Build Won a '74 40 on a coin toss...

[joyRidaz]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. For some reason I thought u had fabbed that setup. Maybe it was the straightening process u did or something.

Either way it looks get and in gonna relocate something similar for my bellview.

 

[ginmtb]

Who has the crank to lower the spare setup? Now that would be cool! Oh that must be on the 55...

 

[kruisinkid]

Theres a crank to start the engine. Is that what you mean?

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Who has the crank to lower the spare setup? Now that would be cool! Oh that must be on the 55...

You could probably find a spare tire crank/lift off of an Chevy S10, in a junk yard, and install it on your 40... As long as you don't have an auxiliary gas tank under the back.

 

[ginmtb]

Theres a crank to start the engine. Is that what you mean?

Check out that old photo I found here on MUD - it mentions a crank that drops the spare on the "station wagon".

 

[ginmtb]

Well was gone for spring break and had Cruiser withdrawals. MUD helped with that but still not the same. Had today off and decided to to it for a drive and then got the winch closed up and mounted.

No oil inside and no controls or wires run. But happy to have it mounted!

 

[ginmtb]

Um, something tells me this is kind of needed on the inside of the winch. Sonuva...

Well, wouldn't be a typical project if I only did it once.

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Miiiiiiike!!!

Are you sure I didn't put that back together for you?

I always forget something... or do something in the wrong order... but, I can honestly say, I've never left out anything that large!!

Are you sure it's really needed?

 

[ginmtb]

Funny I was so proud of my work and was just cleaning up the garage when I stumbled upon that beauty. What a moron.

Oh well I will have to undo about 20 bolts and re-silicone it more a nuisance really. Unless I break something or strip something out in the process...

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Think of what a great job you will do this time!!

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

been there, done that, got the t-shirt, sold the rights to the movie.... my absolute worse was cleaning up after the (what I thought) was successful test drive of a transfer case and transmission reseal to find a needle bearing... I thought they looked a bit loose when I put it together; but I was so careful (so I thought) to keep everything in order and where they belonged that I simply dismissed it...
with that said, I blame my brother, I was working on it in my dad's shop and while it was down, he borrowed a tire to fix a flat on his truck. He didn't tighten the lug nuts so as I'm driving the fj40 (to its new owner, lol) the tire came off (no harm other than a bit of scraping on the backing plate)... thus, he must have been also responsible for that needle bearing. In case you're curious.... I never did put it back, and to my knowledge now 20 years later (I saw it when I was in Portland on Thursday), it's still running and driving that way. That said, I think you need that bit in yours

 

[Racer65]

At least you'll know exactly where to put it back to.
After I rebuilt my carb, I found a small spring on the floor. I took it all apart again only to find out the spring is installed... and then I realized the spring came from my other carb kit.

 

[ginmtb]

Okay got it back together went smoothly thankfully!

Now I'm toying around with the soft top that came with the Cruiser.

Plastic windows are pretty dark wonder if I can clear those up...

 

[ginmtb]

Love it!!!

Man I got lucky to have all this stuff included!

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Looks great Mike!!

 

[ginmtb]

Thanks Danny!

The plastic cleaned up pretty good, just one bad spot looks like rust or something got on it. Jeeze even vinyl rusts on these things lol. Will try a more aggressive plastic cleaner.

Man what a tight fit. Grip tester for sure. Not sure if I can actually close the back hatch. We shall see...

 

[ginmtb]

Here's the vinyl "rust".

 

[Honger]

Here's the vinyl "rust".

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Eh... just cut it out and weld in a fresh patch.

 

[ginmtb]

This setup may be permanent this thing is a tight fit!

 

[kruisinkid]

CLR or evaporust will get rid of it if it is rust. looks really nice man. quite lucky indeed. of course now i want a soft top.