Looks good. It’s also a perfect opportunity to run a tap through the blind nuts in the frame to clean all those threads.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?
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I like how the frame is coming out looks very nice.
when you ordered that part back in 2016 I was a Junior in highschool man how time flies. 
Some people talk the talk, and some people WALK the WALK!
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My first new FJ40 I was 4 years out of high school…now I am 4 years on social security! Yep…time fliesI like how the frame is coming out looks very nice.
Sandblasted the bottomside of the rear fenders. PO had sprayed bed liner in them which was flaking off. Got all the loose stuff off, painted rust encapsulator where needed and re-sprayed with raptor bed liner. Also painted about 1/2 the frame, from the doors back, with Eastwood frame paint. Will tackle the front fenders and rest of the frame next weekend.
Turned more grey into red.
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Amazing video, thanks for sharing.
The best part of the video to me is the fact that it shows Marlin’s will to drop everything to help someone in need, prolly why his shop looked like it did, who could ever have time to stop and clean.
I remember a Roundup where a friend smoked a birf on the afternoon of the first day. Parts were cobbled together by Georg and others and the rebuild commenced. Marlin was one foot removed the whole time, helping and offering pointers. The threads on the spindle were buggered up and Marlin reached in his front pocket pushing aside the pens and pencils he always carried and whips out a thread repair file, and proceeds to give several of us a lesson on how to use the tool. I carry one now, thanks to Marlin.
R&R my 51 year old steering coupling. Available from Toyota. Easy job.
@igotta40 we love those cookies! Nice rag joint too
I finally got around to watching this video. What a gracious man Marlin must have been. His video just helped me hopefully solve a problem I’ve been diagnosing with my ‘75 and how it’s been lurching lately. At the end, Marvin mentioned that he always turns the idle mixture screw 3 1/2 turns out. I was always going on others advise and starting with 11/2 turns and using the lean drop method on vacuum. It’s never idled smooth before. Turns out that his method seems to have solved it and it seems to drive and idle fine now. He is still helping people beyond the grave
Thank you Marlin!
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MAR FJ40
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Primer time! Getting really close....
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I'm jealous.
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Just an update... Diesel pump (rear) rebuilt, seems there's a special 3 pronged tool to adjust the idle screw housing as the garage when the Ute was being serviced, tried to adjust it but couldn't undo the housing, mechanic broke 2 pliers trying to slacken it off...
Handbrake cable is 'well' stretched (not snapped) but U/S & this recently replaced cable & fixings needs replaced now.. next up the clutch pedal has dropped 2 inches within 3' of the floor so it looks like a new clutch is on the horizon. (l'd planned to do it in the summer seems sooner will be best). Rear canopies away for repair/reinforcing due to strong wind/gale damage tearing the corner edges. Anticipating a summer of ute jobs to be started & finished...in 6 weeks time.
Handbrake cable is 'well' stretched (not snapped) but U/S & this recently replaced cable & fixings needs replaced now.. next up the clutch pedal has dropped 2 inches within 3' of the floor so it looks like a new clutch is on the horizon. (l'd planned to do it in the summer seems sooner will be best). Rear canopies away for repair/reinforcing due to strong wind/gale damage tearing the corner edges. Anticipating a summer of ute jobs to be started & finished...in 6 weeks time.
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Re-bled and adjusted the front brakes. The 40 is pulling to the left when braking, so I suspected some air got into the right side of the front brakes when I replaced the left front wheel cylinders.
Took it for the quick drive to check. Still pulling to the left when braking.
So next up is going to be checking the adjustment of the rear brakes.
During the quick drive to check the brakes, I noticed a small electrical gremlin. When the brake lights are on, it's causing the left turn signal lights to illuminate. So probably an issue in the rear combination lamp grounding. I don't normally drive the 40 at night, so who knows how long this has been going on. Just another thing to chase down.
Took it for the quick drive to check. Still pulling to the left when braking.
So next up is going to be checking the adjustment of the rear brakes.
During the quick drive to check the brakes, I noticed a small electrical gremlin. When the brake lights are on, it's causing the left turn signal lights to illuminate. So probably an issue in the rear combination lamp grounding. I don't normally drive the 40 at night, so who knows how long this has been going on. Just another thing to chase down.
So this is 2 pic's of my aux rear heater. It came out of a 17 place chevy van around 1984. Part of the plastic housing was broken, so I just hacksawed it all off the front. I built a wood box for it, ring shank/glued but the top over the heater is screwed on so I could pull the motor/core if needed. It was $15 total for the project: wood, heater hose, 3 speed switch. Later I built a table top for a folding officer's military table. 2X4 on edge with 1/2 OSB inleted. The officers table is screwed to to the OSB. Also my first Reloading Press and old Pacific with an RCBS ram to take shell holders.
I looked for the post asking about this but I couldn't find it. Today I fired up Elsie for the first time since Thanksgiving. It cranked right up on the second try - love that electric fuel pump, and the manual choke.
I looked for the post asking about this but I couldn't find it. Today I fired up Elsie for the first time since Thanksgiving. It cranked right up on the second try - love that electric fuel pump, and the manual choke.
