What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (66 Viewers)

[4Cruisers]

@4Cruisers & @1911

Tell the truth... you are twins, right?

I pumped gas one summer, for a full service Phillips 66 station... biggest challenge was finding the gas filler in a ‘52 caddy.

Anyone know where it was/is?

My great uncle worked for Texaco for 40 years... he was the “deep well super”... he brought in a lot of 20-30k’ wells, in the Permian Basin. He came of age in the Deep East Texas fields of the Great Depression.

More than you asked...

I only made it a bit past five years, my wife and I needed to get back to the Southwest. One of the long-term hands at Texaco told me "Once Uncle Texaco has you for five years, you're in for good." Every once in a while someone would ask me where I worked, and I'd tell them "At Texaco down on Canal Street." and they'd ask me "Yeah, what station?" We were a young group of engineers, most of us just a few years out of college. We were given a lot of responsibility early on. I was four months out of college and had been with Texaco less than three months when they assigned me that project to design. I was 24 years old but was in charge from day one. When we finished the installation in 1980 it was the deepest water offshore platform Texaco had at the time. Last I heard, back in 2010, it was still in production.

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Almost ready for Moab. We are leaving April 22. I got the wheel and tires on. I stripped the old rotted headliner out of the hard top and siliconed the holes the previous owner had put in there to mount his CB and antenna and cleaned it all up. Installed the CB and antenna. Rebuilt the front and rear axles and installed the lockers. Pretty much ready to go. A couple of small things to take care of, but I ran into a problem. The rear tires are rubbing on the rear of the tire opening at close to full stuff, and will rub on the top as well, I am sure. Its a 4 inch lift with Nitto 12.5X15 tires on 10 inch rims. The fronts rub a bit on the front fenders too. That I can deal with by rolling the inner lip under. But the rear rubbing sucks as I really don't want to cut the openings. I am going to build some bump stop spacers and live with that for now, unless someone has a better suggestion. JohnView attachment 1937793

Depends on your wallet and your future plans.

Slocruisers.com is a distributor for BOSS Airbags, out of Oz.

I run a pair on the rear of my unlifted 40... I can lift her 2.5”, with 40lbs of Air... and just let air out, to get her into the garage.

Your 40 is lifted... you would need THIS kit.

You could also install a pair in the front, but it doesn’t sound like you need them in the front.

Added benefit... you can mitigate Cruiser lean with them.

They are simple to install and air them up/down manually... or add them to OBA.

If you’re interested, call John at slocruisers.com... he can make sure you buy the right stuff for your 40.

 

[Michael B]

pumped gas one summer, for a full service Phillips 66 station... biggest challenge was finding the gas filler in a ‘52 caddy.

Anyone know where it was/is?

Behind the tail light on the drivers side.

 

[Dizzy]

Yesterday, valve cover gasket, but first get the RTV out of the groove. Cleaned the gunk out of the inside of the valve cover, and PCV inlet box. I cleaned up a different valve cover, earlier, but at some time during its life the nuts were over torqued, so it had tiny cracks in the casting that were apparent close to the end of the scrub-down.

I also finished the plumbing for the cooling system and heaters, today. All to go with the overhauled thermostat, new water pump, new fan, new CFS radiator, new Gano filters for the radiator and heaters.

I just need to deal with fuel, spark and exhaust, then I can see if this replacement 2F is any good. The only thing that I have really done this year for my current 40 is sweep snow, hone the inside of the clutch slave (which I will replace with a new OEM slave and OEM master cylinder when I get the truck in motion), and determine my threshold for cold, working on the lesser of the two transmission and transfer cases which came with this truck. Oh yeah, I started work on a pair of spare doors from a '64 FJ45 - you know, something to swap-in when I feel like letting the original ones get the attention of overhaul.

 

[4x4veteran]

pumped gas one summer, for a full service Phillips 66 station... biggest challenge was finding the gas filler in a ‘52 caddy.

Anyone know where it was/is?

Behind the tail light on the drivers side.

Anyone ever hear of Topdeck Texaco?
It was an experiment Texaco had of putting a restaurant on top of the gas station.
There was one in Colton Ca. that I worked at for a few months during my college years.
There were two others but I don't know where.
I don't think the idea went over very well.
In high school I pumped gas at a Chevron station during the summer.
If I remember right 59 Cad's had the filler in the tail light.
GM did that on some other models too.
The strangest and most upsetting thing that I experienced at a gas station was in Oregon in the 80's.
You couldn't pump you own gas.
There was an attendant to do it.
My wife and I were on a road trip in our 128 Fiat.
It was pretty hot for a Fiat and had a Rally kit and ground effects etc.
So this kid comes out admiring my car and actually said WOW as he turns toward the car and proceeds to squirt about a nickles worth of gasoline on the trunk of the car.
I wasn't very happy about it so jumped into my car and head for the nearest car wash streaming a blue streak of cuss words at the jerk as I left.
After washing the car and shammying it off I knew I wasn't going to make it out of Oregon with out getting some gas so stopped at a store and bought some trash bags.
When I pulled into a different gas station I made the attendant wait while I punched a small hole in one bag and stretched it around the filler hole and spread a couple more over the trunk area.
The attendant was an older guy and when I explained the situation to him not intending to be humorous he laughed so hard I was afraid he was going to screw up too.

 

[1911]

I pumped gas one summer, for a full service Phillips 66 station... biggest challenge was finding the gas filler in a ‘52 caddy.

Anyone know where it was/is?

