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

[JDNs78FJ40]

Looks amazing...how did you paint your heater control lever?

Thanks. If your referring to the white lettering just a sharpie paint pen. Had my wife do it since she has a steady hand.

 

[cruiserboy14]

@tstepp920 @ToyotaMatt has those decals as well, occasionally

 

[A10Driver]

Middle girl needed a break from online school, took her for a fun afternoon drive

 

[Helipilot]

What year is that beauty?

That is 12-76 and I have spent the last 7 1/2 years working on the restomod, although only 15 minutes at a time as I joke about it. Total rebuild. Thanks for looking at it. It is my fourth FJ40, having sold the previous three when my three boys went through school and yes, I am keeping this one. Have driven it 523 miles since engine rebuild so time to dump the break-in oil and filter. Runs great and gets down the road just fine. Special thanks to all the fellow mudders and Woody for this fourm for the advice and numerous tips I have learned over the years. I will be posting a rebuild thread soon.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

My Late Model Post 10/85 4# Series SEMA-Type Concept Vision AUX / FOG Ditch Lamps Pull Switch assy. ...........Now has a buddy to hang with ..

This is MY Vision of Post Rotary / Pre- DUMB common FOG knob you can buy on every street corner toyota never updated or well had a design clue when conceived in my opinion ........

as always 100% toyota Genuine parts reworked in a way to meet the gaps and voids in the land cruiser parts history time line ........

 

[ToyotaMatt]

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[SNLC]

Grandma is getting a bath.

Fresh steering box going in soon.

Cheers

 

[marketShark]

Anyone want to venture a guess as to the “year” of this 40?


I’m reminded of the song “one piece at a time” by Johnny Cash

 

[SNLC]

Getting there.

Doesn’t seem like this engine bay has had a bath in 50yrs.

Cheers

 

[flee]

Anyone want to venture a guess as to the “year” of this 40?


I’m reminded of the song “one piece at a time” by Johnny Cash

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Small round turn signals but later top, hmm, 66-68?

 

[Ackcruisers]

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Nice work on the wiring harness Install inclusive of the OEM plastic hold down clamps.

 

[Oregon FJ40]

Was thinking about working in the garage. Ambient temp inside? 39? Nope. Back inside to drink coffee.

 

[Skreddy]

I feel your pain; 27 f where I’m at. But I put a woodstove in my shop this summer so it’s actually 75 in there right now.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Was thinking about working in the garage. Ambient temp inside? 39? Nope. Back inside to drink coffee.
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I feel your pain; 27 f where I’m at. But I put a woodstove in my shop this summer so it’s actually 75 in there right now.

Crap, you guys are in the middle of a heat wave!

 

[Trigger6]

Heatwave here as well . I did go out and connect the battery tender to keep the battery charged.
It’s supposed to be 30F in Breckenridge today. I told my wife we need to go skiing to warm up!

 

[Catching Neutral]

It’s predicted to hit a low of 31 here Monday night. One more fire before spring hits.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Just outside Washington DC is freezing rain , sleet , hail , and anything you would call SMACK falling from the sky right now 3.34PM E.S.T>
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so.........

the last 72 hours of intense " Self Prescribed " ART Therapy time has been ....well rewarding spiritually to me in a way maybe i only understand

New SEMA-Type Concept Vision Arrival & Now a Staple in my Teq Time line of Needed parts solutions

100% all OEM all the time ....

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[Skreddy]

Carb cleaning day here. Got my rebuild kit and my Berryman Chem-Dip.... The good stuff from the old days and actually works. 15 minute soak for each of the carb body parts. Screws and linkages are soaking now.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Carb cleaning day here. Got my rebuild kit and my Berryman Chem-Dip.... The good stuff from the old days and actually works. 15 minute soak for each of the carb body parts. Screws and linkages are soaking now. View attachment 2584226
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KOOL Beans Old skool chem dip .

i STILL have my original NAPA gallon can from high school era circa 1990 , its still good after u paint strainer mesh it out after each use


i learned in 9th grade Vo-Tech , that if you do a inital soak , remove and while still wet with dip use a BRASS tooth brush only , remove any loose stuff left over and this has a side benefit too , POLISH level you can only imagine ,,,,,

i have achieved a NOS look with some good detail brass brushing and dipping brush in some dip too to keep it good and all wet down during this step by step process , after a solid brushy brushy all around , re-dip for another prescribed on the CAN POT LIFE time period , your 15min sounds about spot on

you time will be well spent and be very rewarding , so much so after your rebuild and restore is finished , apply 3 very tad tad mist kotes of acrylic marine grade aerosol lacquer for a NOS for LIFE look that will last the test of the foreseeable future .....

the brushy and second dip alone are solid TECH alone , removing as much caked on GRUNGE is only gonna make your rebuild end product performance results that much more killer kool ....

 

[samatulich]

Pulled three vehicles out today. We don’t get a lot of snow around here, and when we do, you can guess who’s grinning from ear-to-ear.