Cut out the tailgate and installing ambulance doors. starting to fabricate swing out spare tire carrier today
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (63 Viewers)
- Thread starter IH8MUD
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2004
- Threads
- 1,473
- Messages
- 36,819
- Location
- 818-953-9230
- Website
- www.marksoffroad.net
Finally got around to dealing with my sloppy column shift linkage. I knew this was a problem coming home from my South Dakota trip last summer, and even mentioned it to @Kris , who had some linkage for sale. But I’ve probably only put 200 miles on the Karma Cruiser since then, so it kind of slipped my mind.
The non-adjustable rod was in embarrassingly bad shape. The play of the ball inside the socket was just over an eighth of an inch, which is too darn close to the pop out point!
Fortunately for me, I own a Landcruiser store full of this old stuff, and found a really good used one to put on the truck. 
Shifts are nice and crisp again.
The non-adjustable rod was in embarrassingly bad shape. The play of the ball inside the socket was just over an eighth of an inch, which is too darn close to the pop out point!
Fortunately for me, I own a Landcruiser store full of this old stuff, and found a really good used one to put on the truck. Shifts are nice and crisp again.
Last edited:
6f40j9
SILVER Star
Lift gate rehab.
Vae Victus
Posting more than I know
After 7 years - took it for paint! Spring Green T-1028 is my color of choice. Big landmark for me. Grateful to @oldschool4wheeling Doug for the lift two hours away.
Do post up pics when it’s done.....
Super excited for you man! Can’t wait to see it.
Awesome.
Rainman
Wondering what my next vehicle will be...
One year after loosing the F to a lock up (and all motivation to finish), I cleaned up a 2F and 4speed, adapted the 3 spd case to the back, Installed the drive train, rerouted some wiring in the engine compartment, Got it running again, and... stalling. I'm suspect of the fuel pump so that's this weeks beginner. Here's a shot of all the hard work from the past 7 days.
Damn...big things happening in Nashville this week
Actually.. it take a few days.. brushing with Purple Power Degreaser from Walmart
some time I used a wire brush to help remove dry dirt .. at the end rinse with water
and for "shine" I have used wire wheel and drill at the end.
Alright that is pretty similar to how I did it last time - but it was a lot of work! Just wondering if you had a secret strategy.
I wish to know a secret too .. next time... I hope "next time" will never happens..
it too much work..
Do you have a re-welded intake there that cracked a second time? That would be unusual.
...
Last edited:
Yes, the 75 2F intake is cracked subsequent to welding. The bottom side (exhaust manifold side) is welded.
I don't know. But, when you run a weld, you create a molten surface that shrinks quite a bit upon cooling. So, the exhaust side is pinching, and if it was done after the carb side, then you can see the stress crack alleviating some of the tensile stresses from the weld, that would be normal if it was done after the intake side. My solution on the one that is under the hood (not pictured), is to leave the crack, run Aussie exhaust headers, and install a Man-A-Fre / BTB heat riser plate with pipe plugs for the water inlets (so no engine coolant warming the intake manifold).
The first real off-pavement adventure with the Land Cruiser since I acquired this 40.
My 40 had the duty of leading a couple of 4Runners, starting out on a historic, unpaved section of Route 66. This was also once the Camino Real - the wagon road that connected colonial New Mexico the the rest of the Spanish Empire. The trail navigator elected to have the 40 in front, because the 4Runners could actually keep some of the trail dust out of their cabins.
At the edge of a medium size volcano, Tetilla Peak, is an escarpment with a semi-perennial spring and waterfall. This is cow country in the National Forest. A few constructed dams, a bunch of bailing wire. However, there was an ancient pueblo out here too. We spent quite a bit of time observing artifacts, and hypothesizing about the modern graffiti and prehistoric petroglyphs.
We are on the little volcano, looking at New Mexico's supervolcano.
The 40 did well. Yes, it has issues, like rust, but the only thing that I had trouble with was that the tool bag under the driver's seat needed to be fastened down, at the end of trip. I was surprised that my 28-inch tires actually kept the steel parts from striking stone, and that I could drive most of the day and still have more than half a tank of gas.
My 40 had the duty of leading a couple of 4Runners, starting out on a historic, unpaved section of Route 66. This was also once the Camino Real - the wagon road that connected colonial New Mexico the the rest of the Spanish Empire. The trail navigator elected to have the 40 in front, because the 4Runners could actually keep some of the trail dust out of their cabins.
At the edge of a medium size volcano, Tetilla Peak, is an escarpment with a semi-perennial spring and waterfall. This is cow country in the National Forest. A few constructed dams, a bunch of bailing wire. However, there was an ancient pueblo out here too. We spent quite a bit of time observing artifacts, and hypothesizing about the modern graffiti and prehistoric petroglyphs.
We are on the little volcano, looking at New Mexico's supervolcano.
The 40 did well. Yes, it has issues, like rust, but the only thing that I had trouble with was that the tool bag under the driver's seat needed to be fastened down, at the end of trip. I was surprised that my 28-inch tires actually kept the steel parts from striking stone, and that I could drive most of the day and still have more than half a tank of gas.
Ackcruisers
SILVER Star
Here is a good thread mapping out the different approaches to cleaning, polishing, painting the transfer case and transmission.
Last edited:
