What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (15 Viewers)

[-MaTTi-]

So Matti, who makes those weird looking rear shackles?

It’s me. I have bought these: 46.06US $ 6% OFF|4x4 Suspension Spring Rear Comfort Double Shackles Lift Kits for Hilux Vigo 2005 2014|shackle| - AliExpress - https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNYA6hN
and then I modified them. Now there is ball bearings and more J-shape.

 

[archie73]

It’s a cheap Nardi copy and I installed the center donut from the old OEM steering wheel. Afterwards I paint the center line and sewings with a brown permanent pen.

How was adapting it to the stock column? One of the better aftermarket steering wheels I’ve seen.

 

[numby]

Tire chains would serve you well in that situation.

Yeah, If I had chains on *before* I pulled onto the trail I wouldn't have slid off the crown in the first place. Or even just decent tires.

Once I was stuck I don't think chains would've helped, though. There was still nothing but soft snow below the DS rear tire. The pic was after about a half hour of shoveling and before I started throwing branches under the tires. We were a good bit deeper before the end. If it was earlier in the day we might have extricated ourselves, Maybe.

I actually briefly considered putting it in 4lo, getting out and running around to the passenger bumper and jumping on it to get that tire some traction on the ice but I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get back around to the driver's side to get control of the rig again before it got itself stuck somewhere else. I'm totally stock so...how dumb is that?

 

[1FastBimmer]

 

[MickTLC]

Painted the rear wheels, frame and axles. Changed all the spring bushings.

 

[MaltbyPenn]

I'm hell bent on getting a double din stereo installed. I just made the single hole a double

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• MaltbyPenn
• Mar 9, 2021

Worked great until I dry fit the Vintage Air conditioning. One of the actuators was hitting the stereo mount. After cutting my new mount, the two units were still touching. So I cut the hole bigger and filled in the bottom:

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• MaltbyPenn
• Mar 9, 2021

Here it is dry fit before the paint job:

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• MaltbyPenn
• Mar 9, 2021

 

[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

I'm hell bent on getting a double din stereo installed. I just made the single hole a double

20210218_114144.jpg

• MaltbyPenn
• Mar 9, 2021

Worked great until I dry fit the Vintage Air conditioning. One of the actuators was hitting the stereo mount. After cutting my new mount, the two units were still touching. So I cut the hole bigger and filled in the bottom:

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• MaltbyPenn
• Mar 9, 2021

Here it is dry fit before the paint job:

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• MaltbyPenn
• Mar 9, 2021

I'm guessing resto-mod?

Where are you putting all of those control knobs that used to go there?

Also, you might want to find an anti-glare privacy screen cover/protector for that head unit screen.

The reflections off that in the fish bowl of a glass windowed 40 I'd presume to be pretty significant.

 

[dirthugger]

Started Holley Sniper EFI installation

 

[Dagha Boy]

Work progresses sloooooowly. The whole gearbox had to come apart to fix the leak. The guy who rebuilt it did a bum job and did not use gaskets (I gave him a whole new set) nor did he even bother to put sufficient sealer in. It's done now and the driveshafts are in with all nice new 11mm bolts. The brakes are bled and adjusted. We'll see how successful that was when it gets driven for the first time. The correct new clutch release bearing is in place and the clutch works smoothly.

Sticking windows remain a problem. It appears the slots that the window rubbers slot into are bent closed. One can certainly feel how they narrow and widen when one runs a finger up and down inside it. I'm going to make a wooden wedge and gently tap it along the channel and see if that helps.

Engine start has got to be this week....

 

[MaltbyPenn]

I'm guessing resto-mod?

Where are you putting all of those control knobs that used to go there?

Also, you might want to find an anti-glare privacy screen cover/protector for that head unit screen.

The reflections off that in the fish bowl of a glass windowed 40 I'd presume to be pretty significant.

Yes, a resto-mod. I have several "bad" switches. I'm always impressed with the switch over hauls I see here on mud, but I just have too much stuff to complete to drive this thing so I'm going with a switch pros RCR 12 mounted in the center console. I'm running 100% new wire and fuse box so it should be interesting.

As for the fish bowl, I actually paid a pretty penny to get a head unit which is highly visible from different angles instead of getting washed out in the daylight.

 

[A10Driver]

Washed it

 

[8erren]

Pretty basic stuff but as of two hours ago I have windows

 

[fjc-man]

I got my rear crossmember installed and buttoned up.

 

[FJ40inKY]

Wife: oh it's nice and sunny- can you run to the garden store and pick up some pallets of daffodils and hyacinths?
Me (looking for any excuse to take out the FJ): yep.

Win, Win. Ride on boys.

 

[GreaseMonkey]

Took the day off of work today, and spent all day working on the 40. New OEM bumperettes and front turn signals in these pics. Also did some work on the metal of the passenger seat. All blinkers blink now, thanks to the new dedicated grounds. In fact, for the first time, every knob on the dash is working!!! WOOT!

 

[SNLC]

Finally sent this one home.

Cheers

 

[JKIII FJ40]

Forgot to post my paint job

 

[JKIII FJ40]

And some more progress. Doors, bezel, grill and some other odds and ends are still at the paint shop.

 

[Skreddy]

Today I got my front heater installed. One problem with a lot of these is the ducting and rubber boots for the defrost vents. My boots were ok but had a lot of cracking and would probably fall apart shortly. The ducting turned to dust pretty much whenever I touched it. My solution was some new plastic-cloth ducting in an inch size that’s just barely bigger than stock so it would still fit in the boots and I used some heat shrink tube over the ends to shore up the boots. They are pretty solid feeling and the shrink tube isn’t that noticeable with it all installed.

 

[JKIII FJ40]

Today I got my front heater installed. One problem with a lot of these is the ducting and rubber boots for the defrost vents. My boots were ok but had a lot of cracking and would probably fall apart shortly. The ducting turned to dust pretty much whenever I touched it. My solution was some new plastic-cloth ducting in an inch size that’s just barely bigger than stock so it would still fit in the boots and I used some heat shrink tube over the ends to shore up the boots. They are pretty solid feeling and the shrink tube isn’t that noticeable with it all installed.View attachment 2609386View attachment 2609387View attachment 2609389View attachment 2609388

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looks great, i used a shop vac hose and 2 inch elbows from the hardware store to make the right side connection. glad to see other options. routing around the feed hoses and air duct with the vac hose was fun. Sturdy but not pliable.