What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[imyahucklbrry]

Intended use: Confusing Jeep drivers, General purpose cruising and Fishing….



But today:

*Disclaimer: It was a sunny 64 degrees, my girl is still topless and we needed stuff……. Damn fine grocery getter!

 

[POTATO LAUNCHER]

Intended use: Confusing Jeep drivers, General purpose cruising and Fishing….



But today:
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*Disclaimer: It was a sunny 64 degrees, my girl is still topless and we needed stuff……. Damn fine grocery getter!

I have to get paper sacks when doing a grocery run in a topless 40. The plastic bags rattle all the way home.

 

[Catching Neutral]

My wife takes it up a notch and sends her cool bags with me so none of her groceries get baked in the Florida heat. Bonus….no rattle.

 

[Grayscale]

Nov 29 and nothing evergreen yet on a roof rack, or windshield folded down?

 

[Green Bean]

Finished first knuckle job rite of passage. Put on new rotos, wheel studs and pads while I was in that deep. Used about a case of paper towels. I ended up with about 8 pounds of resistance on the fish scale

 

[Grayscale]

Under the cheap ring terminals you find copper. No copper on anything from any factory from Japan that I've seen. Sure the wires themselves are copper, but nothing that could possibly get wet when it is connected to steel. Something about dissimilar metals, cathode anode thing. Use copper to make egg whites stand up, and for the actual run of wire. It makes no sense to mix steel with copper, in your car, or on plumbing fixture. All of my battery lugs seem factory and look brass. Even the factory splice in the wiring harness looked like a sheet of brass. So, I discovered you can buy a spool of 16g. solid brass, some 1/4" 1/32" brass strip (akin to male spade connector), and some tube for lab purposes. I'm going to try a few things, maybe connectors that hold the insulation as well as the exposed twist, etc.

I intentionally broke the factory ground wire on one of these sockets. I striped the insulation, every strand was black black. It was fine on the multimeter, but, not for visual, or for the calendar. Let's see what I come up with for a repair...

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Nov 29 and nothing evergreen yet on a roof rack, or windshield folded down?

Next weekend, hopefully.

Might have to take my truck though.
The local mountain opens tomorrow, 15" of fresh powder, with another 8-12" forecasted overnight.


Chatting with the little tank ass nurse at work today she suggested that I take a day off tomorrow, I look like I might be getting sick.
@GA Architect she looks like the one on the left with the ankle tats.

 

[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

Sadly nothing with the 40 but it got a younger sibling last week

 

[Fast Eddy]

Put mine in the garage in anticipation of rain. If I'm not mistaken, it's the first time this has ever been in a garage under my ownership except a couple times I drove it to work.

I shuttled my Porsche over to work to make room for it. The garage there is massively under-utilized since COVID.

About 6'9" at the center of the roll bar. The garage is 6'10.5".

 

[Grayscale]

I think there is more road rash on the fiberglass top of my 40 then the steel bottom. Smashed up spring pack plates don't count. The roof, and hardtop-side pin stripping is significant as well. This isn't Moab, but, I have fun on Forest Roads. It is funny how after the lift and hardtop, the first one barely fit into the garage, won't do that again.

 

[Green Bean]

Our 40 sounds like a 40 again thanks to a set of hi/lo horns from @ToyotaMatt . Replaced set of Lexus Denso horns that sounded like a generic car horn and just didn't sound right.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Our 40 sounds like a 40 again thanks to a set of hi/lo horns from @ToyotaMatt . Replaced set of Lexus Denso horns that sounded like a generic car horn and just didn't sound right.

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come on uncle Mark ,,,,,,,,,,

you forgot to mention what type / modle / brand UNICORN matching part #'s JAPAN Spec. HORN SET you got going on now on the 71 MULE .....

 

[ToyotaMatt]

oh snap ?

i forgot to mention :

it's officially official ...........

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[Grayscale]

@ToyotaMatt
Looking for brass ring terminals for after factory install of extra ground under horn relay screw. M8 diameter, and M6. BTW, I call them "bolts" when they are used with a nut, otherwise it is a "screw." What is correct name in JIS?

 

[ToyotaMatt]

@ToyotaMatt
Looking for brass ring terminals for after factory install of extra ground under horn relay screw. M8 diameter, and M6. BTW, I call them "bolts" when they are used with a nut, otherwise it is a "screw." What is correct name in JIS?

Please PM me to further discuss your “ JIS- LUGS “


Thanks

 

[tls3601]

Drained the transfer case, fixed it’s leaks, and refilled it, then replaced the reverse light switch in the transmission. I can finally see backing up at night!

Next up is figure out why my turn signals have stopped working

Hey I just noticed your post, I have a leaky t-case on my ‘78 and as previous mechanic didn’t do it right I want to take it on myself. Question is how? Any good sources you could recommend? Thanks. Tom

 

[tls3601]

Next weekend, hopefully.

Might have to take my truck though.
The local mountain opens tomorrow, 15" of fresh powder, with another 8-12" forecasted overnight.


Chatting with the little tank ass nurse at work today she suggested that I take a day off tomorrow, I look like I might be getting sick.
@GA Architect she looks like the one on the left with the ankle tats.

Sound like a possible “trout sickness”?

 

[EWheeler]

Drained the transfer case, fixed it’s leaks, and refilled it, then replaced the reverse light switch in the transmission. I can finally see backing up at night!

Next up is figure out why my turn signals have stopped working

When my turn signals stop working i my ‘69 or ‘71, i just have to use the hazard switch a time or two and blinkers magically work again. Not sure if your year has similar wiring, but worth a try for sure! Easiest fix ive ever had to do.

 

[Polecat]

When my turn signals stop working i my ‘69 or ‘71, i just have to use the hazard switch a time or two and blinkers magically work again. Not sure if your year has similar wiring, but worth a try for sure! Easiest fix ive ever had to do.

That probably just stirs up the last of the blinker fluid left in your reservoir.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

When my turn signals stop working i my ‘69 or ‘71, i just have to use the hazard switch a time or two and blinkers magically work again. Not sure if your year has similar wiring, but worth a try for sure! Easiest fix ive ever had to do.

the reason mr. Evan your turns stop working is there only have the AMPS draw as the full / both RH ad LH sides lamps blinking all at one time .......


your internals on your original NipponDenso metal flasher can , are weak and old .........

- a new GENUINE NipponDenso NOS one awaits you PLC Staus approval for H55F fast to you incoming TEq .....

soon you will be ascending to ILC status and i will simply be making these choices for you , so you can spend more time in your man cave etc.......


- fact :

- the original OEM flasher CAN was a 23W unit .........

- below is a NON-USA HEAVY DUTY version , the word ( CONVOY ) is in parentheses on the microfiche , i can onlky conclude after a bit of dead end R&D that meant a TOWING package , and a fully illuminated trailer on the pintle hook behind a Land Cruiser 40 and 55 in the SAUDI SPEC. Region and also JAPAN Spec. regions only had these .......


- but , 27W - 23W = 4W watts more capible ,

this translates to me into a COLD SPEC. feature package too ............

NOS 27W / 12V COLD Climate / Arctic Spec. / Frigid Zone / HEAVY DUTY TYPE Option GENUINE NipponDenso JAPAN OEM TOYOTA Flasher Relay / Can ( B & L ) Terminals 81980-31023 FJ45 FJ55 FJ40 BJ40 - VintageTEqParts.com

- Comes with ALL OEM Mounting Hardware Bolt & Electrical Connector Repair / Restore Plug and Extra Solid Brass Terminals...

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