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What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (27 Viewers)
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Looking for a remflex gasket to fix my exhaust leak and drove it all week to and from work. Fixed my rear lights. I will need to replace the harness to get it done right since the PO hacked the harness.
That is a thing of beauty. Oh, dang that makes me jealous!!!
Got the fiancé to help out with the tbi conversion!
Vae Victus
Posting more than I know
Pete, which exact model 5125s did you use? There are several.
CondeCruiser
SILVER Star
Took it out for shakedown run! Did great!
Installed new seat covers. See my post titled "New Seat Covers Installed"
I changed the bell housing donut bushings.
JohnnyC
Long ago TLCA# 2231
Did nothing new... Just DDing it and adding fuel to the FSP
It got to watch as 4 grown men struggled to put up a center pole to a 40' round tent
It got to watch as 4 grown men struggled to put up a center pole to a 40' round tent
Started tearing down the donor FJ62 for my 2FE conversion into the FJ40. Man, that truck is nasty...grease and oil covers almost everything. Fortunately there was almost no coolant in it, but the thermo housing was very clean...no rust or evidence of oil. There was some chunky white stuff almost like something precipitated out of the coolant. That or someone tried to use leakstop, but I don't know what that looks like.
Pulled the intake and valve covers off of the 350...
Catching Neutral
GOLD Star
GR starter which was quite easy and is pretty cool
Plugs, plug wires, fuel filter, pcv valve.
Seafoam treatment in gas tank, intake manifold and crankcase.
Fire extinguisher
Valve adjustment, carb adjustment, compression test and grease fittings this weekend then the advanced tuneup will be complete.
Plugs, plug wires, fuel filter, pcv valve.
Seafoam treatment in gas tank, intake manifold and crankcase.
Fire extinguisher
Valve adjustment, carb adjustment, compression test and grease fittings this weekend then the advanced tuneup will be complete.
Patching fenders
I have a set of those ready to install but I'm not quite sure the best way to get at them. Any advice?
Just get under the car with a two 19mm wrenches and a 19mm socket ratchet wrench. Use the socket on the to and the wrench on the bottom on the passenger side. Easy as pie.
Drivers' side you have to get to the head which is inside the frame. You should be able to get just a little enough bite to loosen it up.
I put a 4x4 block of wood on my jack and lifted it from under the transmission. You will have to lift it quite a bit because the old bushing are smushed flat. Once you get the bushing in stick in the bolt to line everything up and set her down. reorient the drivers side bolt and put her together. Watch out because the bolts are different sizes.
Drivers' side you have to get to the head which is inside the frame. You should be able to get just a little enough bite to loosen it up.
I put a 4x4 block of wood on my jack and lifted it from under the transmission. You will have to lift it quite a bit because the old bushing are smushed flat. Once you get the bushing in stick in the bolt to line everything up and set her down. reorient the drivers side bolt and put her together. Watch out because the bolts are different sizes.
Thanks man, It was that or black, I put the tires and stuff on and took her for a ride. Nice to be back in the saddle.
First post, may as well start here as an introduction. I have a 74 FJ40 I bought in the mid 80s. Drove it as my primary transport through college. Job commute pushed me to something more practical and it has sat for 15 years at least, occasional starts to see if it would still go.
Last week, my son said "dad, we should see if we can get the old cruiser running". New plugs, oil, battery, brake fluid in the master and clutch reservoirs and some gas and it fired up. I was shocked, the kid was ecstatic. As it ran we discovered that the water pump leaked, the lights don't work, brakes are sketchy at best, and I have to pump the clutch several times to get it to work.
Looks like a project...I have been looking over some of the stuff in these forums and I hope as I try to do to this, that I can throw questions out there and tap into some of the expertise.
Last week, my son said "dad, we should see if we can get the old cruiser running". New plugs, oil, battery, brake fluid in the master and clutch reservoirs and some gas and it fired up. I was shocked, the kid was ecstatic. As it ran we discovered that the water pump leaked, the lights don't work, brakes are sketchy at best, and I have to pump the clutch several times to get it to work.
Looks like a project...I have been looking over some of the stuff in these forums and I hope as I try to do to this, that I can throw questions out there and tap into some of the expertise.
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