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I'd really prefer the factory Toyota PTO, I've had a handful of the Ramsey ones and they got sent to scrap
Thanks though!
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I'd really prefer the factory Toyota PTO, I've had a handful of the Ramsey ones and they got sent to scrap
Thanks though!
No worries, it is an old one! Just thought I would throw it out there since it is complete...
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Robert Furman is making the weatherstrip.
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Yeah, its been awhile
Well the new motor (clean running used early F) went back in today. Hoping to have some time to get it plumbed and wired up tomorrow. From there I need to spend some time road testing it if I'm going to take it on the RelicRun in a couple of weeks
Well the new motor (clean running used early F) went back in today. Hoping to have some time to get it plumbed and wired up tomorrow. From there I need to spend some time road testing it if I'm going to take it on the RelicRun in a couple of weeks
Sweet Kurt. Glad to see it not as a rolling storage unit!
Just a short little while man.
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We've had a couple of late night (early mornings) in the shop. I'm proud to say she drove into the shop under her own power for the first time ever. I spent the bulk of the late evening with wiring, front clip is all powered and cleaned up and I was able to scrounge up enough color matched wiring to fix the headlight switch leads. The head light switch had some bad contacts however I was able to disassemble and clean and she is tight now. Tonight's agenda is rear harness wiring, horn and re-key an old style ignition switch as this one has some aftermarket junker. Excited to have Toyota keys again
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Lots of little progress. Repaired the harness around the OEM ignition with all matching wiring colors and soldered ends. I lucked out and found and ignition that had a matching key code as my door. Super stoked about that as the truck came with one original TEQ stamped key and I was able to use my key-cutter to match a few more keys to the truck and some of the other spare ignition cylinders I had kicking around. There are only ~150 different key combinations for early Land Cruisers, turns out I found another matched set while inventorying all my cylinders. Its a slightly newer ignition cylinder (71) which will be great for my next project (71 soft-top 40). A local locksmith was willing to sell me a stack of each key blank needed for the early Cruisers, we spent nearly an hour cross-referencing all of the numbers into modern available keys, turns out that they had 6 of the 7 key profiles in stock. This might be something we add to the website as a service in the future?
With that done, I tackled the hacked wiring on the horn and horn relay, again using all matching wiring to keep things simple and clean. My 66 era horn relay is bad thus I need one to get that project finished up. I could use the later model relay easy enough but I'd have to cut my ends off and make them into spade connecters rather than ring terminal connectors used oe. So if anyone has an early horn relay, I'd love to take it off your hands.
The vacuum 4WD is all plumbed and dialed nicely, engages and disengages smoothly. I need to track down an early ('58-'67) 4WD indicator switch. We changed all the fluids in the cases, rear diff has a leak but I'll address that when I figure out what I'm doing with axles, I've got lots of later model FJ40 disc brake era stuff here that would make a clean easy swap but I'm liking the idea of keeping this stock.
It fires right to life nice and smooth but was having a rough time accelerating under no load. I adjusted the timing as best I could and figured it was time to get some fresh gas in it before we tried to tune it much more. The gas we were running off of was 2 years old, amazing it ran at all quite honestly. We did a full ignition overhaul (cap, rotor, wires, plugs, etc) and got her running enough for a drive to the gas station. After a somewhat eventful time getting there (stalled a few times in the middle of the road), I added 10 gallons of fresh high octane fuel and started home. It literally started running much better in a matter of minutes. I still need to tune with the carb (or install my Mark A built one) but its running decent enough to drive it around.
I'm out of town for events the next few weeks off and on so my wife and I spent the morning in the shop organizing and cleaning, labeling all the misc 45 projects and putting all the parts in the bed of cab so they don't wander too far away. If I get a chance before leaving for CruiserFest, I'm going to try and bring the tailight housings back to life. They cut the bulb receptacles out and installed generic bulb housings. It might actually be a decent fix that I run with. Their holes were nasty (torch cut) but I think I can clean them up, patch a few holes and make them operable at least until I find some cleaner units. I've got new lenses and gaskets in stock ready to install. It seems my wiring is OK from the axle forward, I'll just need to build the harness back to the lights.
I could use some help with my parts needs here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-classifieds-corner/216488-66-fj45lpb-parts-needed.html
With that done, I tackled the hacked wiring on the horn and horn relay, again using all matching wiring to keep things simple and clean. My 66 era horn relay is bad thus I need one to get that project finished up. I could use the later model relay easy enough but I'd have to cut my ends off and make them into spade connecters rather than ring terminal connectors used oe. So if anyone has an early horn relay, I'd love to take it off your hands.
The vacuum 4WD is all plumbed and dialed nicely, engages and disengages smoothly. I need to track down an early ('58-'67) 4WD indicator switch. We changed all the fluids in the cases, rear diff has a leak but I'll address that when I figure out what I'm doing with axles, I've got lots of later model FJ40 disc brake era stuff here that would make a clean easy swap but I'm liking the idea of keeping this stock.
