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What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (10 Viewers)
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Your channel is oustanding, keep those episodes coming!!! Tom
many thanks, i bought the stock ones already but seeing black makes me want to buy more.
Catching Neutral
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Work on my house has continued to prevent me from driving the Iron Yak. The driveway was finally clear of equipment and materials yesterday so I drove her to pick up my son from lacrosse practice which took me by her favorite watering hole.
We set the timing again, and it is in the front garage for the first time ( out of the rear shop) and considered a daily driver. Whoot Whoot... had this project for 18 years. We have done the work 100% ourselves. Very Proud.
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Green Bean
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Mounted rear lift hatch and spare tire carrier after they escaped from painter's prison.
85roktoy
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Rear panel installed… matches pretty damn well…
Catching Neutral
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Looks awesome
Green Bean
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Removed spare tire carrier and added shims to raise swing carrier to clear latch. Two grade 8 washers added to each hinge sandwiching OEM washer for a total of 3 per hinge. This raised the carrier up just enough for the bottom to clear the latch and allow for a secure closure. Unfortunately, for some reason I could not get the carrier to close all the way with the OEM spare tire rubber bumper so I had to remove it and use a strip of neoprene as a cushion.
Also, finished up the LED headlight conversion. As others have noted, the install is a bit more difficult with the older closed bucket-style headlight assembly. Fortunately the new Toyota sub wiring harness provides for a disconnect just upstream of the headlights. I removed the buckets, removed the existing grommets, and enlarged the hole a bit to allow for the new wire to pass, installed new grommets. This allows the bulky connectors to be on the engine bay side of the closed bucket and allows the new headlights to fit securely in the existing trim rings.
How much gasoline got in the crankcase?
4Cruisers
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Gave it a workout. Drove to the Tobacco Lake trailhead in southern Colorado for a hike to the summit of Conejos Peak, elevation 13,172 feet. My wife and I had the entire Saddle Creek drainage and Conejos Peak all to ourselves on a beautiful August afternoon. Photos show our '76 FJ40 in its native habitat and a fantastic summit view looking NW towards an even higher peak - Summit Peak at far left is 13,300 feet. That climb is next on our agenda, probably the week after Labor Day.
No gas in the oil, as far as I can tell.
Living in the Past
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As long as the diaphragm was good it would have leaked any gas in to the oil pan. That weep hole is exposed to cam shaft area of the block. Either there is an excessive oil splash around the cam or funky wear on the pump arm may have caused it. Small amount is not unusual.
Somewhere in MO…
RodrigzCrzr
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Pick’d up my 4 speed trans/combo from Valley Hybrids.
For the my fj40.
For the my fj40.
Cool, can you tell me more about Valley Hybrids and the trans swap? I've mostly been dealing with $pecter...
Finally got the AC unit I got from @milevsky installed in my 79. This is a Clardy unit that would have been a dealer option back in the day. The inside unit was in near perfect shape and it looks kind of like it's made for an FJ40.
I got entire setup (evaporator, compressor and condenser), however in the end I only ended up using the inside unit. A modern VintageAir compressor is much more efficient than the vintage York compressor.
Also the VintageAir compressor bracket is truly a thing of beauty. First it bolts right in. Also, it splits up the AC compressor and power steering on one belt and the alternator and water pump on another. The York bracket puts everything in the car on one fan belt which I hated.
Anyway I bought the crimper tool and vacuum and did everything myself. Even fashioned a bracket for the dryer. The most painful part of this install was drilling 2 holes in the firewall. I cried all the way through it.
It's held pressure for 2 weeks. So Winning
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I got entire setup (evaporator, compressor and condenser), however in the end I only ended up using the inside unit. A modern VintageAir compressor is much more efficient than the vintage York compressor.
Also the VintageAir compressor bracket is truly a thing of beauty. First it bolts right in. Also, it splits up the AC compressor and power steering on one belt and the alternator and water pump on another. The York bracket puts everything in the car on one fan belt which I hated.
Anyway I bought the crimper tool and vacuum and did everything myself. Even fashioned a bracket for the dryer. The most painful part of this install was drilling 2 holes in the firewall. I cried all the way through it.
It's held pressure for 2 weeks. So Winning
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RodrigzCrzr
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The early 4 speed trans came with the 40.
I wanted to continue to use the e brake at the tail shaft.
what you will need to do the swap is a 2f flywheel, 4spd bell housing w/ mounting bracket holes. 2f pressure plat and clutch disk, also a 2f slave cylinder that has to be moved from drivers side to passenger side, clutch fork and throw out bearing off a 2f. Then you need to re route the slave cylinder hard line to the passenger side. All that Valley hybrids did was rebuild my trans combo and vacuum pod for the transfer case.
I generally had all the parts off a FJ60 here.
Some progress...
Bed from SEMichiganAutomotive sale on Esty.. need some improvement ..
Attention this not for....
New Bed...
Thanks to Real Steel Cruiser Parts.. good parts..
Bed from SEMichiganAutomotive sale on Esty.. need some improvement ..
Attention this not for....
New Bed...
Thanks to Real Steel Cruiser Parts.. good parts..
4Cruisers
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The next day, we drove up to the Treasure Creek trailhead to scout out the approach to Summit Peak. On the drive to the trailhead my wife got a photo of nine bighorn sheep on the talus slope above the road, and after we had hiked up the trail about a mile we were greeted by a sheepherder's horse.
