What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (29 Viewers)
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speaking of which, where does that go ^
Haven't done SFA to my 66 FJ40 in a long time, even though there's a bunch of overdue maintenance. Been working on and driving my BJ60 with no time left over for my other trucks. The BJ60 has filled in the light wheeling/camping truck role so I've been asking (asked 
) some tough questions about my 40's purpose and direction.
This weekend I picked up some parts that have narrowed down the scope
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Since I can't move my rear axle back more than a couple inches (rear aux. tank) to fit my aquisition, I need to move the engine forward; so I need a shorter engine. Been wanting to go diesel now that I've gotten used to the BJ60, and I've pretty well decided on a B series diesel.
Current goal: turbo'd 3B/H42/2.28toybox/J30 t.case. A little taller, rubber overdrive (or 3.70 axles, we'll see), better brakes. Well, it's a start, now to find a suitable 81/82 BJ60 donor for the rest...
) some tough questions about my 40's purpose and direction. This weekend I picked up some parts that have narrowed down the scope
. Since I can't move my rear axle back more than a couple inches (rear aux. tank) to fit my aquisition, I need to move the engine forward; so I need a shorter engine. Been wanting to go diesel now that I've gotten used to the BJ60, and I've pretty well decided on a B series diesel.
Current goal: turbo'd 3B/H42/2.28toybox/J30 t.case. A little taller, rubber overdrive (or 3.70 axles, we'll see), better brakes. Well, it's a start, now to find a suitable 81/82 BJ60 donor for the rest...
So it all didn't happen this week, but here's a picture after I finished adding my 3274 winch to the front and replacing my stock springs with a used set of Safari's. (Thanks CruiserDave). They gave me about 3.5 inches more in the rear and about an inch of lift in the front. I added some greasable shackle bolts that I machined my self because I had a hard time swallowing the costs of pre-made options.
I decided I kind of like the stock bumper curved look so I beefed up the inside with a "C" channel to mount the winch. I'll probably add a tube to it that would look like the Man-a-Fee bull bumper and cut about 6 inches off of each end.
Oh... I also installed my OCD bikini top for the 100+degree day's we've been having.
I decided I kind of like the stock bumper curved look so I beefed up the inside with a "C" channel to mount the winch. I'll probably add a tube to it that would look like the Man-a-Fee bull bumper and cut about 6 inches off of each end.
Oh... I also installed my OCD bikini top for the 100+degree day's we've been having.
Took my 40 camping before it goes under the knife next week. I'll be replacing the rear quarters with new sheet metal and repainting the truck. The Roller Derby girls from the local parade loved it. They even said nice land cruiser instead of nice *eep 
took the cruiser with the family out to the barlow trail on the east side of mt hood for a drive
the wifey was driving quite a bit, at the end of the day she was driving great on the trail
some vids
YouTube - P1015258‏
YouTube - P1015260‏
the wifey was driving quite a bit, at the end of the day she was driving great on the trail
some vids
YouTube - P1015258‏
YouTube - P1015260‏
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Loaded my 2 kids and wife and took them to the local parade yesterday. I smile everytime I drive my 40. The looks and comments you get are worth it. I hadn't started the truck in 3 weeks until yesterday. It wouldn't start. I had to use starting fluid to get her going. Maybe it's because I was on a steep incline and I couldn't get the gas to the carb? It started fine after that.
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Replaced sheered alternator bracket (chevy) and finally swapped a long overdue brake booster!
Olive Green, not Olive Brown. All the green codes start with a '6'. CCOT has been propagating this error for a long time.
The tag? It's attached to the firewall on the passenger side. I don't have a good picture of exactly where, but you should be able to find one around. Like this:
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1880/img0175u.jpg
In the spirit of the thread, I did a compression check which was good, replaced some vacuum lines with the correct sizes to fix leaks and got Marvin running well. He probably still needs a carb rebuild.
Then I finished up my traction bar. Done. 100%. It's been a while since I was completely done with anything on this project and it feels great. I took some pictures which I'll post sometime.
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Morning - Bought this and put it on, no other reason than I liked it.
I renewed my tags! Woo hoo. 
MicahMan
TLCA 20925
took the cruiser with the family out to the barlow trail on the east side of mt hood for a drive
the wifey was driving quite a bit, at the end of the day she was driving great on the trail
some vids
YouTube - P1015258‏
YouTube - P1015260‏
I didn't know you could fit a horse in the back of a 40 ha ha ha ha
Awl_TEQ
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No kidding! I noticed he can look right over the hood!
haha yeah he is a monster lol
Still you got to admit he looks good with shades.
Still you got to admit he looks good with shades.
he is one tolerant dog hahaha
I like the “space invaders” bed sheet….does he have jammies to match?
Nice pics, but do we really need two copies?
MicahMan
TLCA 20925
Sorry got excited with the quote button
. But with that big of a dog maybe we do need a double take
haha yeah, he will drag his space man sleeping pad around the house and jsut lay on it in random places, super funny dog
