What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (55 Viewers)

[65swb45]

Had a little more time with the magic eraser this morning before heading into the quagmire of LA traffic to see my sister

 

[tarheel40]

The previous owner installed an old clunker of a starter from CarQuest when the original died, it’s slowly been getting worse so I decided to upgrade to a Toyota reman GR starter. All is can say is wow. If you haven’t done this mod do yourself a favor and get one, took me about 30 minutes to swap it out. It does sound a little “new” for a 40 but I’ll get used to it.

 

[65swb45]

The previous owner installed an old clunker of a starter from CarQuest when the original died, it’s slowly been getting worse so I decided to upgrade to a Toyota reman GR starter. All is can say is wow. If you haven’t done this mod do yourself a favor and get one, took me about 30 minutes to swap it out. It does sound a little “new” for a 40 but I’ll get used to it.

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Wait until you take it off road and find out you’ve got a new granny low range! It seriously can crawl a 40 over the rocks. In this shot I’m crawling the Karma Cruiser over a rock the 3speed low range was still too tall for (Katemcy 2009)

 

[charliemeyer007]

Love that fat power cable 2/0? Take that old starter apart. Polish the commutator with a flat file wrapped with crocus cloth. Open up the solenoid and dress the big copper contacts to flatten/remove the arc divots. Clean and lube the bushings, springs, and all the parts in general.