Restoration FJ62 Ongoing (1 Viewer)

[TexasLandCruiser]

I keep a recycle bin for my little bits (best British accent) and clean up the threads, wash and keep handy. Can you tell me which bolt I stole off new Toyota, which is @overlandmetric and @ToyotaMatt (last photo). As you probably know these looks so nasty when removed, let soak awhile and they are back to beautiful gray.

 

[Cruiser Cult]

Looks great! Always key to have spare OEM bolts.

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

There are so many things I could have done different. I’ve had the pleasure of having to correct my fixes but generally pretty happy with undercarriage. I was able to either remove, restore and install or swap out almost everything underbelly. The belly is a bitch to frame on. I will probably never do it this way again. I used some Eastwoods on some and found that it doesn’t work much better then less expensive stuff. Plane ole black epoxy holds wells

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Looks great! Always key to have spare OEM bolts.

Hey homie, you’re correct.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

I keep a recycle bin for my little bits (best British accent) and clean up the threads, wash and keep handy. Can you tell me which bolt I stole off new Toyota, which is @overlandmetric and @ToyotaMatt (last photo). As you probably know these looks so nasty when removed, let soak awhile and they are back to beautiful gray.

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[TexasLandCruiser]

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Skunk Works himself!

 

[ToyotaMatt]

I keep a recycle bin for my little bits (best British accent) and clean up the threads, wash and keep handy. Can you tell me which bolt I stole off new Toyota, which is @overlandmetric and @ToyotaMatt (last photo). As you probably know these looks so nasty when removed, let soak awhile and they are back to beautiful gray.

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so check these new arrivals out


- this is absolutely mind blowing

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M6 x 1.0 x 20mm

its a structural SEMS equipped with a size periportal EARTH QUAKE collar washer


i think this is the future fir JIS fastener technology

- there Tirilliam plated too

- i do NOT think you could snap this with a common SHORT handle 3/8" ratchet and short 6pt socket , and using one hand !

 

[ToyotaMatt]

very nice refresh

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

I bought a Blue Sea 150 and been assembling all the connections. Finish up under the hood to tidy up. Pulling the last of the links now. Did myself a favor and printed Fuseology. Worth the read on load.

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Made some notes on what goes where

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Few weeks ago cleaned up the hardware to secure roof rack. Prepping the rack to mount again. Been in storage at the boat yard to get out of the way. Gobi low profile. I do need to get the wind deflector cause that chicken wire on top sound haunted with wind blowing through it

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

here is the almost final fuse nest after fabricating the mount. I’ve been using green zinc base coat on stuff that takes a beating. Used on below waterline marine and aircraft corrosion resistance “green”. The mounting bolts were actually the M6 to hold my coil packs to the valve covers on the 5.3. These were handy.

 

[ShineTX]

here is the almost final fuse nest after fabricating the mount. I’ve been using green zinc base coat on stuff that takes a beating. Used on below waterline marine and aircraft corrosion resistance “green”. The mounting bolts were actually the M6 to hold my coil packs to the valve covers on the 5.3. These were handy.

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Impressive work! Thanks for sharing.

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Read an article recently about parallel breakers. Bussman makes really cool stuff. I’m interested in the rack, the breakers drive me nuts just floating around, it’s chaos

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Rarely do I stop in my tracks and undo everything but going a different direction with type of Blue Sea nest. The fuses and the breaker are temporary so I can make sure everything upgrades without issue. The safety 150 Blue Sea is a fine box but once you get all the wires laid out it looks worse than before. So I built a small tray today painted and inital laid out the boxes. The breaker in the inline is to try out the slot style for my fan. It has a 25amp inrush and operates under 20amp. This is a 30amp continuous and pretty handy. Only issue I see is the blades v. bolt down. I’ve got the MIDI fuses paralleled until I trust them.

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

I may have gotten off script but laid everything out and test fired today. This layout is probably the first of 2-3. MIDI fuses with temporary breakers upstream until certain I’m not on the wrong path. I have no idea what I’m doing…

Blue Sea 4 slot with Bussman breakers and Littelfuse bolt downs. The box is rated to max 20amp continuous per slot. Will pull feed in from big post. Alternator direct to battery, engine feed and ship power at post downstream from battery. Test fire today seemed to have better voltage reading and more amperage downstream of battery, gotta go google this…

All this will be wrapped up not leaving it out.

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

This is how it all started. Just don’t die

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Finished up the wiring for the fusible links. The Blue Sea fuse block for the win. Using circuit breakers

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Close second we’re these little Mini ANL MIDI boxes. Small footprint, not watertight but easily tuck up in wherever you need them. Stay back! Think this label was appropriate, tightening the last bolt for the day and shorted my metric 12 box wrench on the post. Got sloppy and was dinner time

 

[TexasLandCruiser]

Some more pics from the exploratory work on the fuse links this past week. I’d built up a waterproof box to hold my MIDI fuses. Found a cheap box mounted the Littelfuse boxes inside and plumbed wires in. Here’s a cool Blue Sea 3/8 battery terminal. Talk about beefy. Have a Mishimoto PWM controller coming as well. Lastly I ran across this really cool shrink tube that looks nothing like shrink tube and wrapped my cables. Abrasion proof and tidy. The fuse box will get buried in the interior to safeguard some add-on stuff like lights and stuff as I finish out my tuffy and Anderson plugs to rear