I guess you would have looked behind the rear license plate, so that was not it. Was it one of those weird ones that was underneath a tail light? Completely guessing; I do not know!

My great uncle worked for Texaco for 40 years... he was the “deep well super”... he brought in a lot of 20-30k’ wells, in the Permian Basin. He came of age in the Deep East Texas fields of the Great Depression.

More than you asked...

Danny, three of my photos were taken in the Permian Basin, and the other one in east Texas. I have worked the Permian Basin for 38 years, and I am working east Texas currently.

Oilfield trivia: my first oilfield job ever was on a seismic crew, but my first job after graduating college was with Cities Service Oil Company, which at the time was still a "major" oil company (did exploration, production, refining, and retail marketing). While I was still working there, it was sold to Occidental Petroleum, which kept the E&P side but sold the refining and marketing to Southland Corp. (7-Eleven). Southland then sold it to PDVSA, the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, who still owns it to this day. It is now run by a cousin of Hugo Chavez.

More than anyone wants to know, especially in this thread, sorry!

 

[Solace in Solitude]

pumped gas one summer, for a full service Phillips 66 station... biggest challenge was finding the gas filler in a ‘52 caddy.

Anyone know where it was/is?

Behind the tail light on the drivers side.

Ding, ding, ding... winner!!

Took me a while, pulling, turning and tugging... I finally found it.

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Oilfield trivia: my first oilfield job ever was on a seismic crew, but my first job after graduating college was with Cities Service Oil Company, which at the time was still a "major" oil company (did exploration, production, refining, and retail marketing). While I was still working there, it was sold to Occidental Petroleum, which kept the E&P side but sold the refining and marketing to Southland Corp. (7-Eleven). Southland then sold it to PDVSA, the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, who still owns it to this day. It is now run by a cousin of Hugo Chavez.

More than anyone wants to know, especially in this thread, sorry!

Occidental was a newly entered major player, in Libyan exploration and development, by the time I arrived there in 1968.

I remember all the stories about Armand Hammer making his bones, by anchoring a ship off of a country like Russia, and trading for antiquities, like art, before moving into petroleum.

i always wondered exactly what he was using as baubles and beads... but, I think we all knew.

 

[AutaviaFJ40]

Added a new Gransfors Bruk axe

 

[todt]

FD for my 69
Never had one and been on my list for years so I'm stoked. Whitey

 

[reddog90]

Finished some steering work and centered my steering wheel.

 

[imyahucklbrry]

Ding, ding, ding... winner!!

Took me a while, pulling, turning and tugging... I finally found it.

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Impressive in itself that you used your brain and figured it out.... because youngsters nowadays (and us too!) just whip out the cell and let the net think for ‘em

 

[AutaviaFJ40]

and just finished up a pair of solar panels on the roof rack.

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Impressive in itself that you used your brain and figured it out.... because youngsters nowadays (and us too!) just whip out the cell and let the net think for ‘em

Oh, I tried the net, but couldn’t find it anywhere.., the fuel filler was much easier to find

 

[1911]

Occidental was a newly entered major player, in Libyan exploration and development, by the time I arrived there in 1968.

I remember all the stories about Armand Hammer making his bones, by anchoring a ship off of a country like Russia, and trading for antiquities, like art, before moving into petroleum.

i always wondered exactly what he was using as baubles and beads... but, I think we all knew.

I never did think much of Armand Hammer. I quit his company, as soon as I could find a new job (it took a few years though).

 

[Solace in Solitude]

and just finished up a pair of solar panels on the roof rack.

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What are you going to power, from the panels?

 

[Solace in Solitude]

I never did think much of Armand Hammer. I quit his company, as soon as I could find a new job (it took a few years though).

All I liked was his clever name

BTW...

For those who value personal hygiene, Arm & Hammer has been producing a pretty full line of products for years. The company was founded/named long before little Armand cane along... he tried to buy it and failed... but, bought his way, via Occidental Petroleum, into the top ownership... and onto the board.

Armand Hammer “... was named after the "arm and hammer" graphic symbol of the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP), in which his father had a leadership role.(After the Russian Revolution, a part of the SLP under Armand’s father’s leadership split off to become a founding element of the Communist Party USA.) Later in his life, Hammer confirmed that this was the origin of his given name.”.

Armand was just another entitled rich kid, who remained very close to the Soviet Union and the Ukraine throught his life.

It’s very curious that the founding of Arm & Hammer was NOT related to Armand or his father, Julius. Yet, the Arm & Hammer logo us CERY similar to the SLO logo.., hmmm

What’s all this to do with 44? Well... I removed my broken fan and am waiting for the replacement to arrive... and for my abs to quit hurting. The boys and I are sitting in 44 and acting like we’re searching for Solace in Solitude.

p.s. I bought this little number earlier today. The topical oil works, but is difficult to spread on my back. This goes under the tongue... I have high hopes...

 

[AutaviaFJ40]

What are you going to power, from the panels?

I have a Goal Zero Lithium 1400 that I use to power video equipment, charge camera batteries, editing computer, run led lights and power a small fridge, etc, The panels keep a constant charge on the battery during the day and I just added a 12v cable adapter from the vehicle. Im getting about 65 watts max in full sun from the panels and another 60ish from the truck when its running which is just enough to keep my batteries fully charged during normal use or I get about 2-4 days while in remote locations.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Installed some new parts.

 

[Solace in Solitude]

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Installed some new parts.

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Hood’s wet!!

Shouldn’t the windshield be wet?