What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (43 Viewers)
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40 Wanted, best of wishes!! And I would send a wedding gift, but I don't know where you live. Hahah!! If you are married....I'm sure your wife will understand your new love!! Or maybe not... Best of luck!! This site will have more information for your 40 than you could ever sort through.
Installed a new dash pad from cityracer. Thank you whoever you are. It looks so much nicer then the old one.
Replaced the headlights with Hella 9003 conversion bulbs and installed a painless relay kit. And added some LED aux lights wired through the high beams. Not that it gets dark up here but it might come in handy next month for hunting season.
78fj40mg
TLCA #23510
I disassembled the steering knuckles, getting ready to rebuild them.
Removed the inner nut and bearing
and removed the disc brake
next I unbolted the steering arm to loosen the upper pin
then removed the spindle
next pulled the axle
Next is the clean up.
Removed the inner nut and bearing
and removed the disc brake
next I unbolted the steering arm to loosen the upper pin
then removed the spindle
next pulled the axle
Next is the clean up.
dang......you got a lift? i would love to have one
sheepdawg
Champagne appetite. Beer income.
Well this month, I have done the following:
Powder coated the roll cage, installed marine speakers with WFO speaker cans, custom bikini top, new overhead control panel, with a real dome light from a police crown vic, dual band radio remote head, ham radio speaker, new master craft seats, more wiring than I care to talk about, and now I am starting to install my half doors.
I am enjoying the heck of of it.
Powder coated the roll cage, installed marine speakers with WFO speaker cans, custom bikini top, new overhead control panel, with a real dome light from a police crown vic, dual band radio remote head, ham radio speaker, new master craft seats, more wiring than I care to talk about, and now I am starting to install my half doors.
I am enjoying the heck of of it.
It looks great!!
Chungas Revenge
SILVER Star
Re-mounted the "Jump-Seats"....
Looking great Jeff!! You and Fred do good work!!
Chungas Revenge
SILVER Star
Been missing Fred on the job. His broken leg has severely curtailed our discussions on Newtonian physics, Euclidean Geometry and the proper making of "Cat Head" Biscuits....
Been driving the snot out of mine - averaging 150+ miles a day to/from work ...love it . Friday was interesting - since we are working on active County roads I generally just dive it into the ditch somewhere well out of the way . Picked a less than optimal spot at an intersection and dove in there , weeds didn't look too deep nor the ditch itself . Turned out , nearly an 8' drop at 1:1 slope - almost did a frontal flop but the nose weight actually helped it , never skipped a beat . The whole crew crapped themselves , figured the truck was toast but it was fine and no damage . Took a bit of work to rearrange the fog lights and dig all the dirt/weeds off the front frame though...lol .
I just wish we could get the 79 series here so I can have a newer Cruiser built at least somewhat like the old 40 , grr .
Sarge
I just wish we could get the 79 series here so I can have a newer Cruiser built at least somewhat like the old 40 , grr .
Sarge
Got my cage all tacked up and ready to weld out.
A few more
1. Changed a full-floater rear axle seal
2. Discovered cold hot chocolate where there should have been gear oil, probably due to crossing over to the Dirty Dozen campsites at Rubithon with @KT40 . The tube ended at the frame right by the bump stop, which is apparently too low for these kind of shenanigans:
3. Changed the gear oil.
4. Re-routed the rear diff breather tube through the frame, up to the front, 'T'd it in with the front diff breather tube and ran one line up to the top of the firewall. I used a cheap fuel filter as a breather and pulled an unused bracket off my air filter to clamp it in place. I think it came out pretty good, and it certainly is not getting water in it anywhere I'll be going.
2. Discovered cold hot chocolate where there should have been gear oil, probably due to crossing over to the Dirty Dozen campsites at Rubithon with @KT40 . The tube ended at the frame right by the bump stop, which is apparently too low for these kind of shenanigans:
3. Changed the gear oil.
4. Re-routed the rear diff breather tube through the frame, up to the front, 'T'd it in with the front diff breather tube and ran one line up to the top of the firewall. I used a cheap fuel filter as a breather and pulled an unused bracket off my air filter to clamp it in place. I think it came out pretty good, and it certainly is not getting water in it anywhere I'll be going.
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I've been meaning to get to this- but what can you do for the tranny/transfer? Doesn't the tranny breather thru the shifter at the top plate?
Pete
thebigredrocker
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Had a local shop build me an exhaust. Nice and quiet just like I requested. Also got my family cage powder coated. The grey is lighter than I hoped for. Oh well. Drove it to the grocery store. Been a real challenge to get this far, so it felt damn good to get behind the wheel.
78fj40mg
TLCA #23510
Very nice work on the exhaust and beautiful cruiser!!
I noticed the rear muffler is awfully close to the rear axle if you take it off road it will most likely hit the muffler. My two cents worth.
78fj40mg
TLCA #23510
Cleaned up and painted the steering knuckle parts.
Here's a couple of progress pics.
This one needs another coat of paint
Here's a couple of progress pics.
This one needs another coat of paint
