Set the (lower) cab on!
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (64 Viewers)
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Whelp that was indeed annoying..
All I had to do was:
-Have the refrigerant evacuated
-Unmount the whole condenser
-Realize that the refrigerant line and heater lines were too short, hence the incorrect mounting by the PO
-Get a bunch of fittings and new lines
-Buy a $100 dollar special crimping tool
-Remount everything 2” over
-New heater lines
-Rent ac tools, buy r134, evac and recharge the system.
Broke a louver in the process.
Super fun
For what it’s worth, my 75 FJ40 used the stock air cleaner with the Weber carb… it looks like a 3” tall rubber sleeve from the top of the carb to the air cleaner cap. @MatthewMcD has it…maybe can explain with a quick photo
MatthewMcD
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I have seen adapters for stock air cleaners.
I’ve considered it, but have other things on the plate before hand
Yep…that’s it! Thanks @MatthewMcD
Took her to a car show, got recognized.
Today I met up with a fellow IH8MUD member at a car show in Friendswood, Texas. One of the cool things about this forum is having the occasional opportunity to get together for like minded enjoyment of our trucks, and sharing stories of the sweat, toil and busted knuckles that build the Toyotas that we enjoy so much. GreenBeen is a great guy, thanks for the invite! BTW- GreenBean won a trophy!
Green Bean
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We really had a great time; it was a beautiful day; we saw a lot of really nice vintage vehicles and got to discuss all things cruiser with @igotta40. Put a total of about 180 miles on the odometer. It was the longest drive yet for our 40 with no breakdowns.
@Green Bean and @igotta40 LOVE THAT PHOTO. Gorgeous FJ40’s How I would love to be there
It is so great to meet up with people with like minds. Just sitting here reading about it brings up memories of my rides with our HOG group, the 4WD gang and hot rod group. Even the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville, it is a gathering of some of the best guitar thumb pickers I have ever heard. One of my addictive components of a get togethers like this is the hours of conversation you get from meeting, seeing things that excite you and gets your mind going. As you can see from my verbose posts, I am rarely at a loss for words…
One thing i read in your comment is too similar to my own vacillations. @Green Bean ….you mention…
“ Put a total of about 180 miles on the odometer. It was the longest drive yet for our 40 with no breakdowns “ Your 40 looks as beautifully maintained as possible..what would be your suspicion of a problem? Impeccably finished and just seems like this should be the furthest thing from your mind.
BUT, despite the thrills and enjoyment of this day…I have this correlation with that mindset which kills my love of longer distance drives in my own truck and i undoubtedly defer to my Silverado . My FJ40 has been here 2 1/2 years, has a rebuilt engine …numerous updates and upgrades, purist level parts replacement and I have gone thru it and corrected several non-issue things that just made it better. It has never let me down, and now with the new fuel/ignition system, suspension and differential gears (3.70)(coming soon) I hesitate to take it to work one day (134 miles round trip) or go out with it for a days worth of chores. As a younger fool, I rode my restored vintage motorcycle anywhere… poker runs, midnight runs, vintage shows most over 150 miles round trip and several even more. Drove my ‘74 9 hours from VT to NJ only stayed 2 hours and drove 9 hours back to VT. I never had a breakdown thought in my head….until now
I have even gone so far as to look into a tow bar as the steel blocks are on the front of the bumper. If something g happened my wife or my son could drive over with one of their vehicles and hitch it up. Crazy ain’t it? I hate it
It is so great to meet up with people with like minds. Just sitting here reading about it brings up memories of my rides with our HOG group, the 4WD gang and hot rod group. Even the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville, it is a gathering of some of the best guitar thumb pickers I have ever heard. One of my addictive components of a get togethers like this is the hours of conversation you get from meeting, seeing things that excite you and gets your mind going. As you can see from my verbose posts, I am rarely at a loss for words…
One thing i read in your comment is too similar to my own vacillations. @Green Bean ….you mention…
“ Put a total of about 180 miles on the odometer. It was the longest drive yet for our 40 with no breakdowns “ Your 40 looks as beautifully maintained as possible..what would be your suspicion of a problem? Impeccably finished and just seems like this should be the furthest thing from your mind.
