What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[EWheeler]

Added an Fj60 tachometer to my Fj40. I was torn on cutting a hole at first and I had the high altitude defrost vent I. The spot I needed. I went ahead and lost the one vent and cut a hole for the 3D printed housing and bezel I had made and moved the headlight switch to the right of the steering wheel. Sanded the bezel and primed/ painted with pewter silver to match the rest. Also had my drive shafts rebalanced (both) and rebuilt my rear third member. It had way too much backlash and zero pre-load. What a difference all this mad on highway driving!!! Gets up to 70 mph with little effort and Tach works great. Meanwhile Coolerman is building me a wiring extension for my headlights to go from left to right. Couldn't bare cutting it!

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so this bezel is different than the units that are currently available on the market?

Agree with Mark, looks fantastic.

 

[sogafarm]

Replacing coolant and heater hoses in the ‘79 Cali. Should be able to fire her up this week. She’s been sitting for 20 years.

 

[Buffchief]

so this bezel is different than the units that are currently available on the market?

Agree with Mark, looks fantastic

Yes, so the Bezel and housing were redesigned by mud member "MOTOV8R" to except the Tachometer from an Fj60. The 60 tach has a flat spot on the bottom of the gauge apposed to round as the original 40's round face and bezel. The 60's housing will not mount to the back of the flat fj40 dash because of the mounting tabs set further back to fit the 60's dash shape. He has the 3D printing info loaded onto www.thingiverse.com so that whoever has a 3D printer and knowhow can print it. I used mud member "ChaserFJ60" store, cruiserhead.com to print it out. quick and cheep! It will require a little fine sanding to smooth it out and primer and paint. inside of housing should be a bright white to reflect the light. Make a template for the housing cut layout and bezel mounting. Be exact and lay it out on painters tape over the spot you intend to cut in dash. There is a groove made into the back side of bezel, opposite of the two screw holes that will slip over one side of dash sheet metal. I used to riv-nuts behind the bezel. I moved my headlight switch to the right into the washer knob slot and drilled another hole to the right of the far right "warm pull" knob to install the washer switch. Tried to keep it as original as possible. Coolerman sent me and extension for my headlight switch so I didn't have to cut my OEM harness.

 

[EWheeler]

Yes, so the Bezel and housing were redesigned by mud member "MOTOV8R" to except the Tachometer from an Fj60. The 60 tach has a flat spot on the bottom of the gauge apposed to round as the original 40's round face and bezel. The 60's housing will not mount to the back of the flat fj40 dash because of the mounting tabs set further back to fit the 60's dash shape. He has the 3D printing info loaded onto www.thingiverse.com so that whoever has a 3D printer and knowhow can print it. I used mud member "ChaserFJ60" store, cruiserhead.com to print it out. quick and cheep! It will require a little fine sanding to smooth it out and primer and paint. inside of housing should be a bright white to reflect the light. Make a template for the housing cut layout and bezel mounting. Be exact and lay it out on painters tape over the spot you intend to cut in dash. There is a groove made into the back side of bezel, opposite of the two screw holes that will slip over one side of dash sheet metal. I used to riv-nuts behind the bezel. I moved my headlight switch to the right into the washer knob slot and drilled another hole to the right of the far right "warm pull" knob to install the washer switch. Tried to keep it as original as possible. Coolerman sent me and extension for my headlight switch so I didn't have to cut my OEM harness.

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Right on, thank you for the detailed info!! Plan to follow your lead here on one of my late model 40’s that also has the window defrost holes in the dash face.

 

[Buffchief]

Right on, thank you for the detailed info!! Plan to follow your lead here on one of my late model 40’s that also has the window defrost holes in the dash face.

I hated to remove one but they dont do a lot especially here in Texas and I prefered a useful tach. Seems like ive always kept an eye on them from my old corvettes and jeeps and my modern cars. I think its a nice OEM look and useful. I kept the other vent for the wifes side!

 

[Buffchief]

Yes, so the Bezel and housing were redesigned by mud member "MOTOV8R" to except the Tachometer from an Fj60. The 60 tach has a flat spot on the bottom of the gauge apposed to round as the original 40's round face and bezel. The 60's housing will not mount to the back of the flat fj40 dash because of the mounting tabs set further back to fit the 60's dash shape. He has the 3D printing info loaded onto www.thingiverse.com so that whoever has a 3D printer and knowhow can print it. I used mud member "ChaserFJ60" store, cruiserhead.com to print it out. quick and cheep! It will require a little fine sanding to smooth it out and primer and paint. inside of housing should be a bright white to reflect the light. Make a template for the housing cut layout and bezel mounting. Be exact and lay it out on painters tape over the spot you intend to cut in dash. There is a groove made into the back side of bezel, opposite of the two screw holes that will slip over one side of dash sheet metal. I used to riv-nuts behind the bezel. I moved my headlight switch to the right into the washer knob slot and drilled another hole to the right of the far right "warm pull" knob to install the washer switch. Tried to keep it as original as possible. Coolerman sent me and extension for my headlight switch so I didn't have to cut my OEM harness.

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The 2 ugly screws are temp until I find mathing ones like on the gauge cluster. Ordered 2 from SOR but they are to short becase of the distance from bezel face to housing of tach.

 

[65swb45]

The 2 ugly screws are temp until I find mathing ones like on the gauge cluster. Ordered 2 from SOR but they are to short becase of the distance from bezel face to housing of tach.

Side view mirror screws for 77 up

 

[Buffchief]

Side view mirror screws for 77 up

NICE! Thanks

 

[ranchdawg]

Spent more money. But not too much. I needed a washer bottle for my 40 (even though it ain’t running yet) and saw one on a site that cost way too much money for what it is. I found the same one on a RV site for $35 and $14 to ship. It’s plug and play if you have the fender bracket or it comes with a bracket you can attach to something else.

Denso RV Windshield Washer Reservoir Tank Kit 6 Quart 060800-0550

New - Buy Now | Denso RV Windshield Washer Reservoir Tank Kit 6 Quart 060800-0550

integrityrvparts.com

 

[Buffchief]

Added some LED lights to my cluster and they are much brighter but think Ill try the green ones to match. BUT, as soon as i changed to LED, the brightness could no longer be adjusted. Stays on full bright. Is that normal with LED's? All of the dash lights.

 

[wchevron]

I changed all mine to green LED. They aren't dimmable. At least mine aren't. I got mine from SuperBrightLED. I noticed there were different lumens available for the same bulbs if you want to play with brightness.

 

[Buffchief]

I changed all mine to green LED. They aren't dimmable. At least mine aren't. I got mine from SuperBrightLED. I noticed there were different lumens available for the same bulbs if you want to play with brightness.

Same place I bought mine from just ordered more green to tone it down. Wonder why they aren't dimmable?
Thanks, I'm not alone.

 

[onemanarmy]

Some LEDs are dimmable, some aren't
Most part descriptions will tell you this

 

[flee]

Same place I bought mine from just ordered more green to tone it down. Wonder why they aren't dimmable?
Thanks, I'm not alone.

Dimming LED's is more effective with a circuit than a simple rheostat. The circuit or chip turns the LED on and off rapidly to do this.

 

[65swb45]

Dimming LED's is more effective with a circuit than a simple rheostat. The circuit or chip turns the LED on and off rapidly to do this.

I just learned something new!

 

[mef0629]

Added some LED lights to my cluster and they are much brighter but think Ill try the green ones to match. BUT, as soon as i changed to LED, the brightness could no longer be adjusted. Stays on full bright. Is that normal with LED's? All of the dash lights.

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Same here!

 

[Roastchestnuts]

I changed a tube out of one of my splits. I see the appeal now. I was about ready to get some city racer 16inch rims. Getting them apart was kinda tricky but with a factory size 750r16 tire it was really easy to put it all back together with a new tube and liner. after watching a video that said talcum poweder I went to the store and bought some baby powder and used that and holy crap it was all the difference in the world. The ring went on easy. I walked it on wearing flops even. Now saying all this filling them back up with air still scared me (used chains) and I am not a fan of that even though I knew the split was seated all the way correctly.

then I drove out to the beach and went surfing.

 

[knuckle47]

Added some LED lights to my cluster and they are much brighter but think Ill try the green ones to match. BUT, as soon as i changed to LED, the brightness could no longer be adjusted. Stays on full bright. Is that normal with LED's? All of the dash lights.

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I had ordered the green led bulbs from SuperBright as well about 2 years ago…they did not fit and I’d sent them back….this looks so nice, can you tell me what part numbers you used from SuperBright? I have got to pursue this again….looks great

 

[Buffchief]

I had ordered the green led bulbs from SuperBright as well about 2 years ago…they did not fit and I’d sent them back….this looks so nice, can you tell me what part numbers you used from SuperBright? I have got to pursue this again….looks great

Thanks!
I believe the green ones are 194/ 168 T10 LED bulbs. I just ordered four of them to replace the bright white I had installed in the cluster. I believe the white ones were the same just color change. Other LED's I bought were too tall to fit as well. The under dash light bulb which is a longer tube shape led I can't remember the part #. The lower heater knob light is don't remember either, but I DO know...DONT PUT THE WRONG size in, or it will (did) melt the green lens!! Now I need a new green lens

 

[wchevron]

I'm pretty sure I used these for the gauges

https://www.superbrightleds.com//194-led-bulb-5-smd-led-tower-miniature-wedge-base+color-green+packamt-single