What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (45 Viewers)

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samatulich said:
Went with these. Other than the jaw can sometimes come loose, the make good crimps and have several sets of jaws.
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I use the same set, has worked well for me so far and the ability to swap the dies via quick release is fantastic. It's a lot bigger than it looks in the pictures - good size handles. Hung most of my body weight off a ubiquitous blue insulated crimp before it failed at the wire.
 
Does not look great, but they will be behind the dash, so was not too worried. Fabricated up a hose attachment points for the ac/heat hoses being routed behind the dash.
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Here are the dash vents. Out of an old airplane...
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Welded the seat belt brackets and a mount for a high lift to the cage.
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It has two long treaded 1/2 inch bolts welded to the brackets so I can adjust it around if needed.

Also getting the prep work done for the other interior stuff - created speaker boxes....literally.....I will use them as templates and translate them to thin sheet metal later. Had to make them bigger than I had planned for as the kenwoods I bought had covers that measured well beyond the actual speaker size.... did not catch that when I was buying them... o well ... should provide some decent volume to drown out the rest of the sounds coming from her.
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Krenie said:
Welded the seat belt brackets and a mount for a high lift to the cage. View attachment 2314338
It has two long treaded 1/2 inch bolts welded to the brackets so I can adjust it around if needed.

Also getting the prep work done for the other interior stuff - created speaker boxes....literally.....I will use them as templates and translate them to thin sheet metal later. Had to make them bigger than I had planned for as the kenwoods I bought had covers that measured well beyond the actual speaker size.... did not catch that when I was buying them... o well ... should provide some decent volume to drown out the rest of the sounds coming from her.
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Its better to use wood for the speaker boxes, steel will resonate.
 
Carb cooling fan has decided to go on strike and while I don’t believe it to be an ‘essential worker’ - I do think it helps it warm weather! I am not gifted in diagnosing electrical issues but can change out parts so....... I cleaned the sensor good then tracked down a replacement cooling fan computer thingy as well as a new relay. Didn’t get to test it out today but hopefully the carb will get a nice blow job tomorrow 🤣

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Put a different set of wheels/tires on the 55. I had KM3's on it but they looked too small (because they run small). The KM3's went on my 40 and these are Maxxis Razor MT's with a non stock darker grey on the wheels (RAL 7043). They are a lot closer to a true 33" tire.
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