That post goes back a few years. I just found the Kentrol stainless light rings last week myself.
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Fired the beast up and got it ready for a weekend of wrenching.
4Cruisers
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Finished cleaning, modifying, and reassembling a spare FJ60 distributor for my '76 FJ40. The FJ40 already has FJ60 electronic ignition, but I'll be replacing the distributor that's currently in the vehicle with this modified version with a single diaphragm/single port vacuum advancer.
blossett
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Brace the entire bed before you cut out the rear quartersCut out the rust and am getting ready to weld in my new sill/cover and some new lower quarter panels. Any advice or pointers from folks who have done this job are very welcomed.
Man... I gotta clean the extra parts out of my garage....
blossett
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Anyone know what size nut goes here?
blossett
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Thank you!!
I really like the no-clamp clamp. Nice work, John. That 60 distributor looks like it has no wear on the tang or gear.
Started figuring out the wiring for the eBay wiper motors to the painless harness - blew a fuse and gave up for now.
New pertronix ignitor, new battery, new battery tray and hold downs, put the Jumpseats back together, applied 2 coats linseed oil to the patina because "it's only $5". Drove it around town getting stares, "Jeep waves" and looking cool
New pertronix ignitor, new battery, new battery tray and hold downs, put the Jumpseats back together, applied 2 coats linseed oil to the patina because "it's only $5". Drove it around town getting stares, "Jeep waves" and looking cool
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Came from my '86 FJ60 that had ~125,000 miles on it when last on the road, which was ~1995 according to the PO. Southern Nevada truck until I brought it out here to New Mexico for its rebuild with 3FE and H55f.
David70FJ40
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I enjoy the stares! The jeeper waves are a hoot, those drivers think I am in another jeep.
Spruced up some knobs. I cleaned them well, dyed using the rit black liquid dye mixed with 50/50 hot water and acetone. Used a sharpie oil based paint pen for the lettering. I cleaned the excess paint using a paper towel and alcohol and polished by hand with some Mcguires headlight polish.
Rebuilding the center arm. As always, taking things apart is 90% of the job!
Thank you for the pointer.
Still doing the repair on the rear body of my 1969. Had to extend my inner sill channel because when test fitting I noticed that it was a bit short on one side. So I figured I would center it on the body mount holes and the extend whichever side was short so that it would fit properly.
Once I attempted that, I quickly understood where the problem was- I think this replacement piece was created on the wrong jig. There are 4 rear body mounts that attach to the rear frame crossmember. The two inner holes on the crossmember are 28.5 inches apart, and the replacement sill had the holes at only 28. I thought about a lot of solutions, but in the end I just cut the sill in the middle, pulled it apart .5 inches added some angle iron for strength and then some 16 gauge sheet metal to cover the work. The pic below is the cut, extended, and primed sill.
I know some work is to be expected with replacement body parts, but holes completely off this far seemed pretty bad to me.
Quick question for the Mud team: is the inner hole spacing on all early models 28.5 or did they have some with 28? Did the seller send the wrong sill for my year, or was it a quality control thing when they made the new product?
Once I attempted that, I quickly understood where the problem was- I think this replacement piece was created on the wrong jig. There are 4 rear body mounts that attach to the rear frame crossmember. The two inner holes on the crossmember are 28.5 inches apart, and the replacement sill had the holes at only 28. I thought about a lot of solutions, but in the end I just cut the sill in the middle, pulled it apart .5 inches added some angle iron for strength and then some 16 gauge sheet metal to cover the work. The pic below is the cut, extended, and primed sill.
I know some work is to be expected with replacement body parts, but holes completely off this far seemed pretty bad to me.
Quick question for the Mud team: is the inner hole spacing on all early models 28.5 or did they have some with 28? Did the seller send the wrong sill for my year, or was it a quality control thing when they made the new product?
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Still removing wires and trying to work through the mind of one of the PO’s thoughts. It’s amazing I started with the last photo and now only have few wires that still remain and the lights and turn Signals are still working. They were previously connected to the voltage regulator and the speed sensor.
tlaporte
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Your lights work, but does anything else, like gauges, hazards, etc? The loom in the second picture looks like the stock loom exiting the firewall into engine compartment.
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Unfortunately I’m not dealing with a stock 40 so yes it’s all working. This all started because I wanted to disconnect the AMP meter from my SBC one wire alternator. I got in there and just figured it was a good time to clean things up.
Unfortunately I’m not dealing with a stock 40 so yes it’s all working. This all started because I wanted to disconnect the AMP meter from my SBC one wire alternator. I got in there and just figured it was a good time to clean things up.
Catching Neutral
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The “Iron Yak” had the top to the center console reattached, hit the zerks with grease, removed weather stripping from doors, added new weather stripping to rear doors then ran out of time. Will do the front doors next weekend. And nestled the Yak next to his sister “Tashi”
What is a Jeep wave? Is that like the Hawaiian Shaka pinky thumb wave, or something closer to when the crazy person on the road wants to let you know you are number one?
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