What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Alex Waddell]

I took my fj40 to George at valley hybrid in Stockton kalifornistan. View attachment 2868505Installed a Dakota digital, sniper unit ,flushed the fuel tank and a new alternator.View attachment 2868512I am in the process of retiring and was planning on driving the fj40 to my house near bend oregon when done. When I picked up the LC. And started to leave as it was closing time for George’s shop, the clutch felt wrong . George jumped in and verified. So even though it was closing time George did what he does found the problem fixed the problem working into the night. View attachment 2868524The next day , wired up a harness for the trailer , swapped out the swampers for some at’s and headed north 465 miles to home.View attachment 2868525View attachment 2868525ShastaView attachment 2868526weedView attachment 2868527highway 97 north of Klamath fallsView attachment 2868532sheesh, hwy 97 hard packed snow. Got out aired down . Slow and steady.View attachment 2868533six cars, trucks slid out and one big rig. I was gonna take pictures on the way by but my hands wouldn’t let go of the steering wheel. View attachment 2868535home . Thank you George for making this possible @orangefj45

What color is your 40?
Is it Toyota T450 Silver Gray? It's one of the colors I am considering. I am saving a library of pictures of different colors for reference.

 

[archie73]

I took my fj40 to George at valley hybrid in Stockton kalifornistan. View attachment 2868505Installed a Dakota digital, sniper unit ,flushed the fuel tank and a new alternator.View attachment 2868512I am in the process of retiring and was planning on driving the fj40 to my house near bend oregon when done. When I picked up the LC. And started to leave as it was closing time for George’s shop, the clutch felt wrong . George jumped in and verified. So even though it was closing time George did what he does found the problem fixed the problem working into the night. View attachment 2868524The next day , wired up a harness for the trailer , swapped out the swampers for some at’s and headed north 465 miles to home.View attachment 2868525View attachment 2868525ShastaView attachment 2868526weedView attachment 2868527highway 97 north of Klamath fallsView attachment 2868532sheesh, hwy 97 hard packed snow. Got out aired down . Slow and steady.View attachment 2868533six cars, trucks slid out and one big rig. I was gonna take pictures on the way by but my hands wouldn’t let go of the steering wheel. View attachment 2868535home . Thank you George for making this possible @orangefj45

You’re braver than me. I don’t drive the cruiser once the road turns white. Of course, the magchloride helps in that decision. But a trailer on top of that, color me impressed

 

[d6crawler]

You’re braver than me. I don’t drive the cruiser once the road turns white. Of course, the magchloride helps in that decision. But a trailer on top of that, color me impressed

They don't salt the roads there so you don't have to fear the rot. They do sand/gravel them so rock chips are a thing. I don't know how it is now but there used to be passes that were closed to all but 4wd with chains on all 4 during the winter. The Mt Hood/Hwy 26 pass was one. My favorite pass is McKenzie which is only open a few months out of the year. I've been up there headed to Bend on the 4th of July when it was snowing.

 

[ENDO]

What color is your 40?
Is it Toyota T450 Silver Gray? It's one of the colors I am considering. I am saving a library of pictures of different colors for reference.

I’m sorry to say but I don’t know.

 

[ENDO]

@ENDO where do you get that cover for your m416? Are you also using some sort of bow system under it?

@ENDO where do you get that cover for your m416? Are you also using some sort of bow system under it?

M416 TRAILER TARP - D&L Bensinger

trailer tarp canvas with black nylon ropes, PLEASE ALLOW 8 TO 10 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY

www.dlbensinger.com

 

[BreckenridgeCruiser]

Thanks @ENDO !

 

[steffan]

Continuing on my quest: I was hoping to salvage the original glove box cable but it began unraveling. Upgraded to some titanium multi-strand I had left over from work

 

[GA Architect]

Continuing on my quest: I was hoping to salvage the original glove box cable but it began unraveling. Upgraded to some titanium multi-strand I had left over from work

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Great job on that cable assembly. That will be one part that won't ever need replacing.

Interesting thing about that part for the purist out there, 55508-30020, it is still available.

 

[steffan]

Ha - I didn't realize that... might have to look that up. Thanks for the info!

 

[blossett]

2”x 1/8” flat bar is a perfect fit!

