What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (16 Viewers)

[Living in the Past]

Installed Apple Airtag to be able to find FJ40 if it wanders. Cheap option for GPS tracking and installed a kill switch. If somebody really wants the FJ40, I'm sure they will find a way. Hopefully the kill switch/horn will irritate them or at least slow them down. Here is the wiring diagram that I found on the internet that I used. I installed the horn inside the cab under the dash. I ignored the neutral safety switch in the diagram, it was not an option on my 1973 FJ40.

View attachment 2680423

What you need is a second relay the is double pole single throw. Need to ground the one side of the coil then the wire going to the horn go to the other side of the coil. Now get a 12 volt power source to one side of each pole. Other side of the poles one to the horn and the other back to the positive side of the coil. That way once the relay is triggered the coil still has power and continues to keep the horn going. Just need a second hidden switch that breaks the new power to shut it off. If the ignition switch isn't you can switch the power back on. This way instead split second of the horn until the ignition switch is stopped the horn keeps going. Label the second relay HOLDING RELAY. Personally like breaking the wire going to coil verses the starter. Or just pull the rotor out of the distributor. Someone is not as likely to be looking to turn a kill switch if the engine turning over. Also on a 73 unless it has an automatic transmission there is no neutral switch.

 

[cuteo100]

Installed the stereo system and got the music playing again!

 

[NYIronPig]

Got the music playing again!

View attachment 2681532

what you rockin and what is that strap setup?

 

[SergP]

If you have old gas tank .. you can make some body floor...
my tank rust from side .. I use it for tube fabrication ..

make some channels ...

weld through primer..

it can hold a beer now...

new tank fit well...

 

[Krenie]

Got the music playing again!

View attachment 2681532

Looks great - If you don’t mind, can you post a couple pics of the outside of your rig too please?

 

[cuteo100]

Looks great - If you don’t mind, can you post a couple pics of the outside of your rig too please?

Thanks.

what you rockin and what is that strap setup?

Bushwhacker straps holding the JBL and rocking Van Morrison's Brown Eye Girl all day long!

 

[MDH33]

I took out my seats and cleaned. Probably the first time in 50 years for this old 40.

 

[letterman52]

Drove it to my kids dance recital.

 

[Do Over]

Drove it to my kids dance recital.

View attachment 2681882

Changed from old Sylvania’s to LED’s. The difference is “night and day”

 

[tls3601]

Anyone know whether the rear below the tub heat shield was something that was yellow zinc plated from the factory? I am guessing it was. Any input appreciated

 

[tls3601]

Rear crossbar paint. Slowly sprucing up the frame.

 

[tls3601]

One more....

 

[Mtntopper]

One more....

View attachment 2682374

Which product did you select for the frame paint please? Looking good.

 

[macdaddy59]

Just took my below the heat shield off and it did not look like it was zinc coated. However. I could be wrong hard to tell after 45 years.

 

[macdaddy59]

Spent the last 4 days sandblasting the frame to get it ready for it's hot dipped galvanizing bath. Delivering it to the Galvanizing place tomorrow. Once the frame is back then I can paint it and finally start to put things together.

 

[JKIII FJ40]

Driver side pro car seat came in, built a bracket for it out of 1/4” flat bar stock. Little welder worked nice for this small job, made the 90 degree step downs, mocked up the seat, little paint and bolted the new seat in. Holds my weight just fine. A little overkill but nice and solid. Was going to recover my old seats but the cost of new seat bottoms and the unavailable top cushions made the procar’s a no brainer. Time to start building the passenger bracket, still have time on my hand as the seat hasn’t shipped yet.

 

[DangerNoodle]

I've been looking and designing things that I want to get done this summer, and one of them is a super low profile, prerunner-ish, roof rack. I already have a bunch of tube on the cruiser, and I want to match the look.

I knocked the CAD out today, and this is what I came up with. Let me know what you think, as I'm always looking for changes to make it look better.

Front

ISO

Sides

I added some TEQ logos to add some flare and differentiation from other racks.

Top

 

[samatulich]

I've been looking and designing things that I want to get done this summer, and one of them is a super low profile, prerunner-ish, roof rack. I already have a bunch of tube on the cruiser, and I want to match the look.

I knocked the CAD out today, and this is what I came up with. Let me know what you think, as I'm always looking for changes to make it look better.

Front

ISO

Sides

I added some TEQ logos to add some flare and differentiation from other racks.

Top

Really like how it follows the fiberglass top lines, and the low profile.

 

[tls3601]

Which product did you select for the frame paint please? Looking good.

Simple but incredibly good product

 

[DangerNoodle]

Really like how it follows the fiberglass top lines, and the low profile.

Thanks! It's the look that I was going for.