What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (34 Viewers)

[Chungas Revenge]

So true! I WAS going to take this truck to Death Valley last month. Karma played me an excellent hand there.

I told all my desert friends that had I not taken the Colorado instead, I would have turned around in Ridgecrest, halfway there, and come home. Horrible windstorm. So bad it literally ripped a lid open on one of my roof boxes, dispensing with some of my clothes across the desert! Pushing the aerodynamic brick of an FJ40 into that headwind would not have been advisable.

Changing a water pump in those conditions would have been a nightmare.

Here, I can look at it over a and decide how deeply down the ‘while you’re in there’ rabbit hole I want to go. Other than a few oil changes, I really haven’t been under the hood of this one much since @StaleAle @Spike Strip and @YOYOKID came over to the house and helped me drop in the ‘temporary’ replacement engine…12 years ago!

When you get to where you’re going down that hole, make sure you post pics. It’s a rule....

12 year run on a temp engine is a pretty fair stretch....

Did your “bag of Sheckles” make it through USPS without incident?

 

[Spike Strip]

So true! I WAS going to take this truck to Death Valley last month. Karma played me an excellent hand there.

I told all my desert friends that had I not taken the Colorado instead, I would have turned around in Ridgecrest, halfway there, and come home. Horrible windstorm. So bad it literally ripped a lid open on one of my roof boxes, dispensing with some of my clothes across the desert! Pushing the aerodynamic brick of an FJ40 into that headwind would not have been advisable.

Changing a water pump in those conditions would have been a nightmare.

Here, I can look at it over a and decide how deeply down the ‘while you’re in there’ rabbit hole I want to go. Other than a few oil changes, I really haven’t been under the hood of this one much since @StaleAle @Spike Strip and @YOYOKID came over to the house and helped me drop in the ‘temporary’ replacement engine…12 years ago!

The engine that belongs in this truck is still sitting, in pieces, on the floor of my garage.

Wow. Time sure flies. I had some pix of that day but can't find them, but found this from the same time:

Mark cleaning Cruiser Parts by hand (as usual) and a friend making lunch (not sure if this person wants to be identified so I'll leave it up to Mark).

 

[Living in the Past]

Replacing the LEDs I had up front with the Toyota halogens.

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The factory halogens are so cheap the relays and wiring harness are worth the cost. Easy way to keep modern headlights and old factory wiring from mixing.

 

[airon23]

Wow. Time sure flies. I had some pix of that day but can't find them, but found this from the same time:

Mark cleaning Cruiser Parts by hand (as usual) and a friend making lunch (not sure if this person wants to be identified so I'll leave it up to Mark).

Whoa who is that young man that looks like Mark @65swb45 but no way that is him?

 

[65swb45]

Whoa who is that young man that looks like Mark @65swb45 but no way that is him?

You just wait. Your turn is coming!

And that is 65FJ45, being his usual, eccentric self.

Great time capsule Alf. Thanks for that. Now if I could just get that water pump. JK.

 

[troutbum4]

Don't like the spectrum. I dig the light output, just not the cool white 5000k light.

Just did the opposite last weekend......want to see the MT wild life at night before I hit it

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Just did the opposite last weekend......want to see the MT wild life at night before I hit it

Don't get me wrong, those LEDs were nice, just not what I prefer. The high beams would make roosters crow 2 miles away.

 

[mrldcty]

Finally got a few things done today... wiring for compressor/lockers and winch is done and functional and my 8274 winch rebuild is complete and mounted. The main goals were to have a tidy and robust installation and to drill no new holes. So, I made a new bracket for the (Northstar marine) battery and attached a piece of GPO-3 on which I mounted the BlueSea relay and fuse block for the winch, and a circuit breaker and relay for the compressor. I made another bracket for the compressor and mounted it using an existing hole in the brace on the firewall and the empty voltage regulator bracket. I also installed a Tuffy center console and built a switch panel for it to hold the switches. I used the "aux" hole in the wiring harness grommet to route the wiring to the switches.

Next step: Install my newly rebuilt rear axle with ARB locker in rebuilt diff and plumb in the air lines! Progress!

 

[65swb45]

When you get to where you’re going down that hole, make sure you post pics. It’s a rule....

12 year run on a temp engine is a pretty fair stretch....

Did your “bag of Sheckles” make it through USPS without incident?