BUT, despite the thrills and enjoyment of this day…I have this correlation with that mindset which kills my love of longer distance drives in my own truck and i undoubtedly defer to my Silverado . My FJ40 has been here 2 1/2 years, has a rebuilt engine …numerous updates and upgrades, purist level parts replacement and I have gone thru it and corrected several non-issue things that just made it better. It has never let me down, and now with the new fuel/ignition system, suspension and differential gears (3.70)(coming soon) I hesitate to take it to work one day (134 miles round trip) or go out with it for a days worth of chores. As a younger fool, I rode my restored vintage motorcycle anywhere… poker runs, midnight runs, vintage shows most over 150 miles round trip and several even more. Drove my ‘74 9 hours from VT to NJ only stayed 2 hours and drove 9 hours back to VT. I never had a breakdown thought in my head….until now
I have even gone so far as to look into a tow bar as the steel blocks are on the front of the bumper. If something g happened my wife or my son could drive over with one of their vehicles and hitch it up. Crazy ain’t it? I hate it
Skreddy
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If your tubes are in good shape still (assuming you have the rear hatch strut tubes) there’s a gas strut you can put inside them. One of the best things I’ve done, whether it’s hidden in the tube or not, it’s worth it.
MatthewMcD
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There is a whole thread dedicated to this. I added an update when I did mine. I am about to clean them up some more when I refinish my hatch and install a tailgate:
'72 FJ40 Liftgate Struts
Does anyone have an update on which strut part # fits in the 71's?
forum.ih8mud.com
OlYellr
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I'm going to guess that @Green Bean solution to a problem normally involves Windex to remove the Freudian bug splotches on the windshield. Beautiful Rig Mark!
Fear and anxiety can be so insidious - Only way though it, is to do it, I say = need some cruiser therapy miles to regain confidence. It wan't pure luck you made it, these things just work too if put in decent TLC.
There is a whole thread dedicated to this. I added an update when I did mine. I am about to clean them up some more when I refinish my hatch and install a tailgate:
'72 FJ40 Liftgate Struts
Does anyone have an update on which strut part # fits in the 71's?
Thank you. Tons of info on this it seem
Just a quick little project today.
Ever since I bought the truck it’s been leaking from the rear differential. I’m guessing the PO didn’t replace the crush washer and decided that gooping it up with sealant would do the job.
I cleaned out all the crap, drained the gear oil and replaced the drain plugs with new Toyota magnetic plugs and washers from @cruiseroutfit
Ever since I bought the truck it’s been leaking from the rear differential. I’m guessing the PO didn’t replace the crush washer and decided that gooping it up with sealant would do the job.
I cleaned out all the crap, drained the gear oil and replaced the drain plugs with new Toyota magnetic plugs and washers from @cruiseroutfit
Was finally able to get my hand behind the dash and swap out the bulb for the high beams. Unfortunately, when I went to start the car after, wouldn't turn over, just a click when turning the ignition. Lights all worked. Replaced the ignition coil fuse, didn't work. Stuck my hand back up under the dash to trace out the ignition wires. Founded a fused connection in there. Pulled the fuse, was good. Turns out it is for the horn button on the dash (steering wheel horn buttons don't work). Put the fuse back in, tried the ignition, truck started right up. Turned it off, pulled the fuse again, truck started right up. Just wanted to make sure the horn wasn't tied into the ignition somehow. (like a rats nest under the dash) It wasn't. Not sure what I did but I fixed it. Somehow jiggling he wiring broke and fixed the problem?
Is your factory amp meter still functional?
Mine did the same thing until I decided to remove the amp meter from the equation. You could wiggle the big wires at the back of the meter and cause loss of power.
If this is the case and you want it to work you’ll need to remove the cluster and clean the connections.
I had the same issue a few years ago... ammeter connections were loose, but never had an issue until I tipped the instrument cluster fwd to replace the bulbs....
sleepycruiser
I will get by….I will survive -Touch of Grey LC200
Due to Hurricane Helene I had to move vehicles around and put the 40 in the garage my daughters’ cat hangs out in. 
