What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (41 Viewers)

[Dizzy]

I heard that they finally opened the forest road. I thought that it was kinda silly, not recalling the kind of topography. It must have been a decade, or two, since I've been there, I can't remember. Things get strange, only thirty-five minutes from home. Well worth the two-plus years it took to be driving a driveable FJ40, again. Life is nice in low-range.

Hearing the wind create a resonate in a long-needled ponderosa forest, enjoying some straight-cut gear whirl, and coming home smelling like fumes off of a 2F block is my present reminder that the LCD screen is tele-prison. Say I'm crazy, but, I can't think of any real examples of people escaping.

 

[kcustom73]

Installed a pair of new AGM batteries and hopefully diagnosed the problem with my transmission. Now to order some parts and get messy...

 

[GA Architect]

After spending 1/2 a day on my Kubota....my reward!

 

[Godwin]

After spending 1/2 a day on my Kubota....my reward!

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Survive a tractor, die by DQ

 

[pistonpete]

HOLD MY BEER, I'M GOING IN........

 

[tstepp920]

After spending 1/2 a day on my Kubota....my reward!

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BS...your reward was getting to drive that gorgeous 40.

 

[Catching Neutral]

Noticed my right ambulance door had some play in it. Discovered the a PO cut some material out of the original catch which is on the left door. The amount of metal removed was directly proportional to the amount of play in the door. Go figure. No idea why It was done.
Ordered one from India...problem solved.

 

[flee]

I can't tell if you're kidding,
I just hope you are!

 

[martola]

Making some backyard built running boards.

PO made his own frame for them cause i guess his original ones got bent up or something.

Heres what they were before...

 

[Skreddy]

I finished building my wife some new garden beds, so I started a knuckle rebuild.... All of this was done in 1990 when the PO started the resto but figured I’d have a look; especially with all the cakes on oily sawdust on the pass knuckle. Glad I did. Looks like the drivers side just had whatever grease added they had on hand without even cleaning out the old grease. The passenger side inner axle seal is leaking gear oil past and into the Birfield cavity. At least I’m figuring it out now and not after I think I’m all done.

 

[777Gage]

Got home and introduced my "older" Cruiser and my "new to me" Cruiser - I'm sure the conversation was something like this.....

So let me tell you about our Mother Country and all that's changed since you left in 1978 - or - Wow, 2016 you say? What's with all those fancy gadgets, GPS and "Crawl Control"? Back in my day gravity and front disc brakes were all we needed for "crawl control". What exactly are "coil springs"?

(Can you imagine a LC200 in 653, that's a lot of Baby Poo Brown/Olive)

 

[Clubtroy]

Front axle rebuild. No more leaking seals! Still waiting for my white letraset dry transfer letters to arrive so I can finish the gauge panel restoration.

 

[BearBio]

Got home and introduced my "older" Cruiser and my "new to me" Cruiser - I'm sure the conversation was something like this.....

So let me tell you about our Mother Country and all that's changed since you left in 1978 - or - Wow, 2016 you say? What's with all those fancy gadgets, GPS and "Crawl Control"? Back in my day gravity and front disc brakes were all we needed for "crawl control". What exactly are "coil springs"?

(Can you imagine a LC200 in 653, that's a lot of Baby Poo Brown/Olive)

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Any pics of the bracket=I need to make some!

 

[tls3601]

I heard that they finally opened the forest road. I thought that it was kinda silly, not recalling the kind of topography. It must have been a decade, or two, since I've been there, I can't remember. Things get strange, only thirty-five minutes from home. Well worth the two-plus years it took to be driving a driveable FJ40, again. Life is nice in low-range.


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Hearing the wind create a resonate in a long-needled ponderosa forest, enjoying some straight-cut gear whirl, and coming home smelling like fumes off of a 2F block is my present reminder that the LCD screen is tele-prison. Say I'm crazy, but, I can't think of any real examples of people escaping.

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Ah, the good life in low range......thanks for sharing

 

[Dizzy]

Witness my 2F relocation program.

 

[Trigger6]

Witness my 2F relocation program.


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That is an impressive engine lift!

 

[Dizzy]

Moved an engine, then I went dry fly fishing. Almost landed one. I'm just fortunate to get them to consider dry files this time of year.

 

[Adarcy]

Put in a new radiator overflow tank from @ToyotaMatt and did a late night intake manifold gasket change. Who loves scraping gaskets?!?? Ha

 

[chevyfj40lc]

My local upholstery shop wanted charge almost the cost of a new set of soft doors for reupholstering my old ones, so i started making my own out of 1/8 aluminum sheet

 

[spdracr58]

This weekend I made it out to Hollister Hills with a Cousin and buddy in the FJ40. Had very few issues. It popped out of 4Lo a couple times. But not that bad. Think I pretty much foxed that with the shifting mechanism. Washers effect it. Put the tire pressure down to 8psi and that thing just walks its way over pretty much anything I point it at.