What did you do to your pig today? (2 Viewers)

[LAMBCRUSHER]

hey that ain't too bad...it didn't look much better when it got off the boat! just don't get your fingers caught in those teeth...not too many know, but they're the real reason these trucks are called iron pigs...nothing survives the steel jaws of the fj55 rear tailgate regulator!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Oh Man, that glass track is shot. Be a good time to repack the motor gears with fresh grease, too. A good project. Unsolicited tip...Scribe or mark across both half moon gears and the center support, so when you take the motor off and the gears move, you'll have a base line to shoot for. If you don't get the gears aligned right, the glass goes up cocked and binds. Fun work and good luck with it.

 

[riderjgs]

You've already discovered the most important tool...the rear window article by Gary S. Invaluable.

 

[bobm]

Glass goes up. Glass goes down. Glass goes up, and hopefully stays there when it stops working. I might have a channel. You will need to weld the old hardware on the new 1.

 

[bobm]

F!@#*&g drove it Hard. Just like everyday .

 

[Ol Yeller]

I got a quote on redoing my thrashed front bench seat, apparently 1970's Japanese upholstery is hard to match...but I have several broken springs etc too so it's beyond throwing a cover on it.

Will be picking up my re-cored rad Wed so that's one more thing done.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

I paid 400 once to redo a front bench. it was nice. looking back, I should have used school bus seat vinyl...that stuff is almost indestructable. I used to put those poor seats thru aich ee double hockey sticks. best part is just fill the gouges and holes with black silicone and pretend it never happened!

 

[bobm]

You drove school Bus? I could never kids and me .. Shortage of Bus drivers out here. What ever happened to walking.

 

[bobm]

HardwRe

 

[fj55-100]

attempt # 119 in trying to fix my stalliing issue . new throttle body

 

[scrapdaddy]

attempt # 119 in trying to fix my stalliing issue

After all those tries, mine would have bullet holes in it. Good luck man!

 

[fj55-100]

for the money , i could have a one owner low miles 79 w p/s and ac ,delivered to me ==and still had enough to insure it as a classic . for as much as i have got into fixing mine

 

[scrapdaddy]

Let's not talk about the money side of this hobby....Please!

 

[61twpw]

Let's not talk about the money side of this hobby....Please!

But you only have $5,000 in yours, right?

 

[scrapdaddy]

Right!

 

[Bludozer]

Please top this talk - you are talking me out of buying one!

 

[thebus]

Just got home...checked to see if she was there! Still is will fire her up tomorrow after some test fitting of a seat..grrrr options..originality..

 

[bobm]

Took it to have my Head examined

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

Bet that made for an easy diagnosis... let me guess; CO poisoning with a remedy of roll up the back window?

 

[bobm]

Getting ready to work on it.