POTATO LAUNCHER
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I had the pleasure of seeing and driving this 40. Absolute joy to drive. Tight with no rattles and attention to detail is second to none. Top notch work my friend. 
Builds The Architect's '77 FJ40
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DSB345
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You never miss a thing.
fyton2v
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No rattles? How do you remove the rattles? Been chasing one on the passenger side forever.I had the pleasure of seeing and driving this 40. Absolute joy to drive. Tight with no rattles and attention to detail is second to none. Top notch work my friend.
GA Architect
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FWIW - I had a rattle in the passenger rear for the longest time and could never figure out what it was. I tightened, wedged, wiggled, and tried many things inside the rear area including adjusting the amby doors numerous times........Last year, as I was under my rig installing the new rear wire harness, I bumped the rear brake line and it wiggled & rattled inside the frame bracket. I thought to myself, surly that can't be the noise I've been chasing for more than a few years......Yep! Every time I hit a smallish bump, the rear brake line was rattling inside that frame bracket where the hard line meets the soft line. I was missing the 96991-10080 clip that secures the soft line connection to the bracket. Purchased a few and installed one at that location....I'm happy to report, the mystery rattle was solved.
Chungas Revenge
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Goldbug
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I will say, I've greatly reduced the number of rattles by gradually chasing them. Though the single biggest improvement is simply removing the top!
fyton2v
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This one particular squeak/rattle noise has me thinking about removing the motor.
GA Architect
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Over the hills and through the woods.....to Buc-ee's we will go.
....Wife says, "Let's go to Buc-ee's and take the 40." Being someone who's always up for an adventure, off we go. It was a great trip from Canton, trough Waleska, Beasley Gap, Rydal, Funkhouser, Fairmount, Sonoraville, to the Adairsville Buc-ee's, and back.
....Wife says, "Let's go to Buc-ee's and take the 40." Being someone who's always up for an adventure, off we go. It was a great trip from Canton, trough Waleska, Beasley Gap, Rydal, Funkhouser, Fairmount, Sonoraville, to the Adairsville Buc-ee's, and back.
Still cant get over how wide your wheels are - looks incredible.
mattressking
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Did you get a brisket sandwich with jalapenos?
Catching Neutral
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The Beaver is always open. And we’ll worth the trip.
GA Architect
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Time for an oil change & wash.
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Why the Hengst? Eh, no particular reason, just switching it up a bit. However, the 'Locking Oil Funnel' is nice and worth the price.
Checked the spark plugs, and they looked good....Drive on, I will.
Why the Hengst? Eh, no particular reason, just switching it up a bit. However, the 'Locking Oil Funnel' is nice and worth the price.
Checked the spark plugs, and they looked good....Drive on, I will.
Its probably in this thread somewhere, what are those wheels?
GA Architect
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brettk
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if you ever find a wide mouth quart of oil like the one toyota sells at the dealership, you can cut the bottom out and the top will screw into the valve cover. Yours fits the cleanliness of your build though 
Those wheels. That stance. Just brilliant @GA Architect …. We need to do a local meet up soon.
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chupacabra
if you ever find a wide mouth quart of oil like the one toyota sells at the dealership, you can cut the bottom out and the top will screw into the valve cover. Yours fits the cleanliness of your build though
Amazon product ASIN B08YDBV844
brettk
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Here’s a picture of what I was talking about. I don’t buy that Toyota oil is some special concoction formulated specifically for our engines, but I usually just pick it up while I get a new filter as it’s just as cheap as the parts store. I figured out by accident those bottles thread into the valve cover. So I made one into a dedicated funnel and have had it for years.
Anyways, I’ll quit mucking up your thread good stuff as always Rick!
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GA Architect
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A possible new cup/bottle holder & location. I just started playing pickleball and picked up a new larger water bottle to take to the court. Being my rig has several cup holders, it really didn't have a bottle holder, per se. That got me searching for bottle holders on the interweebs....and I found this adjustable clamp-on one for use on a scooter's handlebar.
Amazon product ASIN B0C616LYQX
First thought was to clamp it onto my seat post some how, but they use square tubing and or irregular shapes. Being I have a void between the driver's rear seat frame bolt and the side wall, why not figure a way to put it here....so this is what I came up with:
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Note, the M12x1.25 bolt is actually a Toyota 91659-61260 (90080-11425) part --- steel spacer is from ACE and is a 7/16 x 7/8 x 1.5" unit cut down to 1" in length --- and the additional thick washer is from ACE.
NOTE: If for any reason this is deemed unsafe, please let me know and I will come up with a different attachment using 1.5" x 1/8" flat bar as a oblong washer with a solid 1"x1" round bar welded for the attachment.
Amazon product ASIN B0C616LYQX
First thought was to clamp it onto my seat post some how, but they use square tubing and or irregular shapes. Being I have a void between the driver's rear seat frame bolt and the side wall, why not figure a way to put it here....so this is what I came up with:
Note, the M12x1.25 bolt is actually a Toyota 91659-61260 (90080-11425) part --- steel spacer is from ACE and is a 7/16 x 7/8 x 1.5" unit cut down to 1" in length --- and the additional thick washer is from ACE.
NOTE: If for any reason this is deemed unsafe, please let me know and I will come up with a different attachment using 1.5" x 1/8" flat bar as a oblong washer with a solid 1"x1" round bar welded for the attachment.
GA Architect
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Installed some unistrut & a 120V winch in my shop a few weeks ago......
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