What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Shark56]

Drove to Lowes then local Toyota dealer to pick up my tags for my new Tacoma.
Sales guy looks out the window and says......nice jeep.....WTF!
One minute to pick up my tags. 20 minutes to educate two young salesmen about the Landcruiser History..

 

[OPMACHINE]

@DangerNoodle I love the design!

 

[ibinazbass]

Added this for future cruiser repairs...

And all the other broken stuff I work on

 

[jfz80]

Rolled down the the Carolina relic run to hang with some other 45s and lots of good company.

 

[Mark7640]

I finished a rear bumper design for @HAMBURGLAR11, sharing it if anyone wants ideas for a bumper. Let me know what you think.

It is currently designed for a 40" tire, and a 20" cooler, as of Hamburglar's specifications.

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Nice job with the Onshape modeling! Great CAD tool!

 

[DangerNoodle]

Nice job with the Onshape modeling! Great CAD tool!

Thanks! I use SolidWorks for work/school stuff andOnshape for personal fun stuff. I really like it.

 

[cims1970fj40]

Met up with @TEQ yesterday to check out some settings on his sniper setup since we live at the same elevation. Mine was/is not consistently firing up on first bump. Believe it or not the 2 starts I did around Uglina were first bump starts!! I guess the sniper is still learning

Nice looking cruisers! I’m flying on to SLC this Friday for a wedding. Can’t wait for the trip.
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[73FJ40]

Finally installed a new 2F vacuum advance distributor in my 1973 F engine. 60 lbs oil pressure on the gauge screwed into the oil sending unit port on the block on a cold engine at 1,000 rpm or so. (Yes, it means the oil pump is engaged.

Factory set points out of the box at 0.017", (FSM range 0.016 - 0.020") which resulted in a dwell of 40 degrees (FSM range 39 - 43 degrees) It appears that with no wear, the numbers work!

 

[Shooter1972]

Pure satisfaction

 

[Dizzy]

I'm using washers too. But only a couple were needed.

 

[Dizzy]

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What did you use to remove the paint?

 

[81fj40]

Got a retrosound radio and fabbing up some front and rear speaker panels.

 

[Trigger6]

Got a retrosound radio and fabbing up some front and rear speaker panels.

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Was “forced” to just order one as well as I couldn’t get the vintage a/c unit to fit with the current aftermarket radio (radio was too deep and interfered with one of the air damper controls… ). Wish I would have known that before I started the install !!

 

[Goldbug]

Got a retrosound radio and fabbing up some front and rear speaker panels.

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I'm doing the same thing. Retrosound is already in, but took the doors (with the speakers) off and now going to install the SOR kick vent speaker panels. Any advice? Did you put any sound deadening material inside the speaker boxes? I'm debating using VHB tape vs drilling holes.

 

[Trigger6]

I'm doing the same thing. Retrosound is already in, but took the doors (with the speakers) off and now going to install the SOR kick vent speaker panels. Any advice? Did you put any sound deadening material inside the speaker boxes? I'm debating using VHB tape vs drilling holes.

I just mounted marine tower speakers on the roll bar and a pair of Definitive Technology outdoor speakers in the back corners. Not ideal, but weather proof and sounds pretty darn good!

 

[Shooter1972]

What did you use to remove the paint?

 

[Blue77FJ40]

For speakers, I mounted them (Bose) on the tub behind the seats with a piece of strapping.

 

[Krenie]

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Looks great!

 

[tls3601]

Drove to Lowes then local Toyota dealer to pick up my tags for my new Tacoma.
Sales guy looks out the window and says......nice jeep.....WTF!
One minute to pick up my tags. 20 minutes to educate two young salesmen about the Landcruiser History..

It’s ok, Toyota has also totally forgotten the solid front axle here stateside. So the salesmen are kind of just following the lead or lack of lead from Toyota! Nice Jeep, should have dopeslapped both of them!

 

[Dizzy]

Finally installed a new 2F vacuum advance distributor in my 1973 F engine. 60 lbs oil pressure on the gauge screwed into the oil sending unit port on the block on a cold engine at 1,000 rpm or so. (Yes, it means the oil pump is engaged.

Factory set points out of the box at 0.017", (FSM range 0.016 - 0.020") which resulted in a dwell of 40 degrees (FSM range 39 - 43 degrees) It appears that with no wear, the numbers work!

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Does anyone have a part number for the 61080 distributor rotor? City Racer and SOR, maybe others, are selling the distributor assembly, but not the tune-up kit. My rotor oxidized quickly, and I like to have backup parts ready.

I wonder what the condition is of your old unit, the springs, centrifugal weight bushings, etc? Does the old vac advance diaphragm still hold vacuum well?