What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (26 Viewers)

[thecrazygreek]

Reinstalled wire harness on the 73. Cleaned and buffed out the knobs and pulls. Painted letters white. Before all this i sanded the dash down to 2500 then buffed it out. Installed switches with cleaned knobs. Prepped and painted gauge cluster, glove box door and ash tray face.
Whew!

 

[David70FJ40]

I REALLY appreciate the knowledge and ideas that come from the MUD contributors. Here is the latest I have been able to use.

I wanted to mount the jack on the exterior of the 40 and didn't want to drill any holes in the body. I saw an idea here some time ago and finally got around to having the welding shop I use make it for me. I made a template and here is the result.

A steel plate with two holes drilled and a 1/2" bolt welded to it with the head cut off. I had to cut more threads and it works like a champ. With a small rubber pad under the foot of the jack, I can see no movement or hear any rattles.

Back to the skid plate. I added a H55 tranny some time ago and found quickly the stock skid plate would not fit with that tranny and the support I purchased from Advance Adapters. I started cutting with the cut-off wheel and here is what I had to take out to clear the support.

Needless to say it was weakened so I asked the welding shop to add back in some steel to make up for what was removed. Here is what he added.

The patch clears the support, is thicker than the stock skid plate steel and adds back more material as I had to remove. I also had to add 1 1/2" square stock between the frame rails and skid plate to clear everything and the mount will be solid. With the $'s I had to spend for the H55, TC and other items, the skid plate and cost for the welding was cheap insurance.

 

[gator25]

Primed, block sanded, primed, block sanded, primed....bout done with the other fenders.
Finally found this pic of the d/s fender, cut out the louvers and patched it. Didn't get any of the cutting out and patching, so it didn't happen.

I wanted to keep the louvers, but I got out voted so they went away.

Pretty smooth.

Ain't no where near perfect for sure, but good enough for the gal I go with.

 

[1911]

I wanted to keep the louvers, but I got out voted so they went away.

Wise choice Nolan.

Ain't no where near perfect for sure, but good enough for the gal I go with.

If she talked you out of the fender louvers, she's a keeper!

 

[nelsonjm624]

It's been a productive week. I got my Vader style light from City racer installed and wired up. The winch plate from C.C.O.T. bolted in and the Warn 9.5 cti installed and tested out. Hi lift jack mounted up on the 4 plus basket.

 

[G-Cat]

Vader light is awesome. Was that the one off of eBay? I can't find it on @Racer65 's City Racer site.

 

[nelsonjm624]

Vader light is awesome. Was that the one off of eBay? I can't find it on @Racer65 's City Racer site.

Yes it's the city racer light, if it's not on his website I would assume it sold out. I put a led from superbrightleds.com and it puts out some light.

 

[gator25]

Wise choice Nolan.




If she talked you out of the fender louvers, she's a keeper!

Yes sir, she didn't like them at all. Said it looked...well, didn't look right. The main reason I wanted to keep them was, I didn't want to chance messing it up. They ran at a slight angle, and ended up in the curve at the bottom. Glad we cut them out now, way better.

 

[Racer65]

Vader light is awesome. Was that the one off of eBay? I can't find it on @Racer65 's City Racer site.

Unfortunately all gone.

 

[fjgoober]

NEW SHOES!! Tired of fighting the military 37.5's on balancing so bought some Hankook 35's for DD and some off road. If I'm gonna do anything stupid I'll put the 37.5's on for that!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR 40

 

[Adog]

Picked up Redneck 40 from paint shop. Hope to have on road soon!!

 

[wngrog]

Added some repro safety strap to Project Patina

 

[mdsims]

This lil nugget finally arrived from a pal down under...and it has one horn!!

 

[1911]

This lil nugget finally arrived from a pal down under...and it has one horn!!

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Unicorn Pizza? Does that count as only one topping?

 

[crimsonaudio]

Removed the PTO transfer case, changed the transfer case and transmission oils.

 

[mdsims]

Unicorn Pizza? Does that count as only one topping?

Well, it does go on top, of something! I'll post better photos when it's not caked in gear oil and road grime.

 

[skidplate]

 

[Vae Victus]

Celebrating the LAST major mechanical part tear down/rebuild on my 4 year journey - the steering box. Not done but de-gunked/scraped it after having to cut off the pitman arm.

Ordered what parts SOR still has for it, and will get it degreased, blasted, and painted before those arrive. The steering area is more complicated than I anticipated.

Body work is next.

Already blasted and painted the shield.

 

[mrboatman]

Installed a Tuffy Center Console, Radio and Speakers

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Got busy putting it together so I can move! At this rate I will be able to drive it soon!