What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[avicenna110]

Dimmer switch was stuck on high beam since I got the car. Ordered one from Napa (Echlin DS101) but I thought I could make the original one work. Drilled two service holes, filled it with penetrating oil and left it over night. Was still stuck. Almost gave up on it, but thought I might as well wack it a few times on the floor, it worked! I’ll use it and keep the new one as a spare. Will fill the holes with epoxy.

 

[Cruiser Cult]

Dimmer switch was stuck on high beam since I got the car. Ordered one from Napa (Echlin DS101) but I thought I could make the original one work. Drilled two service holes, filled it with penetrating oil and left it over night. Was still stuck. Almost gave up on it, but thought I might as well wack it a few times on the floor, it worked! I’ll use it and keep the new one as a spare. Will fill the holes with epoxy.

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Nice work! I also have one that is frozen in the down position. I am going to have to give this a try.

 

[mrboatman]

Nice work! I also have one that is frozen in the down position. I am going to have to give this a try.

I drilled those holes also and sprayed contact cleaner in them and it fixed it also.

 

[Skreddy]

So I’m not the only one that’s thrown parts on the floor in frustration hoping for a fix….

I have done the same to a dimmer switch and it worked. Drilled a hole and sprayed MAF sensor cleaner in it so it evaporated quickly. Worked for a few years until one of the wiring posts corroded off.

 

[avicenna110]

Nice work! I also have one that is frozen in the down position. I am going to have to give this a try.

Hope it works out for you too, it’s nice to keep a 60+ years old part on the truck. I had another broken one that my neighbor gave me, I tried to open it to fix it but broke it to pieces in the process, at least I learned how it works. Here are the pieces inside if it helps, might still attempt to epoxy it and put it together.

And mine with one of the holes epoxied:

 

[120mm]

So I’m not the only one that’s thrown parts on the floor in frustration hoping for a fix….

That's my standard fix for starters.

Works more often than not

 

[mccaleb77]

Weather was good enough to take it for a drive

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You have a good looking cruiser. I'm familiar with those hills. I went to Highland High School. Drove around there in my 78 quite a bit and went up the canyon to camp. Great photos.

 

[Roastchestnuts]

@Grayscale you'll like this. My Buddy Ed and I are big photo nerds. He shot this photo of my fiance and I on his Leica m5 and my leica 50mm lens. I love how the photo turned out. I am waiting on some film to come back but I was shooting my fuji gw690 medium format with some color film! I think mine will be nice too. Ill post them when I get them developed.

 

[Grayscale]

laundry day.

 

[fj40fillet]

I finished up my new ac/heat system. Time to work on getting it started up again.

 

[fj40fillet]

I got my fender mounted tonight. Also the coil and wire loomed some hoses and wiring so it doesn't rub through.

 

[mrboatman]

Filled it with spare parts. It's going into storage for a while since we sold the house and not sure where we are going to land.

 

[suzuguru]

Long-distance move, or something local?

 

[mrboatman]

Long-distance move, or something local?

Not sure, just loading up the Motorhome and gonna rome around for a while

 

[FLMikem]

Not sure, just loading up the Motorhome and gonna rome around for a while

Sounds like a helluva adventure. Godspeed. If you end up roaming around Central FL reach out.

 

[Vossie]

She's not finished by any means, but I can drive her now!

 

[Polecat]

She's not finished by any means, but I can drive her now!

She's a screamer!

 

[Vossie]

She's a screamer!

No slouch, that's for sure

 

[pb4ugo]

where's the frt diff?

 

[Vossie]

where's the frt diff?

Dropped it off for a overhaul just before this video was taken