What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (63 Viewers)

[NicksFJ40]

Welded up the cracks on my front fender. Is this rubber piece still available? It goes between the fender mount (#3) and the fender.

 

[Varty Yo]

Finally finished my heater/blower rebuilds and got everything put back in now that im 80% healed from hernia surgery from just before xmas!

All i can say is WOW what a difference. I didnt know the fan could blow that much and you can feel it sucking air in the cowl vent. Definatly gonna roast my feet off now. I though it got pretty warm in the cab before. Ill get some temps maybe tomorrow.

 

[blossett]

I have the CCOT quarters and found them pretty easy to work with. Willd take a bit of fineseing to get the best fit. But fitting them was fairly simple. Pretty much I just cut off everything like 4" down and removed all the spot welds. Then just fit the new panel overlapping the little bit of the old. Once in place put a cut line (sharpie in my case) and cut the rest. Then it was just a matter of lining it all up.

This was with the "overlap" before the final trimming of the old metal.

Im sure there are tons of ways to do this. This was just the way I found to be easiest.

Match up the bottom of the new quarter with the bottom of the rocker and that will give you the cut line at the top

 

[FloridaPhillip]

Seemed like a good username at the time, but now if my spouse and I ever talk of moving I have to say “nope sorry, has to be within state lines or my MUD profile won’t make sense”

I feel ya

 

[alabamatacomaguy]

I feel ya

I made my user name on ttora around 2002. I no longer have a Tacoma or live in Alabama... it happens

Life’s been busy so I haven’t been on here much. Looks like you got the 40. Post up pics and what you do to it. I need motivation to get out and about with mine as well.

Congrats on getting a 40

 

[Sheck44]

1966' tub painted ... notice the firewall updated for newer brake booster, also the dual tank setup for the Cummins R2.8 diesel

This first picture is very representative of the actual colour

IMG_1291 by Steve Heck, on Flickr


IMG_1292 by Steve Heck, on Flickr


IMG_1295 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

 

[Godwin]

Brought this home last week, a 1973 FST. Traded a small Kubota for it. This was a interesting Craigslist deal. I'd been trying to sell the tractor for months and changed to ad to read will trade for FJ40, FJ55, FJ60, FJ62 Land Cruiser. Ad still drew no attention until three weeks ago when I had a man in GA respond. His Ford tractor had just died and he had had this FJ40 project sitting around in a stagnated state for a few years. We worked the deal. The '73 is complete except for some small parts and solid. It is in a lot better condition than the '77 behind it. I've spent the day going through the '73 to check it out, list what needs to be done to have it driveable, and sorting through all the parts that came with it.

 

[Godwin]

Test fitting the home brew ARB bullbar that I picked up last summer for < 1/3 price of a new old style ARB. It fits. Bullbar will ride on the front of the '77 and and the Warn 8274 will sit behind it.

 

[thecrazygreek]

Got the final bits into paint on the 64...
Had to reshoot the drivers side fender and apron due to some issues like scratching and a small bubble.
Anyhoo, hoping to mount those tomorrow and get to work on the top cap! (Last step!)

 

[FJ40 351c]

How do you find the 10.5 width? I read somewhere someone was not happy with this. I don’t have powersteering so I do not want to go with 12.5. Also in Australia the cops don’t like it if tyres are showing past the body line.

I've got the Coopers STT Pro 10.5" on mine without power steering and it's not too bad. It actually made the steering lighter then the AT's they replaced.

 

[John in Utah]

Planned on washing it, went skiing instead.

...Now I really need to wash it

 

[Varty Yo]

And i have an air lock i beleive is in the heater core....

1 inlet is nice and hot the return is cold. Whats gonna be the esiest way to get this handled? I tried running it for 20 mins on an incline but no luck.

 

[fj80rodngun]

Not mine but someone drove it to Grand Canyon today

 

[derail]

@Varty Yo Have you ever used something like this? https://www.amazon.com/EPAuto-Radia...5542&sr=8-1&keywords=radiator+funnel+fill+kit
I have a mid 90's ram and they are notorious for air in the cooling system after any work is done. I tried everything and nothing worked until I bought one of these. Worth the money if you're fairly sure it's trapped air and not a clog somewhere in the heater core.

 

[FloridaPhillip]

Planned on washing it, went skiing instead.
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...Now I really need to wash it

A skiing problem is a nice kind of problem to have...

 

[S4Cruiser]

@Varty Yo Have you ever used something like this? https://www.amazon.com/EPAuto-Radia...5542&sr=8-1&keywords=radiator+funnel+fill+kit
I have a mid 90's ram and they are notorious for air in the cooling system after any work is done. I tried everything and nothing worked until I bought one of these. Worth the money if you're fairly sure it's trapped air and not a clog somewhere in the heater core.

I used the Lisle version of this and it burped my system when nothing else seemed to work.

 

[4Cruisers]

I used the Lisle version of this and it burped my system when nothing else seemed to work.

I used one of these set-ups as well, on my '86 FJ60 build. Made the job easy and worked great.

 

[Varty Yo]

So i fashioned my own type of fill bottle before i got a chance to see the replys lol.

It took in about 1 pint of coolant then nothing else. Funny thing the top of the rad never gets hot or really even warm even the coolant i can touch in the fill neck is cool. The rear heater is getting nice and warm but not much in the front heater. I let it run for at least 20mins. Im stumped. Will taking it in to get the rad flushed etc. help get any air out? It prob is due for a flushing its been awhile.

 

[Michael B]

Brett it may be your thermostat .

 

[blossett]

Passenger side rear quarter in!