep it stock are interested then they won't buy it because they don't have the money to keep it stock?

:meh:
 
that's a pretty steep price these days.. if you can wait on it you could prolly get that but I would think these days the price range for a stock running unrestored but original 67lv is more like 6-7k you might get hte 11k if you call one of the restorers like tlc or spector and they have a client that is looking for one.
jason
 
Clarification....

Thanks Jason,

I did not have 11k in mind. That truck just gave me a place to work from. I'm realistic and I want the 45 to go to a good home. As people have pointed out to me in earlier posts, "It's your ride so do with it what you will."

Honestly, to keep it and make it work would mean making a duplicate from my FJ60....V8, 4 speed tranny etc etc. I don't want to do that to the rig and since I have one that fits the need already then it should go away.

I love everything about the truck (45LV) and I can see that with the floor pan repaired and the clutch replaced you could drive this on the road tomorrow. I did it yesterday!

The body work is so minimal it's scary, but 11k is too much to ask in spite of the trucks condition. I was thinking about half of that or perhaps a tad more to cover the rebuild on the rear diff.

Yes, I made a killing on the truck, but what would you do?

MIke
 
You call that rust? A few new pix up.

Felt like I was back in the Navy chipping barnacles today. The rust was minimal to what I've seen here and experienced wth my Fiats. Fiat were made from cheap Russian steel and given no undercoating what-so-ever. The they would roll 3 pieces of metal together at a seam. My little 600D looked like the Flintstones ride before I tackled it. God bless, POR15 and fiberglass!

The driver side is saveable but the passenger side will need replacing. I don't know if there are aftermarket pans available but I know new ones can be fabbed up. Under the front seat and the floor between the front and rear seat are a simple fix. No penetration there only surface junk.

I did a minor detail on the motor and bay but not a full blown toothbrush job. I went over the body again just to be sure I hadn't missed anything and, nope, nothing.

There is a shallow crease in the sill under the passenger side rear door. It travels lightly across the wheel well flair then shows up again in a deeper crease that could be called a dent. Then there are a handful of smallish dents on the rear corners and on the tailgate. The biggest deal is the torn hinge on the upper tailgate door. After inspection we've decidied it can be easily repaired. No disfiguration but the hinge are will beed to be straightened so it seals correctly.

The work goes on and the truck is still for sale. If nothing happens here soon then I'll head to Evil-Bay and take my chances. :)

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v65/mikemudge/67 Landcruiser FJ45 LV/
 
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Hi Dean, Yes...the motor has been replaced.

No I didn't. It really didn't occur to me. I went back thru the digest that the 1st owner kept and he doesn't mention the motor replacement but he did note a cracked #6 piston. That may have been when the engine swap was made.

The 2nd owner did tell me the motor had been replaced by the PO. Based on what I read in the log kept by owner #1, he had more than his share of trouble with the 135. I don't know if there were issues with that motor overall or he was just unlucky. His auto log shows regular services, the date he installed the SW guages, the date he installed the after market back-up light etc.

So he was very through and find it hard to believe that neglect might have been the reason for his trouble.
 
LV auto log

Here are the last two pages showing repairs at 68900 miles. Currently the odo shows about 73k miles.
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Compression and rattle cans

I spent the better part of the day cleaning up the motor and rattle-canning exposed metal with light rust; frame , rims etc.

Compression on all cylinders149-152. It would'a been nice in the 160 range but a simple valve adjust might take care of that. +/- 3 lbs ain't that big a deal. The spark plugs need to be changed but the old ones only show signs of running rich and I knew that already. No sign of burning oil either. That was a plus.

Cap and rotor look okay but will be replaced anyway. The idle curcuit cut switch should be here tomorrow (thanks SOR) so I can get the carb back on. The motor should run strong after this.

Also removed the air pump and most associated hardware. I'll fill the air injection holes with some stainless int hex threaded plugs for looks. That damned rail is in the way of everything.

My slace cylinder should be here tomorrow too so I can fiddle with the clutch and see if there's anything that can be done to make it work, short of replacing it. If I can't do it then it'll be up to the new owner.

I'll be setting the valves and replacing the VC gasket and grommets.

With any luck at all I may have it ready to drive to Placerville on 5/16 for the Toys On The Rocks, club show. Comm'on clutch!
 
Rat farts!!!!!!

Well, we live and we learn, right? That's what I'm told anyway.

I've spent the last couple days under the hood cleaning, painting and tuning up. I thought just for S&G I'd replace the clutch master cylinder and install the master cylinder that came with the truck.

After separating the slave cylinder from the pass thru bolt (they had grown together) I got it all back in place then went up top for the master and resivour. Installed the new one only to find it was really the brake MC and the fitting wouldn't go in. So, being a patient man, I figured I'd get another MC in a day or two but I might as well put the MC hose on the new slave which I promptly cross threaded and most likely screwed the pooch on the rubber line and probably the slave too.:mad:

On the bright side....the motor is running very well, I just can't drive it at the moment.:grinpimp:

Good to hear from y'all!;)
 
mudge said:
Well, we live and we learn, right? That's what I'm told anyway.

I've spent the last couple days under the hood cleaning, painting and tuning up. I thought just for S&G I'd replace the clutch master cylinder and install the master cylinder that came with the truck.

After separating the slave cylinder from the pass thru bolt (they had grown together) I got it all back in place then went up top for the master and resivour. Installed the new one only to find it was really the brake MC and the fitting wouldn't go in. So, being a patient man, I figured I'd get another MC in a day or two but I might as well put the MC hose on the new slave which I promptly cross threaded and most likely screwed the pooch on the rubber line and probably the slave too.:mad:

On the bright side....the motor is running very well, I just can't drive it at the moment.:grinpimp:

Good to hear from y'all!;)
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If you need the brake master I have one from my truck that I definitely will not be reusing as I'm going over to disc brakes for security.
 
I'm good.

Thank you for the offer though. I ordered a full kit from SOR this morning that has the master, slave, slave rubber hose and replacement metal upper line. I hope this makes a difference. If it doesn't then the clutch is toast but at least all the perfieral parts will be new.

Got my air cleaner element and rubber grommets for the valve cover. I also bought a used glove box door because the original owner replaced the stock mech with these mondo hinges. I have no idea why. It goes with the truck too.

There's a 4x4 show not far from here a week from tomorrow and I'm hoping to be able to get the rig over there. But again, that depends on the clutch.

Here's the bottom line.....as the truck sits now, if the clutch is bad, that and the repairs to the floor is it. That's all that needs to be done until the new owner, who ever that is, decides to do more than drive it.

RANT coming on........

For those of you who might consider me a capitalist pig, try to look at it this way.

I live in the Cailf Mother Lode. Gold is everywhere IF you are willing to invest in the equipment to recover it. So lets say....I bought a used gold dredge from a guy for 6 or 7 hunderd dollars and hauled it off to the streams to try my luck. Then, by a complete stroke of luck, I sucked up a 3 ounce nugget in the 1st half hour. In reality a 3 oz nugget would be worth close to 1 thousand dollars an ounce since that's what gold is currently trading at. As a museum piece, because of it's size, it would be worth closer to 15 to 20k dollars; size matters.:D

Since I paid so little for the dredge and only invested 30 minutes of labor before finding the nugget does that make the gold worth less or does it make me an a-hole just for being lucky? I could be considered a lucky SOB maybe and that's just what I was.

I really sould stay off the computer after a few glasses of Calif Shiraz. "hic!":cheers:
 
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