What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (37 Viewers)

[firestopper]

waxed the patina finish and adjusted the valve lash.

 

[firestopper]

Today she got the dizzy air gap adjusted to .010" new plugs, rotor and cap. Timing was good at 7º BTDC . Vacuum gauge now reads 19inHg (rock steady), not bad for an original 2F with 153,327 miles.

 

[MOTOV8R]

Made some pretty awesome electric power windows, this was NOT easy, actually almost impossible. took 2 days of planning and fabrication

Click the pic and it'll take you to the video ...

IMG_9624 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

That crank handle switch is awesome. A rocker would look wrong. Nice work.

 

[Suprasoup]

Towed the Zombie Trailer full of gear and swag to Marble Brewery to support the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Councils annual fundraiser. It’s always good to support the local volunteer SAR teams by drinking as many beers as possible.

Mocking up the dual solar panels that’ll be mounted on the Old Gurls roof rack. Gotta keep the beers cold.

 

[FJ40newmechanic]

Kept cleaning up after the mice and took a look into the carb.

 

[Ronthebiker]

Installed my new oil pressure gauge

 

[swelltimes]

Took the truck to a wedding of two close friends on Saturday, and had fun hanging out with my brother (visiting from TX), Dad, and my neighbor Gordon in the shop on Sunday. Worked on cleaning up and priming the rain gutter to finally get my top back together, painted, and on the truck as the temps start to drop here in MA.

 

[JohnBoy]

Sometimes its the little things.

Found a new OEM fuel pump and filter in a box of parts that came with rig so they went on which fixed a non oem union leak. Replaced a rear brake lense and wired up the keyed ignition with some help from @Rice vs last weeks start button. Added horn to said start button. But best was cleaning the seatbelts... Gross... 40 yrs of gunk n grime. The belts were stiff and oily and you couldn't even read the labels beforehand.
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JFZ80,

So what did you soak those safety belts in to get em' so clean?

 

[jfz80]

Charlie’s soap.

The indoor/outdoor cleaner. Approx 2cups in a gallon. Shake and sit for an hour then rinse well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004...rlies+soap&dpPl=1&dpID=41UFKraFqYL&ref=plSrch

JFZ80,

So what did you soak those safety belts in to get em' so clean?

 

[Bripars40]

Installed my new oil pressure gauge

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Can you send a link to where you bought this gauge?

 

[Ronthebiker]

Can you send a link to where you bought this gauge?

Gauges - Speedhut
You can customize any of the gauges they sell to your liking. They give you the option to upload your own logo. So I found a picture of the TEQ logo on google and cropped it and uploaded it to their website and set it up on the gauge how I liked.

 

[nigelsiam]

Ran across this in on the YT. Pretty cool when you get a historical context of an awesome series.

 

[Predator42]

You have two different tail gates?

I just have one tailgate. The lighting makes the Toyota lettering disappear in one of the pics.

 

[JJWA40]

Replaced old blower resistor. Fabricated new bracket to keep it looking somewhat original.

 

[bb67tlc]

Took a big step forward...

 

[oregon fj]

Took a big step forward...

Brian, it says the video is not available.

 

[bb67tlc]

Oops, had my video set to private... and all things video is my day job- learn something new every day. Now it works.

 

[oregon fj]

Having a lot of fun installing all the cool/rare/early bits. Like the Hupp heater box and control, Vader light and Denso flasher unit, early rear view mirror, and correct small running boards.

Planning to put gas in it tomorrow, then start it up again. Something like 3 months since it has been running.

 

[KingAir Driver]

This is awesome! Nice work @oregon fj

 

[Ronthebiker]

Installed my new Mishimoto radiator