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Not the right audience, but I guess they look a bit similar…
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?
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Not the right audience, but I guess they look a bit similar…
Yea, nope…Not the right audience, but I guess they look a bit similar…
What's the wire colors?
This one in question is green.
Maybe some similarities now, but 50 years from now that jacked up piece of plastic will have long since been sent to the crusher. Yours will still going strong.
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That could be the side marker light or the tail light
Go to Coolermans website and you will find schematics for your year truck.
Im sure they are posted somewhere already, but here are the wiring diagrams:
I kow it can't possibly be but that looks like the block I used to live on. What a gut wrench.
What are you doing for a new diaphragm?
5th and Pine area.
I used a rebuild kit from Cruiser Cult. That pump is actually going in someone else's cruiser.
Broke the 40 out of of the garage where it'd been parked for a month or two. Fired up great so I zipped around doing errands and blowing out the cobwebs. Stopped at an auto parts store for some brake cleaner and then suddenly I couldn't keep it running. A little fiddling and I got it to idle at about 400rpm. If I even thought about giving it throttle it would die, Choking did the same. I walked back in and asked for a fuel filter for a '78 to which they laughed. Grabbed a generic 5/16" filter and put it on. That brought the idle back up to 650 but it still would die if I gave it any fuel. A Redneck Rebuild got everything back to normal. And I drove around for another hour without issue. Just as I pulled into our driveway it sputtered, coughed, and died. I had to drain and dispose of 12+ gallons of gas to fix the issue.
Moral of Story: Use a fuel preservative even for short storage periods...or buy better gas than I do.
Moral of Story: Use a fuel preservative even for short storage periods...or buy better gas than I do.
Checking for coolant freeze protection. Needs replacing. I wonder if they installed old coolant in the new radiator in 2019?
Under the category of ‘why did I wait so long?’…
After cleaning up the 45 from the front suspension upgrade last week, I decided that I didn’t like how crusty/old the DoetchTech shocks that I got from Downey ~15years ago were looking, so I pulled them off with the intention of a quick scuff-and-rattle can respray only to find that two of the four shocks were dead!
As fate would have it, the guy I bought the 1966 from two months ago that I am currently parting out handed me a brand new set of DoetchTech shocks that HE had bought from Downey about 20 years ago but never installed. So I made a weekend run down to my favorite parts store, Mark’s Off Road, and scooped up some new shocks at the good-guy price.
They were even the same length.
So, I ran a quick search query on here and didn’t see anything on the forum about shock lifespan. To all reading: if you wheel your rigs and your shocks are over five years old, don’t be like me: check them.
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And @woody I would have loaded a pic, but the file was/is 6MB and when I tried to downsize it, yet again I was foiled by the algorithm that insists on rotating the pic.
After cleaning up the 45 from the front suspension upgrade last week, I decided that I didn’t like how crusty/old the DoetchTech shocks that I got from Downey ~15years ago were looking, so I pulled them off with the intention of a quick scuff-and-rattle can respray only to find that two of the four shocks were dead!
As fate would have it, the guy I bought the 1966 from two months ago that I am currently parting out handed me a brand new set of DoetchTech shocks that HE had bought from Downey about 20 years ago but never installed. So I made a weekend run down to my favorite parts store, Mark’s Off Road, and scooped up some new shocks at the good-guy price.
They were even the same length.So, I ran a quick search query on here and didn’t see anything on the forum about shock lifespan. To all reading: if you wheel your rigs and your shocks are over five years old, don’t be like me: check them.
If you found this post useful, feel free to hit the like button.
And @woody I would have loaded a pic, but the file was/is 6MB and when I tried to downsize it, yet again I was foiled by the algorithm that insists on rotating the pic.
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I fit-up my front apron to determine spacing for a vintage air/heat kit.
Got the used rim sanded, rust treated, and painting. I like the factor look without hub caps for now.
Busy weekend. Scored some new fenders. Would think all the holes are there and in the right place. Not even close. Made a mistake on one and did some extra welding. Came out well. Both sides were missing stuff for the emissions equipment. Also started painting the frame. 4” cabinet rollers are the bomb. They allow you to get in everywhere, they lay the paint down thick and without drips.
On the topic of using rollers vs spraying for the frame. I contemplated this a ton but realized how much gap there is between the two interlocking C channels so I decided to go with a foam roller because it allows you to squish the paint on the inside and have it flow between the sections. You have to flip the frame to allow gravity to do its job. Much better than spraying. You would never get paint into the gaps if you spray it
I WAS going to post about the fact (that most people fail to consider) that the replacement fenders are for the 79 and newer. But then I noticed that your frame is ‘79 or newer, so I’m surprised that things like the coil bracket would be missing.
