What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[hatman406080]

What did you use for headliner Hat? It doesn't look like your standard replacement.

got a materials from auto upholstery shop.

 

[winning303]

Tore out PO's shoddy carpet and insulation job, replaced shot brake master, new wheel cylinders, new shoes, turned drums, replaced rusty lines. The rig needed some brake care.
Scratch that, "new" cylinder was as broken as the old one. Looks like I have more to do for next week.

 

[40Habits]

Fixed up my glove box.

 

[tmarx]

Finally solved my mystery intermittent coolant leak: PO failed to retorque the headbolts after the 1st 1000kms subsequent to the rebuild

 

[fireflyr]

Installed a pair of 6 degree shims in the rear of my '40. After installing the 4 speed H42 transmission and shortening my rear driveshaft I had a terrible vibration and the noise in the cab was so loud I needed earplugs on the freeway. The angle on the driveshaft / pinion was pretty extreme and the shims corrected that. Vibration and noise is gone. Now to figure out the camber in the front and see if I can correct that. Lot's of info here on that subject.

 

[cruiserjunkie]

Fixed up my glove box.

Sweet devil in the details

 

[skidplate]

Changed gear lube in front axel, repacked front wheel bearings, rebuilt front wheel cylinders, new brake shoes, serviced the warn hubs. Now the rearend is jealous and wanting some love.

 

[chicago]

Fixed up my glove box.

Where'd you get THAT?!?!?

 

[hairy_apple]

That is super cool. How exactly did you make it? My parents have something called a "pad printer" in there shop, I'm betting it could do that... just wondering how you did it.

 

[landcrusher99]

Matching Trailer for my FJ40

I have done just about everything I could imagine to my 79 FJ40 including a 350 vortec, BDS 4" lift, snorkel, roof rack, HID off road lights, 40 inch LED light bar, heated leather seats, ARB bumper, front and rear winches, a stereo that will pound the windows right out if volume is set a bit high. SO what else could I need... a matching trailer of course and if I could figure out how to add additional attachments you would see a photo of my matching trailer.

 

[The Jade Bean]

I made it out of a little thinner gauge but I thought it came out great.

I can make different shift patterns.

Maybe I can get you to make me a couple of different "warning/instruction" plates for the inside of my rig. How much would something like the plate you made for your rig cost and how durable is it? Thx!
~Daniel

 

[platypusREX]

Why dont ya show us that truck?

I have done just about everything I could imagine to my 79 FJ40 including a 350 vortec, BDS 4" lift, snorkel, roof rack, HID off road lights, 40 inch LED light bar, heated leather seats, ARB bumper, front and rear winches, a stereo that will pound the windows right out if volume is set a bit high. SO what else could I need... a matching trailer of course and if I could figure out how to add additional attachments you would see a photo of my matching trailer.

 

[Eshu Elegua]

Not much technical...just relax here...

 

[G-Cat]

Added the correct shift plate for my H55F. Got it from MetricTLC in the vendor section.

 

[fireflyr]

Tonight I installed the front correction shims. I measured about -5* at the third member so I installed 6* shims. The rear shims corrected the driveline angle. Here's a picture of both.

Front




Rear

 

[TriniFJ]

Stretched the legs a bit in the rain forest a couple weeks back.

More recently, I FINALLY found an OEM front bumper at a reasonable price!! Got it straitened out, shot it matte black and bolted her right up. Vast improvement to the 'snow plow' front bumper I was rockin' before.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Stretched the legs a bit in the rain forest a couple weeks back.

What rain forest were you at? Congrats on the bumper find.

 

[gisham]

Tonight I installed the front correction shims. I measured about -5* at the third member so I installed 6* shims. The rear shims corrected the driveline angle. Here's a picture of both.


I need to add some shims to my front as well- was it a tought job? any pointers?

 

[TriniFJ]

What rain forest were you at? Congrats on the bumper find.

the hills of Santa Cruz in Trinidad...friend of mine owns a huge old cocoa estate up there and he has a "road" going through part of it...even though it had rained that morning and my AT's aren't the happiest in the mud, i couldnt resist!!

Really happy about the bumper find...was pretty rough when i picked it up...but got it fixed up to pretty much brand new condition and my metal guy fab'd up a licence plate mount, and i picked up some carriage bolts...installed, all things considered, got everything for under $150 US...i'm happy with that

cheers

 

[fireflyr]

Tonight I installed the front correction shims. I measured about -5* at the third member so I installed 6* shims. The rear shims corrected the driveline angle. Here's a picture of both.


I need to add some shims to my front as well- was it a tought job? any pointers?

No it wasn't tough. I supported the frame behind the front leafsprings so the front tires were just off the floor. I did one side at a time and used a 1/2 inch pneumatic impact wrench to loosen the U-blots. I then jacked up the axle with a floor jack so I had enough clearance to remove the centering pin (put a c-clamp on the spring stack so the little ones at the bottom don't fall off, it helps with putting in the new centering pins later).
The shim gets put in flat side forward with the new, longer centering pin. I snugged up the nut on the pin and left about 3/4" thread and cut the rest of the pin off. Lower the axle back onto the pin / shim (it won't sit flat until you loosen the other side) and snug up the U-bolt nuts. Repeat on the other side and then go back and tighten all of the U-bolt nuts. Make sure your axle is sitting correctly on the head of the pin. When you order the shims make sure you replace the pins, the new ones will have taller heads to compensate for the shim height.
I would also soak the U-bolt nuts with WD-40 if they've never been off. I snapped a few U-bolts off when I originally put the lift on.
There is a bunch of info in SEARCH. I used the advanced search function; entered CASTER; search titles only; 40 and 55 series tech (search in forums). You'll find all of the info in the world in measuring caster to determine shim size. I used my I-phone to measure the angle on the 3rd member face. Good luck.