Ordered a new rear wheel bearing, axle seal and diff cover gasket. If that doesn't fix the leak for good, going to need to replace the axle.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (14 Viewers)
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oestlarsen
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Getting a feel for header fitment on the donor 2F. Not bad...
Vae Victus
Posting more than I know
Spread a little Paint Strip Gel on the rear quarter panel to see what was beneath.
Wow, lots of bondo. But, very clean metal. Paint and bondo not adhering to old paint and/or metal. Practically can just use a plastic scraper and chip it all off.
Wow, lots of bondo. But, very clean metal. Paint and bondo not adhering to old paint and/or metal. Practically can just use a plastic scraper and chip it all off.
Rebuilt my carb to fix an off idle stumble. Fixed it! Many thanks to Pinhead for his Youtube video series on Rebuilding the Aisin Carb.
Used it as an engine hoist... not my favorite way of removing a motor but it worked.
My buddy was parting out a 4runner, and a girl called me at 6:30 last night to ask if she could come get it TONIGHT. I said it wasn't out of the truck yet, and that I don't have a shop it's sitting in a field right now. She said she's a Toyota mechanic and she'll help me pull it, she really needed it ASAP and I figured why not, I want it gone and I'm not doing anything else tonight. Told her to bring a cherry picker because I don't have a way to get it out otherwise... didn't happen.
I couldn't think of anything else strong enough and tall enough to pull a motor up with so oak tree it was.
Due to the crappy work area, the dark, the cold, and just about everything else, what should have been an hour, hour and a half job ended up taking 4 hours... she drove off with the motor at 2:30AM. I am not a fan of redneck motor pulling, but it worked pretty well considering how hillbilly it was.
The cruiser made this happen though. Between dragging the 4 runner up to the tree, and then being the hoist it's self, it wouldn't have happened without the cruiser. So add to the list of all the useful things Elsie doubles as... engine hoist.
My buddy was parting out a 4runner, and a girl called me at 6:30 last night to ask if she could come get it TONIGHT. I said it wasn't out of the truck yet, and that I don't have a shop it's sitting in a field right now. She said she's a Toyota mechanic and she'll help me pull it, she really needed it ASAP and I figured why not, I want it gone and I'm not doing anything else tonight. Told her to bring a cherry picker because I don't have a way to get it out otherwise... didn't happen.
I couldn't think of anything else strong enough and tall enough to pull a motor up with so oak tree it was. Due to the crappy work area, the dark, the cold, and just about everything else, what should have been an hour, hour and a half job ended up taking 4 hours... she drove off with the motor at 2:30AM. I am not a fan of redneck motor pulling, but it worked pretty well considering how hillbilly it was.
The cruiser made this happen though. Between dragging the 4 runner up to the tree, and then being the hoist it's self, it wouldn't have happened without the cruiser. So add to the list of all the useful things Elsie doubles as... engine hoist.
Used it as an engine hoist... not my favorite way of removing a motor but it worked.
My buddy was parting out a 4runner, and a girl called me at 6:30 last night to ask if she could come get it TONIGHT. I said it wasn't out of the truck yet, and that I don't have a shop it's sitting in a field right now. She said she's a Toyota mechanic and she'll help me pull it, she really needed it ASAP and I figured why not, I want it gone and I'm not doing anything else tonight. Told her to bring a cherry picker because I don't have a way to get it out otherwise... didn't happen.
Due to the crappy work area, the dark, the cold, and just about everything else, what should have been an hour, hour and a half job ended up taking 4 hours... she drove off with the motor at 2:30AM. I am not a fan of redneck motor pulling, but it worked pretty well considering how hillbilly it was.
The cruiser made this happen though. Between dragging the 4 runner up to the tree, and then being the hoist it's self, it wouldn't have happened without the cruiser. So add to the list of all the useful things Elsie doubles as... engine hoist.
I have to ask, though, was she hot ?
Vae Victus
Posting more than I know
If not, he'dve been done by 10:30, and sold it for 2x the price.
refurbished the doors. Made some new door strikers and new door panels. Cleaned and greased the window regulators, new window felt as well. Installed new window cranks, and pull handles from Kurt.
