What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (24 Viewers)

[Michael B]

@FJ40 Life Paul you needa bikini top for that thing!

 

[A10Driver]

New shocks, FJ-60 power steering conversion, shims for caster, and new bushings

 

[wngrog]

Spent another 3 hours unpacking the frame box and scraping the gunk off the transmission and transfer case.

Getting close to being finished under here.

Terrible job.

 

[65swb45]

Spent another 3 hours unpacking the frame box and scraping the gunk off the transmission and transfer case.

Getting close to being finished under here.

Terrible job.

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Consider it a rite of passage.

 

[Hoots Magoon]

Started to lengthen and re-angle my frame.

I think you just voided your warranty.

 

[JAFO2014]

Changed the oil and filter after I finally got the brakes bled. My shop is a mess.

 

[wngrog]

Simply added a Speedi-Sleeve for a slow 3rd member pinion drip.

Must not have reseated the pinion correctly. The cotter pin went into the castle nut in the same spot.

Backed off the ramps and boom.

Hero to zero in 30 minutes.

Gotta go dig a 3rd member out of
A parts truck. Bummer.

 

[fj40fillet]

Finally finished prepping and painting the dash underneath.

 

[JAFO2014]

Oh Yeah, swapped back to the 4.11 diff. Was hearing a whine when slowing down. The 3.70 diff main pinion bearing was failing. Noticed this when I disassembled. So, went back to 4.11 diff I had. I think I like having the 4.11 gearing. Might swap the front back to 4.11 instead of fixing the 3.70.

 

[gte037p]

• Reconnected the Speedo cable.
• Reconnected the oil pressure sensor.

 

[Kayaker]

I finally got tired of those sagging jump seats in my 1972 FJ40. The trouble started when I installed the aftermarket roll bar from SOR back in the 90s. The installation required that the jump seats move inboard a couple of inches to make room for the roll bar. As a result, the bumpers on the bottoms of the jump seats no longer made contact with the wheel wells that provided support for the seats. I drilled new holes in the seat bottoms and moved the bumpers inboard a couple of inches which supported the seats, but no longer at the reinforcement section of the seat bottom, consequently, when anybody heavier than a two year old sat on the seats, the sheet metal started to depress and warp. Bummer. Finally, after tolerating this for 20 years, I finally installed a simple solution. I cut some aluminum strap sufficiently long to span the distance from the frame of the seat bottom to the reinforced section where the bumpers were originally mounted and reinstalled the bumpers on the aluminum plate. Problem solved. And now for the obligatory photos:

 

[SHavis]

Finished up the fenders. I'll probably paint one tan to see if that looks better or not. Now I need to do something about the from bumper so I can get an 8274 in there.

 

[gte037p]

Picked up some seats today from a BMW 328.. now I just have to figure out the electronics on them and where to move the mounts to bolt it up.

 

[jvincig01]

Added some new LED Headlights I picked up from @Racer65. Roger was right, these things are very bright and are a huge upgrade!! Or as we like to say in Northern California, they are "hella bright" (not to be confused with Hella brand lights). Urban Dictionary: Hella-

Thanks to Roger for the lights and @thebigredrocker for the lamp bucket!

 

[bwalker16527]

Added some new LED Headlights I picked up from @Racer65. Roger was right, these things are very bright and are a huge upgrade!! Or as we like to say in Northern California, they are "hella bright" (not to be confused with Hella brand lights). Urban Dictionary: Hella-

Thanks to Roger for the lights and @thebigredrocker for the lamp bucket!
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Love the black bezel. My dune beige 40 also has a black bezel. I think it looks much better than the white with the dune beige. Where did you get the TEQ badge on your grill?

 

[ryanwk628]

they are "hella bright" (not to be confused with Hella brand lights). Urban Dictionary: Hella-

This was actually a real pain when I was searching Hella parts on mud and posts kept coming up with people using it as an adjative/adverb haha

 

[jvincig01]

Love the black bezel. My dune beige 40 also has a black bezel. I think it looks much better than the white with the dune beige. Where did you get the TEQ badge on your grill?

I bought it from @woytovich about 5 years ago.

 

[CHCP]

Started to lengthen and re-angle my frame. Here is a sneak peak photo. Should finish up in the next week or so, I’ll put a bunch of photos on my build thread. (What farmers do in the winter)

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What are you going to do with the lengthened frame? I've thought many times
about lengthening a 40 frame to a 104 wheel base.

 

[ollanik]

Picked up some seats today from a BMW 328.. now I just have to figure out the electronics on them and where to move the mounts to bolt it up.

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I am thinking of doing the same thing...
Can you take and post pictures when you get I figured out?

 

[LuckyDog]

Having fun with the colored spaghetti