What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[knuckle47]

These are the 5125s for lifted FJ40s. Hope they are worth the pretty pennies I spent. Gone are the days of $25 shocks!

Funny thing about those $25.00 shocks, I never changed them back in the ‘70’s as I couldn’t afford them at that time. Always found another spot for that $100.00. I still see the Monroe display in my head

 

[Michael B]

Stella and I have some big plans next week. First, the doors get installed this week on the pole-barn. Cement will be 2 weeks old by that time. Once we move in, she and I are ready to get going.

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by the way: I saved for 35 years for this pole barn. Of course it tripled in price and if I don’t do it now, well….you know

Nice shop! You should consider starting a thread in the “Workshop” section of this forum.

 

[cruiserkev]

Funny thing about those $25.00 shocks, I never changed them back in the ‘70’s as I couldn’t afford them at that time. Always found another spot for that $100.00. I still see the Monroe display in my head

Mine had some very worn yellow Monroe shocks on it when I bought it, probably the 70s vintage ones you're remembering. I then swapped in some stiff Rancho shocks in the mid 1990s (hence the $25 shock comment, doubt they were even worth that!) and replaced the shocks again in '04 that are still ok. 3rd times the charm so they say. If I'm lucky these things will last a while.

 

[Pucksonnet]

Well, a few days ago, I put up my Cruiser on BaT. Looking forward to Thursday and Friday.... I hope.

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Well, a few days ago, I put up my Cruiser on BaT. Looking forward to Thursday and Friday.... I hope.

1970 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40

Bid for the chance to own a 1970 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #78,146.

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Please call me about the cruiser. You told me your email isn’t working. Thanks. 415-722-1936

 

[DangerNoodle]

The cruiser officially has twin turbos now. And it fits like it was meant to be.

 

[Pighead]

Toying with the idea of running a power steering cooler and filter. Not that i really need a cooler usually, but a filter might be nice and the extra capacity can't hurt. So i tucked them up in an unused corner of the radiator support. Didn't even need to drill a hole. Just the supplied plastic push-thru mounts and a ziptie.
Not an ideal location for cooling. If i wanted it in front of the radiator I'd have to bend some hardlines and get more hose.

 

[cruiserkev]

Found a few dusty roads to wander down with my amazing woman. Super fun until I accidentally left the e brake engaged while in Lo gear. Went a few hundred yards before noticing my stinky smoke show. Yuck!

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[MaltbyPenn]

Took her on the first off road trip after 4 years of restomod work to Walker Valley. The night before tested the 4wd and Lo.

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They worked, but my rig went completely dead in the driveway. Fould the cheap fuse holders I used for sniper and ingition wiggled lose. Tightened them down and took off the next morning.
4x4'ing was awesome, son has a FJ80 and we tranversed about 3 trails until my rig went dead again. This time the sniper was in a continual state of rebooting. Checked the fuses, they were secure, but obviously causing some problems.
My son pulled me down trail #3 to larger road and I trouble shot the wiring for an hour and a half. By passed the fuse altogether but still couldnt get the sniper to stay on nor other electronics. Dakota digital was flashing on and off and switch pros was blinking. Finally gave up and my son towed me off the mountain. After a 3 hour wait, took the drive of shame home.

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• MaltbyPenn
• Jul 10, 2022

After more trouble shooting at home, found my digital guard dog ignition box draining at about 43 mA when off, my odyssey battery was holding 9 volts. Battery place warrantied the battery and digital guard dog RMA'd the ignition box. I got a new blue sea fuse box to rewire.
Although it was a frustrating first outing, wouldn't have traded it. Cant wait to go again.

 

[6f40j9]

Tried to start it again and can’t get it to fire. I think my starter is worn out. With a fully charged battery it struggles to turn it over.
A friend mentioned a mini truck or 60 series gear reduction starter as an alternative?