For the strikers I used the striker plates DomSmith had made up, and some 1/4" round stock. Drilled a couple holes in some thick plate I had laying around to use as a form. Bent the rod through the form and hammered the piss out of it to get the nice tight bends. Some cabinet laminate backing for the door panel core, craftsman tool box drawer foam for padding and the moisture barrier, and some marine vinyl for the door panels. DAP weldwood contact cement to hold the layers together. I had some 3/16" stainless staples laying around from a previous job on a convertible, they worked perfectly to attach the backside of the vinyl
For the strikers I used the striker plates DomSmith had made up, and some 1/4" round stock. Drilled a couple holes in some thick plate I had laying around to use as a form. Bent the rod through the form and hammered the piss out of it to get the nice tight bends. Some cabinet laminate backing for the door panel core, craftsman tool box drawer foam for padding and the moisture barrier, and some marine vinyl for the door panels. DAP weldwood contact cement to hold the layers together. I had some 3/16" stainless staples laying around from a previous job on a convertible, they worked perfectly to attach the backside of the vinyl
I have to ask, though, was she hot ?
Ha ha.. I have to say, I wasn't sure what to expect from a girl who wanted to drive two hours up into the foothills in the middle of the night to pull an engine with a total stranger... but, she was actually pretty cute and not insane.
Guess she has a rockcrawler, and blew the engine up last weekend and was trying to get it back for this weekend and that's why the urgency to come up in the middle of the night.
She was super thankful that I stayed up until 2:30 in the cold to help get it out, and she works for Toyota... and now I have a new friend who said to call her if we need any parts.
... and I love OEM parts but can't afford them most of the time.
Ha ha.. I have to say, I wasn't sure what to expect from a girl who wanted to drive two hours up into the foothills in the middle of the night to pull an engine with a total stranger... but, she was actually pretty cute and not insane.
Guess she has a rockcrawler, and blew the engine up last weekend and was trying to get it back for this weekend and that's why the urgency to come up in the middle of the night.
She was super thankful that I stayed up until 2:30 in the cold to help get it out, and she works for Toyota... and now I have a new friend who said to call her if we need any parts.
sounds like a winning connection to me
Vae Victus
Posting more than I know
she works for Toyota... and now I have a new friend who said to call her if we need any parts.
We can name her Beanette. Tell her about this site, get a 25% Mud discount, and now you have another option for those out West.
Just put a Jimc carb on rund great!!
rund great!!
Took out the front heater today. What a rat's nest!!(literally). The heater control valve is toast--anyone know how rebuild one of these???
The core looks serviceable-after cleaning inside and out. All the hoses will be replaced. Clean/primer/paint the housing/vent flaps.
The core looks serviceable-after cleaning inside and out. All the hoses will be replaced. Clean/primer/paint the housing/vent flaps.
I believe there are a couple of threads based on it here. One of them offers a kit to rebuild it with step-by-step picture instructions on how to do it.
EDIT!
Here you go, boss!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/labrak-met...5-series-heater-restoration-service-kits.html
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I installed a $35 intermittent wiper delay unit on my 79. Took a couple of hours because I wired it using an OEM style 4 pin connector which I had to crimp and install each pin. The unit unplugs from the harness and I won't get ragged on by the future owner for butchering the wiring. Only had to unsolder one wire from the wiper switch and substitute the unit in between the switch and the motor. I originally intended to mount the knob in the dash where I already had an unused hole, but I would have had to unsolder the variable potentiometer from the board and run 5 wires from the circuit board to the pot......too much effort. Anyway, it works great. Delay between 2 and 25 seconds.
Where'd you get that?! I want one!
Got it on Ebay
please post more details on the wiper delay such as what brand/part number etc. that's something I really want!!!
Did you have to rewire the motor? EDIT: I reread you post and saw you altered the wiper motor wiring. I had to rewire the ground on mine when I installed the stock intermittent set up.
If you can find a source for the stock intermittent FJ40 switch, you can use the intermittent relay and wiring from an FJ60/62. You might even be able to wire up a 3 position switch inline with the stock switch to the FJ60 relay.
Falco80
Burning dinosaur bones...
Damn, nice work! Have you got a build thread in the diesel tech section? Great engine, that is going to haul ass!
