Builds Old Landy: An HJ45 Story/Build Thread

[pigmony]

Like Rooster, I really like the color scheme and the banding. The medic symbol...not as much. I'd love to see it replaced with something that speaks about your family, heritage, or the things that are most important to you. Alternatively, you could do the cliché overlanding thing and replace the medic symbol with an outline map of all the places you plan to visit, and then fill them in with color as you explore. There's probably a more creative way to do that, and you might just be the folks to figure it out.

Overall: It's pretty rad.

 

[Cowboy45]

I know that you guys don't really like the ambulance cross, so we decided to put a wall of fame type thing on the back door. It will have either the flags of the places Old Landy has been or the actual names of them and the new places it has gone. For example, we can put pass stickers from SAS on it, and a Lesotho Africa flag. What do you think? It will include some of Old Landy's heritage and new beginnings with us.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Since you asked...

Color scheme seems settled.
I really like the tri color banding tying in with the lower base color like you have it. I also like the wording in the banding.

I'm not real sure about the big medic symbol. I think it would be cool to replace it with your own simple logo and incorporate the things that are important to you, like "Old Landy", the medic symbol, some dates, some country/continent shapes, description of your intended use, i.e. adventure or exploration.

Great feedback! Definitely valid points. Definitely struck a chord about considering “what is most important to you” @Cowboy45 has some soul searching to do

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Discussing this with my sons @Cowboy45 and Liam plus @CaptClose one concept to build on @Cowboy45 idea ^^^ is to replace the rear medic symbol two areas to document its life. One half to show its past before it met us using miniature flags of the countries. The other half, the journey @Cowboy45 will chart (SAS and more). SAS means a lot to us as this is what ignited the spark for @Cowboy45. I sense it’s Maiden Voyage needs to be to SAS.

Just for kicks we ran through André ‘s blog and counted the countries it has been before it came into our lives. These flags will be part of the back door.

The other half will include war medals in @Cowboy45 life, similar to what we did on my 60,Scarlet, at SAS2

It has also crossed the following oceans and seas:

East China Sea
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean

 

[pigmony]

I like this idea a lot.

 

[Cowboy45]

Okay I know it has been a very long time since the last post, but today we are FINALLY going to the farm. My brother and my dad are going to be setting up a paint booth for my brothers Mustang, but I will start taking apart the 40 series disc brake axle or starting the 2H engine rebuild.

 

[dogfishlake]

Okay I know it has been a very long time since the last post, but today we are FINALLY going to the farm. My brother and my dad are going to be setting up a paint booth for my brothers Mustang, but I will start taking apart the 40 series disc brake axle or starting the 2H engine rebuild.

Cool! Should be fun. I think there's a good chance I'll be stopping in to check your progress in the near future! I'm picking up parts for Chunk next month (I think) and your place is not too far away.

 

[Cowboy45]

^^^^^ Yeah that will be a lot of fun!!! My dad was just talking about that. Can’t wait!

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Finnished up some critical honey dos for the . All the boys pitched to get this done in time for Christmas. All good now. Plough time at the Elf Barn.

 

[Cowboy45]

Today we were taking apart the 40 series disc brake axel and we found two things.

1. The berfield joint was ground down on the inside which could mean larger berfields were installed.
2. It looks like the rotors appear to be 60 series rotors. From my understanding 40 series rotors are connected to the hub using six bolts, but the rotor we have appears to have only 2 bolts connecting to the hub and the rest are lug nut studs.

Question: Do you need to separate the lug nuts from the hub to separate the rotor and hub?

Can anyone confirm if this is a 60 rotor and hub. If it is then we probably have mini truck knuckles and steering arms. Here are some pics of the rotor. (On the rotor pic blue = lug nuts and red = bolts.) Many you may already know this, but I am just starting and I am 13 so your advice is really helpful!

 

[Cowboy45]

Here are some images of the knuckle housing. If anyone could identify if this knuckle housing is mini truck or something else that would be great.

 

[cruiserjunktion]

Here are some images of the knuckle housing. If anyone could identify if this knuckle housing is mini truck or something else that would be great.

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The axle is from an 81 Fj40. It utilizes the same knuckles, rotors, large pattern steering arms and hubs as the 60 series. It also has vented rotors like a 60.

 

[cruiserjunktion]

Today we were taking apart the 40 series disc brake axel from @cruiserjunktion and we found two things.

1. The berfield joint was ground down on the inside which could mean larger berfields were installed.
2. It looks like the rotors appear to be 60 series rotors. From my understanding 40 series rotors are connected to the hub using six bolts, but the rotor we have appears to have only 2 bolts connecting to the hub and the rest are lug nut studs.

Question: Do you need to separate the lug nuts from the hub to separate the rotor and hub?

Can anyone confirm if this is a 60 rotor and hub. If it is then we probably have mini truck knuckles and steering arms. Here are some pics of the rotor. (On the rotor pic blue = lug nuts and red = bolts.) Many you may already know this, but I am just starting and I am 13 so your advice is really helpful!

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It’s all late 40 series parts. The earlier style 40 hub uses bolts to retain the rotor where as the later 40/60 has only 2 bolts. You’ll need to remove the 6 studs to get the rotor hat off. A brass hammer is great for this.

 

[cruiserjunktion]

Here are some images of the knuckle housing. If anyone could identify if this knuckle housing is mini truck or something else that would be great.

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The mini/40/60 use the same knuckles. The rotors are not vented on the mini truck whereas they are on the Toyota Land Cruiser.

Mini truck front axle = 8.5” 3rd
Toyota Land Cruiser = 9.5” 3rd

Here are some pics of mini steering arms.

 

[Cowboy45]

The mini/40/60 use the same knuckles. The rotors are not vented on the mini truck whereas they are on the Toyota Land Cruiser.

Mini truck front axle = 8.5” 3rd
Toyota Land Cruiser = 9.5” 3rd

Here are some pics of mini steering arms.

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Thanks for the verification Deo!

 

[4Cruisers]

You’ll need to remove the 6 studs to get the rotor hat off. A brass hammer is great for this.

Perfect time to pick dip some more equipment for the shop:

Wheel Stud Installation Tip

The press also comes in handy for replacing U-joints, along with a large bench vise.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

@S4Cruiser awesome tip. We got to try it. Helps index studs easier. We have a shop press. We also figured out that one of our lift’s pads works really well to push out the the hub from the rotor using the press.

 

[Cowboy45]

It’s all late 40 series parts. The earlier style 40 hub uses bolts to retain the rotor where as the later 40/60 has only 2 bolts. You’ll need to remove the 6 studs to get the rotor hat off. A brass hammer is great for this.

Thanks for the great tip! But, we ended up using the shop press to punch out the six studs, because they were pretty frozen. (SUPER SATISFYING!)

 

[Cowboy45]

These last couple posts may have been kind of confusing so I will put a summary of all of this when we leave the farm in a couple days.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

@Cowboy45 got a taste of his first knuckle job. Used 6 sheets of blue towels per side. Frugal. Scooped mighty loads with each sheet. Lots a grease. Quite the opposite of TP use I gather..
Liam also pitched in and is quite the closet cruiserhead.