Bought some rear OME medium leaf springs and BILSTEIN shocks.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?
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Those look nice! How at your door and from who TIA
You referring to me?
Yes. How much to your door?
I bought them from a local 4wheel drive parts store. I bought it from them so I wouldn’t have to pay shipping for them. At least far as I know I didn’t. As far as pricing compared to some of the Land Cruiser sites they are pretty much if not dead on the same price. When I get ready to buy the fronts I might order from Cruiser Corps since they do free shipping over $99. Thanks for the comment.
I'd like to find one of those tachs to install on my '79 without spending 250 bucks for it.
That tach setup and dash mount is over $400.00. The mount is amazing…rock solid and the mount comes with a tach face decal for a choice of redline limits. The mount is more solid than any interior part of the truck
This one is a couple of kits put together with a donor Autometer tach. Personally, I really like the Dakota gauges.
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Were you lucky to find a petrol tachometer or do you have a diesel? Or what tachometer did you use? Any pictures of the hole you cut in dash?
this was a fun little surprise: the original tag for the wire harness. this was with the wiper motor section, inside the windshield which is probably the only reason it survived. I found traces of others but they were long gone with only scraps of white plastic remaining. if anyone is doing a over the top restoration, hit me up and I'll send it out
Finally got the 5th quart of Redline MT-90 synthetic gear oil to finish the transmission and transfer case. Easy job but messy in my case. I used a 1.5 liter syringe type pump. The synthetic versions are less viscous then the conventional fluids so squeezing it in thru the 1/2” hose is a breeze.
Now that this is done, I replaced the filler plugs with the outstanding 12.5” transmission/transfer bypass hose from @shipmag. So far, no leaking issues but I have seen 2 other FJ40’s where the transmission was over filled by over 1 qt from 1 way leakage.
Both diffs were done a few months back …onto the front knuckles and brakes after a few weeks of driving it first.
Now that this is done, I replaced the filler plugs with the outstanding 12.5” transmission/transfer bypass hose from @shipmag. So far, no leaking issues but I have seen 2 other FJ40’s where the transmission was over filled by over 1 qt from 1 way leakage.
Both diffs were done a few months back …onto the front knuckles and brakes after a few weeks of driving it first.
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What does the bypass hose do?
Maybe. The transfer case pumps fluid to the tranny - the bypass returns it to the transfer case. Leaking seal between the T/T, the bypass is a easy fix.
I did a thing. Sort of...
Ultimately, I decided the LV is not up to it. At least not with a bumper mounted receiver. The frame crossmember where the bumper brackets mount is not nearly robust enough. I may address it. I may decide it's just not worth it.
'66 45LV towing a classic Chris Craft would be cool though. The boat is a '65 Super Sport, 18' with a 327 Chevy direct drive.
Ultimately, I decided the LV is not up to it. At least not with a bumper mounted receiver. The frame crossmember where the bumper brackets mount is not nearly robust enough. I may address it. I may decide it's just not worth it.
'66 45LV towing a classic Chris Craft would be cool though. The boat is a '65 Super Sport, 18' with a 327 Chevy direct drive.
It acts as an equalization hose ….IF ….the seal fails and fluid gets pushed into the transmission from the transfer case, it would provide an overflow back to the transfer case. As I had seen it, way back in the late 70’s , my friends seal had probably failed and gear oil was really piled up in the trans. When he pulled the filler plug, it had POURED OUT of the port for a full quart.
Given there is about half the quantity of gear oil in the transfer case compared to the transmission, it literally had very little left in the transfer case for lubrication.
My belief is …that if this were to occur now, the fluid is returned back to the transfer case saving it from potentially running dry. There are too many situations where I might be happy that I am not seized up somewhere while trying to go or get somewhere. Kinda like a fail safe? Even though the seal is bad.
So now, how might you know the seal is bad? Normally upon inspection, the fluid level is going to be way off. Now? Beats me!
The kit recommended a FJ62 tach but it or the 60 tach wouldn’t fit. I disassembled an autometer added the 4k sticker from a mud vendor and then reassembled.