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Bear Lake Cruiser
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I agree with CDAN for sure. I will have to check the build date on mine for your giveaway. With about 10 seconds of research we can both find out where and when I last bought OEM from a Toyota dealer
Yep. This is the last "Ring Around The Rosie". Not to far down the line it'll be "Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down." Get what's left while the gettin's pretty good. The world's FJ 60's are all drinking the same water (aka parts) from a non-replenishing well...
DanS HJ-45
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Onur is the TAMBOURINE MAN!!! 
So I just put my dash back on last week and reading the recent under dash replacement parts. Is there something imperative that I should have replaced? Not like everything possible but something likely needing to be replaced with available OEM parts.
The young man is very well kitted, knows it and handles it with grace and humility
gregnash
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So when do we get to see video of this sweet, sweet thing running?
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If that heater core is original it might be worse addressing while things are apart. Sort of a PITA down the road
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Gonna be a bit since the entire dash is part in a million pieces.
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Some progress today:
Got some more things installed:
Got some more things installed:
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New clutch master and hardware/bushings for the clutch pedal:
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Then on to the nitty gritty work. Figured while I have everything apart it would be good to replace essential electricals:
1. Wiper switch
2. Light switch
3. Horn pin
4. Ignition switch
Set-up a clean area to do the work since there are a lot of small screws/springs/detent balls. This was s good time to inspect everything, clean wires, redo wire wrapping and zip ties.
This is all the work that takes 90% of your time as JimC mentioned.
Switches:
1. Wiper switch
2. Light switch
3. Horn pin
4. Ignition switch
Set-up a clean area to do the work since there are a lot of small screws/springs/detent balls. This was s good time to inspect everything, clean wires, redo wire wrapping and zip ties.
This is all the work that takes 90% of your time as JimC mentioned.
Switches:
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Ignition switch goes here and connect farther down the steering column on the RH side:
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Dealing with the light switch/wiper switch was tedious because a couple of the 30 yr old soldering broke which meant cutting the old solder off, cleaning the plates, and re-soldering. Ugh.
Just some pics of the operation. You do need and electrical pick set to do this since you are de-pinning connectors and weather pack wires.
It is important to clean the nasty dirt and factory body grease off. On reinstallation I used SylGlide on all of the detents and springs, as well as any of the moving pieces.
Old and new horn pin/spring and clip:
Just some pics of the operation. You do need and electrical pick set to do this since you are de-pinning connectors and weather pack wires.
It is important to clean the nasty dirt and factory body grease off. On reinstallation I used SylGlide on all of the detents and springs, as well as any of the moving pieces.
Old and new horn pin/spring and clip:
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The completed ASSY with new switches, new wrapping and zip ties ready for installation:
Nice!
(AC drier is hooked up in reverse)
(AC drier is hooked up in reverse)
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Then onto some HVAC. All of the ducting was cleaned using a industrial plastic cleaner and man they look great.
The registers had 30 years of dust on/in them so they were all removed from the dash, taken apart and cleaned. They look phenomenal now.
The end registers have duct weatherstrip on the back side. Of course after 30 years they were toast. I went to Lowes and picked up some foam self adhesive weatherstripping. Looks loke it's going to work great. I zip tied them to keep pressure on them to adhere:
The registers had 30 years of dust on/in them so they were all removed from the dash, taken apart and cleaned. They look phenomenal now.
The end registers have duct weatherstrip on the back side. Of course after 30 years they were toast. I went to Lowes and picked up some foam self adhesive weatherstripping. Looks loke it's going to work great. I zip tied them to keep pressure on them to adhere:
