What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (31 Viewers)

[Slapshot]

My SBC had a generic ignition wire set that looked sloppy and was getting burned by the headers. I got a cut to length set and protective boots from Summit Racing. Looks a little cleaner and I hope the boots protect the wires. Time will tell.

Funny side story, I accidentally unplugged the power to the distributor and didn’t notice. When I went to start it up and check my handiwork I got nothing! After 2 hours of swearing and swapping wires around I found my mistake. Plugged the little bugger in and it fired right up. I can laugh now but at the time I was not amused!

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Housings on the right are just what the doctor ordered, as OEM parts are NLA (recently?).

these are the LAST or the GLOBAL YAZAKI supply NOS stock on the GLOBE of 1 PIN splash proof sealed

and well , there ALL .............

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[Jackson Hanes]

I put a new sending unit in and a new water temp sensor.

 

[FJ404345]

Just took it for a ride and took some pictures

 

[JMZ400]

No only one :



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I’ll be in touch

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Just took it for a ride and took some pictures

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very nice ERIC !

 

[tarheel40]

The “to do” list is getting shorter, need to post some updates but this will do for now!

 

[EWheeler]

My SBC had a generic ignition wire set that looked sloppy and was getting burned by the headers. I got a cut to length set and protective boots from Summit Racing. Looks a little cleaner and I hope the boots protect the wires. Time will tell.

Funny side story, I accidentally unplugged the power to the distributor and didn’t notice. When I went to start it up and check my handiwork I got nothing! After 2 hours of swearing and swapping wires around I found my mistake. Plugged the little bugger in and it fired right up. I can laugh now but at the time I was not amused!

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Those boots do their job. Have them on my sand car for a couple years and no issues with burnt wires. Theyll turn white where really close to the metal (or touching), but theyll continue to protect the wires from heat.

 

[Varty Yo]

Picked these up off fb for $40 they are 3rd row seat out of 2014 Durango. Not just need to mount them to the floor and attach 3 point belts.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[Honger]

Just took it for a ride and took some pictures

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Beautiful!!

 

[65swb45]

As if being wiped out by the flu this week wasn’t bad enough, the headlights on the Karma Cruiser failed at 5am. Fortunately I was only six blocks from the shop, in the well lit portion of downtown Burbank, and I drove back without incident.
While slogging away at a small breakfast, I considered the probabilities. Ironically, I just mentioned to @Yotajeff YESTERDAY about checking the harness connections on his fuse block for HIS headlight issue. So up under the dash I go and yup, I’m looking at an original 1969 fuse block, complete with flat blade screws. And while it doesn’t look wasted, I’m having a flashback to how Ruftoys gave me fits tracking down a headlight problem in about 1987 that miraculously disappeared with a new fuse block from SOR.
So into my stash of NOS blocks I go and pull out something so shiny I’m going to have to wear sunglasses to look at it. Used a pair of old-school ignition pliers that Ive had since I was a teenager to break all the screws loose (experience is a great teacher) and swapped in the new block, AFTER cleaning all the terminal leads. And yup, the headlight one was the worst.
My dim, stock wattage bulbs live again!

P.S. Don’t you just LOVE how, every time you try to be nice and reduce file sizes for pics, the algorithm finds it necessary to rotate the picture?

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Also

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Will be alive once again too

 

[blossett]

Had the UPS store enlarge my wiring diagram.

 

[blossett]

@Coolerman is there any difference between the 1978 and 1976 wiring harness?

 

[4Cruisers]

@Coolerman is there any difference between the 1978 and 1976 wiring harness?

I know the ignition system wiring is different - the 1978 is a fully electronic system and the 1976 is semi-electronic, with points.

 

[Critchie]

I made this floor one piece again.

 

[bikersmurf]

My SBC had a generic ignition wire set that looked sloppy and was getting burned by the headers. I got a cut to length set and protective boots from Summit Racing. Looks a little cleaner and I hope the boots protect the wires. Time will tell.

Funny side story, I accidentally unplugged the power to the distributor and didn’t notice. When I went to start it up and check my handiwork I got nothing! After 2 hours of swearing and swapping wires around I found my mistake. Plugged the little bugger in and it fired right up. I can laugh now but at the time I was not amused!

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Looks much better. I’m planning a TPI swap in the future. I’ll have to get a set of wires like that… unless I can find a set of wires that are the correct lengths for OEM wiring under Ram Horn manifolds that have the right ends to work with an ‘87 Camaro distributor.

I’m sure custom wires could be ordered from someone… but I’d likely be better off making my own.

As if being wiped out by the flu this week wasn’t bad enough, the headlights on the Karma Cruiser failed at 5am. Fortunately I was only six blocks from the shop, in the well lit portion of downtown Burbank, and I drove back without incident.
While slogging away at a small breakfast, I considered the probabilities. Ironically, I just mentioned to @Yotajeff YESTERDAY about checking the harness connections on his fuse block for HIS headlight issue. So up under the dash I go and yup, I’m looking at an original 1969 fuse block, complete with flat blade screws. And while it doesn’t look wasted, I’m having a flashback to how Ruftoys gave me fits tracking down a headlight problem in about 1987 that miraculously disappeared with a new fuse block from SOR.
So into my stash of NOS blocks I go and pull out something so shiny I’m going to have to wear sunglasses to look at it. Used a pair of old-school ignition pliers that Ive had since I was a teenager to break all the screws loose (experience is a great teacher) and swapped in the new block, AFTER cleaning all the terminal leads. And yup, the headlight one was the worst.
My dim, stock wattage bulbs live again!

Dont you just LOVE how, every time you try to be nice and reduce file sizes for pics, the algorithm finds it necessary to rotate the picture?

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You should consider ordering this kit from Toyota…

Plug and play headlights from Toyota.

 

[70fj40]

^^^^^ I’ve been looking at this headlight kit and think I’ll go this route. The new wiring harness seems worth the price alone.

 

[77mustard40]

^^^^^ I’ve been looking at this headlight kit and think I’ll go this route. The new wiring harness seems worth the price alone.

One of the best things I’ve added to mine, was less than $60 when I got mine