What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

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Valley Hybrids Double Seal Speedo Housing
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Installed the 4Plus tire carrier on my 40. Man that thing sure is hefty. When I had the rig painted, I asked the painter to get rid of the holes on the body in preparation for this bumper-mounted carrier. I had @lcwizard delete the hitch since I want to put the rear step there and I'm fairly confident I won't be towing anyway.
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When I took the tube bumper off that I bought over 40 years ago I forgot how much it weighed and had my jack stands under it. It was pretty light and the square tubing on my tire carrier is the full width because of the basket and it was a lot heaver then the tube bumper.
 
msapers said:
My garage is full of Land Cruiser parts. My shed is full of Land Cruiser parts. This is getting out of hand. So, this weekend I ordered some more parts. Slowly filling up the kitchen now. I am very lucky that my wife is patient and understanding. I also ordered a wet blasting setup for a pressure washer and a pressure washer. Do you know how damn hard it is to buy a 4gpm/4000psi pressure washer in California? Due to new laws, no more gas powered equipment can be shipped to CA. However, stores are still allowed to sell what's on the shelves. I finally found one. I don't want to turn this political but damn I hate that my state makes everything difficult. I talked to a guy at one of the pressure washer manufacturing companies and he told me that the only difference between the 49 state machines and the CARB (California Air Resources Board) ones are that the company pays the state a fee for the CARB sticker. The machine is identical in every way. I can't wait to move to Spokane. Anyway, I'll be taking lots of pictures/video of the blasting setup once I get everything. We will be mocking up the drivetrain this week. Also, I made an independent handle for the valve on my Harbor Freight engine hoist that will give Dad a lot more control over lowering the engine in than the original arrangement which utilized the end of the jack handle. This means fewer trips to the ER for me, since I'll be underneath while he's lowering it. :)
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Nice workaround
 
77mustard40 said:
Matt, I'm interested in your observation... I really need to do this.
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Well Kelly...hang on to your pocketbook...this is hands down the most dramatic improvement in my ride since I swapped out the suspension. In fact, I would say that anyone planning a suspension upgrade should do this first. I drove less than a mile down Southwest Parkway and it was so WILDLY different I texted @RevISK to tell him to do it before his impending trip.

It is that big of a difference.

Now, I need to clarify, my mounts were mostly OEM, except the 4 on the back of the tub, those were chopped up tires. So, going from crappy chopped up tires and broken down 50-year-old jute (or whatever that material was) to My Pillow soft polyurethane is a MASSIVE difference.

The truck is quieter.
The ride is softer.
The potholes and bumps are no big deal.

I still have that stupid grin on my face and my drive was 2 hours ago. Out purchasing celebratory beverages.
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What's odd it that depending on the year some kits don't include the bolts. Maybe @cruiseroutfit can explain why some kits include bolts and others don't.
 
MatthewMcD said:
Well Kelly...hang on to your pocketbook...this is hands down the most dramatic improvement in my ride since I swapped out the suspension. In fact, I would say that anyone planning a suspension upgrade should do this first. I drove less than a mile down Southwest Parkway and it was so WILDLY different I texted @RevISK to tell him to do it before his impending trip.

It is that big of a difference.

Now, I need to clarify, my mounts were mostly OEM, except the 4 on the back of the tub, those were chopped up tires. So, going from crappy chopped up tires and broken down 50-year-old jute (or whatever that material was) to My Pillow soft polyurethane is a MASSIVE difference.

The truck is quieter.
The ride is softer.
The potholes and bumps are no big deal.

