What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (74 Viewers)

[777Gage]

@Michael B , I had a 50 x 30' metal building built on-site, 12' walls, 6" slab w/ lots of deeper piers, metal framing, metal skin, 1" spray foam insulation, two 10'x10' bay doors, two man doors, a fair number of windows, and it was $42,000 3-1/2 years ago. Might be more now? Photos/build thread here: Building a new house and shop

We are meeting with a builder in Idaho on Tuesday and my wife wants me to have a shop if we move - (looking to get out of CA...) so I'll be asking about a 20x40 or 30x40 shop. They quoted us $175 sq ft for the house build so far.

 

[CruiserheadFJ40]

Cut and fitted topper today. Put some seal sealer, hardware back on and figure out some latches under neath next week. I'm ready for cooler weather and some camping trips been too long.

 

[Dizzy]

Testing the sunset.

 

[4Cruisers]

Testing the sunset.

That's a great spot on Hyde Park Road for a sunset photo. BTW, if you head just a bit further up the road towards Santa Fe Ski Basin and check out the road cuts on the north side of the road you'll see the shatter cones my youngest son studied along with his UNM geology professor. Huge meteorite impact a really long time ago. The feature went unnoticed for years until finally discovered by a local retired petroleum geologist. That's him in the photo.

Here's a detail photo showing the striations in one of the shatter cones:

 

[letterman52]

We are meeting with a builder in Idaho on Tuesday and my wife wants me to have a shop finally - (might move out of CA finally) so I'll be asking about a 20x40 or 30x40 shop. They quoted us $175 sq ft for the house build so far.

I’m having a 30x24 built right now and paid $45 sq ft with a 6” cement slab with rebar. 10’ 9” doors, 220 outlets and power for garage doors and stuff. I didn’t like the price that much but apparently COVID made Virginia rich.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Well crap guys, I'm just looking for a small storage shed ,like 12x20 to put my mower in!

 

[GA Architect]

@imyahucklbrry ....Thank you but my engine will never compare to @GA Architect , I do know how to photograph in bad lighting And from the proper angles.

.....Being at SAS #4 for a week, you haven't seen the after photos of my engine compartment yet!

 

[Jdc1]

Well crap guys, I'm just looking for a small storage shed ,like 12x20 to put my mower in!

Conex shed

 

[ToyotaMatt]

.....Being at SAS #4 for a week, you haven't seen the after photos of my engine compartment yet!

those will be must see photos !

 

[777Gage]

Well crap guys, I'm just looking for a small storage shed ,like 12x20 to put my mower in!

And more Fly Rod storage, it's all about the outdoor activities

 

[mtquivr]

Began replacing all the steel lines. Started with the vacuum transfer case lines first.

 

[Ocho77]

I’m having a 30x24 built right now and paid $45 sq ft with a 6” cement slab with rebar. 10’ 9” doors, 220 outlets and power for garage doors and stuff. I didn’t like the price that much but apparently COVID made Virginia rich.

Insulated?

 

[GA Architect]

This week, I took part of this.

Along with a few others, did a little of this.

And saw a few other really cool 40's and about 30 other various Land Cruisers.

All while making memories for a lifetime.

 

[Jdc1]

This week, I took part of this.
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Along with a few others, did a little of this.
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And saw a few other really cool 40's and about 30 other various Land Cruisers.
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All while making memories for a lifetime.

Looks like a great time, Rick. How’d the sniper do?

 

[GA Architect]

Looks like a great time, Rick. How’d the sniper do?

Sniper did well. However, I had to get used to the loss of power due to altitude. Other than that, no problems.

The really only issue was on my way back, but wasn't my Sniper. About a mile from the top of Monarch Pass, my sniper screen threw some high AFR's red codes and shut off. A quick call to @FJ60Cam, he diagnosed the issue. Clogged fuel filter, so I changed both on the side of the road. After covering my arms with fuel, I stopped at the top to clean myself up, then proceeded to hauled a$$ to Trinidad, CO for the evening.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

This week, I took part of this.
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Along with a few others, did a little of this.
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And saw a few other really cool 40's and about 30 other various Land Cruisers.
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All while making memories for a lifetime.

Hopefully your 40 is as dirty as mine now!

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Conex shed

It has crossed my mind.


I'm thinking about a couple of stick built sheds, one for stuff, another for firewood.

 

[imyahucklbrry]

Well crap guys, I'm just looking for a small storage shed ,like 12x20 to put my mower in!

Mayhap we have similar bank accounts!

 

[wngrog]

Got the Con Ferr mounted up tight

 

[4Cruisers]

Not to either of my FJ40s, but for another MUD member's FJ40. I refurbished a '75 2F vacuum retard points distributor and converted it to vacuum advance. I used a new NipponDenso advancer with an almost identical vacuum advance curve as the '77 2F distributors. And I added a new NipponDenso external condenser so it can be run with the coil alone, bypassing the igniter. Other new Toyota/NipponDenso parts include:

- mechanical advance weights with Teflon sleeves
- ignition points
- points damper
- points shield
- rotor
- cap
- miscellaneous hardware

Next on tap to refurbish, a '77 2F distributor.