I've wished for some extra hands to help with the build. This morning a little friend arrived to help.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (39 Viewers)
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Yes it is. We customized it for the rigid lights.
Working on some rust conversion.
Removing a vanity Horn.
Removing a vanity Horn.
New Bilstein shocks 
Gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelette
blossett
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Delivered the body to the paint shop!!
What are you coming from? How does it ride?
Rancho. Night and day.
blossett
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are those 5100’s?
BenjaminCA
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Tried to finish up the front axle rebuild, failed miserably.
desmocruiser
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Added some 16” wheels and changed the tires from 31 10.50 15 to 235 85 16, made a difference!
Rubber OD, better steering, Much better at low speeds!
Rubber OD, better steering, Much better at low speeds!
BenjaminCA
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Jeezo that looks great man!
cruiserkev
3 decades in the same FJ40
My thermostat bypass hose sprung a leak on the way home the other day. It looked fine from above but had deformed badly behind the alternator. Decided to replace it all as everything is at least 10 years old. Don't tempt fate like me, replace that old rubber.
Ackcruisers
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Amazing photos. Brings me back to my FJ40 college days in the Sangre De Cristo mountains in Colorado. Thanks for posting.
I had previously cleaned and lubed an odometer when it got jammed up. The plastic shaft that interfaces with the metal shaft, with a worm gear, was a bit stripped. I had installed a working-at-the-time odometer. This week it odometer wouldn't advance the 4th digit, jammed up because The fourth number wheel was gunked up on the little shaft they spin on.
So I had to do some surgery for what has to be the fourth time on 3 different odometers! Disassembled, cleaned, lubed and reassembled. Works now. It's kinda fun but I don't want to do this again for a while.
So I had to do some surgery for what has to be the fourth time on 3 different odometers! Disassembled, cleaned, lubed and reassembled. Works now. It's kinda fun but I don't want to do this again for a while.
Nice work. Now flip the bezel...
I have a nasty habit of wearing a hole in my steering wheel covers, at about the 10:00 to 11:00 position. 'Cause that's where the heel of my left hand rubs, and I guess I steer mostly with my left hand. I've got two covers on this steering wheel now, holes worn in the same place on both. I should get one of those "Suicide Knobs", but I hear they're illegal...Like that would be the only thing illegal on my Pig.
So I got another steering wheel cover. Used to be you could walk into any old FLAPS and buy one off the counter, in any color. Not anymore. I had to send away for this one. Had to take measurements and everything.
But, I like this one. Nice leather. We'll see how long it lasts.
So I got another steering wheel cover. Used to be you could walk into any old FLAPS and buy one off the counter, in any color. Not anymore. I had to send away for this one. Had to take measurements and everything.
But, I like this one. Nice leather. We'll see how long it lasts.
Finally got a rainy day and my 
was game to help hang the PTO gear box.
I cut the head off an M8 bolt to make a stud to put in the bottom hole to keep the position while she threaded in the top bolt. Saved my arms from the inevitable mis-alignment and shouting when the bolt won't thread into a hole and the gasket starts to slip out of place.
It worked too well. She then wondered (aloud) why it took so long to do such a simple task.
was game to help hang the PTO gear box.I cut the head off an M8 bolt to make a stud to put in the bottom hole to keep the position while she threaded in the top bolt. Saved my arms from the inevitable mis-alignment and shouting when the bolt won't thread into a hole and the gasket starts to slip out of place.
It worked too well. She then wondered (aloud) why it took so long to do such a simple task.
Rust repair on the rear sill.
cruiserkreutz
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Brought my 45 home from the body shop. Scared to start putting it back together. I just sit and stare... Hopefully that will pass.
