What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Living in the Past]

Tom which 40 are you converting to FI?

 

[tls3601]

Fixed most of the door rattles. They were in the front, and I had no clue that the door adjustment was too far in to make it to the second click. I'll have to wait for some washboard to see. Also used some generic weatherstrip to make it tight.

Drilled out the worn-out carb side hole where the torsion rod on the accelerator linkage goes. Made a tight-fit steel bushing to replace the wasted nylon one from a piece, scrapped from a Hitachi carb from my pickup. Fixed a ton of throttle linkage slop!

Installed a new OEM non-USA 2F carb. Got a Doorman brand choke cable stop. Added a section of wire to go from the idle cut solenoid flat spade to the OE bullet connector. Left it with the rich main jets installed. Manufactured a longer air cleaner threaded rod. I have a bit of a ring in my ears, but, especially, at road speed, I can't really tell when the engine is idling and I'm coasting, or next to other vehicles at a stop light - it's nice to have a low 500-ish rpm in between the fury of the straight-cut transfer case gears, sounding akin to the old UPS delivery trucks. I don't know what was wrong with the old carb, if it was corrosion, or what, but, I unleashed a beast!

Reinstalled the original '75 mouse-nest air cleaner, complete with major rain, snow, and rodent urine patina. I figured that I would let it tell its story - something unique to these old rigs, as auto design these days relies so heavy on obsolete paint and plastic, which ages so poorly, so fast.

Added a hand-throttle that came with a Redline Weber kit for my pickup that I didn't use.

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It is pretty simple. Drill a hole in the plate that operates the old throttle positioner switch for the smog system, about twice the size needed for the super stiff cable. Add a Doorman-brand cable stop. The OEM system relied on a part to hold the cable in place. But, the cable is stiff, and the accelerator pedal swings in an long arc, so I just avoided the extra friction at a couple of points by letting the whole flexible section of the cable do its thing. I took a file to the sharp part of the cable's outer sheath, which was cut, so it doesn't excessively wear the inner wire as it moves.

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Yes the sound IS very much like that of the UPS delivery trucks!!!! One of my brothers first comments on a FJ40

 

[tls3601]

Finally purchased the missing wing nut - only took ten years.

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It truly is the little things...

 

[tls3601]

Tom which 40 are you converting to FI?

Thinking the ‘76, hot starts are a PITA now that it is down here in Surprise with me.

 

[thecrazygreek]

Can the mechanical throttle linkage still be used when going FI? I like the feel of the accelerator pedal with the linkage. Thanks.

I suppose it could be fabbed.

Maybe the Sniper can be clocked 90 degrees so the throttle lever is in the correct location.

That or the linkage needs tweaking...

I'll ponder on it and see what I can figure out...

 

[ToyotaMatt]

I suppose it could be fabbed.

Maybe the Sniper can be clocked 90 degrees so the throttle lever is in the correct location.

That or the linkage needs tweaking...

I'll ponder on it and see what I can figure out...

 

[thecrazygreek]

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OK... Thanks for the reference pics.


I think I can jimmy rig some of the factory linkage and make it work. Lemme put it in my magic making machine and see what comes out.

 

[steffan]

starting to sand the seat backs - a little color reference. in my eye, there's a ting of green in it

 

[trainwreck517]

Weekend camping trip over the weekend in the Mojave Preserve. Was able to complete the 2nd half this month:



Overall went well, ~600 mile weekend with ~100 of that offroad.

 

[mrboatman]

Installed a oil catch can in the PCV valve line. Now to see just how much oil was being sucked in thru the PCV line.

 

[Godwin]

Is that the vehicle that's getting the refurbished FJ60 distributor?

No, this one already has a FJ60 distributor along with a 2F block from a 60.

 

[Trigger6]

Where did you get your new center pin/ bolt? The stock ones on my new procomp leaf springs are not long enough for the shims and I could not salvage the original bolts.

4crawler
CCOT
SOR

All of these have them and probably others as well.

 

[pistonpete]

Been working on lower floor temps !!

 

[firemanj92]

Been working on lower floor temps !!

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I was able to buy Flowmasters largest muffler heat shield #51022 and bend it around my muffler which also helps-it's cheaper than any other kit out there around $30. With little nip and tuck it fit perfectly.

 

[igotta40]

Mid week camping trip in the Texas Hill Country

 

[Brian/99uzj100]

Finally installed a 4K rpm tachometer.

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What a revelation! Now I know a lot more about what's going on with my engine. I can't remember the last vehicle I owned that didn't have one but I've been driving this 40 more than 20 years without one. At tune-up time I have always hooked up a temporary tach and vacuum gauge in the engine bay.

I mounted it to the steering column support under the dash as I didn't want it strapped to the column in front of the cluster. It's not like i need to monitor it every second like a drag racer. It looks kinda cramped but there really is a lot of safety room. I have flopped seat brackets and sit pretty far back so there are no interference issues even with snow boots. My view is like this...

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The tach is an Autometer 2890 Z-series. It's all I need as the cam in this engine is pretty much dead at 3200rpm. I don't think it'll ever see more than 3500. If it does I've got bigger problems than a clapped out gauge. I ran the more brightly colored wires through a short section of black shrink tubing to cut down on the visual clutter but somehow forgot to include the white dash light wire. I can live with it. No way am I de-routing that wire back out of the light switch plug just for aesthetics. If it bothers me I've got a Sharpie at the ready.

Sweet! I chose the same one, but mounted it differently.

 

[Brian/99uzj100]

Just for Laughs...but much respect for the work of @ElectricGT.

 

[BearBio]

Weekend camping trip over the weekend in the Mojave Preserve. Was able to complete the 2nd half this month:



Overall went well, ~600 mile weekend with ~100 of that offroad.

Been there, done that. Did the Mojave Road in 83-84, and a week at ZZYZX in grad school for a herpetology class in '97. The "ROAD" sure has been civilized since then! We started at Picture Canyon, crossed Soda Lake and ended at Afton Canyon. Took my FJ40 and the other rig was one of the "new" Toyota P/U.

 

[cruiserkev]

May day, May day... this FJ40 just turned 45! 5-1976 to 5-2021

 

[TremecElectricGT]

Just for Laughs...but much respect for the work of @ElectricGT.

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Awesome.... our 2.0 FJ40 will have a 400v system direct drive to Tcase and accomodate DCFC.... think super charger