What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (53 Viewers)

[GA Architect]

Backed it out of the basement, cruised thru the country side for a few minutes, then parked it, set it on jack stands, and now awaits getting it's under-belly rubbed with some paint. Then it will sit for a while for the paint to cure........It is also getting a face lift as well!

 

[peteinjp]

Got the locke levers in temporarily to check out the position and leverage. Works just fine....

and the matching PTO lever

ANd went out in the rain at 11:00pm to check it out. The 4+ rear light protectors did the job despite the rear being buried pretty good. Lockers are great! But I still had to winch up this one.

Pete

 

[okieshan]

Re foamed and re covered my front buckets yesterday. The difference is amazing.

I am about to tackle this project. Info on source for foam, covers, any other tips would be appreciated!

 

[40Wanted]

Cutting out rust, rust and more rust! [emoji51]

Have some new metal from Real Steel waiting to go in.

 

[tnkayaker]

This arrived today

 

[h82crash]

Rear disk brake upgrade!

 

[nelsonjm624]

Got the 73 out today and did some driving around with my son. Priceless

 

[JohnnyC]

Header
Complete exhaust
New rad hoses
Thermostat

And a present from a great parts guy

 

[bkdraft]

Installed new front turn signals, (PO had removed and cover holes, then rewired front parking lights for signals.) Installed equilizer hitch on rear. Ordered Truck-lite headlights. Ordered replacement hose for defroster. Rewired Hazard flasher with new inline fuse that can be replaced easily. Ordered gas struts to go inside original spring loaded struts for rear hatch. Love this forum!!! So many good ideas and help!

 

[Racer65]

Installed the corner door pads. Now I can't see daylight out of my door gap anymore.

 

[lelandEOD]

I am set to tackle one of my least favorite tuneup procedures on a 3FE. The throttle position sensor is a total pain in the butt! You really can't get easy access to it due to the idle control valve and it is pretty difficult to keep the voltmeter leads on the appropriate pins while turning the sensor to get the correct reading. But, I've unleashed my secret weapon!



I made a test lead out of a spare harness. This should make matters much easier and free up one hand.

 

[antFJ]

Installed the corner door pads. Now I can't see daylight out of my door gap anymore.

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Are they just glued in place?

 

[Racer65]

Are they just glued in place?

Yes. You can literally make your own if you're not OCD about having the exact OEM shape.

 

[mdemeglio]

Started restoring the doors on my '71. They are in pretty good shape but the bottoms are pretty crusty. Had to cut a hole in the jam of one of them because one of the hinge nuts (inside the door) had a broken bolt and when I tried to extract it, it started spinning inside the door. Good times. The DS top frame needs a bit of work too, the window channels are rotted off about 8" from the bottom.

 

[Lazman]

Big thanks to Jeremy Cole!! He finished off my wiring nightmare on my 78 BJ40. He can handle any issue. He actually fixed stuff that must have been done during the cave-man era...

Everything works as it should and he did an awesome dual battery set up. I'll post pics ASAP.

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

fired up Blanca after all summer storage. Had to get a new battery. then added these mirrors courtesy of @Racer65 and the new grateful dead shiftball courtesy of @mmw68

 

[40Wanted]

Picked up a NV4500 yesterday and got my body parts back from blasting and prime today. Everything looks solid except the bottom of the ambulance doors, those are going to need some work.

 

[Opus]

Installed a new steering stabilizer, "refreshed" front bumper and a couple of tow hooks............
............."baby steps"....

 

[FJ40Jim]

Installed a new steering stabilizer, "refreshed" front bumper and a couple of tow hooks............
............."baby steps"....
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Looks nice.

Is that front shock upside down?

 

[peteinjp]

Installed a new steering stabilizer, "refreshed" front bumper and a couple of tow hooks............
............."baby steps"....
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. Can you get a shot of the truck from a bit more distance so we can see how the black bumper affects the overall look?

Pete