What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

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I haven’t done much to my Land Cruiser this week or in the last 3 weeks.

My wife and I decided to split a cheese steak for a late lunch so I drove it 2 miles to the pizza place. In this 1 minute stop to pick up the sandwich I had 5 cat call compliments on the 40. While parking it a guys yells out “nice truck” inside, the pizza guys said “ very nice, that’s a Land Cruiser right?” I am walking back to the truck maybe 25 feet..another guy said “ oh, that is so cool”. Now I am backing out of the parking space a woman said “ love that Land Cruiser my husbands’ brother had one a long time ago” as I’m waiting for the traffic light to make my left turn…a guy pulls up (red light) and says “ I haven’t seen one of these in well over 10 yrs”. AND… he’s got a white dress shirt on and a Toyota patch over the pocket”

Light turned green, I went home…smiled and ate my half of a 16” sandwich
 
Pitter Patter said:
If it works well then I’d cover the shipping and then can hand it off to the next guy in this area that needs it. Message me and we will work it out. Thanks!
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I’ll send you a pm in the next couple days. Depending how soon you need it, I think I’m heading that way end of November and could bring it.

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Chuckha62 said:
I finally got over to my son's house on Saturday to run the valves for the first time since I built and installed the engine nearly five years ago. While I was doing it, I parked the LV next to it to compare. Look how much longer the LV is next to the FJ40.

Oh... I had help. My 3 year-old grand daughter just had to be involved. Yeah, she was a big help.

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THe lv is the holy grail land cruiser for me. with the fj55 close behind it. I love my 64 fj40 though.
 
Roastchestnuts said:
The lv is the holy grail land cruiser for me. with the fj55 close behind it. I love my 64 fj40 though.
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Thanks! Owning it is an experience in itself. My wife gets embarrassed with all the attention it receives when she's with me. We've had people get out of their cars at stop lights to take pictures.

This one fell in my lap when I was looking for an FJ40. I don't regret buying it, that's for sure.
 
One step closer ditching the Weber.
Different valve cover was easier than finding the right air cleaner so picked this one up and gave it a wee polish. Waiting on the mail and should have everything I need to swap over to Japanese goodness.

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One step closer ditching the Weber.
Different valve cover was easier than finding the right air cleaner so picked this one up and gave it a wee polish. Waiting on the mail and should have everything I need to swap over to Japanese goodness.

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Watching.

As I don’t hate my Weber, it does leave some to be desired. And a factory air cleaner would be nice.
 
clrussell said:
Watching.

As I don’t hate my Weber, it does leave some to be desired. And a factory air cleaner would be nice.
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I’ve come to loathe my Weber.
Yesterday, taking my son to school, it ran fantastic.
Barely drivable on the way home.

The way the throttle links to the carb is just downright stupid.

Speaking of throttle linkage…
I’m kind of stuck in this dept. I need an off the shelf solution to get me by until I can gather the parts and funds to either go full mechanical linkage or cable.

Any one have any thoughts here? I searched and it’s kind of like asking for Weber tuning advice.
 
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RevISK said:
I’ve come to loathe my Weber.
Yesterday, taking my son to school, it ran fantastic.
Barely drivable on the way home.

The way the throttle links to the carb is just downright stupid.

Speaking of throttle linkage…
I’m kind of stuck in this dept. I need an off the shelf solution to get me by until I can gather the parts and funds to either go full mechanical linkage or cable.

Any one have any thoughts here? I searched and it’s kind of like asking for Weber tuning advice.
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I was curious how you will do the throttle linkage.

Mine is a 69 so cable and it’s super simple to get Weber.
 
clrussell said:
I was curious how you will do the throttle linkage.

Mine is a 69 so cable and it’s super simple to get Weber.
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The Lokar 1034 adapter and some sort of throttle cable bracket is first up to bat.

It’s what City Racer shows as an option to connect the throttle cable, however, they/he (no pronoun jokes) “doesn’t support” that option.
Not sure what that means?

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I bought a carb from him, hopefully he doesn’t mind me posting this photo.
 
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Low water, high turbidity. This is just a seasonal perspective change, even though it felt like summer. I love going out to the desert, because up in the mountains, there is little perspective, it is so often obscured by trees. In the city, most of it is covered-up with a noxious, invasive canopy. But, from the path across the valley, the grand vistas of the mountains, all lit-up with fall colors, that was amazing. The goal is the river, but, I'm satisfied seeing all the scenery along the way.
 
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Low water, high turbidity. This is just a seasonal perspective change, even though it felt like summer. I love going out to the desert, because up in the mountains, there is little perspective, it is so often obscured by trees. In the city, most of it is covered-up with a noxious, invasive canopy. But, from the path across the valley, the grand vistas of the mountains, all lit-up with fall colors, that was amazing. The goal is the river, but, I'm satisfied seeing all the scenery along the way.
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Poetic.

Curious, would you mind sharing your affinity for the grayscale?
 
RevISK said:
Poetic.

Curious, would you mind sharing your affinity for the grayscale?
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Shape, form, texture, and easy abstraction. It is the difference between making a photograph, and taking a photograph. It is rare to find colors working in harmony. With grayscale, you'll only need to do framing and composition for it to be something to get excited about. Cameras change the experience, as does sharing images and videos. So in that image, I was able to remove the landscape from the familiar for a second so I can not focus on the absence of beaver, and the presence of metallic-grey Russian olives trees as they chemically weather the rocks and soil that they are rooted in, perhaps staining the stream just slightly. I was able to record something other than my actual experience of seeing beer caps and someone's lost sock, or tires and domestic-life of all kinds which left tracks in the sand and mud.
 
Grayscale said:
Shape, form, texture, and easy abstraction. It is the difference between making a photograph, and taking a photograph. It is rare to find colors working in harmony. With grayscale, you'll only need to do framing and composition for it to be something to get excited about. Cameras change the experience, as does sharing images and videos. So in that image, I was able to remove the landscape from the familiar for a second so I can not focus on the absence of beaver, and the presence of metallic-grey Russian olives trees as they chemically weather the rocks and soil that they are rooted in, perhaps staining the stream just slightly. I was able to record something other than my actual experience of seeing beer caps and someone's lost sock, or tires and domestic-life of all kinds which left tracks in the sand and mud.
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My case in point:

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I am a huge advocate
 
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