Your 40 looks at least a good as mine, so it must be Gunner - you're not getting Gunner!!
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Your 40 looks at least a good as mine, so it must be Gunner - you're not getting Gunner!!
Got bored. Stripped her down and gonna have inside of the entire tub Line-X'd and color matched. Couple last brackets, drive the gas out of her and remove my seat in the parking lot...
78fj40mg
TLCA #23510
Erik, she's looking good! You ought to start your own thread, let me know and I'll follow your progress.
nelsonjm624
1973 FJ40, 2F, 3 Spd, Wilwood f/r, 31x10.5R15
Got started cutting out and welding in some patches today...
Finally cleaned up and painted my air cleaner intake and after months of searching for carb cooling fan, sensor, and relay I cleaned connectors up and dielectric grease all connections put it all in AND IT WORKED!!!!!! Pretty good for 30+ years old used parts......Think Toyota makes a quality product????????????
Very nice on the motor and the ride!!! What years are the 2F motors interchangeable in the FJ40?
Eric, looks like Sedona. You should come on up to Prescott before it gets too cold.............Bradshaws!!!!
I don't drive much at night anymore.. But, when I do, I like to see my gauges. I replaced the stock bulbs with spare LED bulbs, from my travel trailer (the trailer and the 40 use the same size LEDs) and saw no real improvement.. still couldn't tell when I was speeding 
So, I was going to take a page from @ginmtb (and those who came before him) and install EL lighting.
But, while preparing to buy the EL and required inverter, I stumbled onto LED Strips (they don't need the whiny inverter) - I bought this ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LUULJ3G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) 4-strip (white LED) for under $7 (free shipping).
They arrived in a couple of days and I pulled my cluster (again!) and removed the leftmost bulb socket.
I discarded the bulb and soldered the red and black wires to the bulb-socket and screwed the socket back into the cluster and tested it... and found (of course!) that I had soldered the wires in reverse polarity .. I removed them, swapped them and soldered them again and they worked fine.
I cut a couple of inches off the strip (so it was the same length as the width of the cluster) and peeled off the 3M backer tape and stuck the strip to the 1/2" border, between the speedo and the gauges, so that the light shines toward the speedo and gauges.
Then I re-installed the cluster and panted until it got dark out .. then I checked the results and was VERY pleased!!
Some won't like the LED strips as much as the EL, but I'm more about functionality than appearance and I'm colorblind, so no purty lights for me..
The white LEDs are perfect for my use .. no more unintentional speeding!!
So, I was going to take a page from @ginmtb (and those who came before him) and install EL lighting.
But, while preparing to buy the EL and required inverter, I stumbled onto LED Strips (they don't need the whiny inverter) - I bought this ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LUULJ3G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) 4-strip (white LED) for under $7 (free shipping).
They arrived in a couple of days and I pulled my cluster (again!) and removed the leftmost bulb socket.
I discarded the bulb and soldered the red and black wires to the bulb-socket and screwed the socket back into the cluster and tested it... and found (of course!) that I had soldered the wires in reverse polarity .. I removed them, swapped them and soldered them again and they worked fine.
I cut a couple of inches off the strip (so it was the same length as the width of the cluster) and peeled off the 3M backer tape and stuck the strip to the 1/2" border, between the speedo and the gauges, so that the light shines toward the speedo and gauges.
Then I re-installed the cluster and panted until it got dark out .. then I checked the results and was VERY pleased!!
Some won't like the LED strips as much as the EL, but I'm more about functionality than appearance and I'm colorblind, so no purty lights for me..
The white LEDs are perfect for my use .. no more unintentional speeding!!
F, 2F, & 3F motors are interchangeable with a little work. 2F -> 2F should be straight forward.
Charged the battery.
Ditched the hub caps, rotated the tires and drove the hell out of it. Oh yeah, put on the doors and top too.
Also, fixed my manifold leak.
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I've been noticing that the fluid in my original AISIN brake master is beginning to turn black, once again telling me that it's time for another recondition:
The fluid was flushed back in Dec 2011 (and I know I should probably do it more often) and I believe the recent blackening is being caused by wear on the rubber seals which is again caused by pitting in the bore.
So this morning I replaced my AISIN brake master with this PBR unit from my stock of spares:
The plan is to send my original brake master, clutch master and clutch slave all off to be sleeved in stainless so that I never have to waste time fitting new kits to them ever again..
I couldn't allow myself to bench-bleed the PBR unit because I couldn't stand the thought of brake fluid dripping everywhere as I mounted it.
Right now I've filled the reservoirs and I'll wait till tomorrow to see if some of that fluid drains into the bore of the master (which I know is full of air right now). Then tomorrow, if the weather's OK, I'll try bleeding the system and getting my brakes operational again.
wish me luck...
Edit some days later: Well, I found gravity was of no use in trying to get the air out of the replacement master. (No fluid at all drained from the reservoirs into the bore of the master when left overnight.) But that didn't matter because use of my vacuum bleeder (sucking continuously at an appropriate wheel cylinder nipple while I was continually replenishing the falling level in the relevant reservoir) was able to remove all air and restore a "hard pedal" with minimal effort. (Just used about 500ml of brake fluid.)
The fluid was flushed back in Dec 2011 (and I know I should probably do it more often) and I believe the recent blackening is being caused by wear on the rubber seals which is again caused by pitting in the bore.
