Seems to work on the island forum, see if it gains momentum here
What I need:
1) My ignition switch died in my '66 FJ40 a couple years back. That's part of the reason I haven't driven it much. Took it apart to see if I could fix it, and found it burnt the plastic between contacts. Thought I might try filling the hole with epoxy, but then just decided to replace it. I changed it over to the switch out of a '71 (seems 69-72 were the same), so now I am missing one switch out of the other truck.
Called Toyota and they said the dash mount switches are NLA. Hopefully Steve will find a good one in his parts bins. Looked at a generic aftermarket one today and wasn't super impressed, maybe there are better alternatives I didn't see, but I guess I could go that way. Coolcruisers has one for a very reasonable price ~$40, probably order it (assuming they do international orders) and accept the stupid shipping costs:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/coolfj40_2197_8075609
2) My 66 FJ40 should have two individual wiper motors, one for each wiper arm. Mine has been converted to a later cable style, which would be fine, but it runs a custom cable that has gone bad. Tried to repair it but they work so-so giving a pop and bang with every wipe
. Thinking of going back to the dual motors, anyone have those kicking around in a box somewhere?
I realize there aren't many guys with 40's in the club anymore, but maybe someone has some old 40 junk in a box somewhere they want to sell/trade?
What I need:
1) My ignition switch died in my '66 FJ40 a couple years back. That's part of the reason I haven't driven it much. Took it apart to see if I could fix it, and found it burnt the plastic between contacts. Thought I might try filling the hole with epoxy, but then just decided to replace it. I changed it over to the switch out of a '71 (seems 69-72 were the same), so now I am missing one switch out of the other truck.
Called Toyota and they said the dash mount switches are NLA. Hopefully Steve will find a good one in his parts bins. Looked at a generic aftermarket one today and wasn't super impressed, maybe there are better alternatives I didn't see, but I guess I could go that way. Coolcruisers has one for a very reasonable price ~$40, probably order it (assuming they do international orders) and accept the stupid shipping costs:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/coolfj40_2197_8075609
2) My 66 FJ40 should have two individual wiper motors, one for each wiper arm. Mine has been converted to a later cable style, which would be fine, but it runs a custom cable that has gone bad. Tried to repair it but they work so-so giving a pop and bang with every wipe
. Thinking of going back to the dual motors, anyone have those kicking around in a box somewhere?I realize there aren't many guys with 40's in the club anymore, but maybe someone has some old 40 junk in a box somewhere they want to sell/trade?
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) so that's made it difficult to get myself to a Coastal Cruiser meeting and put some faces to the forum names. I've got high hopes that I'll get out to a meeting in the next couple months.
