Has anyone put a power window in their 40? Asking for my dog. He's having trouble winding down his window and rolling it up when the rain hits.
It's a 77
It's a 77
Power window
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Red Green used a kitchen mixer to get power windows on a truck.
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And a cordless drill for a trolling motor....
You might search. Several months ago someone found a kit or something. I think it adapted to the stk regulator.
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I thought I saw something a while back but couldn't find it. Thanks I'll expand my search
Here ya go.
Actually, this would be an update to “What Have You Done to Your Land Cruiser this Week”. I figured I should have tried to keep it under under some kind of build activity but…it’s all over the place.
I had this universal power windows install kit so since I wanted to stick those sound deadener mats in the doors and change the window regulators…i decided to toss it in. It’s easy to get it back to stock in a few minutes so if any ultra purist decided to buy this truck 25 years from now, it can be un-done. I’ll even pack the old door cranks inside the door cavity like a time capsule
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I had this universal power windows install kit so since I wanted to stick those sound deadener mats in the doors and change the window regulators…i decided to toss it in. It’s easy to get it back to stock in a few minutes so if any ultra purist decided to buy this truck 25 years from now, it can be un-done. I’ll even pack the old door cranks inside the door cavity like a time capsule
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A power window comes with every North American FJ55. It might be easier to buy a 55.
That aside, have you ever looked inside an 80 series door? The lift mechanism looks suspiciously similar to earlier mechanisms, like my '74 55. It made me wonder how difficult it would be to swap that 80 stuff into an earlier door. The motor is pretty small, it's metric, It might work better than a generic kit, we know how Toyota loves to repeat themselves. Find a wrecked 80 in a junkyard, pull the motors and regulators and channels and harnesses and control panel and give it a try.
I’m not sure you even need an 80. I might be wrong, but I seem to recall the 80 window motor was generic Toyota. No clue about the mechanisms though, so that might indeed push you back to an 80.