All the restored jacks on here make me want to add one to the never ending list
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (18 Viewers)
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All the restored jacks on here make me want to add one to the never ending list
Motivation? Hell yea… I’m in the middle of bending and flaring my stainless steel clutch line and changing the clutch master cylinder and slave. Once in a while it is a great diversion to go and do a different project. I have the Jack, rod and handle but need to make the extension…gonna do that today!
is that the original color of the Jack? I can’t remember if my ’74 FJ40 was yellow or black…it might have actually been yellow.
While I’m at it…. I am in awe how as a 20 year old KID, I was able to be lucky enough to walk into Morristown Toyota and walk out with a new $4500.00 FJ40 that has shaped the last 50 YEARS OF MY LIFE!
PLEASE DON’T think I am boasting …I am a very humble and appreciative person, worked constantly and family was always first….I am blessed to have made it this far…but look at how I am spending a percentage of my old age days. I wish I had more strength and energy.
is that the original color of the Jack? I can’t remember if my ’74 FJ40 was yellow or black…it might have actually been yellow.
While I’m at it…. I am in awe how as a 20 year old KID, I was able to be lucky enough to walk into Morristown Toyota and walk out with a new $4500.00 FJ40 that has shaped the last 50 YEARS OF MY LIFE!
PLEASE DON’T think I am boasting …I am a very humble and appreciative person, worked constantly and family was always first….I am blessed to have made it this far…but look at how I am spending a percentage of my old age days. I wish I had more strength and energy.
Yes, that’s pretty close to the original color. I was 25 when I got my first FJ40, in 1980, and still have it. All the other ones are gone.
LOL you sold your 74 horizontal blue in 1980 I may have been the one who bought it.
Did it have a black and white houndstooth carpeting as a rear floor mat from the edge of the seats to the rear doors? It was free and quieted the interior a little ….it also had a rear heater and full roll cage by Smittybuilt …Downey Toyota Holley carb, centrifugal distributor, A/C and a Downey half cab in dark blue as well as a full spare tire carrier with 2 Jerry cans…1 on each side of the spare
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New rubber, wheels and caps were installed this morning. A new headliner is going on next week..
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MatthewMcD
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Is that a combination Washer and Radiator reservoir? Sweet!
6f40j9
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Removed the windshield frame, despite my best efforts, broke the windshield in the process.
Drove it to its new winter hibernation spot. Threw the replacement frame on for giggles as it has to come off to do more prep.
Drove it to its new winter hibernation spot. Threw the replacement frame on for giggles as it has to come off to do more prep.
Finally got the transmission, transfer case, differential and rear axel bearings done. Took me a week and a half to do what used to only take two or three days. I'm gettin old so I hope I did it all right because I don't know if I can do it again.
Update:
Took my Toy out for first drive after redoing the drive train from piolet bearing to back axel.
Most days I make a 12 mile morning round trip run to the post office to drop off packages and figured this would be a good test.
First half mile is dirt road and other than normal rattles it felt tight and then hit pavement and sounded real good without any of the usual .noises of a basically untouched drive train with around half a million miles on it.
Listening for noises and I guess my imagination got away with me.
Going through everything I did in my mind, for the life of me I couldn't remember putting lube in the transfer case.
My stomach flipped and at about three miles out so I pulled over and looked under neath at the fill plug.
Could see the new crush washer but still couldn't dredge up the memory of squirting the lube in.
Turned around and headed back home on the gamble I am not senile enough to forget something as important as that.
Made it back without any grinding and pulled the fill plug.
That beautiful golden stuff poured out so I was relieved.
It still took a few hours for my stomach to settle down.
This time loaded up the wife and we took off again.
Wound up driving about 40 miles of hills and turns.
10 miles of that not counting my driveway was short easy stretch of dirt road that has a couple of low water bridges.
I guess I got everything back together right.
Update:
Took my Toy out for first drive after redoing the drive train from piolet bearing to back axel.
Most days I make a 12 mile morning round trip run to the post office to drop off packages and figured this would be a good test.
First half mile is dirt road and other than normal rattles it felt tight and then hit pavement and sounded real good without any of the usual .noises of a basically untouched drive train with around half a million miles on it.
Listening for noises and I guess my imagination got away with me.
Going through everything I did in my mind, for the life of me I couldn't remember putting lube in the transfer case.
My stomach flipped and at about three miles out so I pulled over and looked under neath at the fill plug.
Could see the new crush washer but still couldn't dredge up the memory of squirting the lube in.
Turned around and headed back home on the gamble I am not senile enough to forget something as important as that.
Made it back without any grinding and pulled the fill plug.
That beautiful golden stuff poured out so I was relieved.
It still took a few hours for my stomach to settle down.
This time loaded up the wife and we took off again.
Wound up driving about 40 miles of hills and turns.
10 miles of that not counting my driveway was short easy stretch of dirt road that has a couple of low water bridges.
I guess I got everything back together right.
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No, but I bought my 74 in 1980 and it was originally blue
I need at set of jack rods. Mine didn't come with them but had the jack.
Funny I started on my clutch master and slave cylinder replacements today too. Cityracer hooked me up with Aisan parts.
Yes it is. I soaked the inside with hair dresser's peroxide to get the stains out of it and glued a broken part back on. I wanted to keep it factory.
MatthewMcD
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I didn't know that was an option, I love it. My current radiator overflow is a POC. I need to rework it.
I set the ignition timing on the 350 Chevy in my Land Cruiser today. Lack of accurate timing marks on the harmonic balancer and a lumpy cam and other modifications made me decide that I'd set it with a vacuum gauge which is an accurate alternative to a timing light. Prior to this, once I got it running I set it by ear advancing the dizzy until it sounded right and then backing it off slightly. I made some index marks before using the gauge today just for grins to see how far off I was doing it by ear. It turns out I was right on with the initial setting. I'm far from being a master mechanic or engine tuner but I had to laugh at getting it right in such a primitive fashion.
Cut bumperette so it will fit around the tire carrier. Anyone know the paint code for the silver one?
Blue77FJ40
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Nope, did the same thing.
6f40j9
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I use rustoleum satin nickel. Close enough for me and available easy.
