What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[firefighterjed]

Stock is beautiful!

...great rig, congrats!

Normally I agree, but with the bull bar up front and the customer rear bumper and tire carrier, I think an after market front bumper will fit his style nicely. Tuck that bumper away for the future if you ever decide to return to stock

 

[letterman52]

Painted the windshield hooks. Started cleaning the paint and applying penetrol. Also continued chasing shorts within the signals.

 

[Engineer8000]

Installed my aussie locker in the rear diff. Heading to Uwharrie next week for some fishing, camping and try a couple trails.

 

[4Cruisers]

Bastardized my '76 FJ40 some more by, at least temporarily, swapping out my FJ60 coil/igniter with a Tercel coil/igniter. I had to fabricate a temporary jumper - the connector at the coil/igniter and the connector at the FJ60 distributor are the same gender. I'll correct that by replacing the coil/igniter lead with a new lead of the correct length (longer than the Tercel lead), using some new shielded cable I bought off eBay and a new connector I got from @ToyotaMatt. It fired right up and runs great.

BTW, the '76 now sports two Tercel parts - a power steering pump and the coil/igniter.

Fabricated and installed a new lead from the '82 Tercel igniter to the FJ60 distributor in my '76 FJ40 a few weeks ago. We flat towed the FJ40 to the first annual Land Cruiser Unite event at MERUS Adventure Park SE of Amarillo. The FJ40 did great with this set-up. This expands the list of alternative igniters in @Coolerman's Dizzy FAQ to include Part Numbers 89620-16050 (igniter) 19070-15080 (coil/igniter assembly) - 8/79 through 7/82 Tercel with the 3A-C engine.

 

[Jdc1]

Fabricated and installed a new lead from the '82 Tercel igniter to the FJ60 distributor in my '76 FJ40 a few weeks ago. We flat towed the FJ40 to the first annual Land Cruiser Unite event at MERUS Adventure Park SE of Amarillo. The FJ40 did great with this set-up. This expands the list of alternative igniters in the DizzyFAQ to include Part Numbers 89620-16050 (igniter) 19070-15080 (coil/igniter assembly) - 8/79 through 7/82.

These are the items that will sideline our rigs. Well done. The other TEQ(early supra…) owners will appreciate this as well.

 

[Trigger6]

Undecided on keeping the stock front bumper. May switch to an HFS.

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Get the 4Plus front to match the rear.

 

[Dizzy]

Fabricated and installed a new lead from the '82 Tercel igniter to the FJ60 distributor in my '76 FJ40 a few weeks ago. We flat towed the FJ40 to the first annual Land Cruiser Unite event at MERUS Adventure Park SE of Amarillo. The FJ40 did great with this set-up. This expands the list of alternative igniters in @Coolerman's Dizzy FAQ to include Part Numbers 89620-16050 (igniter) 19070-15080 (coil/igniter assembly) - 8/79 through 7/82 Tercel with the 3A-C engine.

Do the Tercel wire colors match up with the OE ones in the LC?

IIRC, the stock '76 igniter is a points-type, the spark plug gap would be 1mm. The FJ60 distributor and the Tercel igniter / coil puts you fully into electronic ignition, the later FJ60 2F uses a different plug and a wider gap for the hotter spark, right?

 

[85roktoy]

Installed my aussie locker in the rear diff. Heading to Uwharrie next week for some fishing, camping and try a couple trails.

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The install fairly straightforward?

 

[4Cruisers]

IIRC, the stock '76 igniter is a points-type, the spark plug gap would be 1mm. The FJ60 distributor and the Tercel igniter / coil puts you fully into electronic ignition, the later FJ60 2F uses a different plug and a wider gap for the hotter spark, right?

To be honest, I never thought about that. Something for me to look into.

 

[4Cruisers]

Do the Tercel wire colors match up with the OE ones in the LC?

I run the positive (+) wire from the ignition switch to the coil positive (+) terminal, along with the wire to the idle solenoid. And I run the ground wire to one of the coil bracket mounting bolts to ensure a good ground. The Tercel igniter has red and white wires that connect to the corresponding red and white wires to the FJ60 distributor's signal generator. I'm pretty sure the Tercel igniter can also be used with the 9/77 through 8/80 electronic distributors.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

I run the positive (+) wire from the ignition switch to the coil positive (+) terminal, along with the wire to the idle solenoid. And I run the ground wire to one of the coil bracket mounting bolts to ensure a good ground. The Tercel igniter has red and white wires that connect to the corresponding red and white wires to the FJ60 distributor's signal generator. I'm pretty sure the Tercel igniter can also be used with the 9/77 through 8/80 electronic distributors.

Do the Tercel wire colors match up with the OE ones in the LC?

IIRC, the stock '76 igniter is a points-type, the spark plug gap would be 1mm. The FJ60 distributor and the Tercel igniter / coil puts you fully into electronic ignition, the later FJ60 2F uses a different plug and a wider gap for the hotter spark, right?

The SKUNK WORKS Lab has doubled down on all this OEM Yazaki japan JIS Jazz …

 

[Badad]

Rebuilt front calipers. Next will be replacing all drum brake Pistons unless someone can tell me if there is a rebuild kit for them. 1979 FJ 40

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Keeping it Real one Disc. / NLA part # at a time ..........

 

[Living in the Past]

When I bought my 68 FJ40 among other things the bottom section for the air cleaner was gone. Dealer wanted $60 for an air cleaner which I couldn't afford in 1974. Over the years I made sure I would never be without an OEM Air cleaner again. Some how it got out of hand.

 

[Living in the Past]

Installed my aussie locker in the rear diff. Heading to Uwharrie next week for some fishing, camping and try a couple trails.

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Back in 1994 put Lock Rights in Mt 68 front and rear. Big mistake in the front. Have different plans for my 79 FJ40

 

[steffan]

Never realized how many hinges the 40 has until I had to paint them

 

[Jdc1]

8274 plus stock bumper, hooks and gussets.

 

[firefighterjed]

8274 plus stock bumper, hooks and gussets. View attachment 2826626View attachment 2826627

I’m very happy with mine configured like that. I did retain the roller fairlead, which Id like to be rid of. Are you planning on synthetic rope, or wire?

 

[Jdc1]

This one will get synthetic.

I’m very happy with mine configured like that. I did retain the roller fairlead, which Id like to be rid of. Are you planning on synthetic rope, or wire?

 

[Alex Waddell]

Today, I picked up a sweet set of 5 Toyo M-55 tires on 16” 70 series rims from OGBeno down in Sonoita Arizona.

Then tonight, I decided to do something for Halloween. I worked on my FrankenCruiser while listening to the Grateful Dead Show on the radio (KXCI).
It's not alive yet but hopefully my 40 will be joining the ranks of the undead Land Cruisers on the road soon.