What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Gun Runner 5]

6 years out of a battery …. Fairly good by today’s standards. (I stand corrected… upon further inspection, the battery had been in there since December of 2007).

 

[tls3601]

I don’t have pics of the functional part of this job, just the cosmetic. I pulled the heater blower out to redo the weather stripping in hopes of getting fewer engine compartment fumes when fresh air knob is pulled. All the weather stripping had turned to dust. I have a couple thicknesses of adhesive backed foam weather stripping in my tool box. It was easy to cut and paste into the needed shapes for the blower box. The blend door operates so nice and seals nicely now that it’s cleaned and re foamed. To clean the housing I used simple green and a nylon brush, followed by scrubbing with a manic eraser. Then I used a meguilars product for re-saturating chalky faded plastics.
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As I went it install the blower I was met with a scale covered firewall. Simple Green and some elbow grease got this section of the fire wall shined up nicely.
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Last for today was installing a new antenna. The PO painted over the original, plus the little plastic upper mount had eroded to almost nothing, so it felt really good to finally replace this with new OEM antenna.
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It’s ALL in the details, very nice

 

[Ackcruisers]

Made progress on my H42 upgrade. Then took inventory of spare parts. I’m tired of ordering parts I already have in stock due to bad inventory/organization.

 

[Trigger6]

Made progress on my H42 upgrade. Then took inventory of spare parts. I’m tired of ordering parts I already have in stock due to bad inventory/organization.
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Sounds earily familiar.... but by the pics, I think you win (and I’m afraid to even try to inventory all my spares in the event my wife sees the pile... better to keep them hidden in various random totes and drawers in the garage)

 

[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

Made progress on my H42 upgrade. Then took inventory of spare parts. I’m tired of ordering parts I already have in stock due to bad inventory/organization.
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All those extra parts will justify you getting another cruiser.

 

[Ackcruisers]

All those extra parts will justify you getting another cruiser.

Absolutely. The evolution of a FJ40 enthusiast goes something like this.

See your first FJ40 in the wild as a kid.

When you have enough cash, (around $800 for my first 1972 40) you buy one when 18 then drive it everywhere with no knowledge on how to repair it.

Sell it to guy looking to drive it to Alaska to live off grid.

Buy another and drive it from MA to Colorado and back twice in the early 1990's.

Sell that one then wait and buy another 27 years later at auction.

Realize that you are on your own with repairs as no one wants to touch it in your area.

Learn how to do your own work. Buy parts, more parts... then more for fear they will disappear.

Collect enough parts where you realize you need to buy a second FJ40 because two is better than one.

Accept that you now need to build a shop on your property to work on and store your FJ40's and the parts you've collected.....

Your wife cannot understand why you spend so much money, time and energy on driving a relatively unsafe and uncomfortable truck.

 

[phroger]

Absolutely. The evolution of a FJ40 enthusiast goes something like this.

See your first FJ40 in the wild as a kid.

When you have enough cash, (around $800 for my first 1972 40) you buy one when 18 then drive it everywhere with no knowledge on how to repair it.

Sell it to guy looking to drive it to Alaska to live off grid.

Buy another and drive it from MA to Colorado and back twice in the early 1990's.

Sell that one then wait and buy another 27 years later at auction.

Realize that you are on your own with repairs as no one wants to touch it in your area.

Learn how to do your own work. Buy parts, more parts... then more for fear they will disappear.

Collect enough parts where you realize you need to buy a second FJ40 because two is better than one.

Accept that you now need to build a shop on your property to work on and store your FJ40's and the parts you've collected.....

You're wife cannot understand why you spend so much money, time and energy on driving a relatively unsafe and uncomfortable truck.

That is amazing! And totally true. I am currently deeply involved in Steph #7 on my way to step #8.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

THE GOOD LIFE …..
A 40 Series, a sausage dog and an orange drink.

 

[TheHardWay]

You mount those flares yourself?

 

[Gun Runner 5]

You mount those flares yourself?

No sir. The 40 Series was restored 6 years ago (driven ~ 3,000 miles since) and the flares were installed then.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[GLSisk]

I did a "proper" brake adjustment on my drum brakes....Hung a strand of battery operated Christmas Lights from the roll bar for the kiddies and ordered a Lower Radiator hose engine heater for those hard to warm up mornings.....

Left it idling in the garage and then when it rolled out, screamed and chased it down the driveway , then watched it smack into my neighbor's tree.

 

[GLSisk]

This looks like one of those drug bust photos in the news. "...an estimated street value of____"

 

[imyahucklbrry]

^^^ Funny

 

[archie73]

So the nieghbor gave me a 50’s(?) ford trailer. Complete with some tires that were at least 30 years old. One tire would hood the weight of the trailer without air, but the other side had a large flat spot where the sidewall had given up the ghost. Made for a pretty funny jumping jack bringing it home.
Oddly enough, it has a 6 lug axle( maybe Chevy?). So I figure I’ve got a set of swampers on some Chevy rims.

When I tried to remove the tire/rim, the nuts were easy, but the rim wouldn’t budge. Out came the 3# sledge, not much movement. So I went redneck on it!! I put three of the nuts on loosely and hooked it up to the cruiser. Took about 1/8 of mile but the rim came loose at 10mph. Fortunately, the other side wasnt as bad and succumbed to a couple taps. Got brush cleared and delivered to the nieghbor for a bonfire meant to summon Ullr. We are having to worst start I’ve seen to winter.

 

[DaveNotHere]

In for pics of Ullr when he shows up.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

North Florida canopy roads.

 

[firemanj92]

Retro 70’s battery cover for my AGM group 34 with new 2awg cables

@LOPsCruiser

 

[archie73]

So the nieghbor gave me a 50’s(?) ford trailer. Complete with some tires that were at least 30 years old. One tire would hood the weight of the trailer without air, but the other side had a large flat spot where the sidewall had given up the ghost. Made for a pretty funny jumping jack bringing it home.
Oddly enough, it has a 6 lug axle( maybe Chevy?). So I figure I’ve got a set of swampers on some Chevy rims.
View attachment 2853455When I tried to remove the tire/rim, the nuts were easy, but the rim wouldn’t budge. Out came the 3# sledge, not much movement. So I went redneck on it!! I put three of the nuts on loosely and hooked it up to the cruiser. Took about 1/8 of mile but the rim came loose at 10mph. Fortunately, the other side wasnt as bad and succumbed to a couple taps. Got brush cleared and delivered to the nieghbor for a bonfire meant to summon Ullr. We are having to worst start I’ve seen to winter. View attachment 2853454

On a related note( & I know this isn’t lc related), does anyone by chance recognize these 17” rims? They came on the 50’s(?) ford trailer, but the axle is Chevy six lug. I’m trying to decide if they are worth saving.

 

[Pura Vida]

On a related note( & I know this isn’t lc related), does anyone by chance recognize these 17” rims? They came on the 50’s(?) ford trailer, but the axle is Chevy six lug. I’m trying to decide if they are worth saving. View attachment 2854164

No idea what it is, but I think you should keep them because they look cool and fit the vibe of the trailer, or get matching wheels to your land cruiser wheels to fit the truck