Seat belt planet?
What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (14 Viewers)
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I eventually want to add the 3 point belts in the back of my 60. Where did you source yours? And was it easy or a PITA?
RevISK
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I have 3 pt that were added before my ownership. Looks like a pretty simple instal, done pretty well anyway. I won't be home until Friday but if want to remind me I'll shoot you some pictures.I
I eventually want to add the 3 point belts in the back of my 60. Where did you source yours? And was it easy or a PITA?
Got the stereo head unit and backup camera installed and working.
I eventually want to add the 3 point belts in the back of my 60. Where did you source yours? And was it easy or a PITA?
If the nuts are present in the pillar it's super easy. If the nuts are not present it is not super easy. Doable but a bit of a pain to route nuts up behind the pillar, orient them properly, and feed in a bolt to secure them.
4runner2FJ60
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To add my 2 cents, I used a sewing needle, I found the holes then poked the needle through and ran it across the edge where the threads should be. That way I knew before cutting into headliner if the holes were threaded.
And if the holes aren’t threaded, good luck. Mine weren’t. SBP will send the bracket to go back there. I ended up rigging some thin wire to snake down the C-pillar through that hole, thread it through the bracket (more like a nut) and twist it around a washer (this will keep it tight against the backside of the pillar. Once that contraption was done, I put some JB Weld SteelStik epoxy on the bracket tabs.
Once the epoxy is on there, pull the wire up through the pillar, smashing the epoxy tight against the inside of the pillar. I held this for about 5 mins or until it didn’t move anymore.
Now the wire can come back down the pillar and out. Now you have the bracket set and you can install the top part of the harness.
Wish I would have taken pictures of the process, but I was ready to burn it all down at the end of the day.
Once the epoxy is on there, pull the wire up through the pillar, smashing the epoxy tight against the inside of the pillar. I held this for about 5 mins or until it didn’t move anymore.
Now the wire can come back down the pillar and out. Now you have the bracket set and you can install the top part of the harness.
Wish I would have taken pictures of the process, but I was ready to burn it all down at the end of the day.
I eventually want to add the 3 point belts in the back of my 60. Where did you source yours? And was it easy or a PITA?
Yeah wife was insisting the kids need more than lap belts. Yes it has been a PITA. Knew my pillar did not have captive nuts. I've been collecting parts but put off starting into it for over a year. Couldn't find all the 62 parts in grey to make it work.
In hindsight SBP seems like a much better way to go but I chose to make it more difficult modifying bits needed from a couple different junkyard toyotas. Winders and webbing from an 87 mini truck. Covers and brackets from some 90ish toyota sedan. Works with the stock 60 buckles and webbing is close enough to a match. Did it this way to try to keep the original panels and hopefully have a finished product that looks like it belongs there. Next will be getting panels and wheel well covers sorted. Then need to deal with adding headrests
I did sort of similar using 7/16 unf nuts welded to plates I fished into place. Trouble I ran into was temperature is cold so the epoxy had a really long cure time.
I’ve got a panel design that fits around *most* aftermarket lower retractors, but covers as much of the open body work as possible. Ping me if when you’re at that step and I’ll send some photos. Maybe it works for you, maybe not.
I’ve been wanting to do this too, but I want to find the FJ62 plastic covers that go over the retractors. Then I can run a set of my 62 panels (the kind that are shorter than on a 60). I also want to do headrests in the back but finding a 62 rear seat back so I can steal the tubes that receive the headrest posts has been … well, I haven’t been successful in almost two years of looking.
DickM
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This method worked for me in the 45, but is fairly universal.
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Wrapping up my new carpet install and approaching the finish line. For those of you that have factory carpet, is there a cutout for the screw that limits throttle pedal travel or is it buried under the carpet?
There's been a cutout in both of my 60s. Both of them are early though, 1982 and 83.
Perfect, I'm rocking an '84 so I'll trim around it. Thank you sir.
Went camping to the beach
Happiness is a new oil pan that does not leak from cracked spot welds on the skid plate. It's a messy job but super happy with the results and no leaks! Added bonus is the drain plug washer is the same size as my 4Runner so less "inventory" to manage in the shop...
4runner2FJ60
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Definitely been a neglected job on my rig.....anything else has come first! I've had that same pan on my shelf for over two years!
You have a 60, right? I got a new oil pan for my early 60 and there were a couple if issues with the fit. First, the diagonal tube coming from the oil pump to the strainer at the bottom was making contact with the cutout in the baffle. That required a little clearance work. Then I found that the dipstick was hitting the top of the same baffle. I just bent the top of it a little and the dipstick clears.
Did you run into either of those issues?
