What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (29 Viewers)

[Oregon FJ40]

Slid nose first into a bar ditch in a snow storm tonight @about 40 mph, being a dumb ass and driving in 2wd while the roads were slicker than a five gallon bucket of warm Vaseline. Pretty steep shoulder, I went from trying to keep it between the lines to trying to keep it shiny side up all within about 2 seconds. Stopped about 6 inches from hitting a split rail fence. Had to steer it into the ditch rather than out of it, if not I may have dumped it on its side.

Locked the hubs, hit 4lo, pounded the skinny pedal and managed to get it back on the road.

Drove home and parked it.

Glad you made it home safe!

 

[firefighterjed]

Man rockymtnfly…. my heart was pounding as I read that!! I’ve been in 3 fender benders in 3 years in my cruiser. The two that were my fault were both due to bad behavior on slick roads. That’s a terrible feeling, to think your about to do some damage to your sweet rig. Glad it turned out well

Getting myself back on topic for this thread now. I bent some fuel lines and installed an OEM Carb finally. What a difference that made!!!! It’s almost like it was made for it! LoL PO had installed a Weber 32/36 which was reliable and problem free, but anemic. A friend gave me a 38/38 to try a few days ago. It was different. Better. But not great, and very thirsty! I rebuilt this OEM carb, ordered some jets per JimC recommendations in other threads. The jets arrived Saturday so the OEM swap was go-time!!!

I can’t believe how nicely it runs. More power. Smoother. Starts easier. Just all around better.

 

[samatulich]

@rkymtnflyfisher, good to read that you and the cruiser were unharmed.
@firefighterjed, nice work on getting the Aisin Carb setup and running, fuel lines look great too.

 

[77mustard40]

Getting myself back on topic for this thread now. I bent some fuel lines and installed an OEM Carb finally. What a difference that made!!!! It’s almost like it was made for it! LoL PO had installed a Weber 32/36 which was reliable and problem free, but anemic. A friend gave me a 38/38 to try a few days ago. It was different. Better. But not great, and very thirsty! I rebuilt this OEM carb, ordered some jets per JimC recommendations in other threads. The jets arrived Saturday so the OEM swap was go-time!!!

I can’t believe how nicely it runs. More power. Smoother. Starts easier. Just all around better.

Nice work, so what jets did you finally decide to go with? BTW you fuel lines look super, I need to learn how to do that because mine are all bent up.

 

[imyahucklbrry]

Were you scouting tomorrow’s fishing spot?




Sorry…. Couldn’t resist! Glad you’re Ok

 

[firefighterjed]

Nice work, so what jets did you finally decide to go with? BTW you fuel lines look super, I need to learn how to do that because mine are all bent up.

Primary: 147.5 main, 55 slow
Secondary: 220 main, 70 slow
I wish I knew a source for slow jets, I ‘d get a slightly bigger set. Thanks for your advice on jetting.
I did my fuel lines in aluminum tubing with a harbor freight bender. It wasn’t hard, but it took several hours because I wanted it to look nice. I’ll redo them in steel eventually.

 

[Dizzy]

You can always drill a spare slow jet a bit bigger?

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Were you scouting tomorrow’s fishing spot?




Sorry…. Couldn’t resist! Glad you’re Ok

In a roundabout way I was kind of scoping out some fishing!

 

[ATLTJ]

The “dreaded goo” on the inside of the tire issue. View attachment 2855441

What is the typical cause of that? I have the same issue that I have been putting off

 

[Gun Runner 5]

What is the typical cause of that? I have the same issue that I have been putting off

I’m a mechanical dufus but I’m assuming a bad axle seal or a leaking brake component.

 

[Jackson Hanes]

Got a new place to work on my 1976 fj40.

 

[letterman52]

Well against my better judgement I dove into the 73’ I had planned to sell as is.

New carburetor, intake and exhaust manifold with gasket, plugs, wires, cap, fuel filter, and valve cover gasket all going on. New hardware to secure it all back down as well. And yeah that is the exhaust manifold...

 

[ijonesinsp]

Wrapping up my 4 speed transfer case rebuild and painting a few other bits.

 

[TexasRoach]

Dropped off my '74 with Javier at Gulf Coast Crawl Shop in Houston (thanks for the lead @duggy...Javier knows his stuff). The road to restoration has begun. Working on the radiator, headers, installing new fan & shroud, master cylinder, disc brakes, some bodywork, repaint, stereo/speakers, Trollhole-style soft top & bow kit, BTB center console. Now I just need to figure out which kid to sell to finance this operation.

 

[steffan]

putting it together: rear doors etc. wasn't sure if this was a good idea or not but figured I'd give it a try... time will tell. used poly tape between the hinges and the body to prevent galling of the paint. if you've never used this tape before, it's fantastic: doesn't break down in weather and comes off clean (sealed some exterior house windows with it - even after 6 months was fine).

 

[steffan]

got the cowl vent assembled. if i had known/ remembered they used those 'clip nuts' to secure the grill on the body i would have welded nuts on the backside when i was doing body work. i just bear putting the clips on the fresh paint.. just seemed wrong, so i was able to sneak nuts on the backside with some specialty tweezers. i'm not going to think about what it's going to be like in 5 years if i have to remove them

 

[steffan]

last for today - a few pictures of my parking brake rebuild.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Some Plating Progress updates and well Evolving and improving I think

 

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[40mania]

Wrapped up Accelerator Linkage Fire Wall Brackets fj40
/ FJ55 too ..


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Beautiful!