So this morning I replaced my AISIN brake master with this PBR unit from my stock of spares:
The plan is to send my original brake master, clutch master and clutch slave all off to be sleeved in stainless so that I never have to waste time fitting new kits to them ever again..
I couldn't allow myself to bench-bleed the PBR unit because I couldn't stand the thought of brake fluid dripping everywhere as I mounted it.
Right now I've filled the reservoirs and I'll wait till tomorrow to see if some of that fluid drains into the bore of the master (which I know is full of air right now). Then tomorrow, if the weather's OK, I'll try bleeding the system and getting my brakes operational again.
wish me luck...
Edit some days later: Well, I found gravity was of no use in trying to get the air out of the replacement master. (No fluid at all drained from the reservoirs into the bore of the master when left overnight.) But that didn't matter because use of my vacuum bleeder (sucking continuously at an appropriate wheel cylinder nipple while I was continually replenishing the falling level in the relevant reservoir) was able to remove all air and restore a "hard pedal" with minimal effort. (Just used about 500ml of brake fluid.)
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78fj40mg
TLCA #23510
I've been noticing that the fluid in my original AISIN brake master is beginning to turn black, once again telling me that it's time for another recondition:
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The fluid was flushed back in Dec 2011 (and I know I should probably do it more often) and I believe the recent blackening is being caused by wear on the rubber seals which is again caused by pitting in the bore.
So this morning I replaced my AISIN brake master with this PBR unit from my stock of spares:
View attachment 966804
The plan is to send my original brake master, clutch master and clutch slave all off to be sleeved in stainless so that I never have to waste time fitting new kits to them ever again..
I couldn't allow myself to bench-bleed the PBR unit because I couldn't stand the thought of brake fluid dripping everywhere as I mounted it.
Right now I've filled the reservoirs and I'll wait till tomorrow to see if some of that fluid drains into the bore of the master (which I know is full of air right now). Then tomorrow, if the weather's OK, I'll try bleeding the system and getting my brakes operational again.
wish me luck...
Good luck Tom, I look forward to your posts.
I like the double reservoir unit!
I have one of those little 12v plug in to your cigarette lighter defrosters in my cruiser after having to remove the heater (I use a rear heater now for warmth). It has always worked fine, I had cut the 12v plug and just wired it to the cruiser's old heater switch so I could just pull the heater switch and it came on. It's always worked fine. Yesterday, I turned it on and nothing. Until I turned off my cruiser... then stuff got really weird. The heater came on after the key was off, and the cruiser also stayed running. OhhhhhKay. That's new and interesting. Turned off the switch, and the cruiser shut off (and the heater). I messed around for a long time today and figured out kind of what is going on, but couldn't fix it. Finally gave up and just unplugged it and left it alone. I've got a short somewhere in the harness and I just killed power to the switch and won't use my little heater until I figure it out. Super annoying how many little gremlins I still have.
I started building mirror mounts for my doors so I can have decent sized mirrors. I can't see crap out my passenger blind spot with that big tire and stuff piled up on that side. Didn't get them finished, but have a basic idea of what I want to do and got the door mounted plate cut out and it fits.
And worked on some other small random things that have been annoying me. I ordered 2 sets of LED strips for the underside of motorcycles and ricers. They are small and 12v and I'm going to run two off them across the front of the roll bar, with a switch for each side so we had lights up front. And the other two are going in the back of the cruiser with a switch near the hatch so I can kick it on from the back and see the cargo area. I'm looking forward to good lighting inside for once.
I started building mirror mounts for my doors so I can have decent sized mirrors. I can't see crap out my passenger blind spot with that big tire and stuff piled up on that side. Didn't get them finished, but have a basic idea of what I want to do and got the door mounted plate cut out and it fits.
And worked on some other small random things that have been annoying me. I ordered 2 sets of LED strips for the underside of motorcycles and ricers. They are small and 12v and I'm going to run two off them across the front of the roll bar, with a switch for each side so we had lights up front. And the other two are going in the back of the cruiser with a switch near the hatch so I can kick it on from the back and see the cargo area. I'm looking forward to good lighting inside for once.
Wiped off the dust, squirted some oil in the cylinders, hooked up the battery, primed the engine with the starter motor, and fired her up for the first time in about a year and a half. Drove around the neighborhood checking things out until she was good and hot.
I don't like letting the old beast sit for such long periods but I've had to do this twice now. Sure helped that I put it away with a little care - fresh plugs, oil and filter, valves adjusted, s***tons of fuel preservative, a big wooden plug shoved in the air intake to keep out the critters. Only took two quick shots of ether.
Next up: Replace all brake and clutch fluid.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand...done!
I don't like letting the old beast sit for such long periods but I've had to do this twice now. Sure helped that I put it away with a little care - fresh plugs, oil and filter, valves adjusted, s***tons of fuel preservative, a big wooden plug shoved in the air intake to keep out the critters. Only took two quick shots of ether.
Next up: Replace all brake and clutch fluid.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand...done!
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Installed the roll bar. Rear windows. Started buffing the new paint... i never thought my 40 would shine!
sponger16
Nathan S.
Almost ready to bed line the new custom rack!
Bear Lake Cruiser
SILVER Star
Kind of detailed up the engine bay after
a number of years neglect. Blanc is a happy camper! The firewall is still white...kind of!
