What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Forest Pig]

Continued grinding on the Forest Found 55…passenger side rocker off due to an abundance of Oregon getting into it over the years…drivers rear corner smash damage cut off and Oregon discovered all up in it…Spitzenagle work ALL around the truck plus hood off, cowl off, grill off…tail gate dents repaired. Lots more to do

 

[405]

I recently acquired this '82 FJ40 in amazing condition. Yesterday was my first drive and it really blew me away with how it drove.
Finished up the day by doing the only modifications I wanted to do on this truck.. Toyota/Koito H4 headlight upgrade and window tint removal.

 

[Green Bean]

I recently acquired this '82 FJ40 in amazing condition. Yesterday was my first drive and it really blew me away with how it drove.
Finished up the day by doing the only modifications I wanted to do on this truck.. Toyota/Koito H4 headlight upgrade and window tint removal.

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Wow. That looks remarkable. It also looks like it has good company in a really cool garage.

 

[middlecalf]

... and that looks like both pheasant and waterfowl terrain you're parked in. Hunting? (Nice rig too!)

 

[MatthewMcD]

Tail Light clean up and new gaskets.

 

[bernardbar3]

Wow. That looks remarkable. It also looks like it has good company in a really cool garage.

Very nice! Congratulations.

 

[bernardbar3]

Tail Light clean up and new gaskets.
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I have this on my project list also. Yours look great! What's the best thing to use to clean up the tail lights? Thanks.

 

[MatthewMcD]

I have this on my project list also. Yours look great! What's the best thing to use to clean up the tail lights? Thanks.

Mine were pretty hazed, but it was only external, the insides cleaned up well. (The light holders were in good condition too.) So after replacing the gaskets and repairing the wiring, I only had to attend to the lenses.

Pan of water and 1000 grit wet dry with a rubber back pad. Use a lot of water to keep the paper from loading up. Sand in on direction only (thanks YouTube) until the lenses look uniform and "better". By this I mean when they dry they will be a little hazed. Hit them again with 2000 grit sand paper under water (or very wet). Rinse and dry completely.

I put on 3 coats of the Rustoleum Clear Coat 2X over about an hour, it was cold here so the drying time was not great. I noticed in the photos a little orange peel. That can be addressed later with 2000 grit or rubbing compound. (But I have a bunch of other stuff before that...)

 

[bernardbar3]

Mine were pretty hazed, but it was only external, the insides cleaned up well. (The light holders were in good condition too.) So after replacing the gaskets and repairing the wiring, I only had to attend to the lenses.

Pan of water and 1000 grit wet dry with a rubber back pad. Use a lot of water to keep the paper from loading up. Sand in on direction only (thanks YouTube) until the lenses look uniform and "better". By this I mean when they dry they will be a little hazed. Hit them again with 2000 grit sand paper under water (or very wet). Rinse and dry completely.

I put on 3 coats of the Rustoleum Clear Coat 2X over about an hour, it was cold here so the drying time was not great. I noticed in the photos a little orange peel. That can be addressed later with 2000 grit or rubbing compound. (But I have a bunch of other stuff before that...)

Thanks, I'll be getting some supplies tomorrow and will go this route. Much appreciated.

 

[RMD3050]

I'm not sure of the model dates, but on our 1970 and earlier models with the toolbox underneath the driver's seat, the driver's seat was designed for "easy" removal. In theory anyway, you just pop these pins out and lift the seat out. I will stand corrected, but I believe they were discontinued with the introduction of 4 speed and bucket seats.

My ‘72 has those as well.

 

[RMD3050]

I'm not sure of the model dates, but on our 1970 and earlier models with the toolbox underneath the driver's seat, the driver's seat was designed for "easy" removal. In theory anyway, you just pop these pins out and lift the seat out. I will stand corrected, but I believe they were discontinued with the introduction of 4 speed and bucket seats.

