I bet a good fabricator or machinist could make one.......................hmmmm. I am an apprentice toolmaker.
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Living in the past I like the way you think brother!!!!!!
Living in the Past
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Toyota starts making a pump with a hand primer I'll jump on board until then I do what I can to keep rebuilding old pumps.
Also not sure what labor rates have to do with it. A small fraction of the pump parts are in the rebuild. Not sure if the three main housing pieces are aluminum or some type of pot metal but either way those require being cast.
Labor rates refer to Toyota dealer service departments, the primary user of Toyota parts. No one will pay to install a $50 kit in an old fuel pump for an hour labor (at $95/hr) when they can get a new pump for $160 list. Ford does the same thing, not offering small parts and forcing you to buy, for instance, an entire center console door for $200 when a $1 plastic clip breaks.
For those of us with mechanical aptitude and plenty of time, there will always be opportunities to fix things more 'economically'.
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That may be true of newer Toyotas but believe most FJ40s are serviced and repaired somewhere other then a Toyota dealer. Not many Toyota service tech around anymore who have much experience working on vehicles over thirty old. I have my newer Toyota service at dealer but not sure I've ever had a FJ40 in for work in the over forty years of owning them. Got a quote once for repairing my flashers that weren't working. It was so high I passed (poor kid beack in the seventies). Told me it required replacing a fuse that was inline up under the dash require a lot of work to get at it. I passed. Within a year I found it by accident under the cowl vent. The issue I have is these early cruisers were designed to be easy to repair and maintained. Over the years that has changed not many parts are designed to rebuilt anymore in anything included vehicles. It just sad our vehicles designed to have easy to rebuild parts have fallen victim of the same philosophy.
While I haven't had a FJ40 serviced at the dealer I've bought many parts over the years even though Toyota hasn't made that easy forpre 3/69 FJ40s.
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Several of you have asked about the silicone cowl drain tubes which has been MIA for a couple of months, so I'd like to share an update.
What I decided to do was to re-tool the mould to enlarge the diameter of the tube at the connector end, so that it will be way easier to install than the OEM tubes. The original version I created was made to OEM dimensions, and it unfortunately inherited the same characteristic of being a PITA to install.
I'm wrapping up production right now, and it should be available in 2 to 3 weeks. If anyone here purchased the previous version and hasn't gotten to the job, please feel free to PM me with your name and shipping address, and I'll send you the new version free of charge when it comes out.
Here are a couple of pics of the new tube installed on @ginmtb 's truck:
What I decided to do was to re-tool the mould to enlarge the diameter of the tube at the connector end, so that it will be way easier to install than the OEM tubes. The original version I created was made to OEM dimensions, and it unfortunately inherited the same characteristic of being a PITA to install.
I'm wrapping up production right now, and it should be available in 2 to 3 weeks. If anyone here purchased the previous version and hasn't gotten to the job, please feel free to PM me with your name and shipping address, and I'll send you the new version free of charge when it comes out.
Here are a couple of pics of the new tube installed on @ginmtb 's truck:
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Notice the proximity of the drain hose to the exhaust system in the above pic. This is where the heat resistant nature of Silicone offers an advantage over rubber.
are the finished products going to have the textured finish?
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Yes. As a matter of fact, if it doesn't have the texture, it ain't Silicone. For example, look carefully at any of the "tuner" hoses:
97-01 Honda Prelude Silicone Hose Kit Black - Blackworks Hose Kit
It's just a lot less visible when you look at it from a few feet away without the flash on.
crazy! didn't even notice that on your old (new?) hoses
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Yup. It's exactly the same hose except for the modded opening. When you look at it in person you don't notice it as much either.
Super cool
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New cowl drain hoses are back! Notice the enlarged opening on one end for ease of installation. You can barely make out the difference but it makes a difference!
What years used those drain hoses?
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'65 to '74.
Have you considered or had any requests for the window seal for the FJ40 hardtop sides or 74> rear hatch? If they're out there, please direct me.
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You can actually do the side windows pretty economically with an off-the-shelf product. Check out this thread:
A Guide To Installing Hard Top Windows
Re windows... How about vent windows in 74 and older doors... My seal are 41 but at least one is NLA. If not I've been thinking I may need to hand make some... Not likely any time soon.
Perfect! Thanks