What do I have? 40 newb

[RevISK]

Well it's only 107* in Austin today.
Made the wise decision to drive the 40 to my dentist appointment...

 

[clrussell]

Well it's only 107* in Austin today.
Made the wise decision to drive the 40 to my dentist appointment...

I feel you: today was a cool spell.

 

[clrussell]

Little project after work. Picked up some mew bulbs and got the dash lights working. Now have lighting and turn signal indicators.

 

[RevISK]

Little project after work. Picked up some mew bulbs and got the dash lights working. Now have lighting and turn signal indicators.

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Do you get nervous that they’re staring at you?

 

[clrussell]

Do you get nervous that they’re staring at you?

I aint skeered of nuffin.

 

[clrussell]

Crossed 80k last night.

Had a 55 GMC at the shop yesterday.

 

[clrussell]

It’s not a @rkymtnflyfisher update, but fishing none the less.

Last weekend I took the family out trout fishing here about an hour from home. My great uncle is a river guide and has been all his life.
Caught rainbow and one brown. Biggest catch of the day was 16.5” from my older Daughter (turns 8 next week). Sorry no picture of said fish. We caught about 30 fish in a few hour span. Kept 12 and turned them into fillets for dinner.

My dad is getting in worse health so after a shore lunch he came out with us until we got rained out. Fun day on the river with the family.

 

[clrussell]

Messing with the distributor last night. Hooked up my vacuum advance and it works. Seems to run a touch better, more responsive. Started good this morning.

However the distributor looks like a 30 year old cave inside.

Since it’s already HEI, could I in theory get a gm hei and swap the lower gear ?

 

[Grayscale]

Ozone from the spark will accelerate the cave-like rust. I've heard of folks rebuilding them. Maybe a good cleaning, greasing, and inspection is all that is necessary?
I don't see the advantage to HEI once you get confident with tuning points, and cleaning plugs. I'm not an expert on swapping the gear, but especially after having modified the pinon-gear with a hammer or press, for the second (?) time, it isn't quite the same? You could also start with a fresh pinon gear, from a worn-out-Toyota distributor?
I'm confident that the mechanical advance in Toyota distributors, is correct for F/2F. Not that gasoline burns any slower in a LC engine, but, something like a Chevy 250 can spin (redline) with more rpm than these long-stroke Toyota motors, so HEI needs a wider range of mechanical advance. Perhaps, the LC's spark-timing is different than GMs, at a given rpm, because of its longer piston-stroke, but, again gasoline burns at the same rate, given a similar 'atomization' of fuel? Where spark advance is especially needed is on cold engines, or when you are running EGR.

 

[clrussell]

Ozone from the spark will accelerate the cave-like rust. I've heard of folks rebuilding them. Maybe a good cleaning, greasing, and inspection is all that is necessary?
I don't see the advantage to HEI once you get confident with tuning points, and cleaning plugs. I'm not an expert on swapping the gear, but especially after having modified the pinon-gear with a hammer or press, for the second (?) time, it isn't quite the same? You could also start with a fresh pinon gear, from a worn-out-Toyota distributor?
I'm confident that the mechanical advance in Toyota distributors, is correct for F/2F. Not that gasoline burns any slower in a LC engine, but, something like a Chevy 250 can spin (redline) with more rpm than these long-stroke Toyota motors, so HEI needs a wider range of mechanical advance. Perhaps, the LC's spark-timing is different than GMs, at a given rpm, because of its longer piston-stroke, but, again gasoline burns at the same rate, given a similar 'atomization' of fuel? Where spark advance is especially needed is on cold engines, or when you are running EGR.

If an oem distributor was a reasonably priced option that’s the direction I would go.

It also currently works great, I know in the back of my head that one day it won’t. And it will probably be in a bit so great location.

Yea I have no idea if the curves are the same, I imagine they are “close” as people have been adding hei for 30+ years with no ill effects.

 

[clrussell]

Productive day around here yesterday. Not all cruiser related but somewhat.

On the cruiser end. I park it under a lean too next to my shed which has gates for the back yard. The gates have always been in the front portion of the area, therefor every time I move the cruiser I have to open/ close gates.
I moved the gates to the rear of the area and added a packing block so that as I back in I can park in the same location. And know I’m not going to bump into the fence. I drove the 40 twice yesterday and the first time I pulled up to my normal spot, stopped and got out to close the gates. To remember as I stepped out that I don’t have to anymore

 

[clrussell]

I had a couple hours while the girls napped so I ran to the shop to work on a couple things.

I cut down, cleaned and painted my front bumper. It was bent at both sides and buckled at the frame mounts. After cutting it I wire wheeled it all and gave it a couple coats of some pewter paint I picked up a while back. I think it’s the wrong shade but it’ll do for now.
I can’t decide if I like it or not, but it is definitely an improvement over what was there. I did move the light mounting bar to the lower location and plan on adding some lights back on. I have a couple led options here that have been waiting on a home.

 

[clrussell]

Final project for the day was to move my fuel Gerry to the tire carrier side. I Probably am not helping my cruiser lean any, also don’t really care too much. My 200lb self probably offsets it some driving anyway.

