What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (21 Viewers)
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George Dudzic is a friend of mine, worked with him on several occasions prior to his retirement. Hired me several times to fabricate projects.
Have not seen him in a couple of years.
I finally got fed up with re-adjusting the mirrors on my truck after every couple of times I drove it, soooo I fixed them based on a post in a mirror related thread ... the real answer is to replace the mirrors (the passenger side looks original) because the corners are cracked, but until I decide on the Euro OEM mirrors, or cowl attached mirrors, the fix I made should suffice ... so far so good ...
Bear Lake Cruiser
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He's doing good . I just talked with him the other day. He has some new hot rod projects that Jay and him are working on. Nice shop you got there. I'll tell george we chatted when I get there for the winter in about 4 weeks.
Oil change- 20W-50 with ZDDP, installed a new Optima red top battery & 20" starter cable, finished the CB install. (photos wont upload...)
George knows where I live, Perhaps we could get together and throw a couple back, and you could check out the "Bodega".
Bear Lake Cruiser
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Sounds good. I know George and I both would like that.
Colorado Boy-74-FJ40
I may grow older but I refuse to grow up!
Finally fired the beast up after the transmission rebuild as well as a new battery, alternator, entire clutch hydraulic system,Interior work, etc. Drove it about 50 miles not too far from home and had no major issues. Left turn signal quit working, probably a ground. Was the first time in almost 5 years that I drove it more than a mile! Felt great
Before starting another shop project, I decided to continue addressing the leaks that have gotten worse on the 40. The one that I have been putting off for a while was the power steering pump. I purchased the seal kit from Napa p/n 7-270 ($22.69). The job was uneventful but took way more time then the rear axel seal job. My rig is still smogged so getting to the main cast iron mounting bracket required removing the air injection valve/hoses and smog pump. The smog pump belt adjusting bracket bolts to the main cast bracket.
No pictures as this was a messy proposition. The pump, I suspected was leaking between the reservoir and pump as it would leak statically resulting in a mess over 3-4 week period. I decided to reseal the entire pump mostly due to the work required to pull the part. The inside of the vain type pump contains a s*** ton of little springs that require pre loading in groups of four prior to stuffing into a slot in the housing. The main shaft is eccentric and requires rotating it to a low spot to achieve maximum room for loading. The reason the main bracket removal from the block was the bolt that holds in the pump from the back would not come out as the exhaust manifold was too close.
Happy to report she's leak free! and the Napa p/n is a good one.
No pictures as this was a messy proposition. The pump, I suspected was leaking between the reservoir and pump as it would leak statically resulting in a mess over 3-4 week period. I decided to reseal the entire pump mostly due to the work required to pull the part. The inside of the vain type pump contains a s*** ton of little springs that require pre loading in groups of four prior to stuffing into a slot in the housing. The main shaft is eccentric and requires rotating it to a low spot to achieve maximum room for loading. The reason the main bracket removal from the block was the bolt that holds in the pump from the back would not come out as the exhaust manifold was too close.
Happy to report she's leak free! and the Napa p/n is a good one.
I have been working pretty hard getting this 77 torn down. Hopefully, I will get the frame to powdercoating Friday. Then get the body panels to the sandblaster.
After that I can start to get my head around all the bagged parts fixing and repainting them, and rebuilding the hubs, clutch, suspension,brakes, motor, electrical, etc etc. I sure did take a big bite on this one. I keep telling myself....one assembly at a time.
After that I can start to get my head around all the bagged parts fixing and repainting them, and rebuilding the hubs, clutch, suspension,brakes, motor, electrical, etc etc. I sure did take a big bite on this one. I keep telling myself....one assembly at a time.
Engine, gearbox, diffs and suspension in. It's been a long day.
Good job Francisco!
Used it! Got a nice camping trip in, likely the last for the year. We are so booked for the next few weekends, I don't know if we'll be able to get out again until the cold white stuff is here. It was a nice trip though for being a spur of the moment thing. I love where I live! It's so amazing to be able to be in country like this just a few hours after leaving our driveway.