 

[GreaseMonkey]

I did a few little things this weekend. I learned about a new part, a dust cover that goes over the parking brake adjuster, that was still available:

But a $4 part with $8 shipping? Nah that won't work, so had to add some other tidbits to the cart that were still available, and that I "needed"

Good weekend!

 

[4Cruisers]

Over the weekend I did a lot of searching on the forums in preparation for re-doing the wire harnesses for my '71 FJ40 build, and found a couple of posts pointing out an issue with wiring the carburetor idle solenoid directly to the positive terminal on the coil because it's not fuse protected. A short in that wire while driving could lead to an ignition system failure. A few years ago, while working on getting my '76 FJ40 back on the road, I found that the black w/yellow stripe wire for the idle solenoid had no power when the key was turned on. So I did what seemed to be the easy fix without giving it much thought.

I took a look at the '76 wiring schematic and quickly found that the same wire also terminated at the IG terminal of the voltage regulator on the drivers side firewall, relatively close to the original idle solenoid wire. So I unplugged the connector and pulled the terminal from then harness side. I snipped off the female pin, stripped back the insulation, and crimped on a new pin, adding a length of black w/yellow stripe wire harvested from another harness, then pushed it back into the connector housing. I ran the new wire under the brake booster, through a bend tab on the firewall, and through the wire clamp where the original wire runs. I cut the wire from the solenoid to the coil, stripped back the insulation, crimped new pins on the two wires, and pushed on single pin connector housings which were also harvested from other harnesses.

When the temperature gets back to above freezing this afternoon, I'll go back out and listen for the click when I turn on the key.

I plan on doing the same for my '71 FJ40 when the time comes.

 

[germaneighter]

Since I don't have a proper seal driver (or a large enough socket) I cobbled together this fine tool from junk in the "misc hardware" bucket.

 

[OGBeno]

Replacing some soft brake lines on a 1976…

Original hoses…. Cool little data ring on the hoss showing they are DOT compliant, manufactured by Toyoda Gosei, and date code of Sept. 1976.

 

[Skreddy]

Today I did a smoke test to find the vacuum leak in my engine. I assumed it was the carb primary throttle blade shaft and that suspicion was confirmed. It’s really sloppy. My wife took pics but you can’t tell anything from them. Darn. Just the pic from fuel leaking out of there.
So, if anyone has a lower carb body with good throttle shaft bores for a 1970, I know a guy looking.

 

[Steamer]

So, if anyone has a lower carb body with good throttle shaft bores for a 1970, I know a guy looking.

Couldn't it be drilled and bushed? I've wondered this but never looked into it.

 

[Skreddy]

I believe so. Tried finding info on it but no specific mention of how or what bushings that I could find.

 

[Dizzy]

My carb drools gasoline when at rest. It flows thru the intake manifold micro crack, and thru threads on the BTB / Man-A-Fre products plate that is under it. Gasoline can get thru most anything, not hermetically sealed, but, for all realistic purposes, I'd not worry about it. Carbs that have big issues with throttle slop are usually aluminum castings. My suspicion is in the airhorn where the idle cut solenoid is has a siphon effect. I have like three solenoids, two have different diameters, and four sets of O-Rings for it, and at least two O-rings are different in how they measure. I eventually bought a new OEM carb, still drools when the conditions are right, makes the header smell when I start-up. I need a proper repair on the manifold so the problem is out of sight, out of mind.

The identification of a vac leak at the throttle shaft will be a distinctive vertical line on the interior of the throttle body, but, the only ones that I'd imagine doing that would be the clone aluminum ones, as the cast iron ones are pretty tough, although I'm sure that there could be exceptions.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Just need to install it.

 

[Dizzy]

Cylinder #5 I cleaned it about seven or eight months ago...

This is my 2F's regular routine. Cold starts begin with just a mild to not perceivable, "the-the-the-the" If that lasts beyond warm-up, it is overdue for a cleaning. Number 4 is kinda dirty as well.

All cleaned up, a black steel HF wire brush, a tiny file set, and steel wool. Did all six. Now it runs smooth as silk again. But, keep in mind that this is one tired 2F and it probably drank some water at some point. Still, it is a very satisfying maintenance routine for me...

I also cleaned my starter to frame chassis grounding cable. Ran a M8 tap, cleaned and used a bit of dielectric grease on the star washers and everything - that one concerns me because it is so close to the fender well, and it is bound to get wet and dirty.