 

[midknightc3]

Installed my old ham radio in the wife's 40, amongst other things. She just obtained her ham license, so my FT-7900 will live primarily in her truck now that I'm running an FT-857 in my 60. Pretty happy with how it turned out, used an existing threaded hole in the body for the radio and used 3M heavy duty adhesive tape to attach the fuse block and speaker. Faceplate is held on with magnets, making it easy to swap radios between vehicles if needed.

Clark

 

[red66toy]

Just when I thought I had stared at my 40 at all the angles possible… I found a new fun one! 3speed coming out!

 

[bikersmurf]

There was a lot of wind noise and I could see daylight around the closed doors. At speed, the whistle noise was annoying. Generally, I try and avoid anything with the word "Universal" as i found that such products universally don't fit. However, I went ahead and sprung for some adhesive backed weatherstripping that I found on Summit. It surprisingly seems to be working just fine and things are much quieter although I sure wouldn't put it in a car wash.

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City Racer LLC has reproduced the Newer 73-74 weather-stripping for your vintage of doors.

 

[knuckle47]

Installed my old ham radio in the wife's 40, amongst other things. She just obtained her ham license, so my FT-7900 will live primarily in her truck now that I'm running an FT-857 in my 60. Pretty happy with how it turned out, used an existing threaded hole in the body for the radio and used 3M heavy duty adhesive tape to attach the fuse block and speaker. Faceplate is held on with magnets, making it easy to swap radios between vehicles if needed.
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Clark

Congratulations to the Mrs. On her radio license….. N2CUJ (1981)

 

[MatthewMcD]

Congratulations to the Mrs. On her radio license….. N2CUJ (1981)

Installed my old ham radio in the wife's 40, amongst other things. She just obtained her ham license, so my FT-7900 will live primarily in her truck now that I'm running an FT-857 in my 60. Pretty happy with how it turned out, used an existing threaded hole in the body for the radio and used 3M heavy duty adhesive tape to attach the fuse block and speaker. Faceplate is held on with magnets, making it easy to swap radios between vehicles if needed.
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Clark

Congrats to your wife on getting her HAM License!
KJ5DAB

Obtaining and installing a mobile unit is on my list. The radio is my wife and my gift to each other this year. Just need to decide on a model and shop.

 

[bernardbar3]

Congratulations to the Mrs. On her radio license….. N2CUJ (1981)

This is great. I entered the Army back in the early 80's, I was a radio operator. I also worked at MARS stations ( Military Auxiliary Radio Systems) around the world. Never got around to getting my HAM license. Thanks for the inspiration, I'll start working on getting my license (Goals for 2024). Loving what you did on your Land Cruisers and congratulations to your wife for getting her license. Thanks

 

[SergP]

Just when I thought I had stared at my 40 at all the angles possible… I found a new fun one! 3speed coming out!

I am sure this how a proctologist see us.

 

[knuckle47]

This is great. I entered the Army back in the early 80's, I was a radio operator. I also worked at MARS stations ( Military Auxiliary Radio Systems) around the world. Never got around to getting my HAM license. Thanks for the inspiration, I'll start working on getting my license (Goals for 2024). Loving what you did on your Land Cruisers and congratulations to your wife for getting her license. Thanks

I haven’t heard of MARS is a very long time… I was a MARS operator in the early mid ‘80s. A very involved friend Mike,K2CTJ got me started with MARS. I would now think whether or not we may have communicated back then?

 

[midknightc3]

Thanks @bernardbar3 and @knuckle47 ! I wasn't a radio operator by job name, but a big part of my job was working the radios on C130's. Got hooked when we were doing a SAR 400 SE of Bermuda and were relaying messages to COMSLANT via NAS Tokyo. HF waves were bouncing clear over the continental US and landing in Japan, where they could hear us clearly. Slowly working on getting off my arse to get my general and hopefully extra so I can go back to playing with those HF waves.

Clark KE7ZDX and KK7