What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (18 Viewers)

[Blue77FJ40]

@oldschool4wheeling, where did you get the hat?

TEQ Caps

 

[Irish11]

Pulled the front seats so I could remove the transmission hump so I could more easily remove the trans/TC so I could replace the rear main engine seal. Also need to need to replace the seal on the rear output shaft of the TC. Might as well rebuild the parking brake, replace some leaking transmission gaskets, install a trans/TC oil return line, as well as strip and paint the front pan with chassis saver. But wait, that gas tank is in the way! Good thing I FILLED IT UP before parking for the winter. Oh, and since the seats are out I'll strip, prime and paint all the seat hardware as well. And to think, I was wondering what I would do while I waited for back ordered front rotors to complete the front knuckle and steering linkage rebuild I did two or three weeks ago. Please kill me...

BTW, I can't thank everyone on Mud enough for all the valuable (as well as inspiring and entertaining) information you provide to a first time Land Cruiser owner like myself!

Slippery slope indeed. I pulled the seats to remove some bedliner on the floor and before I knew it...

That lead to this:

This is the problem with project cars, you can start one thing and it leads to another, and another, and another, and then...

 

[Rustic76]

72 and sunny here today! The sunshine went to my head and I couldn't resist. Off goes the top. Landpimps pics above got me motivated.

 

[Michael B]

@76 FJ40. That soon. I was hoping we would sort of parallel which would have been fun. I will probably only get to it in November or there abouts. Seems I'll be learning from your mistakes.

Dagha,
I've been waiting for almost 2 years to make the conversion. Hopefully I will have plenty of lessons without the mistakes for you to enjoy.


Michael <><

 

[Solace in Solitude]

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72 and sunny here today! The sunshine went to my head and I couldn't resist. Off goes the top. Landpimps pics above got me motivated.

Top comes off... seat goes into the bed - sweet!!

 

[Rustic76]

Top comes off... seat goes into the bed - sweet!!

It's a cool setup. A fold and tumble 70 series bench mounted back there. It fits perfectly. I have 3 kids and they love it.

 

[tls3601]

And I am getting ready to put hardtop back on....................love the look of that though!!

 

[Snowdogyyz]

Had a Downey low profile clutch installed (thanks Jim!) and a new TO bearing (thanks Beno). Shifts much better and now my bearing should last longer than three years.

 

[78fj40mg]

I got around to doing some work on my cruiser today. I painted the new to me taillight protectors and installed them with brand new bolts. I bought these from Tom @tls3601 Thanks Tom!

 

[tls3601]

Looks fantastick Mike, glad they found a good home-new hardware really adds to it!!

 

[tls3601]

Where did you get the bolts Mike?

 

[kevin colton]

Replaced 22 miles of vacuum line on my 78 fj40. Something tells me it's over smogged.

 

[kevin colton]

View attachment 1234951 Replaced 22 miles of vacuum line on my 78 fj40. Something tells me it's over smogged.

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Sorry about the dual photos. First try at this.

 

[MartynFJ4071]

Removed the camshaft today. Hopefully I can get it fixed up.

 

[78fj40mg]

Where did you get the bolts Mike?

Tom, I got my set of cad bolts from a MUD member, here's the web site JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARD (JIS) SIZED METRIC HARDWARE CUSTOMIZED & TAILOR-MADE FOR THE LAND CRUISER ENTHUSIAST

 

[chubot]

chubot-nice rig!!!!! The 40 just looks SO much more serious than the Bronco, huh?

Thanks, no doubt about the seriousness of the 40.

 

[oldschool4wheeling]

Tom, I got my set of cad bolts from a MUD member, here's the web site JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARD (JIS) SIZED METRIC HARDWARE CUSTOMIZED & TAILOR-MADE FOR THE LAND CRUISER ENTHUSIAST

FWIW, I think this guy has quit selling these kits. I have been checking out his website for a couple of months and it says sold out.

 

[oestlarsen]

Project sill, corners, floor replacement entered final stretch. The Wesco matched single stage paint with hardener looks good so far...just a bit expensive and I am blowing through the cans :-(

Did I mention body work is hella work?

 

[Dagha Boy]

Soooooo, pretty

 

[hecrod]

Two key updates ahead of my 5-week Trip coming up in June...

New BMW 3 series manual seats and a Metal Tech Bumper!

First the seats. An awesome set of BMW (2012 330xi I think?) manual seats... and I'll tell you, they are a game changer for me. The ride is waaay more comfortable... frankly, the difference between the stock seats and these seats is just spectacular... I wasn't expecting it. I guess they just absorb a lot of the rough in the road on their own. The fact that they just about fully recline (in addition to going up/down and tilting as well), which is the main reason why I wanted them in the first place, has almost turned out to be icing in the cake for me.

Seats in upright position:

And reclined:

The Metal Tech rear bumper is more of a extra gas storage deal at this point. It looks solid... the quality of the construction is top notch.

Will be shipping the 40 out to Seattle in 7-8 weeks, with the trip actually starting in early June... ~6,000 miles Seattle to Boston coming soon to a thread near you!