Getting closer to pulling this carrier for finish weld and powder.

The can tucks in nicely and fills the gap of my mistake on mounting the pivots to far inboard. I have a plan for a 12v siphon pump so that I don’t need to remove the can To fill with fuel.

 

[clrussell]

Also Thursday night I had the thought of a cup holder. And remembered there was one of the universal ones in my farm truck that was not being used.
Nothing 5 minutes and a cut off wheel won’t solve.

Also note passenger ac system is currently installed and out of adjustment.

 

[clrussell]

Lastly.. I made a deal on a set of Fifteen52 17x8.5 last week in black.. not sure when I will install them, maybe soon, maybe not. My tires are all But brand new. However this opens up some options later down the road. I might paint/ coat them the same oem type gray before install. I think personally it matches the “look” better. However the Mule looks so dam good with black.

I need to contact @Chungas Revenge and see how they did his on the 1552s. I imagine a “simple” drill and tap and bolt the clips on.

 

[Grayscale]

If an oem distributor was a reasonably priced option that’s the direction I would go.

It also currently works great, I know in the back of my head that one day it won’t. And it will probably be in a bit so great location.

Yea I have no idea if the curves are the same, I imagine they are “close” as people have been adding hei for 30+ years with no ill effects.

I read that the HEI have better dwell than previous points-type systems. I also heard that electronic ignitions are easier on the coil, if you leave the key in the 'On'-position. It is also the price of the coil and /or igniter that accompanies the OEM distributor; with HEI, it is all there.

My 2F with points and igniter, fouls up plugs regularly. So I set my spark plug gap at the .032-inch spec that Toyota used for the F with points-only-ignitions. I figure that it takes less voltage to spark across an oily, carboned-up gap between electrode and grounding strap.

 

[pb4ugo]

I can't speak to the adaptability of a GM style HEI to your Toyota 6 cylder. I've read posts where the dist gear has had issues with the Toyota cam gear and has failed and could hurt the engine. Others have had success with vendors HEI dist. I run sbc's, all of them run HEI. They are pretty much bullet proof and easy to work on. The pickup coil seems to be the most common part to fail. When they get hot they'll quit working. I think I've replaced 2 or 3 amongst all of them over the past 30yrs. The pickups are inexpensive and easy to replace. The HEI coil puts out about twice the voltage than a conventional coil. They are more accurate than points and pretty much maintenance free.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Lastly.. I made a deal on a set of Fifteen52 17x8.5 last week in black.. not sure when I will install them, maybe soon, maybe not. My tires are all But brand new. However this opens up some options later down the road. I might paint/ coat them the same oem type gray before install. I think personally it matches the “look” better. However the Mule looks so dam good with black.

I need to contact @Chungas Revenge and see how they did his on the 1552s. I imagine a “simple” drill and tap and bolt the clips on.

There are options. I stayed w/the black to keep a dark tone on tone look. You have other options on color. We/shop talked endlessly about options/sizes/colors. Fifteen52 just hit all of the trigger points without heavy mods. Depending on how well you bought them and how you want to tie that great OE color in, sky’s the limit.

The OE hubcap fits perfectly. EBay clips, drilled tapped, rinse and repeat. Pic for reference. 6 clips per wheel.

Edit: EBay clips are more flexible that OE. Easier to get that fit just right.

 

[clrussell]

There are options. I stayed w/the black to keep a dark tone on tone look. You have other options on color. We/shop talked endlessly about options/sizes/colors. Fifteen52 just hit all of the trigger points without heavy mods. Depending on how well you bought them and how you want to tie that great OE color in, sky’s the limit.

The OE hubcap fits perfectly. EBay clips, drilled tapped, rinse and repeat. Pic for reference. 6 clips per wheel.

Edit: EBay clips are more flexible that OE. Easier to get that fit just right.

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I have that exact pic saved and tried to post it earlier but I have a potato for a phone and it didn’t cooperate.

Are they just standard ole eBay hubcap clips? Or specifically for the Landcruiser?

I’m in my wheels for good enough it doesn’t hurt my feelings to repaint/ refinish when I get to that point.
I think you made the right call on black wheels with the center caps. I envision the factory gray on 52s and center caps looking almost the exact same as I have now. Just wider and some better tire options. (I really wish they made the boss MT in a 285/75/17..)

Edit — I imagine these are the clips used?

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[Chungas Revenge]

I have that exact pic saved and tried to post it earlier but I have a potato for a phone and it didn’t cooperate.

Are they just standard ole eBay hubcap clips? Or specifically for the Landcruiser?

I’m in my wheels for good enough it doesn’t hurt my feelings to repaint/ refinish when I get to that point.
I think you made the right call on black wheels with the center caps. I envision the factory gray on 52s and center caps looking almost the exact same as I have now. Just wider and some better tire options. (I really wish they made the boss MT in a 285/75/17..)

Edit — I imagine these are the clips used?

Pardon Our Interruption...

Bingo, those are the clips!!

Tire size was one of the screening criteria I used for 52’s. Price and ease of modification were the other two.