It fires right to life nice and smooth but was having a rough time accelerating under no load. I adjusted the timing as best I could and figured it was time to get some fresh gas in it before we tried to tune it much more. The gas we were running off of was 2 years old, amazing it ran at all quite honestly. We did a full ignition overhaul (cap, rotor, wires, plugs, etc) and got her running enough for a drive to the gas station. After a somewhat eventful time getting there (stalled a few times in the middle of the road), I added 10 gallons of fresh high octane fuel and started home. It literally started running much better in a matter of minutes. I still need to tune with the carb (or install my Mark A built one) but its running decent enough to drive it around.
I'm out of town for events the next few weeks off and on so my wife and I spent the morning in the shop organizing and cleaning, labeling all the misc 45 projects and putting all the parts in the bed of cab so they don't wander too far away. If I get a chance before leaving for CruiserFest, I'm going to try and bring the tailight housings back to life. They cut the bulb receptacles out and installed generic bulb housings. It might actually be a decent fix that I run with. Their holes were nasty (torch cut) but I think I can clean them up, patch a few holes and make them operable at least until I find some cleaner units. I've got new lenses and gaskets in stock ready to install. It seems my wiring is OK from the axle forward, I'll just need to build the harness back to the lights.
I could use some help with my parts needs here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-classifieds-corner/216488-66-fj45lpb-parts-needed.html
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Couple pics:
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Btw, 7-11 gas was my last preference... however its just a few blocks from my shop and we really didn't know how far it would make it on the old gas in the tank
Kurt I am ashamed to say that I didn't know about your thread
.She is looking awesome,can't wait to see it Cruisin the swell at RR,Congrats on getting her running once again.
.She is looking awesome,can't wait to see it Cruisin the swell at RR,Congrats on getting her running once again.
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Kurt I am ashamed to say that I didn't know about your thread
Its been a slow moving thread but I hope for that to pick-up (bad pun). I'm still pessimistically optimistic that I can have it ready for RelicRun, E7 was so worth the time away in ever sense but it pretty much put the 45 into 'rush' mode versus comfortable finish
Late nights with the 45....
Bringing her to life.. Timing and such til 1am.
Finally in the shop. Wiring reworked with anything non-Toyota being thrown out.
Tracing wires..
Rebuilding the multi-position light switch.
The Operating Room..
Old tail lens left, new right, and light can far right. Reworking the rear light situation.
Minor setback on the way to 711 for fresh fuel and sodas.
Mission accomplished.
Toyota everything is how Cruiser Outfitters rolls.
Bringing her to life.. Timing and such til 1am.
Finally in the shop. Wiring reworked with anything non-Toyota being thrown out.
Tracing wires..
Rebuilding the multi-position light switch.
The Operating Room..
Old tail lens left, new right, and light can far right. Reworking the rear light situation.
Minor setback on the way to 711 for fresh fuel and sodas.
Mission accomplished.
Toyota everything is how Cruiser Outfitters rolls.
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Thanks for posting pics Jason, something I definitely slack at!
Rollin' dirty in my wife's (Candace) FJ45 today, no lights, no plates but she runs. Hoping to get the lights all fired today. Column shift is a lost breed. Who remembers the Cake song:
"Well, stickshifts and safetybelts
Bucket seats have all got to go
When we're driving in the car
It makes my baby seem so far
I need you here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat
I need you to be here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat"
While Candace was with me, she refused to roll cow-girl, aka sitting in the middle leaving the passenger side vacant
Some pics to follow
Rollin' dirty in my wife's (Candace) FJ45 today, no lights, no plates but she runs. Hoping to get the lights all fired today. Column shift is a lost breed. Who remembers the Cake song:
"Well, stickshifts and safetybelts
Bucket seats have all got to go
When we're driving in the car
It makes my baby seem so far
I need you here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat
I need you to be here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat"
While Candace was with me, she refused to roll cow-girl, aka sitting in the middle leaving the passenger side vacant
Some pics to follow
Too cool there Kurt. Glad to see it on the road.
Will give you a shout monday for some more parts.
Will give you a shout monday for some more parts.
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Sounds good!
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A bit more progress, tailights are finished and 100% functional. I had to weld some bulb housings into the tailight housings but it turned out as clean as I could have wished for. I've got the harness 100% cleaned up including ditching the aftermarket amp gauge in favor of the repair OEM one. I cleaned up the speedometer assembly, hopefully it resolves the bouncy needle as you cruise down the road. One of these days I'll post some pics
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New (repro) tailgate in hand 
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One of these days I will have a worthwhile update but in the meantime it runs and drives and we motor in it to lunch of dinner once in awhile. Can't wait to actually drive it off-road
I did score the PTO winch setup I needed thanks to Mudders!
I did score the PTO winch setup I needed thanks to Mudders!
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Just keep it rollin, whatever you do. No more down time!
I just rolled past 95k on the brand new speedo I installed in '01.
IOW, it's not new any more, and I like that just fine.
I just rolled past 95k on the brand new speedo I installed in '01.
IOW, it's not new any more, and I like that just fine.