First step down the hole. Back when I rebuilt the engine for the PO in the mid-nineties, I swapped in a fresh pair of terminal blocks to replace the OE. Well, when I removed the overflow tank yesterday and saw what the replacement terminal block looked like almost 30 years later, I just had to do it again!

 

[65swb45]

Of course, now I’m looking at the battery tray support.

Anyone have an extra flashlight?

 

[4Cruisers]

Anyone have an extra flashlight?

Your question reminds me of a humorous event back when I was working in an underground experimental complex in Nevada. Everyone was required to wear a self rescue breathing kit and a flashlight while underground. At one point during final test preparations one of the scientists was checking a connection under a table and needed more light, so he asked "Anyone have a flashlight?". So out of habit seven flashlights were unholstered and turned on in an instant, mine included.

 

[igotta40]

Made the 2F grunt just a little bit

 

[Vossie]

Figuring out my center console.

 

[Greek Cruiserhead]

Finally got a few things done today... wiring for compressor/lockers and winch is done and functional and my 8274 winch rebuild is complete and mounted. The main goals were to have a tidy and robust installation and to drill no new holes. So, I made a new bracket for the (Northstar marine) battery and attached a piece of GPO-3 on which I mounted the BlueSea relay and fuse block for the winch, and a circuit breaker and relay for the compressor. I made another bracket for the compressor and mounted it using an existing hole in the brace on the firewall and the empty voltage regulator bracket. I also installed a Tuffy center console and built a switch panel for it to hold the switches. I used the "aux" hole in the wiring harness grommet to route the wiring to the switches.

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Next step: Install my newly rebuilt rear axle with ARB locker in rebuilt diff and plumb in the air lines! Progress!

Great installation!
...and great Freeborn red too!

 

[JDNs78FJ40]

Finally got a few things done today... wiring for compressor/lockers and winch is done and functional and my 8274 winch rebuild is complete and mounted. The main goals were to have a tidy and robust installation and to drill no new holes. So, I made a new bracket for the (Northstar marine) battery and attached a piece of GPO-3 on which I mounted the BlueSea relay and fuse block for the winch, and a circuit breaker and relay for the compressor. I made another bracket for the compressor and mounted it using an existing hole in the brace on the firewall and the empty voltage regulator bracket. I also installed a Tuffy center console and built a switch panel for it to hold the switches. I used the "aux" hole in the wiring harness grommet to route the wiring to the switches.

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Next step: Install my newly rebuilt rear axle with ARB locker in rebuilt diff and plumb in the air lines! Progress!

The 8274 looks incredible. Did you upgrade the selenoid pack? If so, mind send over a pic of the wiring of the plug?

 

[mrldcty]

Hey, thanks JDNs78FJ40! Here you go... it was a tight squeeze and I had to modify the backing plate, but I got it together!

 

[JDNs78FJ40]

When all these pieces come together there will be a mighty Warn 8274. Everything that could be re-zinced was and the housing was powder coated in Prismatic Galaxy Grey and the drum satin black. Now the fun part, reassembly.
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Another fun project finished up, aside from wiring it up and spooling the cable. Haven't decided on the cable type yet, synthetic or cable, any suggestions on the type of cable for a winch that will get light use would be appreciated from the pros on MUD. If anyone has a quick diagram of how you wire the 5 pin plug, battery and albright pack they could post up I would greatly appreciate it. Electrical is not my thing

 

[mrldcty]

Another fun project finished up, aside from wiring it up and spooling the cable. Haven't decided on the cable type yet, synthetic or cable, any suggestions on the type of cable for a winch that will get light use would be appreciated from the pros on MUD. If anyone has a quick diagram of how you wire the 5 pin plug, battery and albright pack they could post up I would greatly appreciate it. Electrical is not my thing

Wow... sweet ride!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Another fun project finished up, aside from wiring it up and spooling the cable. Haven't decided on the cable type yet, synthetic or cable, any suggestions on the type of cable for a winch that will get light use would be appreciated from the pros on MUD. If anyone has a quick diagram of how you wire the 5 pin plug, battery and albright pack they could post up I would greatly appreciate it. Electrical is not my thing
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Saaaawwweeeeetttt. Looks like it was born there...

 

[JDNs78FJ40]

Hey, thanks JDNs78FJ40! Here you go... it was a tight squeeze and I had to modify the backing plate, but I got it together! View attachment 2954931

Thanks. What cable are you going to spool that badboy with?