I still have that stupid grin on my face and my drive was 2 hours ago. Out purchasing celebratory beverages.
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What's odd it that depending on the year some kits don't include the bolts. Maybe @cruiseroutfit can explain why some kits include bolts and others don't.
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I am very sure my 1964 has the originals. Would love to swap mine out. How many hours and bananas would you rate the job?
 
sleepycruiser said:
I am very sure my 1964 has the originals. Would love to swap mine out. How many hours and bananas would you rate the job?
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I just sprayed penetrating oil on my hardware in prep for attempting this tomorrow on my 65. I’ll keep an eye on the clock and let you know what it takes me and degree of difficulty.
 
sleepycruiser said:
I am very sure my 1964 has the originals. Would love to swap mine out. How many hours and bananas would you rate the job?
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I know when I did mine (and had never done it before) it took me about 6hrs over 2 afternoons and 🍌🍌

Most of the time was spent cutting out the old rusted bolts… reinstallation was fairly straight forward
 
sleepycruiser said:
I am very sure my 1964 has the originals. Would love to swap mine out. How many hours and bananas would you rate the job?
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Mostly depends on the state of the bolts. I broke 2. The first broke “short” so it was easy to remove the remaining bits. The last one broke leaving a long bit up in the body. That one had to be cut out. So 11 bolts = 1 banana 1 bolt = 3 bananas.

Reassembly was a snap with this kit because it has all the bolts and plates.

If you soak in penetrating oil and can disassemble them. It’s a 3-4 hour job. You have to use the jack on 3 different points. passenger, driver and rear end. And you need the 2x4s to support the tub.
 
MatthewMcD said:
Well Kelly...hang on to your pocketbook...this is hands down the most dramatic improvement in my ride since I swapped out the suspension. In fact, I would say that anyone planning a suspension upgrade should do this first. I drove less than a mile down Southwest Parkway and it was so WILDLY different I texted @RevISK to tell him to do it before his impending trip.

It is that big of a difference.

Now, I need to clarify, my mounts were mostly OEM, except the 4 on the back of the tub, those were chopped up tires. So, going from crappy chopped up tires and broken down 50-year-old jute (or whatever that material was) to My Pillow soft polyurethane is a MASSIVE difference.

The truck is quieter.
The ride is softer.
The potholes and bumps are no big deal.

I still have that stupid grin on my face and my drive was 2 hours ago. Out purchasing celebratory beverages.
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What's odd it that depending on the year some kits don't include the bolts. Maybe @cruiseroutfit can explain why some kits include bolts and others don't.
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Thanks Matt, mine are original with the exception of the rears when my sill was replaced
 
MatthewMcD said:
Well Kelly...hang on to your pocketbook...this is hands down the most dramatic improvement in my ride since I swapped out the suspension. In fact, I would say that anyone planning a suspension upgrade should do this first. I drove less than a mile down Southwest Parkway and it was so WILDLY different I texted @RevISK to tell him to do it before his impending trip.

It is that big of a difference.

Now, I need to clarify, my mounts were mostly OEM, except the 4 on the back of the tub, those were chopped up tires. So, going from crappy chopped up tires and broken down 50-year-old jute (or whatever that material was) to My Pillow soft polyurethane is a MASSIVE difference.

The truck is quieter.
The ride is softer.
The potholes and bumps are no big deal.

I still have that stupid grin on my face and my drive was 2 hours ago. Out purchasing celebratory beverages.
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What's odd it that depending on the year some kits don't include the bolts. Maybe @cruiseroutfit can explain why some kits include bolts and others don't.
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Just curious how much is the kit? My ride is a 67 am sure it could use it!

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@mef0629
Less than $200
@cruiseroutfit sells them.

By the way, Kurt, why don’t the daystar kits for later years come with hardware?

Thanks.
 
I was out yesterday driving the 40 to different places for chores..honey do’s…etc. As is typical a gentleman came over and started chatting.. he asked, “how’s the heat”. I have recently installed the rear heater and frankly…at -35F in Vermont it worked well so here at 45, it’s hot!

I’d invited him to take a closer look since he was quite enthusiastic. I I pointed out some “highlights” I’d realized how dusty and smeared with fingerprints, oil and grease some of it was. I am going to clean the inside and out so if that should happen again ( and we know it does ). It would look a lot better

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