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seam sealer on that. thats the plan anyway. I seam sealed the back side while I had the brace not attached too. Thats what I did on the pans too.
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Tell me about this 2f carb. I have had it floating around for a few years. I know it needs an accelerator pump and I need a plug to plug off the return line if I want to use it on my fj55 in the future. and some mods to make it work with a cable linkage. It has a middle area above the base that had some smog stuff attached that I am wondering if it can be removed?
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Getting these doors adjusted to close and fit right is the stuff of nightmare frustration fuel. I did get it pretty close though. I still have things to weld up which I will do once I purchase a new mig machine.... but its nice to have these doors back on and the windows up to keep the creatures and elements out. I also need to bolt up the front fender too. Its basically not attached.
Started the old rig for the first time since before thanksgiving. I cranked it a bunch with the coil unplugged to build some oil pressure first. also the gage has dust on it not overspray I promise.
Started the old rig for the first time since before thanksgiving. I cranked it a bunch with the coil unplugged to build some oil pressure first. also the gage has dust on it not overspray I promise.
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My parents gave me a harbor freight gift card for christmas and I finally purchased some better wrenches. I bought a couple of Icon branded Ratchets in 3/8ths and 1/2, 1/4th. My crap master mechanic hardware store ones finally crapped out/ were really worn! and my SATA branded ratcheting flex head wrenches wore out and were annoyingly floopy and some of the clicks in the ratchet function were not clicking anymore. I decided not to go for ratcheting wrenches again. Instead I got the off set ones, the s shapped ones and some stubby ones. I also bought some more sockets in 3/8ths because I keep loosing them. I forgot to mention and photograph but my wife also got me some teng tools wrenches in 19 - 35mm size aka The BIG boys as she called them.
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SO the welding saga continues: I had suspected my EASTWOOD auto dimming welding helmet was also going bad. I thought it was the batteries so I changed those and no luck its also toast along with my eastwood 140 mig welder. NEVER again will I buy a eastwood welder or helmet. Eastwood - AKA fancy harbor freight but worse! I like harbor freight actually....
Good news though! After a glass of wine I bought an Inventor series Hobart welding helmet and to complement it I bought a millermatic 142 110v welder. I went with the 110 welder because I didnt feel like I was missing much with my eastwood 140 and if I feel i need a 240V welder in the future I can get one. I have been mostly using it for body panel work. I also would have needed an 240v extention for the welder as I do most my stuff under a carport. (I already own a 110v extension made for welding). I also know I will need to bring my welder over to my Dads place to help him with his Japanese dihatsu fire truck build and he does not have a 220v plug in his garage and then that made me think that in most situations if I am welding other than at my "machine shed" I wont have access to 220.
But I am excited. I hope this one last more than 3 years.
Millermatic 142 | Portable Mig Welder | Cyberweld - https://store.cyberweld.com/collections/mig-welders/products/miller-millermatic-142-mig-welder-907838
Good news though! After a glass of wine I bought an Inventor series Hobart welding helmet and to complement it I bought a millermatic 142 110v welder. I went with the 110 welder because I didnt feel like I was missing much with my eastwood 140 and if I feel i need a 240V welder in the future I can get one. I have been mostly using it for body panel work. I also would have needed an 240v extention for the welder as I do most my stuff under a carport. (I already own a 110v extension made for welding). I also know I will need to bring my welder over to my Dads place to help him with his Japanese dihatsu fire truck build and he does not have a 220v plug in his garage and then that made me think that in most situations if I am welding other than at my "machine shed" I wont have access to 220.
But I am excited. I hope this one last more than 3 years.
Millermatic 142 | Portable Mig Welder | Cyberweld - https://store.cyberweld.com/collections/mig-welders/products/miller-millermatic-142-mig-welder-907838
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You made a good, well thought out decision based on "your" needs. I got by with a 110 volt Miller for many years. I thought about selling it when I got my bigger welders but, it's just too handy to get rid of. It's very portable and flux core isn't a problem in the wind. I still use it often.
I hope your new Miller is as trouble free as mine has been. Got it around 1986 or so.
I hope your new Miller is as trouble free as mine has been. Got it around 1986 or so.
211 is dual voltage , just sayin...
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yep. I did see that. still I am happy with what I bought for the reasons I put above. Ill be sure to give my full thoughts when it comes in. Again if I feel like I need a 220 welder Ill pick up somthing later on.
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Thanks man. Drank the blue koolaid I guess. I dont think I will have buyers remorse. It has a pretty good warranty at least if something does go wrong. I think as I am not ever welding anything thicker than welding a nut on a broken bolt. 99% of the time I am using it to butt weld body panels together. Thats what I bought the eastwood for originally. The most fabrication I will probibly do unless I start taking paid stuff is creating a boxed frame for to carry surfboards in the back of the Daihatsu fire truck of my Dads. (a planned father son project). My last reason to get the 142 is it was in my budget and I wanted to try the miller where with taxes the 211 really was not in budget, sure I could have stretched it a little but then I could not afford to do some other planned projects. sure I could have gotten a hobart 210mvp but its a bigger heavier machine and I do tote the welder out of the shed down to the carport to work so weight was a factor too.
