WOW. Looks great. I need to see a shot of the front. Want to see how you have those lights mounted. Beautiful Cruiser!
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (42 Viewers)
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WOW. Looks great. I need to see a shot of the front. Want to see how you have those lights mounted. Beautiful Cruiser!
Got front axle torn down, parts cleaned, and started media blasting.
BDSeff1fitty
1987 Toyota 4Runner
Pulled my 5" pitman arm to put a 7" in place. Much better turning radius and seemed to fix a lot of my bad road manners I was having.
Running a set of 2.5" SOR Springs with a Man-a-Fre SR in the front and 4" HD shackles in the rear. The springs are about 10 years old and have sagged about .75". Love the ride and it tracks straight as an arrow.
Just shoot me a pm sometime.
Thanks!! I get a shot tomorrow an post it up
Looks good...where's the before pic?
Installed a HI Lift on the front bumper, acted like a fool doing donuts in a snowy field and took it for a ride by the lake.
Landcruiser Werk'n!
^^^^--- hey man that looks good!!! love that color!
What did I do to my landcruiser?
I took the Transmission transfer case out...
I looked at it
I bought a NV4500 shifter
I measured the NV4500
Then I measured my J30 3-Speed
Then I drank a few beers...
^^^^--- hey man that looks good!!! love that color!
What did I do to my landcruiser?
I took the Transmission transfer case out...
I looked at it
I bought a NV4500 shifter
I measured the NV4500
Then I measured my J30 3-Speed
Then I drank a few beers...
What engine are you mating to that?^^^^--- hey man that looks good!!! love that color!
What did I do to my landcruiser?
I took the Transmission transfer case out...
I looked at it
I bought a NV4500 shifter
I measured the NV4500
Then I measured my J30 3-Speed
Then I drank a few beers...
For now I have convinced my father to donate a SBC 305 High Output, it is still fully assembled so I can save a little cash and throw it in. Once I decided to go with a SBC I wanted to do a 350, but I can bank a little cash over time and slowly assemble an engine on the stand. Who knows, with a 305 and this NV4500 maybe I can manage to get a little mileage out of it, but honestly I am just looking for a little reliability at this point!
OK - so what happened to the 2F you stuck in there after the 1F went belly up??
LBM
LBM
It is sitting in the garage. It lost compression and had a horrible lower end knock. After a few miles I dropped a few of the main caps and plasti-gauged the bearings, they had enough meat left on them, but they didn't look pretty... The oil pump went out on it pretty quick and I had to put a new one on, and a new pan b/c it was leaking so much. Then finally a month or two later it dropped compression on a cylinder. fully disassemble the head, everything looked fine, it could have used a valve guide or two, but the manifolds were wrapped and cracked. The pistons seemed to have a little slack in them, as if it was assembled with oversized rings and std pistons? I dunno but there was no visible sign of the loss of compression and blow-by, but I knew the lower end would need rebuilt anyway b/c of the knock...
I added up the prices and figured I would go with a free V8 and spend the money getting rid of the 3-speed....
I added up the prices and figured I would go with a free V8 and spend the money getting rid of the 3-speed....
I will get some pics up of console soon as I get it painted and the pad done.
After much issues with hard starting and stalling, pulled the gas tank and washed out the leaf, cockroach carcass, rust dust and what looked like apple seeds(?) . Added an electric fuel pump and presto - test run successful! Tune up and change of oils next - Lone Star roundup here I come...
Well that hoss has had a hard life - rode hard and put away wet way too many times!!!!
LBM
LBM
It is sitting in the garage. It lost compression and had a horrible lower end knock. After a few miles I dropped a few of the main caps and plasti-gauged the bearings, they had enough meat left on them, but they didn't look pretty... The oil pump went out on it pretty quick and I had to put a new one on, and a new pan b/c it was leaking so much. Then finally a month or two later it dropped compression on a cylinder. fully disassemble the head, everything looked fine, it could have used a valve guide or two, but the manifolds were wrapped and cracked. The pistons seemed to have a little slack in them, as if it was assembled with oversized rings and std pistons? I dunno but there was no visible sign of the loss of compression and blow-by, but I knew the lower end would need rebuilt anyway b/c of the knock...
I added up the prices and figured I would go with a free V8 and spend the money getting rid of the 3-speed....
Had a few extra hours, so I was able to get my front axle cleaned and sand blasted.
Adjusted the timing and air/fuel mixture on my 71 FJ40. Idles much smoother now. Hopefully the dieseling has stopped too!
