What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (35 Viewers)

[sogafarm]

This hole for the idle solenoid. I thought a rod pushed out. It's not clicking when hooked to power at its connection but does if I connect it to power at the charcoal connection canister for testing.

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It grounds to the carb body so when testing plug one end to the harness and tap the solenoid to the block and the rod should click with 12v

 

[Engineer8000]

What year is your truck?

This hole for the idle solenoid. I thought a rod pushed out. It's not clicking when hooked to power at its connection but does if I connect it to power at the charcoal connection canister for testing.

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[ranchdawg]

Cleaning surfaces. Tech tip. Champagne corks fit perfectly in the distributor hole.

 

[Buffchief]

What year is your truck?

1980.... Engine from 85 fj60

 

[Engineer8000]

If you have not desmogged, the fuel cut solenoid is controlled by the emissions computer. It grounds it.

 

[sleepycruiser]

The powers of MUDSHIP. West Plains, MO to Glasgow, KY to Asheville, NC. I drove 10 hours round trip to pick them up this morning from KY.

Now I will have bench seats in the front.

Thanks @clrussell for selling them and thanks to @wileycoyote for toting them from MO to KY next to his bada$$ diesel LC. Thing looks showroom clean on the inside!!

Anyone re-foam their rear jump seats? I am going to order the matching seat covers for the jump seats and haven’t researched…probably need to search first.

 

[brian]

The powers of MUDSHIP. West Plains, MO to Glasgow, KY to Asheville, NC. I drove 10 hours round trip to pick them up this morning from KY.

Now I will have bench seats in the front.

Thanks @clrussell for selling them and thanks to @wileycoyote for toting them from MO to KY next to his bada$$ diesel LC. Thing looks showroom clean on the inside!!

Anyone re-foam their rear jump seats? I am going to order the matching seat covers for the jump seats and haven’t researched…probably need to search first.

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It's on the list.....they're in the box just visible to the right.

 

[sleepycruiser]

It's on the list

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We can be there for moral support…and deciding what to refoam with.

Found foam on SOR, but shipping is $115.

I’ll find foam.

Great write up here

FJ40 Rear jump seat covers install 101

Iam finally getting around to rebuilding my FJ40 jump seats. Recovering the jump seats is very straightforward, but after searching ih8mud, I still had questions. So I decided to write up my observations, here are a few tips from my upholstery supplier, and the parts and tools I used. Let's...

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[brian]

Foam is in there too!!

 

[sleepycruiser]

Foam is in there too!!

My current jump seats have minimal foam…below the foam it is like horse hair or a course stringy fabric or something. No idea. For the new covers I’ll just do 2” foam only.

 

[82Blu]

Cleaned instrument cluster contacts for lighting and dimmer / rheostat… I HAVE instrument lights now!!! (But my fuel gauge now reads full full… but I know I only have about 1/2 tank… any thoughts? (Yes I had all the gauges out and cleaned)

 

[Vossie]

Enjoyed a day out on the farm with my pa watching the baler. Wanted to help him move the bales but he wouldn't let me, didn't want me to get dust inside the cab

 

[Land Shark]

I stuck some “new” wheels/tires on her. The white sure brings it together and the tires are giving me a “softer” ride. Also took the bezel back down to original color. Not perfect by any means but somewhat pulls that back in a s well.

 

[RevISK]

@Land Shark the white really does balance out the grey, looks great.

 

[Land Shark]

@Land Shark the white really does balance out the grey, looks great.

Appreciate that. Yeah I was stubborn and went black bezel and wheels. Ha

 

[bernardbar3]

Went to an upholstering shop to inquire about getting my original seats redone. Ended up buying two used seats with recliner and headrest. For all of less than $400 US dollars, the rails will be extended so I can slide back further. Also the seats will be reupholstered to match what was originally there and a center console will be installed. Cheers!

 

[trainbufftony]

Cleaned instrument cluster contacts for lighting and dimmer / rheostat… I HAVE instrument lights now!!! (But my fuel gauge now reads full full… but I know I only have about 1/2 tank… any thoughts? (Yes I had all the gauges out and cleaned)

Pinched wire...

 

[POPO AGIE]

Installed the front bumper and the rear tire carrier.

 

[fj40fillet]

Pinched wire...

Have you had your fuel tank sender out to look at it? Mine was wasted. Also, after putting my new one in, it was still hanging up at 1/2 tank when fuel level would drop below that. I took the sender back out and realized the install is clocked so the float does not hit the side of the tank and give false readings. Lessons learned.

 

[trainbufftony]

Have you had your fuel tank sender out to look at it? Mine was wasted. Also, after putting my new one in, it was still hanging up at 1/2 tank when fuel level would drop below that. I took the sender back out and realized the install is clocked so the float does not hit the side of the tank and give false readings. Lessons learned.

Never have but I understand how gauges work and the most likely problem here is a short to ground after the gauge.
I suppose a hung float is another possibility.