RodrigzCrzr
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Thank you!
I also just received your package for the knuckle rebuild.
Thanks again!
cheers
J.
What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (20 Viewers)
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I also just received your package for the knuckle rebuild.
Thanks again!
cheers
J.
JayDoc
boop/bop/beep
Took it shopping. Fourth of July is like Christmas for pyros.
Escaped the heat wave to camp the Mt Hood/Adams area for the weekend, no good truck photos but here's one from a surprisingly good brewery (Solara) in a small town (Parkdale). Excellent natural process peach sour. Really need to get the AC serviced though, driving home in 115 F was like being inside a convection oven. I think I drank 2 L of water in two hours.
Red Rocket!
EscapeWagon62
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Finally tackling my dash restoration.
Instrument surround sourced from Toyota
Lower valence cracks and broken tabs fixed with Plastex kit
Sand, SEM adhesion promoter and Rustoleum Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze
It ain’t perfect but love how it came out.
Next up - polish the cluster windows and paint the gauges with Testors florescent orsnge model paint.
Instrument surround sourced from Toyota
Lower valence cracks and broken tabs fixed with Plastex kit
Sand, SEM adhesion promoter and Rustoleum Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze
It ain’t perfect but love how it came out.
Next up - polish the cluster windows and paint the gauges with Testors florescent orsnge model paint.
red66toy
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Hey all, what is the correct grey paint for the FJ62 dash plastic? I tried the graphite SEM paint that others have listed and still way too light. That was SEM 15303.
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EscapeWagon62
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This stuff iis dead on the the 62 dash
Here is a comparison using the piece you are holding which I hadn’t painted yet vs the dash valence which I had painted.
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IYKYKRed Rocket!
red66toy
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Wow. Never would have guessed oil rubbed bronze! I thought you were painting your dash a different color. Thanks so much! Now to order some.
EscapeWagon62
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Thank @WoodnotRustWow. Never would have guessed oil rubbed bronze! I thought you were painting your dash a different color. Thanks so much! Now to order some.
He figured it out
FJ62 AC Bezel restoration
Maybe not quite as massive as an engine-swap, but still exciting for me regardless. Last week I fixed my cigarette lighter only to discover that my A/C Bezel was cracked in a number of places and had missing tabs. It was also the reason for a terrible buzzing rattle sound that I couldn't...
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WoodnotRust
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very nice lineup!
EscapeWagon62
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Finished it all up.
Painted the gauge needles, polished the gauge lenses, painted the lower valence and re-decal’d the light and turn signal stalks.
Found the loose wire that was keeping my heater blower from working.
cps432
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Finally found the loose wire that was keeping my radio from working. Apparently there is as a CB, CD player, and TV in this truck with a switch to run audio through the speakers for each unit. Now I just have blue tooth and cd. Hopefully fewer gremlins...
garfieldthecat
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Was able to install child car seat tether anchors for my kids to ride with me. Want to thank Bob at Elco Welding and Engineering in Venice, CA for his help in assembling the pieces I used.
is that lower anchor point attanched to an existing factory bolt or did you had them burned in a new one ????
Replace the thermostat in my old trusty FJ60 only to have a bolt snap off, from a decade of rust. Now I’m waiting for any advice from members as to how I can remove the rest of the bolt. After removing the old thermostat, it looks like it was still working. But no matter, I will replace it, then probably install the new aluminum radiator and water pump. And cut the fan shroud in half so it can be easily removed and re-installed.
