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What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (94 Viewers)
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Could have sworn when I searched for bouncing speedo on here I found a thread where someone recommeded vasoline? The cable should be pretty clean, new one was installed at the beginning of the summer.
Bought some era appropriate tools for working on a ‘74 40 series…
Original I was thinking I’d add a few extra tools so my son can have his own set, but now I’m on the fence. I used some cardboard and a C-clamp to straighten one end that was wavy.
Quick search indicates these boxes were made in the ‘60s to early 1970s. On eBay someone had a beat up version of this box for about $125 USD, I’d give that one a score of 3/10. This one is more like an 8/10… unless Patina is considered a positive thing… then a 10/10 since it’s in exceptionally good condition for a 50+ year old tool box. After a little bit of careful reshaping by hand it now works perfectly.
It would look great alongside of my top “chest” box that’s grey with red drawers… and covered with stickers. I picked it up in a free pile at the side of the road. If it could talk I’m sure it would tell great tales of the mechanic that used it to earn their living. I’m sure the mechanic is no longer with us as whoever used it certainly wouldn’t toss it out half full of assorted wrenches… even on Snap-on offset box end wrench.
Original I was thinking I’d add a few extra tools so my son can have his own set, but now I’m on the fence. I used some cardboard and a C-clamp to straighten one end that was wavy.
Quick search indicates these boxes were made in the ‘60s to early 1970s. On eBay someone had a beat up version of this box for about $125 USD, I’d give that one a score of 3/10. This one is more like an 8/10… unless Patina is considered a positive thing… then a 10/10 since it’s in exceptionally good condition for a 50+ year old tool box. After a little bit of careful reshaping by hand it now works perfectly.
It would look great alongside of my top “chest” box that’s grey with red drawers… and covered with stickers. I picked it up in a free pile at the side of the road. If it could talk I’m sure it would tell great tales of the mechanic that used it to earn their living. I’m sure the mechanic is no longer with us as whoever used it certainly wouldn’t toss it out half full of assorted wrenches… even on Snap-on offset box end wrench.
Buffchief
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Same here
adding a bit more caster also would help. I added caster shims & slightly longer shackles when I swapped in a rebuilt front end. Now I can take my hands off the wheel at 70 mph. It will almost follow the curves in the highway.
it has come a long way since I first bought it. My first test drive after fixing the front brakes was terrifying at 30 mph. I could barely keep it on the road on a rough road. It was toed out an 1/8”. Now with Scout II P/S, new TREs, a rebuilt axle, 4wheel discs, and an 80 series booster & master, your grandma could drive it.
For those with stock steering… if in doubt, rebuild the bel crank and replace all the TREs. You’ll love the improvement.
MatthewMcD
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Sweet! Both my "vintage" Craftsman rachets, 1/2" and 3/8", died within 2 months of each other. (Removing the u-bolts was the end of the line for my 1/2" rachet.) I bought them as a 21st birthday gift for myself when I only had hand me down tools. Nearly 40 years later Craftsman replaced both rachets at no cost to me.
SC-Cruiser
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I picked up my rear jump seats from the powder coater. I had modified the long jump seats earlier this summer to add drop down legs so that when I add a roll bar to my '71 the seat bottoms are properly supported. The modifications of the jump seats was a good first project for the welder I picked up this summer. Modifications of the jump seat were moving the sheet metal from the bottom to the top of the seat frame, adding the brackets and lengthening the drop down legs. I had the brackets and drop down legs that I salvaged from a very rusted set of short jump seats years ago.
Now I just need to decide on what to do about covers. At some point in the future I will be painting it am leaning toward nebula green, in which case I like the coral color for the seats. At the top of my list for seats are some TMI pro cruiser low back buckets which I can get in a color close to coral, its got more red/orange in it than the sample I have Cruiser Corps. The best price I have found locally for getting cover made for the jump seat with new padding is $1200, which seems high to me.
Now I just need to decide on what to do about covers. At some point in the future I will be painting it am leaning toward nebula green, in which case I like the coral color for the seats. At the top of my list for seats are some TMI pro cruiser low back buckets which I can get in a color close to coral, its got more red/orange in it than the sample I have Cruiser Corps. The best price I have found locally for getting cover made for the jump seat with new padding is $1200, which seems high to me.
I still need to replace my shocks… the Rancho 5000s I’ve been running for 25-30 years are no longer the best on the market. I get all sorts of bouncing around when I shift gears if I’m not completely babying it.
Out of place at a local cars and coffee last weekend
add that spare tire back on! Sexy Yellow beast right there.
I know, I have the original dunlop spare just had it off for some reason
Highly recommend Bilsteins. I switched out my clapped out Ranchos on the LV about a year and a half ago and the difference was Uge!
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DITTO! Love my set on my FJ40
IMO one of the best ride improvements you can make on a 40.
sterling
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Clutch master and valve adjustment time.
brian
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Right name, wrong numbers though.
There's a couple adjustable wrenches in there...
Nice box.
Any metric tools in there?
The adjustable wrenches are metric…..sorry, I couldn’t resist
Pertronix finally came in. they were back-ordered for a month or two, so I installed an Ignitor II in a '76ish small cap 19100-61010 vacuum advance dizzy that has the octane adjuster. I love the octane adjuster. Pulled out the Big Cap dizzy and swapped them.