I am having a baby some time in the next two weeks too this was also sort of new Dad gift to myself as well so its its a little bit of want over need for sure. and I probibly wont get to use it for some time with the new baby coming possibly before this machine gets to me haha. who knows if I do want to get a 211 I am sure I can sell this miller for some cash to put towards that.
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I forgot about this but my brother and his Fiance found this vintage 1971 plate in an antique store back in October. Finally getting around to throwing it on the fj55. I worked on my isuzu pup some this morning but it is not going well. ever since the headgasket went its been one head ache after another. Its my white whale! currently the timing chain tensioner and a coolant leak are keeping me from running that truck again. unfortunutly I think I gotta pull the engine to replace the timimg chain tensioner on the isuzu... ugh. It is what it is and I will eventually pull the motor back out and do what I need to do.
After being frustrated by the isuzu, I started making some patch panels for the fj55. Iknow this corner is not going to ever look factory but it will be ok it will look good. I think this hand made panel turned out pretty well. Ill get it zapped in when my welder shows up.
lots of test fitting, bending, hammering and cutting to get this just right.
More trimming, and bending and its looking pretty good.
I still need to do some trimming before I weld it in but its looking good.
I also worked on a few spots on the cowl that started rusting out probably because the windshield gasket is kinda toast. Hoping to replace that this summer.
After being frustrated by the isuzu, I started making some patch panels for the fj55. Iknow this corner is not going to ever look factory but it will be ok it will look good. I think this hand made panel turned out pretty well. Ill get it zapped in when my welder shows up.
lots of test fitting, bending, hammering and cutting to get this just right.
More trimming, and bending and its looking pretty good.
I still need to do some trimming before I weld it in but its looking good.
I also worked on a few spots on the cowl that started rusting out probably because the windshield gasket is kinda toast. Hoping to replace that this summer.
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Paint update - I have been testing paint colors to see what matches. I can tell you that pueblo brown is 100% not the color. I did just order T-451 Coronado Beige in a spray can. We will see if thats correct. I believe I red that on @roadstr6 s build. I think he told me that too.
My new Millermatic 142 and helmet should be here by Wednesday so thats fun! A new dad gift to myself. Speaking of - I will be leaving the island on Friday to be with my Wife while she gives birth to our first child. The baby is due the 22nd but I want to be there a little early. (if all goes to plan and she does not give birth beforehand.) Where I live you have to take a 2.5 hour car ferry to get here. So to play it safe people go to Morehead NC to give birth. Nobody has been born on Ocracoke since the 1970s. We will have a new cruiser head soon! I already have a fj55 onesie for the baby thanks to @SC-Cruiser.
My new Millermatic 142 and helmet should be here by Wednesday so thats fun! A new dad gift to myself. Speaking of - I will be leaving the island on Friday to be with my Wife while she gives birth to our first child. The baby is due the 22nd but I want to be there a little early. (if all goes to plan and she does not give birth beforehand.) Where I live you have to take a 2.5 hour car ferry to get here. So to play it safe people go to Morehead NC to give birth. Nobody has been born on Ocracoke since the 1970s. We will have a new cruiser head soon! I already have a fj55 onesie for the baby thanks to @SC-Cruiser.
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Another update: I think I am going to replace the exhaust manifold with a header. the collector is leaky because a broken stud. and I have a header soooo... I am hoping it will fit. I have a ramaflex intake/exhaust manifold gasket coming (makes things seal up nice in my experience.) Ill take a picture of the header soon before I start and post it. Mine is the cheeper header design you see everywhere where the colector is in line with the head. Not the downward slant that the nicer ones have.
I need to clean up the header and make it nice still though. and buy a donut gasket.
I need to clean up the header and make it nice still though. and buy a donut gasket.
Carburetor is a 69 to 75 FJ55 California Spec based on the part number.
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I was just about to ask the whole 55 40 section on this. I need to by an accelerator pump. I think city racer has them. I dont have a air cleaner or cable linkage mod for this carb. and my holley is running fine right now. but part of me wants to set this up on my fj55.
That carb has a vacuum secondary which didn't start until '75
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Could be a 1975 SOR list this carb going to 1/75-12/75 I believe if it goes with what @WarDamnEagle said. https://www.sor.com/cat/042d
At least in the pictures it looks the same.
I might not even use this carb ever. Kinda want to put a new accelerator pump in it though.
Yes, that tube was for the EGR. I just cut mine off and filled the hole with JB weld...
Thanks. Sometimes the parts diagrams are patently clear and sometimes not so much. Carburetors are one of those "not so much" categories. Looking at a later diagram, it looks like the number changed to -61022 in 11/75 so maybe sometime in '75? Like you suggested; read the date code.
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Hahaha I had no idea they had a date stamp on them... Ill check that out when I get home and report back.