What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[BenjaminCA]

Nice to see a ‘fresh’ toolbox going in. The side of mine has a notch cut out of it for and old seat frame...
I have zero rust however, so I’ll take that.

Sweet hightops!

Thanks man, love these vans!

 

[ToyotaMatt]

I have hand crafted together a dozen or so Cigarette Power Point repair restore and install kits w/ yazaki japan parts only service spec pigtail harnesses

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[ToyotaMatt]

I also have Reproduced the Latest Revision rear tail lamps assy,s for a 10/77 - 8/80 FJ55LG-KA USA spec .


They came out very nice and the lenses are very well made and Sturdy etc ...

This was a hard nut to crack ?

But I figured it could help folks in a way that was not available till my pipe dream became real ?


Molding fees suk and are expensive but once paid off and the factory you dealt with stays open , then that’s the real treat and long term goal ...

Keep our stuff alive !

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[Braden620]

The weeks and days are running together but this week I painted my new 555 tie rod ends, cleaned all the old funk off my Birfield joints, pulled the sector shaft arm for steering box seal replacement, rebuilt my center arm, and mocked up my pto winch to build reinforcements for it.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

The weeks and days are running together but this week I painted my new 555 tie rod ends, cleaned all the old funk off my Birfield joints, pulled the sector shaft arm for steering box seal replacement, rebuilt my center arm, and mocked up my pto winch to build reinforcements for it.

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you do know that fellow supporting vendor @kevos37 offers all the triangle shims blocks the go under the 4 corners right ?

of your main PTO winch frame work .....................fyi

 

[Braden620]

you do know that fellow supporting vendor @kevos37 offers all the triangle shims blocks the go under the 4 corners right ?

of your main PTO winch frame work .....................fyi

You mean these? I did not know that, but I do now. Thank you.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

theres 2 large ones

and 2 small ones

 

[kevos37]

you do know that fellow supporting vendor @kevos37 offers all the triangle shims blocks the go under the 4 corners right ?

of your main PTO winch frame work .....................fyi

I had some. They sold out quickly! I do not plan to have a more made.

KevO

 

[Living in the Past]

you do know that fellow supporting vendor @kevos37 offers all the triangle shims blocks the go under the 4 corners right ?

of your main PTO winch frame work .....................fyi

I had some. They sold out quickly!

KevO

Missed this completely. Remember a thread about looking into the smaller ones for under the frame. Some day I'll get organized and see how many short I am. Tops wedges are usually there is the small ones that go MIA.

 

[Braden620]

Missed this completely. Remember a thread about looking into the smaller ones for under the frame. Some day I'll get organized and see how many short I am. Tops wedges are usually there is the small ones that go MIA.

LITP, you know, you dont really need wedges if you just hoard all that winch stuffs and never use any of it.

 

[bhsdriller]

Is pewter silver the original color for the evaporator cover(s) on a '75 USA 40?

Mine are body color and look original?

 

[Living in the Past]

LITP, you know, you dont really need wedges if you just hoard all that winch stuffs and never use any of it.

Sad but true. Only operating PTO winch I have on an operating 40 is a Ramsey and thinking of selling the cruiser. Last time I remember needed a winch was 2001 elk hunting. There is story why taking the73 reverse light and 78 headlight switch out and going back to stock in my 68 was a mistake. Not saying couldn't got unstuck without the winch just the PTO made short work of it. Since 90% of the time I wheel alone in remote areas want a winch I can count on.

 

[trainwreck517]

Was able to stretch her legs on some local trails this weekend:

 

[LandCrusher'70]

Was able to stretch her legs on some local trails this weekend:

That’s some fancy tech there. Do you run your tags in stealth mode on the roads, or only off road?

 

[FJ40Savvy]

You mean these? I did not know that, but I do now. Thank you.

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I found the dimensions of the larger blocks in a forum post. Anybody have the dimensions of the smaller blocks. I need to make them for my PTO winch installation.

 

[trainwreck517]

That’s some fancy tech there. Do you run your tags in stealth mode on the roads, or only off road?

Yea, I block out the plates on my my videos. Not sure if really adds more privacy, but at least I feel a bit more secure posting car stuff while trying to protect my privacy. Figure we spend a lot of time on our rigs / projects and would suck for someone to just run your plates and find out where the car is and come snooping around. A lot shady people out there unfortunately.

 

[mrboatman]

I found the dimensions of the larger blocks in a forum post. Anybody have the dimensions of the smaller blocks. I need to make them for my PTO winch installation.

Those dimensions are on here I just don't know where right now. Maybe @pardion knows what they are

 

[greenbeasty]

The weeks and days are running together but this week I painted my new 555 tie rod ends, cleaned all the old funk off my Birfield joints, pulled the sector shaft arm for steering box seal replacement, rebuilt my center arm, and mocked up my pto winch to build reinforcements for it.

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@Braden620 You mind me asking which rebuild kit you used?