Finished the front-end refurbishment. Installed a new bumper with the Warn 8274 winch that was rebuilt/restored
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (44 Viewers)
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nabbasi
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I finally decided to address the leaky rear axle seal on the '67. The passenger side was an absolute pain to remove. Driver side seal & bearing popped out with about 3 good whacks with the slide hammer. Scored a groove in the inner race to remove it from the axle (a little help from a jeep buddy that says this is SOP on Dana...30s? I think he said) Re-installation was also not great. I have a feeling I'll be addressing this again in the future.
My non-stock stuff didn't play nicely together. I've got a 2.5" lift, mark's offroad u-bolt skid plates, and a rear disc brake swap. The lift & u-bolt plates were added after the disc brake swap. The caliper bolts were blocked by the u-bolt plates, so I had to remove the entire bracket, then re-install it with the rotor on.
Good news, no more leaky axle seals. Bad news, brakes don't feel as good, and I had the wrong cover gasket so I've got a leak! Going to have to drain & reinstall a new gasket.
My non-stock stuff didn't play nicely together. I've got a 2.5" lift, mark's offroad u-bolt skid plates, and a rear disc brake swap. The lift & u-bolt plates were added after the disc brake swap. The caliper bolts were blocked by the u-bolt plates, so I had to remove the entire bracket, then re-install it with the rotor on.
Good news, no more leaky axle seals. Bad news, brakes don't feel as good, and I had the wrong cover gasket so I've got a leak! Going to have to drain & reinstall a new gasket.
MatthewMcD
SILVER Star
Gorgeous bumper...custom?
shipmag
Hagler Technology LLC. Aka Shipmag
Out of any one on here pighead I would trust your recommendations. You've always been right before at least in things I was interested in at the time.
sleepycruiser
I will get by….I will survive -Touch of Grey LC200
Rebuilt water pump on its way back to me. The company sent me some pics of the before/after. Company details in my thread and additional pics. SUPER fast turnaround.
Got the doors off for the first time. Needed the claw hammer to get one of the pins out. I pulled the bolt out of the swing piece that goes into the door frame and bolts to the door. (don't know the name of it) I'm assuming you just push that piece back into the frame?
pb4ugo
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Door stops? I rarely run doors so I removed them.
POPO AGIE
SILVER Star
The winter temps in Wyoming are not conducive to not having the top or doors off. Took them off 3 times for the summer. But was not much fun to drive at night at the elevations where I live.
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Land Shark
SILVER Star
Yep, just push it back in
Installed some seats from a BMW M3
Yes it’s a local guy that makes them
Those tires! Awesome! What are they?
I had new axle bearings & seals done last year. The only tool I used was my debit card LOL Javier’s knocked it out in no time.
Land Shark
SILVER Star
Looks like yours are not there. Depending on year they may be differrent. Mine being a later model were bolted in from the back side of the door frame at the body. I think some early models they simply just slid through the hole and connected to the door with a rubber stopper on the back end to “soften”It when fully opened.
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SC-Cruiser
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No action on my FJ40 as I’m on vacation in Northern Italy. Went for a hike and was rewarded with nice BJ40.
RevISK
SILVER Star
Dang bezel
EWheeler
GOLD Star
Those look fantastic. Could you post a measurement from a reference point to the top of seat cushion? I have a late model 40 that I am swapping some Corbeau buckets into, these look better, and the height of those seats would help with leg room. What adapter brackets did you use?
Edit to add visual, something like this, see yellow lines:
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Beauty Eh!