 

[flee]

Tried to start it again and can’t get it to fire. I think my starter is worn out. With a fully charged battery it struggles to turn it over.
A friend mentioned a mini truck or 60 series gear reduction starter as an alternative?

Those reduction starters are nice but a decent auto electric shop can rebuild yours much cheaper.
My old starter was getting sluggish and a local shop rebuilt it and it's as good as new.
It might have cost me $75-$80. The same guy had already rebuilt my alternator. Good luck!

 

[cruiserkev]

Tried to start it again and can’t get it to fire. I think my starter is worn out. With a fully charged battery it struggles to turn it over.
A friend mentioned a mini truck or 60 series gear reduction starter as an alternative?

I fried a couple of regular 40 series starters before seeing the light and going with a gear reduction starter. That was back around Y2K and that very same starter is still working great. Half choke, 1 pump of the gas pedal and a quick turn of the key is all you need. Well worth it!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Bunch of written commentary on the GR here on MUD.

Toss in my 2 cents worth and say, the GR is one of the best upgrades I’ve added. Spins
the 2F like a top. You‘ve some options with new/reman. Bottom line, give it a try, I think you’ll like the GR option…

 

[A10Driver]

Built a bumper

 

[Trigger6]

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You better watch out or Dave at 4Plus may offer you a job... nice work!

 

[Idaho Savage]

Added an insurance policy...err, a rotopax fuel cell carrier.

 

[flee]

Added an insurance policy...err, a rotopax fuel cell carrier.

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Gee, I hope you don't run out!

 

[tls3601]

Added an insurance policy...err, a rotopax fuel cell carrier.

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Nice setup. Where did you find the mount for the Rotopax? Thanks. Tom

 

[Swintell]

This weekend was great fun I would say.

Started my Long journey to get her road ready

Started my getting her to fire up after sitting for a long long time.

Started with an oil and fiilter change with the zddp additive. Turned the engine to make sure oil could get to the top and lube up the parts to avoid any damage.

Went ahead and pulled all the spark plugs (been in there a hot minute where all fouled) and replaced with new ones.

Cleaned up the wires a bit and drained and added fresh gas. And new filter. Bought a fresh battery while I was at it

Put the key in and fired her up. She ran decently well but noticed some valve adjusting would need to be done (later date)
Also noticed that the radiator began to leak out of the top after getting up in the temp. Will have to order a new one.

Put a pin in that and Moved on to the breaks with a fresh rebuild. Noticed the rear resivoir slowly draining out over time so pulled it.

Some leaking on the back tonthe break booster. Pulled the front of the booster off (big mistake as it was a pain to get back on) and found nothing wrong with it only exterior rust so I sanded it off and removed rust from the bolts and nuts and gave it some fresh lube.

Got the new master cylinder in and went ahead and put it on but realized I couldn't get the old warning break switches off but they were not in use so I ordered some plugs for it (british pipe thread?) Was hard to find. Anyways waiting on it to come in so put a pin in that

The system has a holly carb on it with a KN intake the filter was terrible so I went and got a cotton one that will fit the intake. Looks a little better.

The hose leading from the intake and the valve cover was weird and didn't fit right so I got a random one from the parts store and cut it down to fit a little better

When I was done with that I started playing with he clutch and figured that the slave cylinder must be bad either that or the master or both idk. Ordered a slave for now waiting on it to come in so I can test a bit more.

Towards the end of the weekend I got bored and started trying to see if there was any ready my gauges on the cluster wasn't working so I pulled it and it's good however found a LOT of weird wiring along with a melted wire on the harness so that's fun.

All in all it's a long road ahead but she's coming along. Slowly but surely. I'm on a bit of a budget and dont know much of what im doing but she will get there.

 

[ryanwk628]

These are the 5125s for lifted FJ40s. Hope they are worth the pretty pennies I spent. Gone are the days of $25 shocks!

Amazon product ASIN B000EQ8GUG
$32, made in Japan. Very soft which is what I use in the back since there isn't much going on back there (with 5125s up front.)